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    When He Came Home
    When He Came Home
    When He Came Home
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    When He Came Home

    By Nicole Dennis

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    Kicked out after graduation by his strict homophobic father, Blake Denton hasn't been to the home farm for fifteen years. A successful psychiatrist and counselor, Blake found forgiveness and love with partner, Sullivan Fitzgerald, and a home in Vermont.

     

    An unexpected phone call changes his plans. Wishing him a happy holiday, his mother ends with a plea to return to the North Carolina family farm.

     

    With Sully's support, they drive to the farm and spend Christmas with his family. There were many changes. To the farm. To his siblings. To his mother. While his father isn't there, the ghosts of memories linger.

     

    Will Blake take the chance for this first Christmas with his family? Or will he run back to safety in Vermont?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNicole Dennis
    Release dateDec 3, 2024
    ISBN9798227397874
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      When He Came Home - Nicole Dennis

      Blurb 

      Kicked out after graduation by his strict homophobic father, Blake Denton hasn’t been to the home farm for fifteen years. A successful psychiatrist and counselor, Blake found forgiveness and love with partner, Sullivan Fitzgerald, and a home in Vermont.

      An unexpected phone call changes his plans. Wishing him a happy holiday, his mother ends with a plea to return to the North Carolina family farm.

      With Sully’s support, they drive to the farm and spend Christmas with his family. There were many changes. To the farm. To his siblings. To his mother. While his father isn’t there, the ghosts of memories linger.

      Will Blake take the chance for this first Christmas with his family? Or will he run back to safety in Vermont?

      TRIGGER WARNING: Homophobia and homophobic slurs. Mean nanny goats. Pecking hens. And a cranky old man.

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      When He Came Home is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Second Ebook Publication & Copyright © December 2024 by FatCat Books Ink

      Editing/Formatting/Cover design – FatCat Books Ink

      Attention Readers: This book uses US English.

      Trademarks

      The author acknowledges the trademarked status and owners of the following word marks used in this story:

      1967 Mustang Shelby: Ford Motor Company

      Post-it Note: 3M United States

      ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Sally Marie Veillette

      Author’s Note

      Abrief history lesson - the original version of this story was published in 2011 before same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in 2020. Vermont instituted same-sex civil unions in 2000.

      Chapter 1

      Fifteen years slid by since Blake Denton last drove this winding route. For some reason, this path off the country lane leading to the old-fashioned farmhouse elongated since the long-ago night. His knuckles whitened around the steering wheel, gripped it harder than needed to control the SUV. The tires hit a pothole the shock absorbers couldn’t quite handle.

      Holy crap, Blake! Isn’t this thing paved? Sullivan Fitzgerald cursed and grabbed the oh shit bar.

      Nope. Money is put where it’s needed most on a farm. Blake maneuvered around another pothole. Rather, he went around the ones he could see under the layers of snow. Everyone drives big-ass trucks and SUVs to handle this kind of shit. Otherwise, they’re on tractors, which roll over anything in their path. They probably don’t even know about them.

      Sully flexed his fingers around the handle when the SUV rocked. Thank gawd you talked me out of driving my baby.

      Blake snorted at the thought of Sully’s beloved, restored 1967 Mustang Shelby handling these roads.

      These potholes would rip her undercarriage to shreds. Mess up her gorgeous wax job with this nasty, dirty snow. Yours is better equipped to handle all this bad-weather travel. Sully dropped his other hand on Blake’s thigh and rubbed back and forth. He pressed close to Blake’s muscled thighs under the tailored slacks and boxer-briefs. No matter what we’re driving, you know I wouldn’t have missed being here with you for anything in the world.

      Blake glanced at his partner and lover. Peeling his fingers from the steering wheel, he entwined their fingers. I wouldn’t make this trip without your support, Sully. Especially around this time of the year. Christmastime we’re supposed to be with family. We always go to your family, never mine. Now look at us.

      You’re taking a huge step forward and driving down to a backwater small town near the Blue Ridge mountains. Wanting to get in touch with your family at the best time of the year to forgive and start over was the best idea. How could I not support this decision?

      I’m sorry we will not see your parents.

      Don’t worry about them. My parents understand and send their love. We’ll see them next week.

      Good. Good. I don’t want to miss them. They’ve been wonderful to me. Blake squeezed Sully’s fingers.

      Your family. My chosen one. They love you as a son. Sully tugged Blake’s hand close long enough to kiss his fingers. Does anyone know we’re coming?

      My mother.

      Did she tell anyone else?

      I asked her not to, considering Dad’s reaction to when I left fifteen years ago.

      "You didn’t exactly

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