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

“I most certainly did. But I figured out that, when your father wasn’t around, I could put a little vodka in your bottle and you’d settle right down. Then my friend Annie—you know Annie. She’s the one who married that Arab and moved to Dubai or some shit hole in the desert—well, Annie liked weed, and she used to blow the smoke in your face.”


“Well, she did, darling. It helped you to relax.”


“And I’ve been going to twelve-step programs ever since.”


“We didn’t know you’d turn out to be a drug addict, dear.”


“Mom, would you stop it? You know none of that is true. Your friends might find it amusing, but I don’t.”


“He really is uptight, isn’t he, Wiley?” she asked, glancing at me.


“So when do I get to meet this other child?” she asked, returning her attention to Jackson.


“We’re going to see her tomorrow afternoon. We’re going to take Tony and let them meet each other, have a small visit and see what happens.”


Chapter 59