When Noah Dahl ends an eight-year Hollywood relationship with actor Reece Landreth, he heads north to the family home he inherited years before, intending to make a new start. What he doesn’t anticipate is finding his boyhood crush Glenn Wager has also returned.<br><br>Though Noah suffers from his breakup, he finds Glenn suffering far more from difficult circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. As Noah’s boyhood feelings return, he must acknowledge that twenty-four years have passed and work at approaching the troubled Glenn as a man, not a boy.<br><br>But Noah quickly finds obstacles in his way, namely Glenn himself. Can the two ever fully reunite and possibly build a life together?

Square One

“I appreciate your sharing the story, Noah,” he finally said. “I know how much it must mean to you. I hope you keep writing. Don’t ever let anyone stop you.”


When my parents returned at eleven, I was in bed, though Glenn had let me stay up till ten-thirty, playing cards and talking.


From then on, he was my life. A good day was seeing him. A better day was when he waved, and a fabulous day was when we spoke. I kept hoping my parents would go out again so he could babysit me, but my dad was away on business a lot so they usually stayed in when he was home.


Desperate to see Glenn, I one time purposely broke the toilet handle while my dad was at work, knowing Mom would call Glenn. She did and he came right over, toolbox in hand. I acted as his assistant on the repair job, even rode to the hardware store with him where he bought parts because, by then, he was driving.


Chapter 9