Chapter 37
New Year's Day, 2003

Ennis was long accustomed to their annual open house by now, although at first it had been another hurdle to get over. The routine was now familiar: food and general socializing upstairs; television and snacks for football and parade fans downstairs. He'd been able to just follow behind David and Maggie and by the ( Read more... )

( Read Chapter 34 )

Suggested music: "Hallelujah", Rufus Wainwright    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRODKOGco_oRead more... )

Ennis and David spent that evening sorting through ads in the Duluth newspaper and David made what seemed to Ennis to be endless phone calls looking for leads. Ennis spent the next morning following them after dropping David off at the store, ruling out more than a few trucks on sight. After picking David up in mid-afternoon he drove straight to a ( Read more... )

Chapters 31 and 32: Ennis faces some hard realities about coming out; Jack helps him reconsider a bad decision.
( Read Chapter 31 Part 1 )

 Chapters 30, 31 and 32: Ennis puts down more roots in Duluth and faces some realities about coming out; Jack helps him reconsider a bad decision.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon before Andrea's borrowed van trundled down the last street of the quiet working-class neighborhood and dropped her client off at home. The two women seemed to ( Read more... )

Sorry about the long wait for this chapter!  This and Chapter 24 center around the progress of Ennis' and David's relationship. Ennis will move into still more uncharted territory after that, and hopefully these chapters won't take as long as this one.

This and Chapter 24 center around the progress of Ennis' and David's relationship. Ennis will ( Read more... )