When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns gay marriage is not without its disadvantages. He’s preoccupied by concerns over the health of his special needs son Noah, a meth baby who was not expected to live yet is now on the cusp of puberty, and the antics of Wiley's outrageous would-be mother-in-law and severely conservative father-in-law strain his relationship with Jackson Ledbetter, a pediatric nurse who poses problems of his own. As their respective families meet and greet, each just as meddlesome and inflexible as the other, North meets South and the fireworks and cultural misunderstandings are plenty.<br><br>Then a tornado blows through the small Mississippi town where Wiley's mother lives, wrecking his mother's house and leaving their lives in disarray. And Jackson's secret drug addiction comes to light, devastating Wiley and Noah. With so many stones in the road, Wiley and Jackson find their dream of becoming a real family falling apart. Though Wiley relies on humor to cope, he'll need something more to keep his happily ever after from slipping away.

Stones in the Road

“What does that mean?” she asked, puzzled by my tone.


“Keke’s been telling him some stuff…I’m not sure I like it, to be honest.”


“What could she possibly know about you and Kayla?” Tonya demanded.


“I don’t want to fight with you,” I said.


“I ain’t fighting, baby. But I want to know. I ain’t never said nothing about Noah’s mama.”


“Well, she’s getting information from somewhere.”


Tonya was upset. I hadn’t meant to just blurt it out like that. She turned to her daughter and started signing away furiously.


Keke said they’d had a substitute teacher who told her about Crack Baby


She told me not to play with Noah because he has two daddies and it’s not right,Keke signed.


The substitute teacher told you that?Tonya asked.


She said N’s daddies are going to hell and that N was deaf because God was mad at them and wanted to punish them for sinning. She said God hates deaf people.


Chapter 69