The Adviser

Edwin has loved Stuart their whole life. They’ve grown up in the pack together, and Edwin wants their friendship to go further. The trouble is, the pair of them have been dancing around the subject, neither of them admitting how they really feel. And maybe Edwin ought not to say anything now—now he’s working for a man who deals drugs on the side of his normal, legitimate business. Edwin was employed to be an adviser, nothing more, but then a dead body turns up and changes everything.

Edwin’s convinced Stuart won’t want anything to do with him once he realises what he’s mixed up in. Stuart never lies, but Edwin’s told a thousand or more. He’s had to, otherwise his boss will have something to say about it.

When Edwin finds himself helping to dispose of the dead body, his world gets a whole lot worse. He’s got no one to turn to, and he’s frightened he’ll be arrested and sent to prison. He goes for a run, and someone follows him. Someone he confesses everything to. It’s only then Edwin can begin to right the wrongs he’s done. And only then he can allow himself to open up to loving—and being loved.