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

We need to go. Let’s pay for your book.


He carried it proudly to the register and peered at the cashier over the edge of the counter as he scanned it.


“Kids love dinosaurs,” the cashier observed, flashing a smile at me. He was twentysomething and all kinds of cute.


“I was more of a Ninja Turtle guy myself,” I offered.


“He yours?” the man asked, glancing at Jackson and myself then down to Tony.


“I hope so,” I said. “That or we’ll get arrested for kidnapping.”


As we made our way to the exit, I spotted a photo booth.


“We will, but first we’re going to take pictures of our first day. Like we used to do with Noah at the mall.”


Chapter 19