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

“I could really use someone around here who knows all the things you know. Not to mention someone to help pay the bills. To teach me how to cook for real and I mean…I don’t even know how to check how much water is in the cistern. Besides, one thing that I’d forgotten about until I stayed here is that this place can get pretty dark at night. And there’s coyotes, you know. You can hear them at night. Also, you have the truck and I have literally nothing. What if I need to take Belinda somewhere? Or Beatrice now? What if they get hurt? What if Ido? But the most important reason is that we really like each other, Leo. I mean, I do at least. And I think you do. You do, right? You like me? You want to be with me?”


“Of course I do,” Leo said. Too much had happened too quickly, and his head was spinning. “But my job. I mean, you’re an hour and a half away, Gordy.”


Chapter 58