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

Just hearing the name made Reggie’s heart jump back into his throat. It was his friend Moses


“Wh…what?” he stuttered, flattening himself against the wall.


“You fell in love with Russell Lee,” Moses declared.


Reggie sighed and closed his eyes. His silence said it all.


“I’ve been waiting for you to tell me who that tweet was about since this morning,” Moses continued, “but I know your tastes well enough and, watching the tournament on the internet, I put two and two together.”


“He isn’t.,” Reggie mumbled with difficulty. “It was doomed from the start. It’s just me who…”


“Oh shit, Reggie. You must feel like crap,” his friend commented, alarmed.


“More or less,” he agreed, rubbing his tired eyes.


“Thanks a lot for reminding me,” he mumbled.


Out in the hall he could hear the reporters leaving the press room. He looked out but couldn’t see Carlos.


Chapter 36