title: A Long Stretch of Blue
author:  Denis Gray 
description: Denis Gray is the author of Black Love Notes, Hard Ground, Teardrop, Dellas Deed, Lucky, and Bennys Last Blast. He lives in New York with his wife, Barbara.
zlib_text: HIS BOY BLUE
  A LITTLE BIT OF PERFECT
  
  CHLOE GRAY
  
  CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Epilogue
  Excerpt from Adler and Orrick
  Excerpt from Tobias and Beau
  Also by Chloe Gray
  
  Copyright © 2020 Chloe Gray
  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by
  U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact:
  c.w.grayauthor@gmail.com
  Cover Design by Fantasia Frog Designs
  Edited by Ann Attwood Editing and Proofreading Services and Tanglewood Press
  Created with Vellum
  
  B
  CHAPTER 1
  lue clutched his backpack to his chest and stared at the neon lights flashing above the club.
  He wasn’t used to being out so late and it looked like a storm was about to hit. I don’t like
  thunder, he thought, lip trembling.
  “I’m not sure about this,” he said, looking back at his friends. The pressure of a long and
  frustrating week had his little side close to the surface.
  Denis