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

Even Yager seemed curious about Eli’s reaction.


“I’m not sure.” Because he wasn’t. Something about Fong struck a chord, but Eli couldn’t put his finger on why. He passed the picture back. “Can I look at the others you’ve got of him?”


Yager thumbed through his stack, picking out photo after photo and sliding them across the table. None of them afforded the same level of detail the first had. One had Fong standing in line at a McDonald’s, another had him slipping cash into the gloved hand of a valet. Most of them were taken downtown, but it wasn’t until Eli reached a shot of Fong in profile, head tilted up as he peered up at the sky with an unopened umbrella dangling from his hand, that he was able to pinpoint the niggle into something concrete.


Chapter 31