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

“I got an e-mail from my uncle recently. He’s the one that lives up in Charlotte near her. She’s been on a waiting list for a particular assisted-living facility for some time, and she’s now at the head of the list. He thinks that, in anticipation of moving, she may be shipping me the Steinway very soon.”


“Cool,” Noah said. “We can have fun setting up and organizing a new music studio for both of us.”


“Precisely. We’ll even have room for your desk, unless you want to leave it in the guest room.”


“No way. It’ll be nice to study in the same room with you.”


“Babe,” Tom said, “you might get more than a little tired of hearing the same phrase played over and over again, maybe even twenty-seven times, until I think I’ve got it right.”


“I doubt it, and I can always put on headphones and listen to somebody else make music.”


Chapter 77