A Safe Place By James
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Introduction
This has been a wonderful journey of writing this story as well as meeting the people I've met who've written in giving their support and comments. I've enjoyed every moment of it, and now it's time to move on to other things. I had mentioned that this story would be drawing to a close and soon. That close, is with this chapter, "Chapter 32" and I thought long and hard about how I wanted to conclude.
I'll be starting out with the boys as they've been portrayed in the past few chapters, then I'll be moving back to their present day with them as adults and with their kids Greyson and Daniel. So I hope you guys enjoy this last chapter.
I have another story that's going to be coming out in May, so keep an eye out for that. I'll talk more on that in the Author's Notes at the end of this chapter.
A Safe Place
Chapter 32
Caleb
It's amazing how life can work out for us all. I was thinking this as I sat on my bed waiting for Nathan to come in. I had a surprise for him and I wanted it to be good. I felt the small box in my pants pocket and something like that might be uncomfortable to feel pressing in to your thigh while sitting down, but I was willing to wait as long as I had to so long as I was able to give it to my love when he came through the door.
It was our senior year of high school and in a couple of days, we'd be graduating. Kevin would be coming in to town from college and so would Cody. They were taking classes at the university and Cody was in modified art classes to get him more experienced with painting so he could start his own business. Kevin was taking classes for counseling so he could help kids who had been abused or raped and I was happy to see him doing that and I always figured he'd do something like that. I had an interest in doing the same and it looked like Nathan was headed in the same direction.
/Alicia and Eric were coming in from another town where they were both in college for medical studies. Eric was going to be a doctor and Alicia was going in to Anesthesiology. I was happy for all of them and also excited. I smiled to myself when I thought of sharing my news with them, and especially with Nathan. Finally, I heard him wheeling towards my room after saying hi to my mom and dad. I stood and waited for him to come all the way in to the room and I closed, then locked the door and helped him stand. We shared a deep kiss and a long and warm hug, then I let him sit back down.
He wheeled himself up to my bed and transferred out of his chair and on to the bed beside me. I kissed him again, then just held him in my arms for a moment.
"I'm glad to see you," I said.
"I'm glad to see you too babe," he replied.
We shared a couple more kisses, then I stood up and turned my back to him.
"What are you doing?" he asked smiling.
"Nothing," I replied. "Except this."
I turned around and got on one knee and opened up the box. I took out the ring and held it up so he could see it.
"Nathan, will you be my husband?" I asked and looked in to his eyes.
Yes!" he all but yelled and moved down and I held him up and got up so he could throw his arms around me. We shared another round of kisses, then we just held one another tightly for a long moment.
"Thank you," I said. "Thank you for always being there for me and always believing in me and in us!"
"You're welcome," he said smiling. "Thank you too Caleb. Thank you for never giving up on me and seeing past my problems with my legs and seeing the inside of me. Also, thank you for making me the happiest guy on Earth, especially now!"
"You're also welcome," I answered. "It also means a lot to me that you were able to see past my blindness and to see the inside of me as well. That definitely helped me to fall in love with you and I fall deeper and deeper every day."
"It's the same for me my love," he replied. "You've brought more joy to my life than I've ever known and I never want anyone but you."
"The same goes for me as well," I responded.
We talked a little more about the wedding and when we wanted to have it. We were going to invite the friends we made like Rachael, Beth, Maxwell, Christian, Bret and Derick. Justin and his friend Dane would be in the wedding party and I was excited about that as was Nathan.
Justin was 14 now and was doing well. Since he had been living with us after my parents had adopted him a couple of months after his mom's death, he immediately began receiving counseling from David Williams, one of the men who worked at Michael's house he used for boys and girls who needed a place to stay, or if they already had one, then kids could come there for out-patient counseling. So with some counseling and us showing Justin that he was in a safe family and that he was loved, he did well. He did have a couple of issues with anger when he was 12-going-on 13 and luckily, he didn't express this anger in any way that was similar to Kevin when he was that age, but he would get more bighting with his sarcasm so we'd have to sit him down and let him know that he could talk about anything that was going on. This helped and he would talk about whatever was going on and after explaining that most of it had to do with sometimes feeling some guilt about what went on with his mother in that he felt sometimes like he should have been a better son, us and the other people in his life helped him to see that his mother's amoral life-style as well as her death weren't anything for which he needed to feel guilt nor take personal responsibility. This helped, and he was doing better and continued to do better with expressing himself.
After Nathan went out to get food for us, I heard Justin's familiar walk as he neared my room. He knocked on the door jam and I told him he could come in.
"I understand that congratulations are in order for you and Nathan," he said as he sat down beside me. "He told me about you proposing to him and he showed me the ring before he went out for food. I'm really happy for both of you."
We shared a warm hug, then I let him go and he lay back on the bed.
"Thanks Justin," I said. "I'm glad you are going to be a part of it.
"So am I," he replied.
"So is Dane coming over tonight?" I asked.
Dane was Justin's best friend and he stayed over with us every other weekend and Justin would go to his house for a weekend to switch off. Like Justin, Dane was 14 and from what he described of himself to me when I met him the year before when they first met, he was already 5-7 and 140 LBs and rather muscular from the running and weight-lifting he did in his free time. He had auburn-red hair and deep-blue eyes and smooth skin.
"Yeah, he'll be coming over and spending the weekend with me," Justin replied.
"I'm glad you guys are getting along well and that you guys have a deep friendship," I responded.
He sat up and moved close to me and leaned his head so he was close to me and quietly he went on.
"Dane is like me and I'm like you, Nathan, Kevin and Cody," he said. "I've always known, but became even more sure about it when I turned 13. I just needed to have some time to accept myself before saying anything to you guys. Mom and dad know and are fine with it. I wanted to tell them first so they could see just how much I do trust them."
"I understand what you mean," I replied and hugged him for a long moment.
We then separated and I looked in his direction.
"Dane and I admitted that we like one another as more than friends a couple of days ago when I was at his house with him hanging out and helping one another with homework," he continued.
"How long have you guys known that you like one another?" I asked.
"I knew I liked him and thought he was sexy since I started hanging out with him and I figured that he felt the same way about me," he answered. "We'd undress in front of one another when getting showers and we'd sneak glances at one another when completely naked. We'd also push our cocks against one another when hard while lying in bed, but we'd do it without saying anything about it at first, and we also talked about that too a couple of days ago on that same day that we told each other how we feel for one another."
"Is that all that you guys have done with one another that's sexual?" I asked.
"That's all," he answered. "When we were talking about our feelings for one another, he looked me in the eye and said that he hasn't been with anyone else like that, not guys and not girls at all."
"Okay," I replied. "I'm glad to hear that."
"So am I," he said.
Just then, a knock sounded on the door and I got up to answer it. It was Dane and he hugged me, then went to Justin and they shared a hug, then he sat down beside Justin on the bed with him on the far right, Justin on his left and myself on Justin's left.
"I told him about us," Justin said with his head turned to face his friend.
"I'm glad you did," he answered.
"We discussed it with one another," Justin began. "We decided to tell you, then we told Dane's parents, then we'll be telling mom and dad tonight."
"I hope it goes well," I replied.
"So do we," Justin said.
Kevin and Cody already had their wedding a month before ours and I was Kevin's best man and Nathan served as one for Cody. Justin held the rings for Kevin and Cody and Dain took pictures. It was a wonderful time and we had a good dinner afterward.
Kevin would be my best man and Cody would serve as Nathans, and Justin and Dane would do the same things this time around and they were excited about it.
That weekend, Nathan and I made sure everything was ready for graduation. We made sure our outfits were ready and our parents made sure that things were ready at Michael's place. We were going to have an after-grad dinner at his place and it would be he and his husband Josh making the food. I had eaten things they cooked and brought down to the house before and it was always really good. Once Nathan and I made sure the final details were in order, we spent some time making love, then just cuddling and talking.
Another thing we did was make sure that the final details were in order for our wedding which would be held at Michael and Josh's place with Fr. John Martin as the minister who would be performing the ceremony. Once the wedding was official, we would be having a dinner there as well, so it was all coming together nicely. Our wedding would be held a week after our graduation and I was really looking forward to it.
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Kevin
I put on my tie after helping Cody with his, then I made sure my hair was in place. We were getting ready to go to Caleb and Nathan's graduation and I was excited about it and so was Cody. After I looked at myself in the mirror one last time, I turned and saw Cody looking at me with his index finger and thumbs shaped in a circle with one against his right eye, and his left hand positioned against his left eye looking at me as if through binoculars.
"What are you doing?" I asked laughing.
"Just making sure you look good for the event," he said smiling.
"And looking at me through your fingers and thumbs like that is going to tell you if I do or not?" I replied walking up to him.
"They make me see better," he said standing still with his hands up to his eyes. "It's magic."
I laughed then took him in my arms. He put his hands down and wrapped his arms around me and we shared a soft and warm kiss, then he rested his head on my shoulder.
"I love you Cody," I said.
"I love you too Kevvy, more than anything in this world," he answered.
"Well, we should get going," I said.
"That sounds good," he replied.
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Caleb
Once our diplomas were handed to us, Nathan and I said goodbye to the teachers and to the principal. He was much better than the one that my dad and several people including Michael and his husband exposed as the anti-gay bigot that he clearly was.
When Nathan and I were still 14, we had returned to school in January of that year and the principal had been for that first week calling us in to his office. He kept warning us about not holding hands in the halls and not kissing in front of others, all of which we already had been not doing. We told our parents about each run-in we had, then they told Michael and Josh who got with a team of civil rights attorneys they had on staff and once they did an extensive background check on the man, they found that he had been a member of many religious groups which were little more than hate groups for people with anti-gay ideologies as well as him having a criminal record that he had covered well, but not well enough. The crimes were him vandalizing peoples' houses who were members of the GLBT Community, or at least who he perceived them to be gay or any of the other types of people of that community.
Once he was exposed, he was fired and stripped of all credentials which would allow him to practice in any school, so he was unable to get a job now for any school for any reason and things improved.
Once we left the school after saying goodbye to the principal and teachers, we went to Michael's for our dinner.
We got to the house and were let in after our I.D.s were checked, then we sat down in the sitting room where Michael had been sitting before coming to receive us at the door. He sat back down and finished up writing something down, then he opened a door probably in the desk and after the paper landed inside, he closed the door and came to sit with us.
"Thanks for doing this for us," I said and hugged him.
"You're welcome," he replied. "I was happy to do it and I'd do anything for you guys."
After he and Nathan shared a hug, he went to lay out the pots and pans he'd be using for the food that evening thus leaving Nathan and I alone on the couch.
We sat and talked while holding hands for a while, then Cody and Kevin joined us after they finished up a conversation with Josh about how everything was going with them.
"Congratulations to both of you," Josh said as he came in and the three of us shared hugs.
"Thanks Josh," I said.
"We're glad you guys could be a part of it," Nathan added.
"So are we," Josh answered, and after we talked a little more with him, he went to help Michael in the kitchen and so with Kevin and Cody joining us, we sat and talked with them for the rest of the time we had until dinner was ready.
The dinner was wonderful and it was really nice to be there with my parents, Nathan, siblings and with Josh, Michael and their family. We had stake, fresh broccoli and baked potatoes. We also had ice-cream afterwards and we all definitely enjoyed that. We then just sat and talked with everyone and after a while of that, it was time to leave. We all hugged goodbye and after I got in the car and the rest of my family joined me, we headed for home.
The Saturday of our wedding came in the form of a bright sunny day with no clouds in sight. Nathan and I showered and then dressed. We then had breakfast and then sat in our room just talking and sharing soft kisses.
"It's finally here," I said after we shared another kiss.
"Yeah, it is," Nathan agreed.
"Since it's clear that we're both happy and excited about it," I began. "Are you nervous?"
"A little, but not much," he replied.
"That's how it is for me as well," I responded.
"I'm just glad to be making it official with you," he said. "I'm happy that I'm going to be with the one I love forever."
"I feel the same way," I answered. "You're my life and my whole world. I truly don't know how I would have gotten through some of the things in my life if you weren't by my side."
"You've been by my side as well for the difficult moments of my life too," he said. "You being there helped me more than I could say in words. I love you more than anything and I'll never forget that."
"Neither will I," I responded.
The day continued on with us making sure that our clothes for the wedding were clean and fitting us properly. After we were dressed, Kevin and Cody came in after knocking. Cody came up and hugged both of us and Kevin did the same. We all sat down and talked for a bit and Cody was telling us that he was happy to be a part of what we were doing and I told him that we were definitely happy to have him there with us. Finally, it was time to head out and up to Michael's for the main event.
Once up at the house, we all sat in the expansive living room and after Michael, Josh and their brothers got there, Cody and Kevin talked quietly for a moment, then they walked out of the room and outside for a moment, then they were back and they walked up to Nathan and I.
"We have something for you," Kevin said.
"It's something I made," Cody said. "It's from both of us though."
"Thank you," I responded.
"That's really sweet of you," Nathan added.
"I hope you guys like it," Cody said.
"I'm sure we will," I said.
Nathan and I took turns getting the wrapping paper off of what was definitely a frame and then I handed it to Nathan so he could describe it to me.
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Nathan
I looked at the painting and felt tears of joy and love come to my eyes. It was a picture of Caleb and I with our arms around one another with smiles on our faces. We were situated in a lush green forest over which hung a blue sky which was deep-blue and cloudless and more beautiful than anything I could have ever imagined. At the top of the painting on a space of white read the words: "Two people more in love with one another than words can say.".
I described it all to Caleb and after wiping our eyes, I put the picture on the table and we both stood to hug Cody and then Kevin.
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Caleb
We all shared hugs and thanked Cody for his gift.
"I wrote the caption," Kevin said. "He wanted to do that for you guys to show his support and joy for what you guys have with one another."
"I'm really glad you did it," I said.
"So am I," Nathan added.
"I'm glad you guys like it," Cody said.
After we all shared another hug, it was time to go out to the garden. The ceremony was going to be held at 6:00 P.M. that night and so it was time.
We stood out in the garden which was planted with many flowers and with the cloudless sunny evening, it looked amazing! I stood there in front of Nathan and I knew he was as happy as I was at that moment. Finally, John Martin came up to where we were and it was beginning.
"Tonight we're gathered here to honor the love that Caleb and Nathan have for one another," he began. "They found one another and with compassion, kindness and caring, they've built a deep and loving friendship, then a romantic relationship stronger than any love I've seen in a long time.
I feel honored that they've asked me to be here and to join them together in marriage this evening. I wish you both a long and happy life together. So with that being said, do you both have anything you'd like to say to one another before I continue on with the rest of it?"
"We both do," I said.
I helped Nathan stand and with his hands on my shoulders, I began.
"You and I found one another and I was amazed at that," I began. "I didn't think I'd ever find someone, especially someone like you. I didn't think I'd be able to find anyone who could see past my blindness to who I am as a person, but you have. That means more to me than I can say in words. I'm truly grateful that you decided to give me a chance as a friend, then as a boyfriend. I love you more than words can say."
"What you said is exactly how I feel about you Caleb," Nathan began. "I didn't think I'd find a guy who would or could look past my disability and I was afraid that I'd be alone all my life, or if I found someone, that it would be when I might be much older, but luckily, that didn't happen and I've been able to share my life with the most wonderful man I could find. You're my best friend and the best boyfriend and soon to be husband I could have ever had the chance to know and I'll always treasure you and the memory of the first day we met. I love you too Caleb, more than I can put in to words."
"I'll always treasure you my love," I responded, then we shared a soft kiss, then I motioned for John to continue.
"Justin, you have the rings ready?" he asked.
Justin came up to John and as Dane took pictures, we waited for him to begin speaking again.
"Caleb? Do you take Nathan as your husband?" he asked. "To have and to hold, for rich or for poor, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," I said.
"Nathan? Do you take Caleb as your husband to have and to hold for rich or for poor," John went on. "in sickness and in health for better or worse for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," he replied.
Justin handed the rings to John and he gave mine for Nathan to me and Nathans for me to Nathan. Nathan put mine on my left ring finger and I did the same for him. Then he continued on.
"I now pronounce you man and husband," he said. "You may now kiss."
We shared a tender loving kiss, and everyone clapped. I held Nathan for a moment, then let him sit back down before Justin and Dane hugged both of us. Cody and Kevin then hugged us and so did our parents and everyone else. Nathan and I then shared another long hug and a second tender kiss, then we got ready for our reception. I never felt more happy than in that moment and I could tell that Nathan felt the same!
Epilog
After we finished opening our gifts, I got to Cody's gift, the crystal box that Nathan and I picked out for him all those weeks ago. Cody unwrapped it and looked at it both on the outside and on the inside, then came up to us and hugged us both.
"Thank you guys so much!" he said and kissed us both on the cheek.
"You're welcome," we both said.
"We knew you'd like that," Nathan added.
"I just had to make sure we got it for you," I said to him.
"I'm so glad you guys did," Cody replied.
After we had our Christmas dinner and they sat and talked with us for a while, everyone eventually left. Justin and Dane had made it in and they were doing well. They got married about three years ago and I was honored as was Nathan to be a part of it.
Once everyone was back at their respective houses, I cuddled with Nathan for a while, and we shared a few tender kisses.
"I love you Caleb," he said.
"I love you too Nathan," I replied. "I was thinking about our wedding last night and it still makes me happy at the thought of it."
"I've been thinking about it as well," he replied. "I always smile at the memory of it also."
"I'm truly grateful for you and our love," I continued. "I'm also happy for what we have with our boys, I really am and I never want to be away from you guys, not ever."
"I feel the same way as you do," he answered and we kissed again.
He then went to bed and I sat up for a while, then I heard the door to Greyson and Daniel's room open and Daniel walked out and sat down beside me.
He turned and wrapped his arms around me and I held him. We sat like that for a long moment, then he looked at me intently.
"Thank you for the gifts," he said softly. "I really enjoyed them and I know Greyson did as well."
"You're welcome," I said.
"The only thing is," he went on. "Is that they're good, but there's something you gave us, well I should say that there's something you gave me that's even better than all the gifts you gave me."
"What's that?" I asked.
"You've been a father to me along with Nathan and you and him gave Greyson and I a home when no one else would," he replied. "That means more than anything to both of us, especially to me."
"Thank you Daniel," I said and blinked back tears as we held one another.
After we talked for a few more minutes, I heard his door close again as he went back to his and Greyson's room, then a few minutes later, I heard it open again and Greyson was sitting down beside me.
"Did you just wake up?" I asked.
"No," he said. "I was reading while Daniel was out here talking to you. I wanted to give him a chance to finish with you before I came out to talk to you."
"Did you guys plan this?" I asked smiling.
No," he said smiling back. "I guess it's just that he and I think so much alike, more than I realize."
"I guess so," I answered and took him in my arms.
He was recovering nicely from his surgery and all his hair was filled back in again and I know he was happy in ways he couldn't describe in words. When his head was still clean of hair in the days after the operation, he didn't look in mirrors if he could help it. He said that he looked like someone who could put on something like what The Nazis used in their marches and could go around giving the Nazi Salute. I knew he wasn't joking and that he wasn't happy with his head the way it was, but after I told him that his hair would grow back, he calmed down a little.
I always thought he had beautiful hair and I loved gently stroking it when he was in my arms or asleep. So I was happy that he was feeling better, his tumor was gone and that no cancer was within the tumor that they removed and that his hair was back and was getting back to its regular length.
"I wanted to thank you for the gifts," he said. "You and Nathan are my real Christmas gift though and I really do love you guys. I don't want any parents but you guys, not ever."
I held him as he cried and I knew they were tears of joy and I let mine out with him. After we wiped our eyes, I kissed his forehead and we sat like that with our arms around one another for a few more minutes, then he looked at me again.
"I really love you dad," he said, then kissed my cheek.
"I love you too my son," I said in reply and kissed him back.
He returned to his room and I went in to mine and Nathan's room and got in to bed. He was awake and lying on his side facing me. I took him in my arms and we shared a deep kiss.
"I love you Nathan," I said.
"I love you too Caleb," he replied.
"It never gets old climbing in to bed with you at night," I continued. "When I'm working out in the world or out doing things, it's always a joy to think about the fact that I can come home and you and the boys are here waiting for me. You guys are my life and what I live for. You guys are my safe place. I feel more loved and safe with you all more than I can put in to words and I'll always feel that way."
"You and the boys are my safe place as well my love," he said as we cuddled again. "I feel so loved and safe when we're all together and it's always nice to come back home and be with you guys after a long day out and I'll never get tired of that feeling, not ever."
"I'm glad to hear you say that," I said.
We kissed a few times, then with more joy and excitement and hunger than we had ever known, we made love for most of the night and after the last powerful climax, we came down from our high and shared several deep kisses and we then lay in one another's arms sharing gentle kisses and caresses, then as it neared almost 4:00 A.M., we fell deeply and happily asleep in one another's arms, safe in our love and devotion to one another and to our boys.
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As the years have gone by, I find my love for Nathan, Greyson and Daniel grow more and more in its infinity. Greyson and Daniel are now 17 and they both have done well as they've gotten through most of their teen years. They have an interest in helping others and Greyson is looking at colleges for medicine since he wants to become a doctor. Daniel is looking at becoming a counselor to help kids who've been through what he and his brother were through all those years ago. I couldn't be more proud of them and I know Nathan feels the same way.
As I got home on a warm Spring afternoon, I heard the boys in the kitchen with Nathan.
"Should we open them together when dad gets here?" Daniel asked. "Or should you go first, then me?"
"Here he comes now," Greyson said.
"Hey guys," I said coming in to the kitchen and hugging them, then hugging Nathan.
"We have letters from the college Greyson and I applied to, it's the first one we applied to," Daniel said. "I remember it, since you said that it has classes both for medical stuff and for counseling."
"I remember," I said as we all sat down at the table.
"Let's open them together," Greyson suggested.
Daniel agreed and I heard the sound of paper tearing as they opened their letters, then Greyson spoke excitedly.
"We both got in!" he yelled excitedly.
"Yes!" Daniel yelled at the same time.
I got up as they ran at me and Nathan wheeled himself towards us as we bent down and shared a group hug with Nathan as best as we could.
"I knew you guys could do it!" Nathan said happily. "I really am proud of you both!"
"So am I!" I said and hugged each one of them.
"So are we," Greyson said.
"We couldn't have done it without both of you," Daniel said.
We went to dinner to celebrate and then once back at the house, they called Aaron to tell him the good news.
Aaron's story had its sad moments and it was more so when he was 13 like them. His parents had eventually found out he was gay a couple of weeks after he, Greyson and Daniel experimented with one another that Thanksgiving Weekend. He came home from school on a Friday and his father went through his room and found pictures of naked guys in his desk that he thought he had hidden well. Aaron's father beat him and when his mother got home, they yelled at him for almost an hour, then they told him to go to his Aunt Sally's house who lived almost an hour away which was closer to our house. She was Aaron's dad's sister and he had hardly anything to do with her, since she was a lesbian and she was married to her wife Susan. Aaron was told that since he wanted to be a fagot, then he could live with his own kind.
Long story short, his Aunts took him in and he quickly got adopted by them and his parents were put in prison for child endangerment. They never made an effort to see him much less repair their relationship and while he was saddened by that, he eventually grew to think of his Aunts as his parents and after some counseling and after working through the worsed of it, he was doing well and he continued his friendship with our boys and they all three are together as more than friends and committed to each other. They sat down with us and told us about it, making it clear that they weren't in an open relationship, that it would be just the three of them sharing their lives together. I knew they meant it and as we've continued to talk to them about honesty and communication between the three of them, it's really worked for them. I'm happy for them and for all of us, there's been no greater joy than sharing my life with Greyson, Daniel and now Aaron, and especially with my husband Nathan. We all are truly fortunate to have one another in our lives and it only gets better as time goes by.
The End
Author's Notes
I know it's been a while since I sent a chapter to the site and I didn't plan on that. Life got in the way, but we're finally at the end and now on to other things. I hope everyone enjoyed Caleb and Nathan's journey as well as that of Kevin and Cody. I truly enjoyed writing the story and now I look forward to other projects, specifically the next new story that'll be coming out next weekend. I had originally planned on sending in this chapter at the end of April and having the new story out at the beginning of May, but again, life got in the way. So now I'll be giving you this one last chapter. Now I'll say some words about the new story.
The new story is called "With Love We Can be Human". In the story, Brandon Taylor has it all, a loving family a wonderful brother who's kind and compassionate as well as two good friends who are there for him through everything. He soon meets Torey Jacobson who lives at Michael Williams's house for reasons that Brandon is soon to find out.
In this story, I bring to light an issue that's been under the radar for a long time, but is now being talked about and in fact, I touch upon it in this story. In "With Love", I take on in a deep and more penetrating way, the so-called "Troubled Teen Industry" and all the horrors that entails.
No force in our society has done more to demonize and generate hatred for our children, than this industry of pain, terror and death. This is what Torey has been through and as Brandon gets to know him and gets to know his story, he'll understand the reality of evil even more than what he already does from his father's sermons he gives in church on Sundays.
The story will be plot-oriented as usual and I'll make sure to have some fun and light moments in there, and I'll work even harder to do this at certain points within this story, given it's dark subject matter. So that being said, I hope everyone has a good evening and I'll see everyone in the new story.