Page 141 of Tell No One
They both smiled.
“What’s your name?” Tag asked. “Have I already guessed?”
“No.”
“One last try. Tobias. So…you might be Toby or Tobe or Tobes… Or Ass? I’d like to call you Ass.”
Delaney sighed. “Hieronymus.”
Tag frowned. “Is that a name? You weren’t just clearing your throat?”
“You’ve not heard of Hieronymus Bosch? The painter? The Garden of Earthly Delights?”
“No. Did you get teased at school with a name like that?”
“They called me Ron.”
“That is very boring. Not Hero? Oh my God, because you are.”
“I’m not.”
“Is Delaney your first name or your surname?”
“Surname.”
“What’s the first name that goes with that then?”
“Adam.”
“Does anyone call you that?”
“No.”
“Can I call you Adam?”
He nodded.
“Adam? Guess what?”
“What?”
“I love you.” Tag smiled at him. “Now tell me you love me when you know I can hear you.”
“I…”
Tag kissed him before he could speak.
Epilogue
Vancouver Island
A year later
“You can do it,” Adam said.
“I can’t.”Why the hell did I say yes to this?Probably because Tag said yes to everything Adam asked him to do.
“Move your left hand a couple of inches to the left.”
