What do you do when your boyfriend begins acting strangely, and at the same time, you meet someone his total opposite? Do you start having second thoughts? Jesse Jamison must confront those very questions. After two years of living with his lover Dennis "Denny" Christopoulos, a charming flight attendant, the man starts taking on extra flights, making excuses for not coming home, and receiving private phone calls. During this time, Jesse also meets Nick Warden, a new neighbor. He immediately sees the contrasts between the two men and finds Nick attractive on so many levels. Meanwhile, Denny has growing reservations about his relationship with Jesse, especially once a new man comes into his own life. Yet Denny isn't ready to give up the good thing he has going with Jesse since he isn't sure about the new man's intentions, or his own feelings. Nick also struggles with his growing love for Jesse. While he would like nothing more than to claim Jesse for himself, his integrity prevents him from playing the home-wrecker. His hesitation to step in, however, nearly causes his undoing and a missed opportunity at love. Each man has his own second thoughts. But who will act on them, and what will be the consequences?

Second Thoughts

Denny’s phone rang. He took a swallow of coffee to wash down the bite of pastry in his mouth and walked to the other room to get the phone out of his gym bag. Nick sat and nibbled his sticky bun and tried to process the mixed signals Denny had given.


“Hello?” Nick heard from the other room. He tried not to listen.


“Hi,” Denny repeated the greeting, as if recognizing his caller. “Look, I’m not alone. I told you last night I’d call when I knew something. Yeah. It’ll be a few days…Yeah, same here…Yes…I do, too. Look I really can’t talk…Okay…Yeah, I’ll get back to you soon. Okay…okay, I said. ‘Bye.”


Nick tried to look like he hadn’t heard anything. He got up and took his plate to the sink and rinsed it off.


Denny walked back into the kitchen. “Sorry about that. I shoulda let it go to voicemail, but you never know when it’s gonna be the airline.”


“S’okay,” Nick responded. “Want some more coffee, another bun?”


Chapter 22