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

Closing the book, I faced the dilemma of where to stash it. I finally settled on an upper garage shelf behind paint cans, where it could remain undiscovered until the day came when Glenn’s anger at his parents had gone.


When he returned later, the laundry was done and folded. I’d left it on the bed, then busied myself emptying half the closet and dresser. I wanted him to put away as he liked. I was out back watering shrubs when he found me.


“It’s so overgrown,” I said. “Work ahead.”


He nodded, fetched pruning shears, and set to work. When I finished watering, I started weeding. We filled an entire barrel with clippings, one section of the garden now presentable.


Reece came to mind as I weeded, but not as the intruder this time. I was now able to summon him simply to note his contrast with Glenn and enjoy the absence of any pangs of rejection. Reece hadn’t a clue about the joy of sharing simple labor. With all he had, he’d missed so much. As had I


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