Edward Kendrick

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

Because it was Saturday, there were already a lot of customers. Mick hesitated, getting his bearings, before walking to the bar. One of the bartenders glanced his way, and then hurried over, saying, “We were beginning to wonder if you fell off the face of the earth, Mick.”


“Felt like it,” Mick replied. “I got hit by a bad case of the flu.” He glanced at Richard. “You were supposed to let everyone know.” It was the story they’d come up with to explain his absence.


“I left a couple of messages,” Richard protested with feigned guilt. “I meant to come in to tell Ed in person, but…” He shrugged.


“That’s okay,” someone said from behind them. “I managed to manage without Mick’s input.” There was laughter in the tone of the man’s voice, and Mick saw that he was smiling when he turned to see Ed Nichols standing there.


“Maybe I should disappear more often,” Mick teased, hoping that’s how he would have responded under normal circumstances.


Chapter 15