Tom Foster has his life planned out, and he's systematically pursuing his goals. At twenty-two, he's been organist and choirmaster at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd for three years, he's working on his doctoral thesis, and he's beginning a secondary career performing in concert. There is no room in his schedule for romance ... until Noah Webster, a gorgeous green-eyed blond, walks into the church one evening to audition for the choir.<br><br>What starts as an arrangement of convenience -- Tom's usual page turner is unavailable, and Noah agrees to do the job-soon turns into a fast friendship. Then Noah, who is saddled with an obnoxious roommate, rents the spare bedroom in Tom's house, and ultimately the two men become lovers and partners in life.<br><br>But before they can ride off into the sunset together, they must face one major obstacle: Noah's violent, homophobic Southern Baptist father.

Love Turns the Page

“Holy shit,” Tom said, “that was one hell of a conversation.”


“So,” Tom said, “the question du jouris, what does Bobby do now?”


“Well,” Tom said, “last I heard, there are over fifty thousand students at Florida, not to mention ten or twenty thousand more at Santa Fe College.”


“Assume for the sake of argument that half of them are male,” Tom said. “That’s thirty thousand or more. Using the generally accepted figures, ten percent of those males are probably gay, and that’s a lot of available talent.”


“So what?” Noah said. “They don’t go around carrying signs saying ‘I’m gay’.”


“Of course they don’t,” Tom said, “but these days things are so open, I’ll bet there are listings for gay and lesbian support groups in the Alligatorand maybe even in some official college publications. What I’m saying is Bobby has access to a lot of resources, so he should take advantage of them.”


Chapter 51