Living in downtown Toronto can be expensive and frustrating, but Leo is willing to deal with the traffic and working the overtime in order to experience everything else the city has to offer. Or would be, if he had any energy left to do so. The fact that his upstairs neighbour is making more noise that a herd of elephants isn't helping things either. Tired, irritated, and on the verge of losing his patience, Leo knows that things have got to change.<br><br>Gordy is one of the most attractive young men that Leo has ever met, and Leo has no doubt in his mind that Gordy has been using those good looks to get whatever he wants for a very long time. So when Gordy starts turning on the charm, Leo can't help but wonder if it's actual interest or merely appeasement.<br><br>Together they're going to try and figure out just what can be done with Gordy's new roommate -- an energetic, excitable, and very noisy young goat whose visit comes with a deathbed promise and a tight family bond. What Leo doesn't realise is that she also comes with an ability to make him understand more about himself than he could have ever imagined he needed to learn.

Gordy's Got a Problem

“But when I say it was fast,” Gordy continued, “well, it was nothing like this. I had no idea she was that sick, Leo. She was getting dizzy, that’s all. She said they had to run some tests and take some blood and wait for some results, and then she was going to get a script or a few lessons on how to do things a little differently than she was, and then go home and live the rest of her life. How does it go from that to gone forever? I thought that I would never have to deal with anything worse than what we went through with Dad, but it’s as if life just laughed and said, ‘You thought that was hard, kid? You ain’t seen nothing yet.’”


“I’m so sorry,” Leo said again. “On both accounts.”


Gordy shook his head. “And her.” He pointed at Belinda. “My mom’s second miracle. What am I supposed to do with her? Now that I’ve promised to make sure she’s taken care of? And not just any promise either, but what turned out to be a fucking deathbed promise to my mother.”


Chapter 14