One thing Derek has always searched for is perfection. And in Nick's love, he thought he'd found it. But marriage is rarely perfect and Nick Lund isn't a myth, but a human being, faulted as anyone. With their relationship on the rocks, Derek faces loneliness and doubt, estranged from the man he's adored for most of his life. When he learns that he has a cousin living in the city, a young man named Myles he never knew existed, Derek seeks him out. The two men begin a beautiful friendship that provides Derek with some solace and perspective. But in spite of the affection he feels for Myles, Derek's heart belongs to Nick, who's willing to do anything to get them back on track. Nick is ready to forsake his restaurant Split, the city life he adores and all of his ambitions to win Derek's trust again. Derek is convinced that a quiet existence in the burbs is the solution to all of their problems. Or will it be the biggest mistake of their lives?

Red Dreams

Bump, this went on for threehours. Eight beers later, our questions had gone from ‘If you were a bird’, to ‘What position makes you come harder’. It was great. We really dove deep, no inhibitions, no holding back, and after we’d run out of imagination, we put on some music, called for a vegetarian pizza, and opened my new bottle of Connemara.


At this point, we were drunk and slap happy from the food.


“Hey, show me some pictures,” Myles said, pushing his empty paper plate away on the table. “Show me some pictures of your wedding or something. Or of the people you keep talking about. Bruin and Lana.”


I laughed, spitting a bit of my beer out. “You mean, Boone and Lene.” I shoved him gently. “You’d love them! Especially Lene. You two have the same kind of humor. She’d love you to pieces.”


“Come on, we’re all talked out. Show me some pictures. Let me see these people.”


Chapter 27