Chapter 3

Burke shrugged, staring at Ad in the man’s kitchen. The guy was a year younger than Burke, handsome with his Eli Manning looks, a full-time reporter for the Channing Teller, a local paper. He thought Ad just as lucky as he was, if not more, since the guy was married to a blonde beauty, Dani Smile. Ad had a good education (four years at Temple in Philadelphia), a decent job for the last fifteen years with the paper, and the Colonial next to the lake worth more than a quarter-million dollars.

Then there was Dani: tall and stunning with her Hollywood looks, a prosecuting lawyer in Channing, well-known throughout the tri-city area. Ad had landed a charming wife: faithful, honest, caring, and, as far as Ad had told Burke, good in bed.

“Why would I sign it?” Burke asked, holding the bowl of popcorn, prepared to spend the evening with his bro.