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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 8

“That’s all a matter of perspective. I can’t really explain it to you because you’re looking at it from a different angle than me. The people I work for are family, is the best way I can put it. They have been since the day they took me in.”

“So you’d rather die than break this omertàthing.”

“Yeah, I would. But I’m not planning on it happening. I’ll do what I have to, and then I vanish.”

“You are straight up crazy,” Rick told him emphatically. Glancing at the clock, he said, “I’ll be back,” before leaving the apartment.

Beau started to go after him before realizing he was probably going to put his clothes in the dryer. That didn’t stop him from watching the numbers over the elevator go down to B, for basement. “Yeah, maybe I am crazy,” he said under his breath as he returned to the apartment. “But it’s something I have to do. Mercer is getting too power-hungry.”

He waited for Rick to come back, leaning against the doorframe so he could see the elevator.

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