Everything about the moment seemed surreal to Matt—a few yards away, kids shouted playfully at each other, and splashes of water slapped the tile floor with each dive into the pool. Here, in his office, amid the normalcy of paperwork cluttering his desk, sat the phone. And on the other end of the receiver was a voice he hadn’t thought of in years, belonging to a man he would never call or speak to on his own, a man to whom he had nothing to say. Jordan was a blast from his past, as unwelcome and unsavory as the furnaces of hell.
Who was Jordan? The first guy Matt had ever had s*x with, back when they were too young and stupid to know better. And Jordan was also the first guy to find out about the odd abilities that simmered in Matt’s semen. After their first tryst, Jordan was gifted with
