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

“Now, we wait for the police,” Trenton replied as he took out his phone. As soon as he’d made the call, explaining in brief why they were needed, he hung up. Then, with his gun still trained on Celeste and Andy, he suggested they all go inside to wait.


“Make me,” Celeste said defiantly. “I know you won’t really shoot me.”


“Do notbet on it,” Trenton said with quiet intensity. “Right now I can’t think of anything else I’d rather do. It’s bad enough you were fucking him—” he scowled at Andy, “—behind my back, but trying to murder Mick…twice…and planning on framing me for it? Yes, Celeste, it would make my day to see you lying on the ground, wounded or dead, either-or. So do as you’re told before I forget I’m supposed to be one of the good guys here.”


“I was only trying to help you get control of both the clubs,” Celeste protested. “Mick doesn’t deserve them. You’ve said so more than once, sweetheart.”


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