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

Mere seconds into my travels, a chilly wind raked against my face, burning my skin. Howling around me kept me aware. My feet slipped over ice and snow. The pathway couldn’t have been any wider than two feet, stretching and zigzagging into the distance, along the lake. Frozen earth, fallen branches, and cold sandstone comprised the pathway. Carefully, I moved forward, one step after the next, keeping my balance and preventing an untimely fall.


Chapter 13