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

“Oh, man, look,” Gordy pulled Leo to the left of the laneway. “Goats! Wow, they’re small. They must be babies, right? And different than Belinda, too, wouldn’t you say? Like a different breed? Aren’t they cute?” He let go of Leo’s hand and hurried down the path that led to the goats, the idea of getting an actual response to anything he asked seemingly meaningless.


Leo, on the other hand, didn’t rush forward. He meandered, taking in the sights and quietly assessing, as if he were one of the many parents strolling down the walkway as their kids ran for the fences and climbed and screamed and reached through to get grubby hands even grubbier as they stroked and poked any animal brave enough to come close. Surprisingly, that was more animals than Leo would have assumed. Tempted by tiny fistfuls of corn and pellets they put up with both the gentle and the unknowingly aggressive to munch, munch, munch, before abandoning their new friend for the next one offering food.


Chapter 29