Six years ago, Jarrett Kessel helped his best friend’s little brother deal with his family’s rejection when he came out. He saw potential in the tempestuous teenager. Talent. Then, they both moved on with their lives.<br><br>Now, the FBI needs Jarrett’s help. Sketch artist Eli Locke is their only lead in finding a killer, but he’s nowhere to be found. Though the Feds are convinced Jarrett is the best way to lure him out, he’s not so sure. Until they show him the web comic Eli has created, with a superhero who bears a striking resemblance to Jarrett.<br><br>When Eli gets an email out of the blue from the man who changed his life, he doesn’t even consider saying no to a meeting. Jarrett is even more amazing than he remembers, and the fact that he’s all right being the role model for the one thing that means the most to Eli is just icing on the cake. But the truth about the murder comes out, and even though he had nothing to do with it, Eli wants to run. It’s up to Jarrett to keep him from ruining his life for good, before the killer finds them both and does it first ...

Outlined in Ink

“So the FBI doesn’t know where I live?” he asked.


“You think they would have been desperate enough to ask for my help if they did?”


“Okay.” That’s what he’d expected, but he needed the confirmation from Jarrett. “I want to swing by the apartment and pick up my things then. I need to find a new place to crash they can’t find.”


Jarrett didn’t argue. He followed Eli’s directions through the neighborhood until they were on Gretchen’s street. When Eli told him to wait, however, Jarrett balked.


“You’ll duck out on me if I let you go by yourself.”


The idea hadn’t actually occurred to him, though he understood why Jarrett believed that. “What if I promise to come back?”


Chapter 13