10 AIDEN Five full days back home and I needed to find something other than the gym and hanging with Jed to occupy my mind. A new business venture, a part-time job at the least until I decided what I wanted to do. Creating cartoons in my spare hours thanks to Jed’s reminders and prompting eased tension in my shoulders and made me smile, but my hand ached. And my feet drew me outside my apartment to Jed’s door—even while knowing he wasn’t home. Creep. I ignored the word in my head and let myself into his quiet, dark apartment. He kept the blinds shut while he spent the day at work as though trying to shut out the world from learning who he was on the inside. A private man who intrigued the hell out of me and visited my dreams even though I thought I was straight. Or maybe I was more