The Long Way Home by Z. A. Maxfield

Author:Z. A. Maxfield [Maxfield, Z. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Romance, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9781601681621
Goodreads: 5975704
Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press
Published: 2008-11-28T08:00:00+00:00

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Connor was feeling rather fatalistic as they led him down another long hallway. It

seemed to him that he should have known this was coming. Really, after all, wasn’t that

why he hadn’t told the police about his relationship with Andrew in the first place? He

thought back to those first long days after Andrew’s disappearance, to the ache in his

heart and the despair as the days went by with no answers forthcoming. He should

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have told, he knew he should have, but at the time his cowardice was compounded by

the desire not to inflict any more pain on Andrew’s grieving parents. Or his own

parents, who cared for Andrew like a second son. Now it was all going to come out

anyway. .

As he was led to an interrogation room, a door to his left suddenly opened and

Andrew’s parents walked out, followed by two agents. Without thinking, Connor

smiled and started to speak, but a red-eyed Mrs. Schilling clutched at her husband’s

sleeve and scooted past him without meeting his eyes. One of the agents whispered

something to Jameson, and then followed Mr. And Mrs. Schilling out.

The way Mrs. Schilling avoided Connor’s eyes caused something to die inside him.

His stomach roiled and he felt pale and shaken. Next to him Jameson was smiling.

“Well, Detective Dougal, I wonder if we could please have your watch?” He held

out an evidence bag for Connor to put it in, which he did. He felt the cold air on the

band of skin it usually covered. Jameson nearly licked his lips, saying, “Come with me.”

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