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The Runaway and the Enforcer

Beau, thirty-five, is a gangland enforcer who has gone into hiding rather than following the orders of his boss, Mercer, to harm a rival's kid. Now, all Beau wants to do is eliminate Mercer before getting out of town. When Rick, an eighteen-year-old denizen of the streets, witnesses Beau killing one of Mercer's men who has found him, Beau takes Rick under his wing instead of killing him, as well. He offers Rick a place to stay while he figures out how to put his plan to take Mercer out into action -- without ending up dead himself. Befriending Rick is an act Beau may come to regret. Rick convinces Beau to take him along when he leaves town -- thus working his way into Beau's dangerous life on the run -- and perhaps, into his heart, if Beau can come to grips with the fact that Rick is half his age. Note: This story contains scenes of graphic violence.

Edward Kendrick · LGBT+

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51 Chs

Chapter 33

Ten minutes later, the man did leave, with a nod in Beau’s direction before going downstairs

“Since when did I turn into a marriage counselor, or a shrink?” Beau grumbled under his breath.

He said the same thing to Rick the next morning over breakfast, after telling him the story.

“The day you decided to take me under your wing?” Rick said in reply. “Or maybe even before then? I’ve told you a billion times, you’ve got a core of decency somewhere inside you, whether you believe it or not. Sometimes, it comes out.”

Beau had pooh-poohed Rick’s words, as he always did, but still he wondered if, maybe, the kid was right. Damned little of it, but…He’d mentally shrugged and turned the conversation to what they’d do the next day, since Rick was off, giving them half the day together, after Beau woke up.

Of course, being Rick, he’d pointed out they could clean the apartment and go grocery shopping, which worked, as far as Beau was concerned.

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