Willis Moore is a detective with the Richmond City police department. A case he was involved with went down badly and he was given a month's sabbatical to pull himself together after the death of his informant, a young man named Teabag, with whom Will had let himself become sexually involved.<br><br>Back on the force now, Will finds himself drawn to another street punk, a hustler named Corey, who seeks police assistance to protect his "boys" from a violent attacker. He and Corey work well together, and Will dares to hope their relationship might be heading toward something more. But he still can't seem to shake the feeling he will eventually fail to protect the hustler ... the same way he failed to save Tea.

Tricked Out

Before he could speak, Janine looked up and saw him. “B-612,” she said. “Where’s Grantland? I can’t raise him on his extension.”


“Try the kitchen,” Will told her. As the citizens looked at him, he flashed them a toothy grin that felt stiff on his lips. “Hold tight, folks. We’ll be right with you.”


The interrogation rooms and holding cells were behind the scenes, out of the public’s eye. Will had to pass through two locked areas to get into the back hallway that accessed the rooms. He kept his ID card ready—he had to swipe it once, show it to a fellow officer before he was allowed into the area, then swipe it again to enter the B hallway. At the closed door to room B-612, he had to scan the card a third time before he could enter. 


Chapter 10