Theo was twenty-five when he discovered something that would change his life -- his adoption certificate, with any information about his birthmother other than her given names, Lilliana Nichole, blacked out. His father is dead and his mother away on business, so he can't ask them why they hadn't told him he was adopted ... and why the certificate had been defaced. He decides his only recourse is to hire a private detective agency to search for Lilliana.<br><br>It doesn't take long for Ric Baron of Moore Investigations to determine that locating Lilliana might be impossible. But he's more than willing to give it his all for the interesting young man who asked for the agency's help.<br><br>Soon after Ric begins his search, he receives a threatening email from someone who wants him to stop looking for Lilliana. From there, things escalate as Ric and Theo deal with the aftermath of the threat and their growing interest in each other. Can they learn the man's identity before he discovers Theo is Lilliana's son and goes after him? Only time will tell.

A Secret Uncovered

As soon as he was in his office, he called Kane. After identifying himself, he said, “Tell me Theo’s grandfather has been warned off getting in contact with him in any way.”


“Nope. That can’t happen,” Kane replied. “Mr. Chadwick is dead.”


“Fuck. You’re sure? How? Heart attack? Not that he had a heart, but…”


“He was murdered, although the killer tried to make it look like he drowned after an accidental fall in the bathtub.”


Kane chuckled. “No shit. The coroner estimates the time of death as sometime late morning or early afternoon on Saturday.”


“Then why wasn’t his body found before today?”


“According to his secretary, he emailed her Saturday night to let her know there was a business emergency and he’d be leaving town Sunday morning to handle it, although obviously he wasn’t the one who sent it. She wasn’t terribly surprised, as it had happened several times in the past, according to her.”


Chapter 41