I think Mira knows Damon's in the closet, but yes it's an absolute dick move.
And Penny knows more than she's letting on, and what does the ex want. She's supposed to be at some college, that's not near.
I hope it’s that Damon is gay for Dion and not “token black best friend is dying of cancer”. Still, if Damon is going to break down in tears at a bar and tell the staff to refuse to allow you, his “best friend”, to go sit with him because he “requested privacy” then the MC should be able to walk out.
Naomi is probably there to help Damon come out as gay (or dying) because everyone is going to know the secret except the MC.
If not then I don’t see any reasonable explanation for her presence when she’s supposed to be attending college somewhere fairly distant. Even if there was a death in the family, or something similar, I don’t see her then getting dressed up and going to a bar while visiting her family.
Really strong first release but this update has me cautious. Too many secrets that everyone knows about except the MC. How small is this town if Ada’s dad, Penny, Damon, and Alexandra all may know about the MC’s mom? How naively trusting is Damon, the mayor’s son, if he met Mira two weeks ago and told her all about being gay/dying (along with MC’s mom, Alexandra, and Dion{maybe})?
The only other question I have is who was the mom cheating with and did she run off with them?