Paul Alan Fahey

In the summer of 1944, Leslie Atwater -- feeling abandoned by his lover Edward -- rushes to London to enlist in the armed services. After failing the physical, he retreats to the sanctuary of St. Michael’s rectory and to the love and support of his brother Robert.<br><br>When a bomb explodes near St. Andrew’s Home for Boys, it unearths a skeleton of an adolescent. As Leslie, Edward, and Robert set about identifying the remains, the shocking discovery stirs up an old antagonism between the two brothers and brings to light a string of repressed memories for Leslie.<br><br>With the truth obscured by the passage of years, can Leslie and Edward sift through the lies and subterfuge to track down the coldhearted killer of a kindred spirit?

Kindred Spirit

Times had been hard, but they had each other. Robert was five years older, taller, bigger, and Leslie’s self-proclaimed protector. At eighteen, Robert went off to seminary and then everything changed; those were the days, weeks, months, and years he can’t bring to mind.


He told himself to switch gears, think more happy thoughts.


The sudden thought of his lover brought Leslie back to the present.


He was wide-awake, and horny on top of it. Leslie let his right hand drift down beneath the sheets and slip inside his undershorts.


Edward. Edward. Double goddamn you for running off and leaving me again!


Chapter 3