David Majors should be looking forward to a long and prosperous life: after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he's attending college courtesy of Uncle Sam and riding the fast track to success. He's tall, fit, and good-looking, so shouldn't the world be his oyster?<br><br>But underneath his clothes -- and beneath the surface -- David is a mess of scar tissue and insecurity. Then he meets Kevin Boxer, another former Army Ranger. Their first night together, Kevin stares David's scars in the face and doesn't flinch, instead showering David with the passion and attention he craves but never imagined possible. Slowly but surely, Kevin helps David rebuild his confidence, and the two of them begin to build their life together.<br><br>But their journey is far from over, and it turns out Kevin may need David to help him heal some scars of his own.

Magic Fingers

We sat quietly for a few minutes, and she said, “Aren’t you going to ask me how much money we’re talking about?”


“No,” Kevin said. “We’ll help you do whatever you want to do with it, but we don’t need to know that. It’s really none of our business.”


“Yep,” I said. “None of our business.”


“Our only business now, and for the foreseeable future,” Kevin said, “ is making sure that Anthony doesn’t turn out like the rest of my family.”


We went car shopping that week and finally traded my Toyota and Kevin’s Mustang in on a year-old Escape that featured very low mileage and a new-car warranty.


APRIL SEGUED INTO May, May into June, and June seemed to disappear right out from under us almost before we knew it. Anthony started in the summer program at St. Mark’s, and we settled down into a life of domesticity.


Chapter 59