Working the Dream — Christiane France

Michael Shaw has big dreams. He dreams the king-size crush he has on his boss, Erik Harris, will turn out to be more than a bad case of wishful thinking. He also dreams of earning enough to start a business of his own and become as successful as his father. But the store where Michael currently works is in financial trouble and with his job in jeopardy, it's time to exchange those dreams for reality. Once the store closes it's unlikely he'll ever see Erik again. As for having his own business… That depends on him first finding another job in a town where employment opportunities are few and far between.

Erik doesn't have time for dreaming. A visit to the store by two suspicious-looking strangers confirms his belief the store owner is in debt to the wrong people. The kind who'll stop at nothing to exact repayment. With no idea as to the owner's current whereabouts and Michael and himself directly in harm's way, he realizes they need to disappear temporarily. A decision that forces Erik to face the one dream he's spent a ton of sleepless nights trying to ignore.