Chosen by a former Olympic swimmer to train for the 2016 Games as a pre-teen, Reed’s journey begins. Along the way, he develops feelings for two childhood friends: neighbor Cal and lifelong rival Mathias. Cal’s struggle with his sexuality brings tragedy. Mathias’s wealth makes Reed feel as if they’re from different worlds.<br><br>As Rio approaches, Mathias becomes a gay sports icon, while Reed must hide his sexuality for a lucrative endorsement deal important to his family’s future. Reed’s unresolved desires for both men remain, and so do the things that have kept them apart. Has Reed grown enough to navigate rougher waters, to find truth, pride, victory, and love?

Truth, Pride, Victory, Love

“I like cock a lot. I like Calloway’s,” she’d repeated several times, “but as long as we’re both completely honest about the whole thing, why shouldn’t I play a bit if I feel like it?”


I had no answer for that. Why not? I hadn’t really felt like it. Okay, that was a lie. I felt like it a lot, but I’d become far too busy to pursue sex. I could satisfy myself, for the most part, with a little help from the Internet and pictures of Cal.


“She’s down with me getting with you, Wats. It was her idea,” Cal told me, there amongst the cars and people getting in them after the swim meet. “It’s her fantasy, really.”


I pulled out my phone to take him up on the bluff.


“Nope.” I swiped the screen of my phone until Caryn came up.


Chapter 67