The Darkest Hour

Daniel Greene is an artist with an exhibition coming up which he should be excited about, except he isn’t. He can’t sleep, he has no enthusiasm for social activities, and his constant tears and dark thoughts alarm him. When he’s finally diagnosed with depression, he starts the slow process of resisting the dark lure.<br><br>One day Oliver Campbell arrives at Daniel’s gate to deliver art supplies. He’s tall and muscular, and for the first time in a long while, Daniel feels there might be light at the end of the tunnel.<br><br>Yet Oliver has a secret. He has a son, five-year-old Cameron. When he reveals this to Daniel the morning after their first date, Daniel has the courage to reveal his own secret battle with depression. Will these two men be able to accept each other’s secrets and go forward together?

Wayne Mansfield · LGBT+

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24 Chs

Chapter 14

He hurried down the path to the front gate and, without turning, closed it behind him. From over the top of the gate I saw him wave then heard a car door slam shut.

I spun around and went back inside. What a feeling. The thought of Oliver coming over for dinner was a more effective cure for depression than any meds. I was on cloud nine for the next forty-eight hours. I was too excited to paint and since I had no need to, I didn’t. I went around the house, tidying this and dusting that. I did some gardening and sat for long periods of time staring out the window at the rain. Several times I wanted to call Craig or Jackson or Stella to tell them my news, but I daren’t. I didn’t want to jinx it. I didn’t want to tempt fate nor did I want to build something up which hadn’t really started yet.

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