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

Will leaned across Sorensen’s desk for her phone. “I don’t believe this,” she muttered, watching him answer. “Now he’s calling you here?”


“He filed a report,” Will reminded her. With the receiver to his ear, he clicked on the blinking line. “Detective Moore here. Is this Corey?”


Corey’s warm laugh curled through him, raising the ghost of a smile to Will’s face. “How’d you guess?” 


“How many other guys do you think have this number?” 


Beside him, Sorensen cleared her throat, a pissy sound that reminded him he wasn’t alone. “Listen,” he said, turning serious. “I’m sort of in a meeting here. Can I call you back?”


Corey sighed, a defeated sound that told Will he hadn’t just called to chat. “That bastard beat up another one of my boys last night.”


Chapter 20