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

There was no way Gretchen had received any of the stolen funds, however. Eli saw the way she lived. He knew how tightly she scrounged, and heard every complaint when there wasn’t enough.


But she had access to people who might be of use to Fong. People who knew the system. People who could instruct a computer hacker on what to do.


Gretchen was a cog in a machine. Just like Eli and his strip had been a cog.


Since Fong was dead, he’d probably been a cog, too.


The soft rumble of Jarrett’s voice startled Eli from his thoughts. “What?”


“You swore. Like something was wrong.”


“Oh. I didn’t realize I did that out loud.”


“Is something wrong?” He set aside the magazine and sat forward. “Did you find something?”


“Just…” Eli floundered, trying to put into words the dread the most likely answers created. “I am in way over my head.”


Chapter 35