In June 1966, ACLU attorney Eron Lassiter attends his uncle’s wedding and makes an unsettling discovery. Though Eron had bowed to family pressure and planned a potential marriage, his long-ignored attraction to other men roars to life when Garrett Emerson, the bride’s nephew, captures his attention.<br><br>After serving in the Korean War and going to college later than his peers, upwardly mobile Garrett now works as a loan officer at a local bank. For his girlfriend -- fiancée in her mind -- Garrett can’t climb fast enough. But none of that matters to Eron, and maybe that’s why Garrett’s so drawn to him.<br><br>Together, can Eron and Garrett find happiness amidst the pervasive culture of propriety, honor, and expectation of the 1960s?

Need Your Love

Eron snapped his hand away from hers. “I’m serious. Garrett, dance with me.”


“Garrett. Don’t embarrass me again!” Johnette said.


Garrett’s face held the longing for Eron to hold him as he’d done in the past, but he said, “Eron, no, not today.”


Johnette crossed her arms and huffed. Mary Ellen held her hands out and gave Eron a look that begged, “What the fuck?”


Allen cleared his throat as he walked up to the bar, Elsie in tow. “What’s going on here, kids? Your voices carry, you know.”


Elsie raised her brow. “Everyone is staring.” Her impatience implicit in her whisper.


Mary Ellen tugged on Eron’s sleeve. “Come on. You’re going to ruin all my hard work.”


“I’m sorry, Elsie.” Garrett put a hand at Johnette’s back. “We’ll return to our seats.”


Eron grabbed him by the arm and tugged him away from everyone. “Garrett, I finallyhave everything figured out.”


Garrett leaned in, “We’ve already talked about this. Not today, not ever.”


Chapter 68