Mitch Edwards has it made: at twenty-nine, he’s just been named partner at one of the largest law firms in the city and he’s just bought his first house. But he has the feeling something is missing, and he’s pretty sure he knows what it is. So when the woman he’s been dating goes out of town for three weeks, he seizes the opportunity and summons the courage to visit a gay bar.<br><br>He takes Rion Murphy home, and they hit it off so well that after a few weeks of exploration on Mitch’s part, they decide to make the arrangement more permanent. But then Mitch’s past catches up with him, and it’s up to Rion to help him cope.

Curiosity Satisfied

“He’s coming over. Says he has somebody who needs to meet me.”


“He didn’t say. I guess we’d better get dressed.”


“Yeah. We’ve gotten kind of lax, sitting around naked or in our underwear all the time.”


We pulled on shorts, polo shirts, and deck shoes. Then we went downstairs to wait. George lived only a few blocks away, and the door chimes sounded a couple of minutes after we’d settled in the living room. I went to the door and found George and Mike standing there with two good-looking men. George and Mike were casually dressed, but both of the strangers looked like advertisements for Brooks Brothers.


“Sorry to intrude, Mitch,” George said.


When we were in the living room, George introduced us to Charles and Philip Barnett. When we were settled in comfortable chairs, Charles handed me a business card that identified him as senior partner of Chandler, Todd, Woodward, and Barnett in Atlanta.


Chapter 46