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It doesn’t matter how long I’ve worked in this industry. When I get the chance to read something new from one of my favorite authors—especially before anyone else does, I revert right back to the younger version of myself who just discovered his obsessive love for reading.
“I don’t know why I get like this sometimes…where the little things become overwhelming, and the big things become insurmountable.”
Dead. Deceased. Graham has single-handedly taken my anxiety about a potential professional mishap, understood it, given it value, and then thrown it out the literal window. All while looking like this? I think he might be a unicorn?
“Because the way you looked at me…” His voice cracks. “I never, ever want to make you look at me like that again. I don’t think I could handle it.”
“Honestly, I feel like my taste in books is all over the place depending on the mood I’m in…but I’m a big thriller and romance guy. And if you can combine the two?” I fan my face dramatically, causing another laugh to escape Graham’s lips. “Give me all the steam.” “I think I can help with that…”
“But then Graham grew up and he—” his voice cracks. No, please don’t do this. “—and he came out. All of a sudden, my beautiful boy had this bright and new story to share with the world. One that needed protecting.”
This has to violate some human resources document we’ve all signed. Thou shall not sleep with the boss’s son.
But…no, it’s just that with him, it feels like exhaling. That’s the only way I can describe it. Like I’ve been holding this breath my entire life,” I point to my heart. “And then this man comes along, and he sees me for who I am, and for the first time in my life, I can just be.”
“I will spend the rest of my life telling and showing you that if you need me to, because I love you, Will. I am so sorry you are hurting, but I will help you through it with every ounce of love I have.”
I need you to know, Will…you will be my last thought as I leave this earth and the last name on my breath, because you, my beautiful and strong son, are the only good thing that has come from my life.
