The Trade We Made

BayBeBlue 18 stories

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Summary

Trying to cope with the loss of his parents and older brother after a horrific car crash is the hardest thing Bhodi Phelps has ever done. It doesn’t help that he’s autistic, struggles to read people, and often asks the wrong questions at the worst possible time. Bhodi is convinced he can survive on his own, he's nineteen after all, but he isn’t really surviving. He’s drowning in grief. Then he sees his brother’s face staring back at him from a stranger. Firefighter Jayco Brennan may look exactly like Clayton, but he is his own person, and he isn’t prepared for the road Bhodi is about to pull him down. When Bhodi’s uncle Reid arrives and realizes how badly his nephew is struggling, he strong-arms his way into Bhodi’s life and starts trying to fix everything. Bhodi sees it as one more person taking away his choices. Jayco steps between them, hoping to bridge the growing divide. What he doesn’t realize is that while he’s trying to save Bhodi and Reid from losing each other, they may be exactly what he never knew he needed. Through chess games, terrible jokes, and a series of unexpected trades, three stubborn men discover that family doesn’t always come from blood. Sometimes, it’s something you build one trade at a time.