Chapter One
Detective Robert Goren studied the file on his desk. "Something…must be something here…a way in with one of these guys…"
"Bobby," Alex Eames' voice broke in on his thoughts. "I found something about one of the Harrigan brothers…"
"Sean, right? 'Cause Seamus seems to be something of a control freak…" Bobby tilted his head towards his desk.
"Well, Sean has a couple of beefs for solicitation…"
"Ladies of the evening?" Bobby asked.
Alex sat down and gave him a careful look. "Wrong gender…"
"He's gay…" Bobby said.
"Apparently…and with specific tastes…not the usual young boy toys." Alex slid the files over to Bobby. "Olivia Benson from SVU sent these over to me. Sean Harrigan apparently has a thing for bears."
Bobby examined the files. Sean Harrigan had managed to talk his way out of two incidents with no more than a fine, but both cases involved the approaching of two men in their forties, both graying, both over six feet.
"Could be you, Goren," Alex said, a smile pulling at the corner of her mouth.
Bobby glanced up at her and reddened before he fell into deep thought.
"Oh, no…Bobby…are you seriously…" Alex stared at him.
"Well, you're right…I'm his type…" Bobby fingered the file.
"Wouldn't this…be uncomfortable…not to mention dangerous?" Alex asked.
"Well, uncomfortable…I don't know…I've played gay before…and we've put you in similar situations…." Bobby's tone was calm and business like. "And it's the only break I can see in these guys' defenses."
Alex gnawed at her thumb. "I don't know…I don't like it…"
End Chapter 1