Years have gone by since the death of Noah his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband Jackson try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.<br><br>Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available -- the daughter Jackson always wanted.<br><br>With two children on their hands, life is complicated -- wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia ... and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

Go Tell It on the Mountains

Don’t be scared, honey. If you don’t like it, we won’t go swimming. Okay?


He again seemed to stand a little taller as he straightened his shoulders and took a deep breath, as though making a decision.


We walked across the carpeted floor and through the doorway to the room Jackson and I were staying in. Jackson was already dressed, had a towel over his shoulder and another towel for Tony


You ready to go swimming?Jackson asked.


It’s a heated pool. The water is really warm. You’ll like it. It’s good exercise.


Tony held my hand as we walked down the spacious hall toward the pool wing.


“Your house always makes me feel like I’m visiting a museum,” I said to Jackson.


“Just imagine what it was like growing up here,” he replied. “Every time I farted, the maid sprayed air freshener.”


“Poor little rich boy,” I said. “You must be horribly scarred.”


Chapter 10