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

“When I figured out that this guy, Carter, was with Denny, I didn’t know what to do,” Nick was relating. “I decided not to tell Jesse until just the right moment because I didn’t want it to seem like I was trying to break them up.”


“Then, when Jess figured it out from Denny’s slip about Ann Arbor when he was supposed to be in Atlanta, Jesse got mad at me. Like I was betraying him or something. I don’t understand. I just didn’t want to come off like a home wrecker.” He stopped and looked at Angela hopefully. “Well, Nancy Drew,” he said with a smile, “what do you think?”


She smiled. Once again, Nick thought of how pretty she was, and how some lucky guy was going to find himself a real gem in this woman.


“I don’t think Jesse was angry with you.”


“He sure sounded like he was,” Nick offered.


“He didn’t yell or call you names or anything like that, right?”


“No, he was just kinda cold, distant.”


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