George Martin and Mike Foster have been best friends since childhood, but recent events have brought them even closer together: Mike has moved into George’s house now that George’s unfaithful boyfriend has been kicked out. It puts Mike in a pinch, because he’s always loved George -- maybe more than a best friend should.<br><br>George doesn’t suspect Mike’s feelings, being wrapped up in his job as the youngest lieutenant in the Jacksonville sheriff’s office and investigating a series of murders. But it will all come to a head when George is stalked by a psycho and Mike steps in front of a bullet meant for George. George then realizes there’s much more to their relationship than he thought.

Bodies of Work

“She figured it out and told me about it a couple of weeks ago.”


“When I saw him in the recovery room, with tubes and wires all over the place, I realized that I loved him too. I don’t know why it took me so long to figure it out.”


“Good for both of you. I may be an old lady, and I was certainly raised in a different time and place. That being said, I’ve seen enough of life to know that when two people love each other, nothing else matters. Not even the fact that they’re of the same gender. I’ve watched the two of you working in the yard together, and I always thought there was something between you.”


“I wonder why it took me a decade or more to figure it out?”


“There’s no way to know that, George. Just accept what you’re given, and ‘go with the flow’, as the young people say. They do still say that, don’t they?”


I had to chuckle. “Probably. I’m a little out of touch with ‘young’ people, myself.”


Chapter 45