The night before Noah Hill left his hometown of Mountain View, he had a drunken sexual tryst with his best friend, Lucas Wesson. Deeply in the closet, Noah is horrified at his behavior, and terrified of what Lucas would think of him. He left the next morning without saying goodbye, and effectively cut off all ties. He returns five years later to help his father, and runs into his old best friend almost as soon as he reaches town. And nothing has changed. He still loves Lucas, and he still can't stand to meet the other man's eyes.<br><br>Lucas has been through a lot in the past five years without his best friend's support. A marriage. A divorce. A child. Running his own business. He also remembers his one night with Noah with perfect clarity. For five years, he only wanted Noah to come home. But now that Noah is back, things have changed too much to ever be the same between them ...

My Only Home

Maggie smiled. “I would say it can’t be that bad, but after hearing about what happened in the kitchen this morning, you’ll probably be cleaning up after them all night.”


“So it’ll be just like work then? Night, Maggie.”


Lucas paused outside the door, listening for any sounds of destruction. The house was eerily silent. He unlocked the door and braced himself for thirty pounds of excitement hurling toward him on chubby legs, but the silence persisted. Frowning, Lucas slipped into the hallway, carefully avoiding the toys and shoes—why were all the shoes out of the closet—and hung up his jacket. He heard the blurred voices from the television, but no other sound.


Chapter 13