When the crazy woman from hell, as he thinks of her, moves in next door to Michael, he isn't happy about it. When she's murdered, he's even less ecstatic, especially when he has to deal with a detective's suspicions and a nosy reporter.<br><br>Reid Hanson is a good reporter with a nose for a story. When he tries, and fails, to interview Michael, he's intrigued by the man's resistance. It takes all his persuasive powers to get Michael to open up to him about the murder ... and his past.<br><br>When Michael does, the two men set out to try and learn more about the woman's murder ... and a related one a week later. In the process they begin to fall for each other. Will their attraction come to fruition or will the killer manage to eliminate Michael, the only witness to his existence, before that happens?

Murder in the Condo Next Door

“We both need to shower,” Reid said. “We smell of smoke. And no, we won’t do it together. That could lead to something neither of us have the energy to deal with right now.”


“Like finishing what we started earlier, before some bastard decided to try to kill me? For that, alone, I owe him,” Michael replied as he put his bag beside the dresser.


“Weowe him,” Reid said, giving him a hug. “Eventually he’ll pay.”


Michael nodded, returning the hug. After taking a pair of sweatpants and his kit from his bag, he went down the hallway to the bathroom. He showered quickly, washing away the physical reminders of what they’d gone through, if not the mental ones. All he could think about was how close they’d come to being another statistic on the list of murders in the city. Right under Ms. Lee and Trask. It’s not happening. The killer’s going to make a mistake and then the cops will arrest him and I can go back to living my life. With Reid in it, I hope.


Chapter 27