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

Marsham must be having kittens right now. If this keeps up, within the week Hammar’s stock certificates won’t be worth the paper they’re printed on, and he’ll be in full damage control mode.


He hoped that would happen, as it would keep Marsham’s mind off Cole.


That evening, when Cole arrived home from work, Ky told him the good news. “Between them, they down over ten percentage points when I left the office.”


Cole pumped a fist. “He’s going to be broke by the end of the week. That’ll teach him.”


“Not sure he’ll be broke. He can sell some of his real estate before that happens. But this should keep him busy and out of our hair until he dies.”


“Which will be soon.” Cole sobered. “I know I shouldn’t be happy when anyone dies, even him.”


“In his case, it’s understandable. Remember, he’s been responsible for making a lot of people’s lives miserable. How he’s dying may be horrible, but the fact that his is will rid the world, our world especially, of a very evil man.”


Chapter 50