New Friends - The Good Friends Stories, #2 - E-book - ePub

The knocking had started again and was relentless. Ignoring it was not an option so he opened the door. But it was not a reporter on the doorstep but the dashing Devaney with his all-too knowing eyes and secretive, slightly sly, smile. He knows what the man wants (what they all want) but is he of a mind to give it? Going with a man like Devaney is dangerous but refusing him perhaps more so? The man holds out his hand, offering him things he sorely needs: protection, privacy.somewhere far away from the prying eyes of the journalists; somewhere he can breathe and take stock over the time he had spent with the man they were now calling the Middleton Murderer.
Devaney has a price though. He wants him: in his home; in his bed. The man wants his body, and is that too high a price to pay? He would not be doing anything he had not already done. Countless times before. But Devaney is a greedy man and wants his mind too; his secrets. He wants to know all that went on between him and the man now languishing in a mental institution for the criminally insane. He is not the only one who wants to know.
Ambitious writer, Samuel Preston, scents a juicy story and is hot on William's trail. Will Devaney's protection be enough? Will he care enough to keep him safe once he has unearthed all of his secrets?New Friends follows on from Old Friends and continues William Mayfair's story from the moment he is reacquainted with possible serial killer, Lucas Blackstone. He recounts for the benefit of Stefan Devaney the time he spent with that man: the things they did and the secrets they shared.
Devaney laps it up, eager to hear everything and eager to prove that whatever thrilling things Blackstone did to William he can go one better. But while he becomes increasingly obsessed by William his own past history clamours for attention. An old lover appears on the scene and Devaney finds himself imagining this old lover together with his new. The picture in his head is very pleasing but what will William make of it? What will precious Peter think of it?There was a time he would have done anything Stefan ever asked of him: asked, ordered or commanded.
Done it all with a soft smile and wept his gratitude at the finish. But Peter is not the man he once was. Inner turmoil gnaws at him and unlike William he won't easily give up his secrets. But perhaps he will reveal them to William?As the two men grow closer Peter opens up. His secret pours out and Stefan turns to an unlikely source to ask for help. A man must have justice for the wrongs done to him is Devaney's belief but is it justice he truly seeks or revenge?Does Blackstone really care? Justice or revenge Devaney has chosen him to carry out the task.
He is after all uniquely qualified for the job. But is he interested?It's a moot point if Devaney can't follow through on his promise to free him from the nut-house, but if he can.?He would like to see William again. He has missed their adventures. He would also like to see the man who has had such an effect on Stefan Devaney that he is prepared to break a mass murderer out of his prison. Who is this Peter fellow? Is he worth killing for?One look is all it would take to know.
He just wants one look at the man. One look and perhaps one touch.