On a bright autumn day, Flynn Marlowe lost his best friend, a beagle named Barley, while out on a hike in Seattle’s Discovery Park. On a cold winter day, Mac Bowersox found his best friend, a lost, scared, and emaciated beagle, on the streets of Seattle. Two men. One dog. When Flynn and Mac meet by chance in a park the next summer, there’s a problem -- who does Barley really belong to? Flynn wants him back, but he can see that Mac rescued him and loves him just as much as he does. Mac wants to keep the dog, and he can imagine how heartbreaking losing him would be -- but that's just what Flynn experienced. A “shared custody” compromise might be just the way to work things out. But will the arrangement be successful? Mac and Flynn are willing to try it ... and along the way, they just might fall in love.

Lost and Found

“You have no choice,” Flynn said, getting into position between Mac’s spread legs, on his knees.


“Damn,” Mac said as Flynn swallowed him whole.


Later, after showering together, they went downstairs. First they took Barley out into the backyard to do his business and then headed back to the kitchen to see what they could find for breakfast.


“You just sit down there. I want to cook for you. What do you usually like in the morning?” Flynn asked.


“I don’t know. Just coffee, mostly.”


Flynn found the French press on the counter. Because he had one just like it at his place, he had no trouble throwing together a pot of Italian roast.


“How ‘bout some eggs? I make a wicked omelet.”


Mac sat at the table, hands on his cheeks, staring ahead. “I’m sure you do, but I’m just not hungry. You go ahead and make yourself something. I can eat at the restaurant when I get there. That’s what I usually do.”


Chapter 58