Avery Row #1: Ex-Best Friend

Note to reader.
Avery Row was previously published as the Reunion series.

Lonnie Fletcher and Seth Anthony Freeman have been best friends since birth. They are like brothers to one another. Lonnie and Seth did everything together until their junior year of high school when they drifted apart, yet they remained close. When Lonnie comes out to Seth later that junior year, he believes Seth accepts his sexuality. However, after a violent confrontation, Seth ends their friendship, leaving Lonnie devastated and heartbroken.

Fourteen years later, after escaping an abusive relationship, Lonnie returns to his hometown of Avery Row. He is surprised to discover that Seth has also moved back, as revealed by his best friend, Sheldon Jameson. During a heated confrontation at Lonnie’s mother’s house, Seth tells a secret that shocks and angers Lonnie. Later, at Lonnie’s apartment, they decide to make amends and repair their friendship. However, an incident between them leaves Lonnie feeling shocked and confused.

At their high school reunion, Lonnie is brutally attacked and rescued by Seth. Several shocking events unfold between them afterward before another secret that Seth has kept from Lonnie for fourteen years is revealed, leaving Lonnie in shock.