e opened his door To a tall dark

" the man asked

etective Elliot Stor

if I

d allowed the man into his apartme

" Elliot said as

o you about your neighb

n't know any Nic

only you kno

and

th could feel his

er his chest, "I do

sn't know I'm he

he did, but I fel

hing to say and even if I did, I certainly wo

s in hi

ms, suddenly interested in w

d a friend get

and the only way to keep him safe was for him to travel

there some sort of witness protect

bathroom window he would be dead. As it was, we lost two of our best agents. Nicky is n

bled over to a ch

Elliot sat down

t's

y is pretending

also why he didn't

s doing a background check on

e was hearing was almost too hard to believe.

is way, I'm the

amily, his entire life to move across the country and live as a w

you afraid I could be working for

ere if I thought

t before I even caugh

telling me

ther or any of his friends. I'm the only person he talks to. And then y

e?

tated when you found out he

und out? Don't worry, detective, you can fly back to where eve

why I'm he

the fuck ar

aken a liking to. I know you told him you never wanted to see him again

you want

u to go ta

y's just going to head home. What possible reason could I have for get

was leaving?"

inked.

ibility but you have to give him a reason to stay. Besides, living out here o

sed that. "I thought if he testified against this Moral

lly he'll go awa

ck in Boston is a safe one, even

't you tel

old you what he d

never really tal

the sling enough for just being here. I might as well tell you the rest of i

y and Juan were exotic dancers i

opped open in s

head. He could just picture that perfect little body d

s clients, Nicky said no. Juan said yes. One night Juan didn't show up for work.

them to sell the

ists as he Imagined Nicky selling his body

I also believe he planned to get them hooked on drugs to keep them pliable

s man is a

id. "I also hope you can understand why Nicky was posing as a

down at them. "Yeah, I understand. I still don't kno

guy who's been given a really raw de

k I'm the ans

to have the chance. If telling you what is really going on in his life, and w

a fucking fairy

out la

'll have to forg

t my magic wand

here but at the detective, "I don't mean to be rude o

," Elliot said.

me in the direction of the nearest g

red. "You want to

ing to get laid?"

do women

de a play for Nicky?" he asked. "He's

give you that, but he

"He sure as h

my men with a li

a china doll for my tastes. I like knowing that the

. I think I have just the person to esco

s thumbs into th

the heels of his fee

cky," Seth repl

end

ver

act." Seth shrugged. "I just can't spend more than twen

razier than

e here in twent

nned. "E

unds p