Chapter 4
Todd read the message that had been delivered to his door, folded the paper, and stuffed it into his pocket. Pressing his lips into a thin, tight line, he tuned out Nick’s chatter and let his heart and head war it out. Nick had only been here with him for a week. It hadn’t been long enough. Todd wanted more time. Todd’s heart wanted forever, but Todd’s head knew that in order to keep Nick, provide for him, they both had to work. Nick still didn’t know what it was they’d be doing, and Todd wanted to keep it from him for a while longer.
It was selfish, but he wanted time for them to connect, to learn each other, to simply be together. Too much of what they knew of each other had come in the form of letters. Living with someone was different than sharing a written conversation, ev
