Daniel Greene is an artist with an exhibition coming up which he should be excited about, except he isn’t. He can’t sleep, he has no enthusiasm for social activities, and his constant tears and dark thoughts alarm him. When he’s finally diagnosed with depression, he starts the slow process of resisting the dark lure.<br><br>One day Oliver Campbell arrives at Daniel’s gate to deliver art supplies. He’s tall and muscular, and for the first time in a long while, Daniel feels there might be light at the end of the tunnel.<br><br>Yet Oliver has a secret. He has a son, five-year-old Cameron. When he reveals this to Daniel the morning after their first date, Daniel has the courage to reveal his own secret battle with depression. Will these two men be able to accept each other’s secrets and go forward together?

The Darkest Hour

“A masterpiece,” said the plump lady. “I think we’ll take it,”


I smiled at them and took another sip of wine.


A little later, Stella made her speech. I stood behind her, to one side, doing my damnedest to blend in with the art.


“So it is with immense pleasure I present to you the artist himself, Daniel Greene.”


I stepped forward and took my bow. I think I managed a smile. I was so nervous I couldn’t remember. I bowed to the left and to the right then stepped back, desperate for the moment to end. My heart was pounding again and I felt as if I might faint. Fortunately, it was Stella to the rescue again.


Stella looked at me, surprised. “You don’t want to enjoy your moment?”


Her question made me squirm. Of course I wantedto enjoy my moment. I was just incapable of doing so. I might have been doing much better in my day to day life, but this was an unusual, out-of-the-ordinary situation.


Chapter 12