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TOM WHITAKER SERIES I THE LAKE HOUSE #04

The gravel road crunches under the tires. Among the pines, the wooden house appears beside the quiet lake in Montana. The afternoon sun is still warm and the air smells of water and resin.

Tom Whitaker is waiting on the porch. Sixty-two years old. A solid, powerful body and a calm, dominant presence. He has spent days counting the hours. Days holding everything back, refusing to let go, saving it all for this moment.

When Robert arrives, the embrace is strong, warm, inevitable. The tension both men have been containing begins to break right there on the porch, with only the lake as witness.

What follows is intense, deep, and unhurried. An encounter between two men who know each other well, who understand exactly what the other needs, and who have waited too long to hold back any longer.

At the end of the day, the sun sets over the water and they stay there watching the evening light, knowing the weekend has only just begun.

(23 pag.)