When he sees entrepreneur Mitch O'Shea whirling around an empty building, contractor Ben Behr is enchanted. Even though his two brothers are gay, Ben always thought he was a ladies' man until he met Mitch. Despite his feelings, Ben knows San Francisco native Mitch is totally out of his league. What could Ben possibly do to get out-and-proud Mitch to notice him? Turns out Mitch is just as attracted to Ben. As they compete in car rallies, camp in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and tour the bars Mitch owns in the city, they realize how stifled they've been their entire lives. Maybe looking over the fence and jumping it to explore what's on the other side are good ideas. When these two seemingly opposites get together, will Ben and Mitch find out they have the world at their feet and might even have love in their hearts?

Waking the Behr

“No. I’m coming with you.” He sounded sure, but he still looked pretty pale.


We didn’t have time to argue, so I just nodded. I’d find out what the story was when we got back and hopefully were snuggled in bed together. My first foray into gay sex had gone so well that we’d both slept through the initial thunder everyone had mentioned.


“We can take Rita,” he said in a small voice.


“No, we can’t. No telling where the kid is. We need to walk this one. The boy’s name is Thomas. Get ready to yell it a lot. We’ll be walking to the cabins along the rim of the lake.”


He nodded. We flipped up the hoods of the ponchos and left.


The first few cabins were shut up like the ranger had said, and there was no sign anyone had been around them lately. None of them had outbuildings, so our search was easy although we were now dripping wet and cold. The wind had gotten stronger, making what was already miserable even more so.


Chapter 28