How the Other Half Lives by Clare London

Author:Clare London [London, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Amazon: B004MDLONI
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Published: 2011-02-04T11:00:00+00:00

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

I get up to go to the kitchen, but he’s blocking the doorway.

He’s staring, his pupils dilated. I wonder for a minute if a person can suffer concussion from tripping over a nonexistent obstacle.

“Russ, what’s that?”

“No, sorry,” I say, slowly. “I’m going to need more of a clue than that.”

“You’ve got a new sofa!” He glares at it like it’s an alien object just been beamed down from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

I mean, I like the style, obviously, but I didn’t think it was that striking. “You’ve bought a sofa.”

I nod. Didn’t find it under a gooseberry bush, did I?

“And the walls.” He turns his head slowly from side to side, like one of those nodding dog toys. “I mean, the color is great. It’s very tasteful.”

“Autumn umber, it’s called.” I’m trying to sound careless, but it comes out more like defensive. “Of course, I may still keep the crimson flock wallpaper in the hall.” Don nods sagely, oblivious to my teasing. He peers back at me, as if looking for evidence of spots from some fatal disease, then his face grimaces with compassion. I suppose that means, in his mind, I’ve already been diagnosed. “It’s an astonishing change, Russ. But excellent progress. I never thought you’d get yourself together like this.”

I shrug. I feel a bit flushed, to be honest. “No big deal. I just thought it was time to settle in a bit. Some painting and decorating, a spate of clearing up. You may also have been right about needing more furniture. On his last visit, he left a recent copy of Antique Design Monthly, and it gave me a few ideas…”

“He?” Don spins around as I pass him on the way out of the living room. “You mean the flat sitter? You’ve met him?” He 25

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