Mick Hawk awakens in an alley covered with blood from a head wound, with no memories other than his first name. According to Shorty, the homeless man who found him, he was holding a battered driver's license, so they go in search of the owner with no luck.<br><br>Then a man approaches them on the street. His name is Richard Wolfe, and he claims he and Mick are lovers. After Richard convinces Mick he's telling the truth, the three men set out to discover who wants Mick dead and why. A difficult task, as Mick has yet to regain his memory.<br><br>One suspect is Mick's older brother, Trenton, who manages one of Mick's clubs and resents the fact their father gave them to Mick instead of him. Another is the man on the driver's license, who works for Trenton. Or ...? All they have to do is figure it out, before someone tries again to take Mick out of the picture permanently.

Hawk and Wolfe

“Do they have soap and towels?” Mick asked Shorty, thinking he’d need them when he showered.


“Yeah. In the shower room; and the towels are clean.”


They were, if on the small side and well-used. While Shorty watched his things, Mick went into a stall, stripped, setting his clothes on the floor outside the stall, and washed up. The water was tepid but he didn’t care. At least he was clean and dry by the time he stepped out, holding the towel in front of him.


While Shorty was showering, Mick took a pair of jeans and one of the T-shirts from his pack, dressing quickly. The shirt and jeans he’d been wearing were too blood-stained to keep, so he tossed them in the trash just as Shorty reappeared. He smelled a good deal better now that he was cleaned up, much to Mick’s relief. He’d refrained from saying so, but Shorty had had a definite aroma of unwashed body. There was still a trace of it, as his clothes needed laundering, but compared to before, he was almost aromatic in a good way.


Chapter 4