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

“Well, look who finally decided to give me the time of day.” Markus laughed, but his voice had an edge to it. “What’s up? Why haven’t you called me back?”


Tristan looked out of his side window. The sun was shining and they were calling for warmer weather this weekend—the last of the summer. He couldn’t wait to spend two days with Rain. “Jeff’s put me on probation and I’ve been working like a crazy man,” he said. “But I’m sorry I didn’t call you. I guess I didn’t know what to say. How are you doing?”


“Fine. I’m great. Working over at Bell now. They hired me last week. Same old, same old, you know how it goes. Peddling their shit instead of Crystal Tel’s.”


Markus was quiet for a moment. “Everything is great, man,” he said, at length. “You? Where have you been lately? Hey, what happened to your Facebook page? Did you delete it?”


Chapter 39