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Robbie and Seth are pretty busy, getting ready for the arrival of a new baby, and of the mother, Kristy, who was Robbie's brother's girlfriend. They're fixing up the house and having fun with it, loving their life enough to make it a more permanent arrangement.
Trouble shows up in the form of Robbie's brother Russ, who wants to see Kristy, and doesn't want to take no for an answer. Violence explodes in their happy home, and Robbie and Seth are left to deal with the aftermath, trying to get their lives back on track. Can they face what happens together and beat all of the odds?
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“Oh, Robbie! It’s perfect!”
Robbie laughed and stood. After a moment, he cocked his head to the side, then dabbed a touch of white paint to the baby panda’s eye before turning around. “Thanks. You like it?”
“Yes!” Kristy went up to the wall in front of him and reached out, but stopped before touching it. “Is it dry yet?”
“Parts of it.” He set the paintbrush in the glass of cloudy gray turpentine and wiped his hands on the paint-covered rag draped over the back of the chair. “You seen Seth lately?”
“Um, think he ran to the store,” Kristy said, gingerly running her fingertips over the baby giraffe’s head. “Said something about chili for dinner.”
Robbie’s stomach picked that moment to rumble loud and clear. Seth’s chili was positively to die for -- thick and spicy as hell. Just then, the front door opened and closed and his cowboy’s deep humming resounded through the house to a somewhat out-of-tune Hank Williams Jr. song. Robbie shook his head and Kristy chuckled.
“Believe me.” Robbie grinned. “That mouth is much better at other things.”
“Like…?” Seth asked from the nursery doorway. That long, beautiful body was encased in black cotton and faded blue denim. Green eyes teased Robbie from under the brim of a black Stetson.
“Oh, Lord. Y’all are hopeless.” Kristy just rolled her eyes, laughing as she left the room.
“Hey, babe.”
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