Chapter 2

“I’ll need to see your insurance

card, please,” the nurse says. She glances at the clipboard and

adds, “Mr. Fordham?”

Mr. Fordham stops. “Right.”

Awkwardly he digs into his back pocket and extracts a wallet as

battered and worn as his lined cheeks. Without letting go of

Wesley’s hand, he tries to extract a thin card from the folds of

leather. “I’ve got it here—”

Wesley takes the

wallet, which Mr. Fordham surrenders. “In the front part, hon,” he

says, watching the kid root through plastic and cash for the

elusive insurance card. Jason is sure he hears him sayhon, though the man

speaks softly and he’s half a room away.

Hon, worlds more intimate

thanson. If

Jason’s right and theyarelovers…the thought makes him want to swoon, it’s

too precious. He’s picked up boys at clubs and parties—one of the

reasons he’s here now, to be honest, because he can’t keep his

pants on around a pretty face or a hard dick—but he doesn’t move in