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

Frantic now, he ran down the row of condos. Where could she have got to? The dog park? Fuck, Christopoulos. This is bad…really bad.


Just then he heard a familiar but muffled crooning bark. He stopped dead in his tracks trying to locate the source of the sound. He turned to see Shelby and Clyde standing inside Nick’s patio door. Shelby’s tail was wagging furiously and she was singing her hound song at high volume. He ran to the door and dropped to his knees before it, pressing his head and hands against the glass. The two dogs fairly writhed with happiness at seeing him there.


As he knelt, the thought crossed his mind there were only two times he called upon the Almighty—in situations like this when he had screwed up and when he was in the throes of sexual ecstasy. He wondered briefly what God thought about that. Maybe he should try to pray more.


Chapter 29