Mirror, Mirror

By Terry O'Reilly

It isn’t going to happen to Dave Fleming. No way. He isn’t going to end up growing old. He has this aging thing beat. He works out, eats healthy, takes all the right supplements. As a result, he’s a handsome man, with a killer body, and it’s going to stay that way.

But it doesn’t work. Though he’s done his best to swim upstream, Dave is swept steadily along to senior citizenship along with everyone else. In the process, he passed up chances for love. Now here he is, in his twilight years and alone, sharing his life with his faithful Labrador.

One night as Dave stands before his bathroom mirror getting ready for bed, he bemoans the fact that he was so absorbed in the physical that he’d let love pass him by. He stares at his reflection in the mirror and wishes he could go back, be young again, and experience it all once more, even for just a short time. Maybe he’d even find love.

If Dave gets his chance, will he take advantage of it and make his wish come true?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Sep 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781634867368

Terry O'Reilly

TERRY O’REILLY, the winner of hundreds of international advertising awards, is the bestselling author of The Age of Persuasion and This I Know. He is also an in-demand speaker. His highly awarded radio programs O’Reilly on Advertising, The Age of Persuasion and Under the Influence have been broadcast on CBC Radio since 2005, and his podcast has been downloaded over forty million times. Terry O’Reilly lives outside of Huntsville, Ontario.

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Mirror, Mirror

By Terry O’Reilly

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To all those struggling with the aging process.

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Mirror, Mirror

By Terry O’Reilly

Prologue

Nine…ten…eleven…twelve. Dave Fleming mentally counted out the repetitions for his last set of bench presses, took a deep breath, racked the bar, and sat up. He grabbed his towel and wiped the sweat from his face. He surreptitiously checked himself out in one of the many mirrors that lined the walls of the gym. He was careful. He didn’t want to appear as narcissistic as some guys who were into working out. They were so blatant about it, strutting, flexing, making sure no one missed the show.

Sure, he wanted to be admired for his physique. What other reason would there be to put this much effort into it? It wasn’t for health reasons. You didn’t need to have a body like his to be healthy, although being healthy was a bonus. He just didn’t feel you had to flaunt it to be noticed.

He got up and walked to the shoulder press machine. There was a guy using it, so he waited. The guy was pretty hot—nice muscle development and handsome to boot. Dave had seen him here a couple of times before. They’d exchanged pleasantries, checked each other out, and Dave was pretty sure they both knew they were playing on the same team sexually.

Dave’s cock tingled and began to plump as he watched the man raise and lower the bar, working his delts. His legs were spread as he sat on the bench, revealing what could be a very promising package. The icing on the cake was he was shirtless, and there was a nice pattern of reddish hair on the stud’s chest. Dave liked hair—especially red. He couldn’t get why some guys shaved it off. He was proud of his own rug of dark brown fur. Rubbing it against the pelt of another man was one of Dave’s hot buttons.

The guy racked the bar and stood up. He wiped the sweat from the bench, gave Dave a big smile, and said, All yours.

Dave found himself hoping the phrase held a double meaning.

The man then walked toward Dave and stuck out his hand. Todd, Todd Ross, he said, an invitation in his smile. Seen you around a few times. Been meaning to say hi. Just waitin’ for the right moment.

Dave took the man’s hand. His shake was firm. Dave Fleming. Yeah, I’ve noticed you, too. Glad to finally meet you.

There it was—the preliminary check-out. They were both interested. But what about Charlie?