“I hope my place is okay,” Alphonse noted, as they pulled away from the hospital and onto the highway, going away from San Luis. Jonathan simply nodded, now a little speechless about what would come next.

Somehow, he had never considered that Alphonse would have a home separate from the office Jonathan saw. Internally, he started preparing to eyeroll at whatever luxurious, rich furnishings he was about to be subjected to.

The house Alphonse finally stopped at, ...