As Josh Tully returns home from running errands, he stumbles across a handsome man leaving his apartment complex. Distracted by the charming new stranger, Josh spills his groceries across the front stoop. As the new neighbor helps Josh pick up his belongings, a sudden surge of electricity sparks between the two young men. When Eddie returns to Josh’s apartment with a fresh gallon of milk, a chance meeting turns into mutual attraction. But a severe case of pneumonia lands Josh in the hospital and Eddie stays at his side, and their budding friendship deepens. Eddie is not the nesting type, and he does not stay in one place for long. But as days turn to weeks, something in Josh’s laid-back persona draws Eddie to the small Minnesota town of Gordonville and through the door of Josh’s heart. Will Eddie decide to stay this time ... and for how long?

A Door to the Heart

“That’s a great song, man. Whaddya doing?”


Josh strolls to the edge of the bed and sits down beside a loose-lipped Eddie. “How much have you had to drink?”


Eddie attempts to answer. But it looks like he is on his way out. “I love you, Josh! I love you, man!”


As Eddie succumbs to a restful sleep, Josh hangs around the apartment to keep an eye on him.


Josh feeds Fletcher some of his dry food and puts the sleepy-eyed dog into his crate in the kitchen.


Before leaving, Josh tidies up Eddie’s apartment. Picking up the trail of the guy’s clothes in every room and piling them in a clothesbasket in the tightly confined bathroom. Because Eddie does not own a dishwasher, Josh washes and dries the plates and cups by hand.


While in the bathroom, disinfecting the scummy shower and toilet, Josh hears Fletcher groaning in his bed. Ten feet away, Josh says, “Am I making too much noise, buddy?”


Chapter 15