Chapter 46

• Elliot had been standing in front of his computer for several minutes. He was completely airborne and completely detached from reality, with a faint smile on his face as his eyes fixed on a random point in the dimly lit room. He remembered fondly the moments he had spent with Jonathan over the weekend.
• They had been together for the entire time since they first went out, and the experience that he had previously feared would be awkward or even tedious, as he was used to being alone, had been more pleasurable than he could have imagined. It was almost frightening to think that the familiar and cozy feeling was so pleasant that he feared seeing it as an addiction, as he felt the constant need to have other moments like this with his youngest.
• A while ago, it would have been hard for him to imagine one day building a relationship that went beyond sex. But now, it was more than possible. They had already had some kind of more intimate contact, and yet his interest remained.