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

“I remember reading the lines from the play. ‘Your hand is like a holy place that my hand is unworthy to visit. If you’re offended by the touch of my hand, my two lips are standing here like blushing pilgrims, ready to make things better with a kiss.’ And…” Kaden trailed off as David caught his look.


“Then we kissed,” David said, putting the spoon down, and turning off both the stove top and oven. “It was pretty rushed, like everything we did. It was forceful, no tongue. And then Kaden kissed me more tenderly.”


Vi and Sarah turned to David, with quizzical looks in their eyes. “You never wrote that in the book,” Sarah said. “What’s more, you never told me!”


“You never told her? For real? She’s just not playing that she didn’t know?” Kaden asked. “I just assumed even though you didn’t put it in the book that at least Sarah knew.”


Chapter 32