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

No one said anything for another moment, then David recovered. He breathed in, then exhaled. “It’s okay. I ran into him in church on Sunday. He was there when I was with Quinn and I showed Quinn the memorial bricks at the church. I saw a side of Kaden that I hadn’t seen growing up.”


“Sentimental, emotional, compassionate. It’s like a different Kaden on the inside. At least I feel it’s a different Kaden. Outside it’s the same him. Football quarterback, senior class president coolness. But he’s showing me a different part of him I’ve never seen.”


“And the last two mornings he stops by with Ginger to have a cup of coffee.”


“He just stops by?” Sarah laughed. “Wait, wait. What’s up with that?”


“Well, technically he’s running or done with running when I see him.”


“What time of the morning is this?”


Chapter 29