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

Finally, Mick said, turning to Richard, “If you hadn’t been in the right place at the right time, I’d probably be sitting on some street corner with Shorty, begging for change so we could eat.”


Richard took his hand. “Possibly, or you would have begun remembering things, the way you are now.”


“Like how to make microwave meatloaf?” Mick chuckled. “I’m not sure that would have helped.”


“The train of thought would have led to where you used to do it, which would have reminded you of our house, and me, and you’d have come looking.”


Mick smiled, weaving their fingers together. “I would have. You’re my other half. I think I must have known that from the moment we met.”


“Well, maybe after we’d slept together. I’m teasing. We clicked in all the right ways from the beginning. We still do, even though for you it’s a second beginning.” Having said that, Richard kissed him.


Mick fell into it, returning it with the intention of proving him right.


Chapter 31