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

He sighed. It wasn’t healthy to make such mental associations.


“I should shower,” he said, standing up. He took off the boxers and tossed them aside. They landed on the bedside lamp, covering it like a lampshade.


The warm jet of water was like a pleasant touch across his naked body. In the shower, he stood with his forehead on the tiles, letting rivulets tickle his eyelashes and the tip of his nose.


In front of him he could only see Russell Lee. Again and again.


The blond spikes, eyes bluer than the sky. Would Reggie remember that face forever? He wondered when the pleasant memories would begin to fade, substituting accurate details with ambiguous approximations. To forget the features of the man he loved…was there anything crueler?


Russell’s friendship was everything Reggie had ever wanted. How was he supposed to learn to live without it?


Chapter 41