Jason Mann needs a vacation, badly. A psychologist, he feels like he works all the time and plays very little. Honestly, he just wants to go away with his ruggedly handsome boyfriend, policeman Dillon Snyder. He doesn’t care where, but hopefully soon.<br><br>A vacation isn’t easy to plan in their lives, though. Jason has his string of patients he helps, and Dillon cleans up the streets as an officer of the law. Plus, their friend Gillian pulls them in different directions, always demanding. Something has to give, and quickly. Before Jason loses his mind over his job and friend, he desperately needs to get away.<br><br>When Dillon has an opportunity to fly south for a vacation in Florida for eleven days, Jason’s on board. But with every treat in life comes a price. Will this adventure and a colony of nudists rip the two men apart, or will their days of fun in the sun only bring them closer together?

Rugged Mann

He likes it when the beach is busy and occupied; it keeps his mind off the accident. It’s why he’s been a lifeguard for the last four years. The beach holds his mood on the high. It enlightens him. The noisy and pesky seagulls. The rising and falling of the Atlantic tide. The blistering sun on a hot day. The salty wind against his bare chest and face. He loves it all. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Minus the accident, of course.


As of late, though, he’s bypassed any positive boost or thinking in his life, mostly because of the accident. The man on the beach continues to appear at dawn or dusk, never in the afternoon hours. He vanishes, appears again, and is gone, which baffles Max. It happens so quickly. Sometimes Max sees him. But most of the time he doesn’t. He’s left puzzled by the stranger. It’s a mystery he doesn’t understand and probably never will. Still to this day.


Chapter 21