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

“Nope, Mick, but it’s life. Now eat up. If you really plan on checking out those addresses, you’ll need your strength ‘cause the bus will only take us so far. Then you get to walk.”


“Which won’t be fun if they’re classy neighborhoods. I can see people calling the cops on us.”


“Shit happens. All we’ll get if they do is a warning to move on. God forbid, we might bring down the property values if we hang around.”


They tossed the food wrappers in a trash can then set out to catch the bus that Shorty said would take them in the direction of the first couple of homes Mick wanted to check out.


“I was thinking,” Mick said as they walked. “If I was attacked by someone trying to mug me, why didn’t I fight back? I would have, I think.”


“Probably, unless he surprised you, but why hit you hard enough to kill you? Because you would have died if I hadn’t found you.”


Chapter 6