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

At the end of the hall, Rain appeared. “Wait.” But he disappeared again.


But he couldn’t wait. Milo would be here soon and Tristan wasn’t in the mood to come face to face with him. In the last month, Milo had skipped picking Philip up twice. He was less and less invested emotionally, but hadn’t signed the divorce papers yet. Every time Rain tried talking to him, Milo would say that he was seeing his therapist and understanding things about himself.


That was all good and fine, but what about Rain and Philip in all of this? Rain deserved to know where he stood.


“I really gotta go.” Tristan bent to Philip and kissed his dark blond hair. “See you later. Have fun.” He opened the front door and a gust of cold wind blew his hair back. December was brutal this year. They’d already gotten their first snow storm. “Don’t stand there in your bare feet,” he said, looking over at Pip with a stern expression. “And please, for the love of God, can you get dressed before your dad shows up?”


Chapter 64