The bus had pulled in at, what? Ten thirty the night before? It had been raining, and he’d gotten a hotel nearby, and there’d been a guy… not bad-looking. He rolled over in the queen-sized bed and felt the warm spot-and the wet spot-and grimaced. And Malachi had effectively betrayed him and ripped his heart out. He hadn’t landed any blows in that fight. And the creak of the springs, the smell of sex, the chafing of cheap sheets?Įxcept his face hurt, and his shoulder too, where someone had landed a blow, and his knuckles had that three-day ache from being clenched too hard. With nine years in the military, he and Mal had gone on leave in a thousand different places. HENRY KNEW what a cheap hotel bed felt like. This one is for Desi and Brenda and Mary of course-because everybody was as invested in Henry as I was, and that meant the world to me.Īnd also for Mate and the kids-because my house is just that nutballs sometimes, and Mate is my partner who looks at the chaos and then at me and goes, “O-kay… so we deal with this how?” Lance knows Henry’s not capable of murder, but is he capable of caring for Lance’s heart? Just as Lance and Henry find a rhythm as den mothers, a murder and the ghosts of Henry’s abusive past intrude. Lance worries Henry won’t fit in, but Henry’s got a soft spot for lost young men and a way of helping them. He’s got the money to move out of the flophouse and live his own life-but who needs privacy when you’re taking care of a bunch of young men who think working penises make them adults? Lance Luna’s past gave him reasons for being in porn, but as he continues his residency at a local hospital, they now feel more like excuses. Desperate, Henry shows up on his brother’s doorstep and is offered a place to live and a job as a handyman in a flophouse for young porn stars. One bootstrap act of integrity cost Henry Worrall everything-military career, family, and the secret boyfriend who kept Henry trapped for eleven years.

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