Any Closer by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Gay, Contemporary, GLBT, M/M romance, dreamspinner press, Novella, Mary Calmes, Daily Dose:, Daily Dose:2011 - First Time for Everything
ISBN: 9781613720165
Google: j1OuCQS6HEwC
Amazon: B005ET17NG
Goodreads: 11096298
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2011-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Four

I HAD to go home and change and wash my face and talk to

Jeremy about how he should not blame himself that his

mom got hurt. He was eight, so his guilt was acute.

―But if I had been there, I could have protected her.‖

―You did,‖ I told him. ―Who taught Mandy to call your

dad if things were scary?‖

―Me.‖

―See.‖ I tousled his hair. ―It‘s okay.‖

He nodded, leaned into me, and wrapped his arms and

around my waist. ―I love you, Uncle Leo.‖

―I love you back,‖ I told him as I picked him up off his

feet and lifted him over my head upside down. Immediately

the giggling started, and Amanda called for her turn.

I took them for pizza at my favorite place, which was

loud and noisy and had great food while also being

completely kid-friendly. You had to love a restaurant where

you didn‘t have to worry about the decibel level as well as

seeing people dressed up like cartoon characters. I was

sitting on one side, Amanda and Jeremy on the other, when I

turned, thinking it was the waitress, and found Ethan Hill.

What the hell? ―Hey.‖ I smiled up at him.

He stood there, staring, as another man joined him with

a hand on his back.

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