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

“And medications,” Jackson added. “When I looked through his medical files, I saw various drugs had been tried.”


“We didn’t have much luck with them.”


“But it’s an option,” Jackson said. “We’re committed to Tony. Don’t get me wrong. But this is something we need to address head-on. I get the feeling that Tony was abused.”


“The mother denies it,” Heather said.


“Probably sexually abused. And when I read through his file, there was something I thought was odd.”


“I thought his HIV was transmitted in the womb. I assumed, I should say.”


“She used intravenous drugs, had needles lying around.”


“But Tony could have been infected by sexual abuse.”


“We need to get to the bottom of it. That’s my point.”


“The counseling sessions weren’t very helpful,” she pointed out.


“I thought about that. Was there an interpreter present?”


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