
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, what does togetherness do?
When Casey found himself falling in love with Eli and Johnny as they fell in love with each other, he fled the country. Upon his return four months later, he finds Eli off in Morocco for humanitarian work and Johnny all alone.
Forced together over the holidays, Casey and Johnny find the situation tense. But what kind of tension is building? When Eli comes home with a big reveal and a plan, where will that leave the three of them this Christmas and in the future?

Chapter 1“Kiss.” Esmerelda, Max, and Eddie often lined up side by side according to height, three-feet-two, three-feet-four, and three-feet-five and a half. Fleckman, Ushinger, Cooper, and Underhill Laboratories’ recently completed EME Primate Study and Jungle Sanctuary was named in their honor. The female, male, and male chimpanzee, bonobo, chimpanzee trio watched my hands intently with their affectionate deep, rich copper eyes, eyes that reminded me of my Eli. Most things did in one way or another. Deaf since birth, I needed my hands to communicate. All three little ones recognized American Sign Language. Eddie, who’d signed kiss upon seeing me that morning, was most proficient. “Kiss.” A huge smile showed every one of his thirty-two teeth when I signed the word back, then doled out o
