Twin brothers Brian and Matt Walker went to live with their mother’s brother after the death of their parents at an early age. Brian is still wracked with the guilt he carries around from a young age and sees the world through a distorted lens of self-loathing. When he meets a sexy and interested college-aged guy at the beginning of his senior year of high school, he may have finally found someone who can help him escape his mundane existence.<br><br>Matt has his life all planned out -- he longs for a solid career in journalism after graduating college. But his tenuous hold on family life threatens his dreams of independence, as does the attentions of a closeted new transfer to their school.<br><br>Can Matt pull away enough from his family to come into his own? And will Brian finally get to grips with his past and allow his twin to chase his own happiness?

Twice the Hands to Hold

The pressure that people like James grew up under was immense, and him being an only child just piled it on even more. Severe expectations from preschool followed him through his entire life. Add to that the dominant father figure that James was saddled with that he knew from their business dealings together, and the pressure to conform and step up to those expectations was overwhelming. He understood James better than his nephew or James himself might think, and his heart broke for both of them.


“What are you thinking?” Matt eyed him uneasily.


“I think we can go look for your boy, if you want to.”


Matt smiled with obvious relief at Jake not changing his opinion of James. “I have no idea where to start, though,” Matt said. “I just realized today that there’s still so much I don’t even know about him.”


“But you know he loves you and really cares about you. He told his father he did. That’s enough for now. He’ll come back to you.”


Chapter 70