Just Until I Get Over Her

When Wayne Kelly’s attorney wife doesn’t come home after drinks with coworkers, he calls the police. “What makes you think she’s been abducted?” the 911 operator asks. “Maybe she’s staying with friends.” He calls her coworkers and gets the cold shoulder. She comes home three days later, and asks for a trial separation. The following week, she sues for divorce. Burned out of the extended stay hotel he calls home, by the child arsonist down the hall, he finds sanctuary at a coworker’s home. Chip Farris is a divorced father with grown children. He’s also openly gay and unable to trust women after his bitter divorce. Wayne Kelly finds he can’t trust women either. Is the bug that bit Chip Farris contagious? He tells Wayne Kelly that it’s not supposed to be. Kelly has found a port in the storm, how long will he stay? Gay romance, 21,000 words.