Andy Howard dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Andy refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Scooter Stahl, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table.<br><br>Scooter's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Andy.

Nights in Sandbridge

Kat took complete advantage of the server’s inability to look higher than her neck, getting sample after sample on those tiny spoons, her tongue flicking out, licking and groaning obscenely. She pushed a few of them on Andy, too, insisted on spoon-feeding him, quite literally. Finally, she made some decisions and ended up with a bowl of ice cream the size of her head, with five scoops and a ton of toppings.


“What do you want, Andy?” She said, digging out her wallet, which involved peeling it out of her soaking wet shorts.


“Mint chocolate chip,” Andy said. He eyed the rain outside and vetoed a cone, in case she decided theyhad to go out again before it was finished. “And to know what you’re really up to, but I’m pretty sureI’m only going to get one of those things.”


Chapter 41