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  1. Don H

    Chapter 18

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 The MacKenzie household normally slept in a little later than usual on a Saturday morning. But Berto Hernandez tossed restlessly in his bed, sleepless for some reason by 6 a.m. William Carson was still sawing wood on his back in the bed next to Berto's, the boy's long form stretching the sheet and light blanket taut over his body so Berto could see William's usual morning hard on. Berto smiled at that, and finally giving up on ca
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    Chapter 17

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Catherine MacKenzie was an expert at kicking boy-butt when something in the household had to get done, all in a most genteel way, of course. It was only later, usually, that the "persuadee" realized that his backside was a little sore. The bone of contention in this instance was over the matter of buying furniture and supplies for the new baby for when Heather Butler gave birth. For some weeks, Catherine had been begging Kevin
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    Chapter 16

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Carl Emrick drove Ian Carson's Navigator toward St. Francis University for his second appointment of the week with Dr. Amanda Smith. Today he felt as if a big, black cloud were hovering over his head, a big, black, damp cloud, no less. Although it was cool outside, he turned on the air conditioning and adjusted a louver so that the cold air cascaded over his face. On the way, deep in reverie, he sat at a stop light turned green u
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    Chapter 15

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Totally relaxed, the Rev. James Anderson Mason lay on his stomach in bed at 4:59 a.m., head turned to squint at the red numerals on his digital clock. He waited for the inevitable, the alarm to sound. When it began to beep at him, he stretched out a muscular arm and turned the alarm off. As usual, he had slept well, and was prepared for whatever the day might throw at him. Or at least he would be prepared once he had said his
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    Chapter 14

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 The door of the Monterey County jail slammed behind him, and Alejandro Hernández swung around on the sidewalk, giving the turnkey on the gate the finger. It was a small statement of freedom after being confined for so many months. The guard frowned and then ignored him. Alejandro stood for a moment on the curb thinking about what Walter Emrick had told him just before Alejandro had processed out: that Walter's sons, Carl and D
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    Chapter 13

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Good as their word, Kevin and Cam skipped school the next day so they could go to Marin General and see their mother that morning. The other boys wanted to go with them, but when Kevin told them they could all go to the hospital with them during afternoon visiting hours if Catherine was still there, they reluctantly agreed to stay home for their class with Mr. Montgomery. "Killjoy!" Carl told Kevin. "Give Catherine our love, a
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    Chapter 12

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Catherine was not available to take Kevin to the orthopedist the afternoon he was scheduled to have his casts removed because she had an appointment with Father John Reilly, S.J., president of St. Francis University. The topic of conversation was a letter which the priest had received from the Most Reverend John Michaels, Archbishop of San Francisco, concerning the suitability of having Catherine continue to teach at a Catholic u
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    Chapter 11

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Carl woke up with a start in the middle of the night when one of the cell phones on his dresser rang insistently. He could tell from the ring that it was his old cell phone, not the new one that Mary Carson had bought him the previous afternoon. He glanced at the luminous face of the alarm clock on his bedside table. 3 a.m. Who the hell would be calling him at that hour? He stumbled out of bed, went to the dresser, and picked
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    Chapter 10

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Kevin and Cam stood staring at each other after Catherine had gone upstairs to bed. Did she know that the two of them were lovers, or not? That question was very much on their minds as they went out on the back deck and sat down, giving Sam a last chance to wander the back yard before they all went upstairs to bed themselves. Cam and Kevin sat down on chairs in the shadows on the deck, watching Sam wandering about in the flood
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    Chapter 9

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 The Roman Catholic church in Seaside was right where Carl Emrick had said it would be, a few blocks off Highway 1. The parish was in the throes of a building campaign, and Mass was being held in what would eventually be the gymnasium of the new school when it was finished. A new church would be the last to be built on the site, as was usually the case. Cam dropped Kevin off at the front doors of the gym/church, and then parked
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    Chapter 8

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Carl Emrick must have been exhausted. Kevin and Cam never heard a peep out of him after Cam had coated the welts on the boy's body with a soothing cream, covered him with a sheet, and left him prone in their bed. They went back out into the living room, and Kevin sat on the couch as Cam added some wood to the fire. There had been no letup in the rain, which still pounded on the roof with a dull roar. Cam walked back to the cou
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    Chapter 7

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Mary Carson had no sooner driven out of the driveway than Cam was on his cell phone to Catherine in San Rafael. "Hi, Mom, are you all set for your seminar in the morning?" "Yes, I think so, Cam. The registrations so far don't suggest standing room only, but this is a seminar on Swinburne we're talking about, after all. I think I'll be pleased with the turnout. And the speakers will likely be very good." "I'm glad," Cam said.
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    Chapter 6

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 "Cam, where's my car?" Kevin asked one morning, several days after he had come home from the hospital. "It's in the shop." "What's wrong with it?" "It's pretty beat up," Cam said. "I'm sure you don't remember. But the Butler boys did a pretty good job on it with their bats after they were finished with you." "Sheesh! You'd think they were upset about something!" Kevin sipped the glass of orange juice Cam had brought h
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    Chapter 4

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 The morning after the ill-fated dinner party at the MacKenzies' house, Heather Butler, Kevin girlfriend, cornered Kevin in the parking lot at school just after Cam and Kevin had arrived. She was obviously upset about something, and Cam made himself scarce, leaving Kevin to deal with whatever it was that was bothering her. "Why haven't you called me?" Cam heard Heather berate his boy as he walked toward the school, and things a
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    Chapter 3

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 The house was dark and silent as Cam lay in his bed back home in San Rafael, not tossing and turning, but unable to drop off to sleep. The boys had arrived home from Malibu the day before. Catherine was still in New York, as she said she would be. Cam was restless, for one thing, because he was horny. And his thoughts also kept returning to the visit he and Kevin had recently made to his father in Los Angeles, and what Alex Ma
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    Chapter 2

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    My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Song of Songs 2:16 Kevin woke up about 8 o'clock the next morning. The room was cool--the air conditioning must be on, he thought. He lay in bed quietly at first, orienting himself, and then sat up and looked across the giant bed to where Cam lay on the other side, snoring softly. Cam was covered except for one tan arm, which stuck out of the covers, and his hand hung over the side of the bed. Seeing it reminded Kevin of something Cam had pulled on
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