After the death of his uncle, Dalton Prie is ordered by his unpleasant and bossy mother to drive out to the woodsy lakeside town where his uncle lived to clear out his cabin. As Dalton diligently works boxing up his uncle's trinkets and realizing his uncle had hoarding issues, he meets two men he'd like to know more about. Officer Noah Rexington is a hot cop with the local PD and Joshua Kane is the strange, burly neighbor next door.<br><br>Soon Dalton develops a slight crush on Officer Rexington. He also realizes something shady is happening at Joshua's residence. When Dalton becomes The Curious Neighbor investigating Kane's property, he begins to learn many things about Kane, and of the man's unbelievable secrets ...

The Curious Neighbor

“Mother,” I whispered, using a condescending tone, perhaps judging her as I always had, glad that we were from two different worlds, understanding situations in various ways and actions. Amen to that. Being like her would have caused me to commit suicide, or move away, just as my three sisters and father had, leaving her alone, without love.


“Don’t go there,” she told me. “Show me respect at all times, young man.”


“Of course. How else is a woman to be?”


I pictured her grinning from ear to ear, maybe mocking me.


Then she said, “Go pack some boxes. I’ll check in on you sometime soon.”


“Yes, Mother,” I said, ending the call and hoping not hear from her anytime soon.


Chapter 5