Dinner at Home

It only takes a few days for Ollie D'Angelo to lose his boyfriend, his job, and his home. Instead of mourning what he doesn't have, Ollie celebrates what he does: the freedom to pursue his real passion -- cooking. He begins Dinner at Home, a home-catering business, and it takes off.<br><br>Late one night, Ollie catches Hank Mellinger, a streetwise hood down on his luck, about to rob his car. Ollie soon discovers that appearances aren't necessarily what they seem. Hank isn't a criminal caught red-handed, but a hungry young man trying to make a life for himself and the four-year-old niece he's trying desperately to take care of.<br><br>Instead of calling the cops, Ollie offers Hank a job and a way to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Together, they discover they can really cook ... and that their shared passion for food just might lead to a passion for each other.

Rick R. Reed · LGBT+

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Chapter 68

Rose was beautiful.

“I understand.” She turned her head to look outside the room at the staircase. “Ollie was afraid you wouldn’t come back. It would have broken his heart.”

“Oh, he shouldn’t have thought that! I really didn’t mean to worry him—or you.” Hank thought, What else was Ollie to think? You rushed out of here and the last words out of your mouth were that you hated him.

They didn’t say anything for a long time. So long, in fact, that Hank was about ready to say he should go upstairs and reassure Ollie that he was home. But Rose, surprisingly, began talking. The woman who rarely said more than a sentence at a time suddenly had something to get off her chest, it appeared.

“I know I never say much. It’s like I want to hide. And I do.” Rose took a breath and Hank wondered if she was drawing on some inner reserve of courage. There was something determined in the set of her features.

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