David Peterson had his whole life charted out for him by his parents. An athletic scholarship to a prestigious college in California and a future in major league baseball were almost certain. But his high school love affair with quarterback Kaden Morris almost changed his predetermined path. When Kaden eventually rejected him, David swore he would never return to Orlando. <br><br>Fifteen years later and divorced with a child, David returns home to find a newly divorced Kaden seeking forgiveness. Old feelings resurface, but can the pain of the past be forgotten and a new future together forged?

Home Again

After Kaden talked to the manager about David’s car, they walked to David’s house with neither of them saying a word until they left the business district and encountered the residential side of the neighborhood. “Are you glad to be back home?”


“I am. I didn’t think I would ever come back. So many—”


“Bad memories?” Kaden asked. No one said anything for a good minute. But the silence was knifing Kaden in the heart. “Was I one of them?”


David continued walking slowly and didn’t say anything.


Chapter 23