Chapter 63

It was mid-November when Caiden returned home from a job that had sent him halfway across the country to gather information on a pedophile. One who had managed to keep his evil a secret from his family, friends, and the authorities. Caiden had succeeded in giving Zander what he needed to expose the man, by ‘becoming’ one of the man’s cohorts in what he was doing. It left Caiden feeling dirty down to his soul.

“How can such men live with themselves?” Caiden asked Zander after reporting in.

It was a rhetorical question, but Zander still replied, “Because they have no hearts or conscience. They live for the pleasure they gain, with no thought for the children they’re destroying in the process.” He gripped Caiden’s shoulders to make certain he was listening. “You did what was needed to stop him and the bastards he worked with. Be proud of that. You saved the futures of who knows how many innocent children.”