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

“Just before I discovered Ron was…no longer interested in us, I met an older cardiologist who had left his practice to work in hospice.”


My stomach churned. “Hospice? Micajah—”


“No, it was nothing like that. I was attending a seminar where he was one of the guest speakers. I was enthralled by his words, and afterward, I sought him out. I couldn’t understand why he left such a lucrative practice.” He gazed out at the pasture of brown Jerseys placidly grazing.


Micajah turned his blue, blue eyes to meet mine. “He’d had a heart attack. Too much stress, too much worry, too many nights with barely enough sleep…”


“Did he see his deceased loved ones telling him to go to the light?”


Chapter 27