Chapter Twenty-four: Luke defends Sandro Luke said to Tom, "As soon as we get home, and before I go back to work, I must go and see Sandro and Mamma. I must get them reconciled. Sandro has big exams coming up in nine or ten weeks, and we must make sure that he is emotionally OK. I need to spell that out to Mamma, in case Sandro has not made it clear. I don'...
I decided to get serious and sign up at a local gym. It wasn't that I was fat, but I wanted to get a toned look. I hadn't been in a gym in years. I was almost overwhelmed the first day I showed up. All these guys all pumped up made me feel inadequate. I had a workout regimen I was going to follow and it took me about forty-five minutes to complete. I finishe...
[Pt. 01 should be read first.] Chapter XI Another baby? A few days after Giovanni's first birthday, which they had celebrated just as a small family occasion, after he had been put to bed, Olivia asked the men to join her in her room. She said, "You boys have been amazingly kind and supportive over the last year. You have been all that a father should be...
Chapter XLVIII The reunion at Paradise Place No sooner were the wedding festivities over, than it was time for both gay families to go to Paradise Place for the annual reunion that they had arranged the previous year. Dom's parents' home was new to the three children and Olivia. It had plenty of bedrooms, so there was adequate accommodation for a family of...
[Thank you to all those readers who have not given up on this slow-moving story. However, there is still quite a lot of sex.] Chapter Twenty: The gay Professor at home Spurred on by David's idea, early in January Tom got his microbial bioassay method working. He had approached colleagues in the microbiology lab, and they had told him that a mutant of the...
I had been in college for a year when it happened. The one and only time that it happened. I can't say why I did it, I don't really think about it when I can help it. I don't really know why I'm telling you this now. But I guess sense I started I should keep going. I'm name is Jason, I'm 19 years old. I've never thought that I was attractive, except that o...
Steven I had been having a good day at work until the phone call came. "Steven Abernathy?" "Yes, that's me." "My name is Dr. Reilly. I'm calling from Northside Hospital and also on behalf of the Northside Police Department. Are you the son of Walter and Ida Abernathy?" "Yes." I felt my stomach drop. "Sir, I'm sorry to inform you that both of your pare...
[No sex in this short instalment, but please keep reading. There will be plenty in Pt 07.] Chapter Thirty-three: Ben's engagement One morning late in August, Tom and Ben were running in the Parco Emilio Guzzone, when Ben suddenly announced, "Last night I asked Leonora to marry me, and she said yes!" Tom was taken by surprise. He stopped abruptly and Ben, w...
EZEKIEL: Each day started off with a forty minute workout! I'd do one hundred fifty pushups, two hundred abdominal curls and do five minute bursts of speed roping. Then for the last ten minutes, I'd wind down with some power yoga. It was the way you wanted to start your day, doing something positive! In order to want better for yourself, you had to do bett...
Working with Luke, I finalized the plans for the kitchen renovation. The kitchen cabinets were to be replaced with new ones built in Luke's garage/workshop, but I also decided on framing in a pantry in the back of my kitchen near the laundry room, as well as adding an island cooktop with a large stainless steel vent hood; the space where my current range was...