Tristan used to be top salesman at his firm, but when his friends suffered a tragedy, he stepped in to support them. Their ordeal over, Tristan turned to partying to ease his new solitude. Now his job is at risk and he stands to lose his home. Rain spent years putting up with his husband Milo's bad behavior before moving out. Single again and insecure, Rain dreams of creating a marionette show to celebrate kids on the autism spectrum in honor of his son. When Rain meets his neighbor Tristan, he's drawn to Tristan's sex-appeal and protective nature. But Milo keeps pulling on Rain's strings and messing with his head. Tristan loves everything about Rain, including the strange sandwiches, mismatched socks, crazy marionettes, glitter makeup, and messy apartment. And Rain wants to give Tristan everything, but can he cut lose from Milo's hold?

A Touch of Rain

“You’re so violent,” Rain teased. “Poor little pepper. You’ve ruined him for weeks now.”


Andre shot him a wide-eyed look and stared down at the devastated pepper in his gloved hand.


“Well, at least you had the decency to use protection.” Rain winked and went back to work. But his phone vibrated inside his jeans and he wondered if something had happened to Pip at school. No one ever called him anymore. “Let me take this call,” he said, slipping his gloves off before digging his phone out. He checked the caller ID, but didn’t know this number. “Hello?” he answered and walked away.


“Yes…” Rain put his hand over the phone. “It’s the government or a survey,” he told Andre. “Yes, speaking.”


“Tell ‘em you’re busy stuffing peppers.” Andre laughed.


Chapter 38