During a golf tournament in Virginia, American golfer Reggie Weston meets Russell Lee, the British former world champion in the sport. The two men hit it off when Russell takes Reggie under his wing, teaching him the tricks of the game. As their friendship deepens, Reggie finds himself falling in love with the Englishman, though he knows Russell doesn’t feel the same. He’s painfully aware of the fact that Russell isn’t gay. But there’s more to Russell than meets the eye. He’s a troubled soul, plagued by monsters in his head telling him who he should be. He’s spent most of his life hiding his sexuality from the world so he won’t disappoint his homophobic mother. Is seven days enough time for Russell to break through the years of hurt and accept the new direction fate has in store for him and Reggie?

Seven Days

But his legs didn’t want to follow orders at all. Because Reggie’s heart and soul wanted to stay there, next to the man he loved.


He was only twenty-two, but he longed for a stable relationship, somebody to love who would love him in return. Maybe because of the tournaments, because he was always travelling to every corner of America and the world over, the one thing he wanted the most was to wake up each morning and go to sleep every night next to the same person. Somebody who listened to what he had to say, who tolerated his silences, who gave him security and trust in himself.


Five minutes and I’ll go, he told himself.


Rihanna and Eminem had been replaced by Eva Cassidy with her cover of “Time After Time.”


He placed his free hand in Russell’s left, half hidden by the pillow. The fingertips were soft and inviting under his light touch.


Two minutes. Two more minutes and then he would leave.


Chapter 24