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

“This New Age Swamp Cunt has a lot of witchy tricks up her sleeve, but this is something you and the goddess are going to have to figure out. I’m actually starting to think we might have to do an exorcism because you’ve been possessed by the spirit of stupidity.”


“Oh, yes. Tina’s gonna go there. Tina’s gonna tell the truth. Don’t be mad. Okay? But the truth is…you’re scared.”


“Yes, you are, and you can’t bullcrap me. Moving to Boston. Away from your comfort zone. Taking a risk—a real risk. For the first time in your life, maybe. Risking everything for that man of yours. Starting a new family. Living with him on his terms—for the first time, really. Dealing with his kin, that horrible woman who gave birth to him, that psychiatrist father of his. Doing things his way. Life in the big city. You’re scared.”


“Yes, you are. You know you are, baby. You’re a big fat chicken.”


Chapter 52