Tall, intelligent and handsome, Hatch Lye is works for Ravenous, a company that tests cookbook recipes for publishing houses. At thirty-five, he’s pretty much settled in his ways.<br><br>Then unexpectedly, things change for him when he makes an afternoon coffee run. On the street corner, he meets a homeless man named Kevin Balk. They exchange smiles, a simple hello, and Hatch gives the man money. Without thinking through the consequences of his actions, Hatch invites Kevin back to his home for a meal, shower, and much-needed sleep.<br><br>What transpires between the two men over shared meals and the next few weeks of autumn? Can their different lives come together as a romance begins, and secrets of Kevin’s mysterious life are revealed?

Ravenous

Before fetching the water, Kevin quickly wrapped me in his arms, pulled me against him, and kissed me. Following the punch-of-a-kiss, he released me and said, “I’ll leave you two guys alone. I have work to do.”


Both Michael and I watched him leave, swinging his cardboard sign at his side.


Truth told, I never did retrieve a glass of water for Michael because of his falling tone and steady glare at me.


Once Kevin was gone, Michael exhaled, and some of the color entered his face again. Hurriedly he demanded form me, “Tell me again about Kevin. Everything you know about him. Leave no detail spared.”


Chapter 21