Colin Kelly returns from the war with the sure knowledge that his marriage to Edna is a sham. He only insists on his own child and he gets her, his darling little girl Babs. For the rest, he copes as best he can until Edna places Babs in a boarding school and Colin ends up on the streets.<br><br>Bill Teague has loved Colin since he first saw him strolling through the art fair with little Babs on his shoulder. So when an old acquaintance calls him to come to Colin's aid before he throws him out of the pub for good, Bill goes.<br><br>Face to face in Bill's apartment, will their friendship survive the mutual confessions and legal problems Colin has?

A Permanent Arrangement

Those shoulders wide enough to rest a baby&rsquo;s body and arms strong enough to carry her for hours were enough to send his errant cock into instant attention.


Bill went and did the unforgivable in his community; he fell for a straight man. Although sometimes, like tonight, he wasn&rsquo;t exactly sure how &ldquo;straight&rdquo; Colin really was. In the past months, Bill spent many days walking along with Colin and Babs. The better he got to know &ldquo;his man and his baby&rdquo; the more he loved them both.


Colin aced fatherhood. He loved his Babs feverishly. But he knew enough that she needed room to explore. In the almost two years since Babs had arrived, the two of them had toured most of lower Manhattan.


Chapter 3