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

“You’re really going to make me say it, aren’t you?”


“I’m not making you do anything,” Oliver said and refilled the milk canister.


“Fine,” Brian said, getting up and ducking his head to hide the heat in his cheeks. “I’ll see you there.” He said it like it was a done deal, and to him it was.


“Fine,” said Oliver, his face impassive. But Brian noticed a ghost of a smile tugging at Oliver’s mouth. It did more for him then than he’d ever admit, knowing it was he who nearly put another smile on Oliver’s face. One Oliver didn’t get paid to give.


He threw his cup in the trashcan and made his way out the door, not looking back. Last thing he needed was Oliver thinking he had the upper hand.


Chapter 81