Kicked out of his home at eighteen, Cole ends up at The Haven, a drop-in spot for homeless teens, run by Adam Franks. Unable to spend the nights there, he ends up sleeping rough, is attacked by a pair of punks -- and rescued by a Bullmastiff he names Bull.<br><br>Cole and Bull become inseparable. Cole also meets, and is attracted to, Ky, a friend of Adam's, who twice saves Cole from more attackers. After the second attack, things suddenly change in Cole's life when he finds out why someone seems to be after him.<br><br>Will Ky be able to convince Cole he's told him is the truth, while dealing with his own attraction to Cole? And can Ky and his friends keep Cole safe from a man who claims to be Cole's real father?

Cole and His Dog

“Some guy came by earlier,” Mike told him when they got there. “He said he was a family friend and wanted to know when you were due in.”


Cole frowned. He doubted the Williamses would have told anyone where he worked—or that they even knew or cared as far as that went. “What did you tell him?”


Mike shrugged. “That you quit a week ago for a better job. There was something about him that didn’t sit right with me.”


“Thank you,” Cole replied in relief. “I hope to hell he believed you.”


Mike smiled. “I can lie with a straight face when necessary. Are you in trouble of some sort?”


“No.” Cole leaned against the desk keeping an eye on the front door, which he could see from the office. “I never told you, mainly because I only found out a few days ago. I was adopted. You know my folks kicked me out.” He paused, going to close the office door. “This is between you and me, if you don’t mind.”


Chapter 28