The Wish
“When the moment arrived, however, he found he’d no desire for some nameless stranger. There’d be no repeat of last night with Paul, leaving him unaccountably saddened. More and more he questioned his previous beliefs, unable to reconcile that someone caring and thoughtful, someone who’d once been hurt by a fortune hunter, might possibly turn out to be one himself.His previous plans for the evening now in shambles, Alex wandered into his uncle’s office in search of booze and answers. Settling in...to his uncle’s chair, he noticed that the picture of Paul on the desk had been joined by two more: one of himself, taken a few years ago, and another of Alfred and Byron. Thinking back, he remembered those pictures being on the desk during his last visit, and the image of the laughing, dark-haired man was why Paul had seemed familiar. Alex hadn’t thought twice about it at the time.He’d been taught not to snoop, but for the past few weeks he’d become enmeshed in his family’s finances.MoreLess
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