Dale Chase

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

Walking down the street, I couldn’t believe that ten minutes before I’d felt disappointed. Recovery had been so easy. I had a date with him.


That evening, I had to tell myself over and over that I’d been wrong to expect Glenn to be what he’d been long ago. He’d suffered a loss way beyond mine, been captive to a slow death. All I had was a breakup. I had to be content with his presence, which I reminded myself was as an equal.


Time, of course, slowed to a crawl. Knowing we were going out, even for fast food, gave me something new for a change. Suddenly my situation had meaning, though I realized it unfair to pin that much on a clearly damaged man. But I couldn’t help it.


The next day, I spent too much time deciding what to wear.


I worked at looking casual. I changed clothes so often I lost count of how many times because I didn’t want him to know the little kid was still inside the grown man.


Chapter 12