Senator Franklin’s life seems perfect. He has a devoted wife, a smart son, and in a relatively short period of time, he’s moved up in politics to become Secretary of the Treasury. And then a man from his wife’s past arrives in DC and begins dating his son. What’s a man to do but call on a friend who’s one of the deadliest agents of all the alphabet agencies to look into it?
Ryder Franklin’s life seems perfect. He has loving parents, a job at the State Department he enjoys, and a good friend who’s more than just a friend. Then a man from his mom’s past comes to DC and contacts him. Donald Edmonton assures Ryder he’s simply curious as to how his onetime sweetheart has fared, but Ryder isn’t sure he believes the man. Can he -- should he -- keep the man’s appearance from his family?
Donald Edmonton’s life… isn’t perfect. His career has gone down the tubes and his finances are in disarray. The solution he comes up with lies in DC. He’s kept track of his former girlfriend and her family, and learned something interesting about her husband. He’ll go to her son first, see if he can get the rumor verified, and possibly make some money. After all, how difficult can that be?
Chapter1Secretary of the Treasury Heathcliff Franklin—his mother had a fondness for Wuthering Heights and a soft spot for Laurence Olivier—was in his home office, reading a letter from a valued friend, when a knock on the antique door his wife had spent a good deal of time finding for him and a good deal of money having restored and installed roused him. The shadowed letters on the frosted glass read County Supervisor of Elections, the position he’d been about to leave when Elise had joined his staff, but he could still see the silhouette of the man who stood on the other side. “One moment.” Heath folded the letter, returned it to its envelope, and slid it into a compartment no one else knew was there. It wasn’t incriminating—Paul, who once went by the name Pretty Boy, was simply updating