By Tere Michaels
2nd version
Faith, Love, and Devotion: booklet One
Reeling from the new dying of his spouse, police officer Evan Cerelli seems at his 4 little ones and will purely see how he fails them. His loving spouse was once the caretaker and nurturer, and now the only father feels himself being beaten by means of the soreness of loss and the heavy accountability of elevating his children.
At the urging of his associate, Evan celebrates a coworker’s retirement and meets disgraced former cop grew to become safety advisor Matt Haight. A friendship born out of loneliness and the solace of the bottle seems to be precisely what they either desire.
The earlier 12 months has been a gradual demise for Matt Haight. Ostracized from his loved police strength, dealing with center age and perpetual loneliness, Matt sees just a black gap the place his destiny could be. whilst he discovers one other misplaced soul in Evan, a number of the items he notion he misplaced begin to fall again in position. Their friendship becomes anything deeper, yet love is the very last thing both guy anticipated, and either one of them fight to reconcile their new and overwhelming emotions for each other.
1st variation released by means of free identity LLC, September 2008.
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Welcome to the fucking club. “Evan, go to sleep. ” God. Please. Not. Now. “Go to sleep, Evan. Please. ” 30 Tere Michaels “Of course we are. ” Evan took his advice and stopped talking, for which Matt was eternally grateful. He laid next to him, listening to him breathe. Listening to the snowplows. Wondering how the hell they were going to face one another in the morning. ” Over and over and over again. Faith & Fidelity 31 Chapter Four Evan woke up promptly at six o’clock; hadn’t needed an alarm clock since the Marines.
He finally spoke up. ” “I just meant you try so hard around me, Helena. Always up, always perky. I love you to death for trying but I really missed your crabby days. ” “Nope. ” “Can you just be my friend from now on? No kid gloves. No handling me. ” “Thank God. I don’t think I could do perky today. My underwear is damp. ” Evan laughed. He laughed into his hands until he felt tears coming. Almost lost it and told Helena the truth. Almost. ” She reached over and gave his hand a squeeze. ” Matt woke up at nine to the sound of giggling.
You’re full of shit when you say you’re handling it. ” They barely spoke for the rest of the day. Evan couldn’t bring himself to say the words she wanted to hear. ***** At six o’clock, Matt cleaned up his desk and left the office. He thought about stopping for dinner but realized he wasn’t hungry. He just wanted to go and sit next to the phone and wait. At his apartment, he changed his clothes and lay down on the mattress. Stared up at the ceiling and thought, shit, I really do need furniture don’t I?