Rookie police officer Sean Patton’s world is turned upside down when he’s shot while out on a domestic dist28ce call. Sean is saved by his ballistic vest but is still injured, emotionally and physically. To make matters worse, he has to hide his sexuality.<br><br>His girlfriend, an attorney seven years his senior, is his saving grace, nursing him with good deeds and plenty of loving. He also enjoys the attentions of his best friend Jeremy, who was his lover college. And things are further complicated by his sexy and muscled captain, who admits to being bisexual, too.<br><br>Unfortunately in 1970s America, being anything other than straight is not on the menu. What’s a new officer to do? Will he lose his girlfriend when she discovers he’s attracted to men, too?

Officer Needs Assistance

I searched for something to say that would disguise my rage. “Do you always have conversations tape recorded?” I asked.


“I do with people I don’t trust. Like Casper. Or my husband.”


I fell silent. Casper and I had never said “I love you” even though it had been over a year. I thought I’d shown my devotion. I spent a moment recalling all I’d done for him.


I’d planned each month’s “anniversary.” I didn’t think it was enough to buy someone flowers. So much better to sculpt a vase on a pottery wheel, paint it, and grow roses in a community plot.


I’d cooked lavish meals for him: duck, veal, whatever he asked for. He needed sumptuous dinners for potential buyers which I wasn’t asked to stay for.


I decided not to be dramatic and cry. Instead, since I was so not dramatic I would wait for a good time to confront him. New Year’s Eve, for example.


Chapter 14