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

“You may want to go home and rest and come back in the morning.”


“He could be gone by the morning!” she snapped.


“I don’t think so,” Doctor Coley said. “If this round of antibiotics doesn’t help, there are other things we can do, but it gets riskier as we go along. Please, folks. I don’t think he’s in any immediate danger. You might want to rest while you have the chance and come back in the morning, and we’ll have a clearer picture of where we are.”


He excused himself and disappeared through a nearby door.


“I’ll stay with him,” I said. “Jack, you should take them home. But when you come back, would you bring one of his teddies? And his dinosaur book?”


“You going to be all right by yourself?” Jackson asked, his tired eyes looking worried.


“I’ll be fine,” I said. “Mama, you should go and get some sleep.”


“How am I going to sleep?” Mama asked. “I’m going to wait here for you, in case you need something.”


Chapter 104