Chapter 61

“Hey, about time you guys got here,” Barnaby called from the doorway. He’d just ushered in a couple of guests before them.

“We’re fashionably late,” Matt said.

Barnaby laughed. “Are you sure we’renot related?” He pulled his brother into his arms and gave him a sloppy lip-glossed kiss on the cheek.

Matt couldn’t help grinning at the look of feigned revulsion on Calvin’s face. Barnaby pecked him on the cheek, too, as he passed into the overly crowded house. Matt decided the party had to be Barnaby’s idea. He doubted Nathan would have tolerated such chaos before the bubbly man had come into his life.

Most of the guests who’d already arrived had spilled out into the backyard. He quickly noted his mother and stepfather outside holding strawberry margaritas. He also spotted his two half-brothers, Adrian and Steve, and Steve’s best friend since forever, Drew.

“Looks like practically the whole gang’s here.”