Keenan Hunter, a na?ve farm boy, quickly falls for his college roommate, Tucker Reynolds, a more sophisticated city slicker. For a time, Keenan's feelings for Tucker appear to be reciprocated, although neither man openly expresses any feelings they may have for the other. For reasons Keenan can't understand, Tucker starts to date Jane Williams, a fellow student. Keenan deals with the pain of rejection by finding another man to love. But time and again, this proves unsuccessful. Tucker has captured Keenan's heart and no one else can match the forever love Keenan thought he had with Tucker. When Tucker marries Jane, he asks Keenan to be his best man. Keenan reluctantly agrees and performs his duties, all the while hiding the pain of his broken heart. The experience leaves Keenan with a life-long aversion to weddings. Years pass and the two men drift apart. Keenan becomes the head veterinarian at an animal rescue center. And because of a three-legged Yorkshire terrier, Tucker comes back into Keenan's life. Circumstances have changed for Tucker. Will these changes finally allow Keenan to regain his forever love? Maybe weddings aren't so bad after all.

Keenan's Forever Love

“I…I can’t believe it!” Tucker said finally. “Charity…Charity never told me the name of the vet who told her she could adopt Tripod. I…I never dreamed it would be you.”


Keenan had no words. He just stood and held Tucker in his gaze, his heart pounding, his mind swirling as memories of Tucker and him broke free and rushed forward—unfettered from where he’d kept them buried for so many years.


Charity had now risen and was holding Tripod up for her father to see.


“Look, Daddy. See! He’s only got three legs. One leg is gone, just like I told you.”


Tucker tore his eyes away from Keenan and looked at his daughter. “Yes…yes I see.”


“So, can we take him home? Please, please, please!”


Tucker looked back at Keenan. “Well, we’ll have to see what Dr. Hunter thinks, but it’s okay with me.”


“Oh, thank you, Daddy. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”


Charity hugged her father with one arm, squishing Tripod between them. Tripod didn’t seem to mind at all.


Chapter 20