Two Hearts by David Connor

Author:David Connor [Mulder, David Connor, E.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisexual, Gay, Paranormal, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2016-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Frank couldn't wait for Vaughn to return in five more days. He wished he could confront him right away, to put the silly doubts and fears to rest. He decided to write a letter, not to send, but to have at the ready. It started out as a list of why what he was thinking was preposterous, but ended up more a collection of evidence as to why it wasn't. So many questions about the sudden appearance of a son never mentioned, the timing of it could be instantly answered.

Vaughn had admitted to being privy to Frank's feelings for men, a certain man, by eavesdropping on private moments between Frank and the wilderness inhabitants. A memory of a reference to Mary Shelley while reanimating a virtual corpse, and a brief discussion concerning another's penis, they niggled at Frank now too, all started by that stupid scar in that unexpected place. Were men so obsessed with their genitalia? What would a psychiatrist say about Frank? He got so angry then, he tore the paper with the point of the pencil. Who was he mad at? Was the ire aimed at himself for thinking such nonsense or at Vaughn for feeling Frank was so pathetic, there was no other way?

The person who didn't deserve Frank's resentment was Liam, so Frank bided his time. He did his very best to shove his disgusting contemplations aside and just go on with the next four days pretending everything was—What? What word would one use? Once again, 'normal' seemed hardly appropriate.

Frank and Liam spent most evenings listening to music. Frank noticed Liam playing along on the arm of the sofa one night, moving his fingers in time to the piano keys being struck on the record. He added it to the list, now only in his head.

"Do you know this song?" he asked. Frank had chosen a piece from the back of his record cabinet, a composition from a couple of centuries ago. His mind needed soothing from something classical.

"Yes," Liam said. The current track playing was Minuet in G Major. Who didn't know that song?

"Pick out a book," Frank said once the song completed. Liam scoured the bookcase for quite a long time. It wasn't very big. How could it be? There were a great many books upon it, though, standing vertically, lying horizontal, and placed haphazardly wherever Frank could squeeze in one more. Frank was not certain what sort of revelation Liam's choice of reading material might provide. When he finally pulled out Three Men in a Boat, when he set it down on the end table with the lamp so that Frank could pick it up, Frank wondered if it meant anything at all.

The book was one of Frank's favorites. Then again, it would be difficult to pull out one he didn't consider such. The story revolved around three overworked male friends—not to mention a dog—who took a rather eventful, sometimes comically unfortunate boat tour up the Thames. Frank leafed through the pages, but he never did begin reading from them.

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