They call police Captain Justice Becker a hero, but he feels like anything but. Unable to control or erase certain memories, he finds himself trapped in the past and alone.<br><br>Ames Preston, a new cop at the precinct, feels an immediate attraction to Becker, and just as quickly, becomes a thorn in his side. When young Archie Wilkes comes running into the cop shop claiming someone tried to push him in front of a garbage truck, Justice isn’t convinced it really happened, until a suspicious death occurs on the same day.<br><br>As Justice, Ames, and Archie work together to figure out what’s happening in their quiet, little town, Justice can’t get the idea of a love triangle out of his mind. In the end, it seems only two men are destined for one another.

Guilt and Innocence

&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what other people think, only you.&rdquo;


It was such a Dougie thing to say. The two looked nothing alike, even if their words sometimes sounded the same.


&ldquo;Well…&rdquo; I brushed off our lapels, his first, and then mine. Some of the flowers he&rsquo;d brought me were already shedding. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pretty sure I&rsquo;ve never seen anyone handsomer than you are right now.&rdquo;


A vision of Dougie in his prom tux from our ancient 1993 New Mill Town High yearbook, flashed in my mind. Everything I felt was wrong.


&ldquo;Did you get these flowers from Freddie?&rdquo;


The flowers looked kind of raggedy, kind of droopy, kind of dirty. They were also the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen. Still, they paled in comparison to the man who&rsquo;d brought them. The most elegant, expensive, American Beauties would have, and these were not that.


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