Chapter 5
Alex transformed everything he touched. He and Etan shared that same shoebox apartment overlooking Lake Michigan, but the space no longer felt oppressive. Alex’s photos on the walls, his clothes in the wardrobe, his scent on the sheets turned the temporary shelter into a home both of them loved.
A home they both knew they had to leave before three years passed.
Alex walked into the living room with two glasses of bourbon and ice, their traditional sign it was time to put away work or study and spend the evening together after a challenging day. Etan closed the book he was pretending to study, hiding the page he’d been trying to read for the last half an hour. He normally managed to spend the time he needed and get it over with, but more than a strange lack of sleep kept him of
