

Probably if Christian had a good life for his own, he would let him in peace, but Christian is alone. He is like an half man, like the single wing he has tattooed on the shoulder, he is not complete. Years later Jonah is forced to face again Christian in the last 15 years Jonah hasn't really had any relationship with another human soul, nor friendship or love. But Jonah doesn't achieve his goal becoming Christian's protector, on the contrary, he decides to leave him: Jonah considers himself not worthy of Christian's love since the man deserves someone better than him. Christian becomes Jonah's hope for the future, he will have the good life he can't have. What he felt for Christian is not exactly love, it's more a protective feeling: even if Christian had his problem with his own family, there are still hope for him to grown and become a good man, and so Jonah reflects in him what he knows he can't achieve. And when Marisol entered his life, it was too late for him to learn how to love. The only person he thought was his only love bond, even if an abusive love, turned him to the system.

Having no one shows him love for the first 14 years of his life, doesn't teach him as to do it. Jonah can't deny this last wish to the only woman who showed him love, and so now he is again in front of Christian. But now Marisol is dead and she asked him to help Christian to renovate her home and then sell it for raising money to donate to child care. That was the last time Jonah and Christian were together in the previous 15 years, even when Jonah came out of prison, he didn't come back to Christian, on the contrary he tried to cut off any bond he had with him other than Marisol. But before he was taken by the cops, Christian shout out his love for Jonah to everyone who could hear him. That last part didn't work right, and Jonah made the bigger mistake of his life and went in a juvenile prison.

Maybe since they were similar in age, or maybe since she saw ahead of them, Marisol, the woman who took care of them, put them together in the same room and asked to Jonah, the older, to be as an older brother for Christian, to play as role model. Not really kid truth be told, more young men, at 14 and 16 years old. Jonah and Christian were foster kid in the same home. What maybe I found different was that the story is "normal", nice and sweet, without paranormal elements, and so maybe more linked to reality. Elisa_rolle I have always found that Cameron Dane's books have an high emotional level impact and this last one is not different.
