Joey Laine hasn’t had it easy. At twenty-three, he’s the sole caretaker of his beloved grandma, and the mystery of his father’s disappearance still haunts them both after almost six years. Joey has gotten used to his solitude, and the way he sees colors fading from the world around him. Nothing has shaken his routines in years.
When he gets a call from Owen Henderson who says that he and his brother run a YouTube channel called Diving4Truth, everything changes. Owen wants to search the river that serpentines around Joey's town, because sometimes missing people end up closer than anyone thinks.
Letting Owen and his family come to film their search is one thing. Realizing the instant, insane chemistry between himself and Owen is a whole other ballgame. For the first time in his life, Joey feels that spark he’s only heard about before.
But things just aren’t that simple for someone like Joey. What if feeling the sort of acceptance Owen has shown so far is too much to bear after he’s left for the next dive? And what if they do find Joey’s dad? What if they don’t?
Chapter 1Joey I hadn’t been doing it consciously, but when I realized Nana was smiling, I knew I’d been singing or humming again. “What?” I asked her, my tone a bit snarky. “I’ve always liked your voice, Jojo.” Even her voice was frail these days. “But even more now. You sound more like…you.” I couldn’t be sure if she knew how much those words meant to me or even if she meant them the way I hoped, so I continued to rifle through the toolbox for the wrench I needed. My grandma was only in her mid-seventies, but she looked much older. The doctor had said Alzheimer’s could do that, age you before your time. She looked nothing like the vibrant woman she’d still been a handful of years ago, before my dad…yeah. “Well thank you,” I replied finally, bowing dramatically. In the space of thos
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