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Benjamin eyed him but kept his arms folded over his
chest. Look, I m not happy about it! It s the first idea I had,
but it s not a bad one. Anyway& it s not as if you can t do
better.
Frank leaned up and forward on his knees to kiss
Benjamin, gently putting his hands on Benjamin s thighs for
balance.
What& what was that for? Benjamin shied back.
Because you mean it. Because you d throw yourself
under a bus to do the right thing for me. Because& . I just
wanted to.
Benjamin nodded, his eyes wide and earnest as he
leaned forward for another kiss. This time he unwound his
arms and gently, hesitantly put his hands on Frank s
shoulders.
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After a few moments of surprisingly chaste kissing,
Frank sat back again. So we ve established that your ideas
suck?
No. Right now, it s our only way out. Benjamin ran his
hand through his hair, looking stressed again and refusing
to meet Frank s eyes. And you really can, you know. Do
better.
You think I m just going to give you up?
Uhm& yes?
Frank leaned over and rested his forehead on
Benjamin s thigh. He felt Benjamin awkwardly patting his
head.
No. I m not.
Really? I mean, that s great, but& .
Frank lurched up, grabbed Benjamin, and rolled them
both onto the ground, pining Benjamin under him. Nancy
can handle this; Dad can handle this. We can handle this.
Just no more lying to me, ever.
Never ever ever. Never. Benjamin looked up with a
dazed expression, trying to get at Frank s lips again.
No more figuring things out on your own. You re a
Sheldon now, Benjamin. We solve this together.
It took a moment before Benjamin registered what
Frank said and stopped trying to kiss him.
I m a what now?
Frank grinned. Well, we could always just go to
Canada.
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Epilogue
Toronto, CANADA News of millionaire pilot playboy and
former United States Air Force Major Francis Sheldon s
elopement with software developer Dr. Benjamin Kaplan took
the political world by storm when they first flew by private jet
(piloted, it is rumored, by Sheldon himself) to Canada to
request political asylum last month.
Kaplan, founder and publisher of the infamous political
muckraking online magazine MudzNewz.net, had apparently
been contacted several times by the United States Central
Intelligence Agency about shutting down the website and
was allegedly in fear of his safety. He cited those
circumstances as the reason behind his decision to stop
monitoring Senator Nancy Sheldon s campaign prior to her
election. Several news agencies have discovered evidence
suggesting the government was blackmailing Kaplan
regarding his relationship with Sheldon in order to curb his
website s political news coverage, and an investigation has
been called for by Sen. Sheldon s office.
Sheldon, youngest son of medical equipment magnate
Dr. Charles Sheldon, commented to reporters recently that
he was unaware of Kaplan s identity as the owner of
MudzNewz.net during their courtship. Kaplan corroborates
the statement, but a number of online conspiracy theorists
claim that the whole thing was engineered by Dr. Sheldon to
distract news coverage from the release of his company s
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latest hand-held MRI, although no one can explain the
benefit of such subterfuge.
Sheldon is taking these events in stride. Caught leaving
their apartment in Toronto on their way to private flying
lessons for Kaplan at a private air field on the outside of the
city, the exiled couple were holding hands and arguing about
video games. They refused to answer questions from
reporters.
About the Author
COOPER WEST lives in Florida and wishes the weather was
more like the Pacific coast, or maybe Hawaii, but is in
graduate school to become a sexy librarian so is unable to
make that real just yet. West has a cat and a lot of books
and spends too much time reading slash fan fic when not
riding a bicycle or doing yoga or napping.
Visit Cooper at http://www.cooper-west.com. Contact
Cooper at cooperwest.wtr@gmail.com
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