From the moment his phone started singing, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)," Reid had known it was over. No, that wasn't right. He'd known from the moment Luke said, "I can't do this, not like this," that their friendship was over. And the appointed time for the end was seven o'clock according to Luke's text ( Read more... )

Luke was ready to murder Henry. What he had initially chalked up to Henry's eccentricity or a tiff with Barbara had turned out to be an obvious ploy to get Luke involved with Reid romantically. The worst part was that no matter how blatant Henry was being, Luke couldn't get his business partner to own up to it ( Read more... )

As Luke was putting on his favorite sweater, he contemplated what a seminal week this had been for him. Serendipity had won the race, and Luke had received some hefty winnings--most of which went back into the farm to pay back Henry--and now he was having Reid over for dinner tonight. The latter sounded rather small to his ears when he said it, but ( Read more... )

Reid had to admit that therapy was making him feel better about himself. It wasn't that he'd thought that psychology was a complete crock, nor did he think he was so deep and complex that no one could ever possibly understand him…but he just hadn't really expected it to be as effective as it was. After several weeks of intensive sessions, he was ( Read more... )

It had been a restless night for Luke. Not only had he wrestled with his mortification over Henry's intrusion into Reid's personal life and had a long chat with Maddie, but he also had received a phone call from Jack that evening. The cops had found evidence of Julian having a deep obsession with Luke. There was a small, secret office in Julian's ( Read more... )

"Are you sure Reid's gone?" Maddie asked hesitantly, entering the doctor's loft apartment.  Nathan had invited her over for lunch and had come to pick her up at her work.  She'd rolled her eyes at the old-fashioned gesture, but secretly she thought it was pretty sweet ( Read more... )

Luke settled back into as normal of a schedule as possible in the following days.  It wasn't like he had much going on, Luke thought with as much sarcasm as he could muster.  Just your everyday training two horses for the Kentucky Derby in the midst of dealing with a criminal father now out on bail, a teenager getting ready to graduate, a boy who ( Read more... )

For Reid, seeing the charred barn up close for the first time since the fire hammered home just how much he and Luke had been in danger.   He was lucky only his hands were injured.   As he stared at the hollowed remnant over his steering wheel, he couldn't imagine that there was anything inside that could be salvaged.  From his vantage point, it ( Read more... )

                A week passed before Luke spoke to Reid again.  The day after visiting Damian, Luke had found the key to the safety deposit box and retrieved Damian's letters.  He hadn't read them yet and hadn't been sure he would until Jack mentioned that the police wanted more proof before arresting Julian.  Luke realized that he was possibly ( Read more... )

                As Luke walked into the room where Damian waited, the blond glanced uncertainly over his shoulder at Reid.  For the hundredth time, Luke wondered if it had been a good idea to ask the doctor to come with him today.  Maybe this would be too much of a strain on their recently restored friendship.  Maybe bringing Reid was asking too ( Read more... )