Chapter 22
AT THE LAKE HOUSE, Brody went straight upstairs, stripped, and crawled in bed. He was waiting there when Brian came into the room.
“I thought we were going to have a glass of wine,” Brian said.
“Loving first. Wine later,” Brody said.
“You talked me into it.”
When Brian joined his naked body with Brody’s, Brody said, “Make me forget today Brian. Distract the hell out of me, please.”
“I can do that,” Brian said, and proceeded to do so. Several times.
Later, after they’d showered and changed into warm-ups, they settled down in the den with glasses of wine.
“Are you okay, babe?” Brian said.
“No, but I will be. I keep thinking of Pop lying in that hospital bed hooked up to all those machines. I should never have gone into that room—that image is going to haunt me for a long
