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 turned his cell on speaker, then closed the phone. The faceplate stayed lit, indicating the call was still active. As quietly as he could, he got out of the car, ducking inside to retrieve his service pistol from the holster that still hung behind the driver’s seat, where he’d put it earlier. Ahead, he saw movement in Grantland’s vehicle, but there was no sound, nothing to indicate anything untoward was happening. Checking the safety on his gun, he started forward. He made it out of the alley and halfway across the empty street before Grantland and Corey got out of the car.


Chapter 28