Suhaib isn't a big believer in barriers. Whether he's skinny-dipping on the clock at his hotel job or spilling uncensored details of his life story just to make conversation, he is who he is and he doesn't care who knows it.<br><br>Elijah plays his hand a little closer to the vest, and Suhaib can't get his head around Elijah's reckless plan to drive through the worst blizzard to hit Oklahoma since statehood just to meet his sister's new baby.<br><br>When the storm that brought them together picks up and keeps them together, key elements of Elijah's life story are forced to the fore, and Suhaib learns a good man is more than the sum of his parts ... and there are more roads to uncle-hood than he ever considered.

Snowed In: Suhaib and Elijah

“Do you have any idea how scared I was?”


“I mean, I don’t. But once she started coming, no fear was gonna push her back in.”


“I mean about this whole thing. When that flight diverted last night? I’m surprised I didn’t go into labor on the plane. For a second I didn’t know if I was having a panic attack or a stroke.”


“I’m surprised they let you on the plane.”


“Well, I mean, it’s not like they knew I was pregnant. Funny, right? Being perceived as a big fat guy, it’s like the most masculine I’ve ever felt. I see why some guys seem like they’re so proud of these big tanks you see ‘em carrying around.”


“I mean, it was working for me,” I admitted with a wink.


Chapter 16