When Caleb arrives at the psychologist’s office, he doesn’t know what to expect. He carries with him thirty-two years of troubles, which he is desperate to rid himself of. Yet at the end of the first session, it appears he has another desire. A forbidden desire he has no right to expect to become reality.<br><br>As the sessions continue, they are peppered with extremely unorthodox methods which only add fuel to the flame that something might happen between them. And while the therapy sessions appear to be having their desired effect, Caleb begins to wonder if he’s having any effect on the handsome psychologist.<br><br>Something tells him he is. But isn’t it forbidden for a mental health professional to have romantic attachments to their clients? Does Caleb have that certain something that will make the psychologist break the rules which keep him employed? Or is Caleb doomed to have his heart broken yet again?

The Psychologist

“I’m sorry to hear you had to endure so much.” He put down his pad and pen. “Why do you think they singled you out?”


“I don’t know. Because I was different, I suppose.”


“I was gay. I didn’t know it then, but there must have been something about me they could see that I couldn’t. They knew I was inferior to them and I guess, like wild animals, they attacked me because I was weaker.”


“Do you think being gay makes you inferior?”


Caleb sniffed back his tears and pondered the question. “In some ways.”


“I can’t have children. Well, not in the normal way.”


“Many heterosexual couples can’t have children the ‘normal’ way. That doesn’t mean a thing. How else?”


“Gay people don’t have the same rights as straight people.”


Chapter 3