Even the nicest of guys can decide to cut loose at some point, especially if he's at college and a frat brother invites him to a party. Unfortunately, that can end quite badly. Luckily for Dante ap Owen, it doesn't -- until he keeps needing to piss every few minutes and he sees blood in his urine. Another stroke of luck for him is the substitute professor, also a medical doctor he’s been crushing on, who happens to be there when he passes out in class and pushes him to come to his clinic.<br><br>But Dante and his beloved, critically ill mother are under the control of his bitter uncle, who also provides health insurance. If his uncle finds out Dante is being treated for anything, let alone what Dante fears is an STD, he's ... Dante doesn't want to think about that. So he flees the clinic before he has to make a follow-up appointment.<br><br>The good doctor shows up at his uncle's farm when phone calls do nothing. And when Dante's uncle invites the doctor to dinner and serves a meal worthy of Medea, the doctor urges Dante and his mother to leave. But will they? And will Dante realize the doctor wants him as much as he wants the doctor?

So Let Us Rejoice

And I nearly tripped over my feet when I felt his warm palm on my lower back, just below the waistband of my trousers.6


Dante took my empty glass, placed it on a console table by the front door, and set his down beside it.


“The bathroom is right here.” He pointed out the half-open door. “I’ll be right back.”


I stood outside the bathroom, watching as Dante bounded up the stairs, muttering under his breath. The boy seemed to have a tendency to unknowingly speak his thoughts aloud, and then blush when he realized what he’d done. He was adorable.


And I had to remind myself I was old enough to be his father. I sighed and stepped into the bathroom—it was actually a powder room with just a toilet and a sink—relieved myself, and washed my hands. Perhaps this wasn’t the wisest thing I’d done, but I did have to give Dante the results of his blood test. I refused to think how eagerly I’d leapt at the opportunity to give him that information in person.


Chapter 24