Chapter 23: Thomas
“Tommy.”
I’d never get tired of hearing my name in that soft voice. Roddy was the only one who called me that. He was the only one I wanted to call me that.
I opened my eye. It took a few moments for me to be able to focus. Having just one eye was one of life’s most infelicitous things, although I shouldn’t complain. I could very well have lost both eyes.
Instead I’d lost Arch.
I sighed, then looked up from where I reclined on the bed at the man leaning over me, and I couldn’t help smiling. The love on Roddy’s face never failed to move me, causing the breath to catch in my throat and my heart to actually stutter in my chest.
Out of all the people in the world, this man had chosen me to love. Even the black patch that concealed the ruin that was my right eye never d
