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

“Are they trying to torture us on purpose? I don’t want to break my arm because I need to scratch my balls.”


“Just relax. Bill said he’s going to meet us at the airport. We’re supposed to go over there for New Year’s Eve.”


“That’s not going to matter if we suffocate before we get there, or I wind up with someone’s duffle bag stowed in my ass since there’s no room anywhere else.”


With a sudden surge of noise and power, we were roaring down the runway and ready to take off.


“Jesus!” I muttered, gripping Jackson’s hand.


“If this fucking thing explodes, I’ll sue!”


“It’s not going to explode. Do you need a sick bag?”


“It’s a hand,” he said, glancing down at his hand, which I was squeezing the life out of. “Not a guardrail.”


Chapter 41