Chapter 1

Mike is not the smartest boy on the streets of Toronto or the best looking, but he has managed to survive for three years on those same streets by hustling. All he wants is to get away; he doesn't know how or where, but sometimes that's the only thing that keeps him going. When the aspiring writer Kevvin tries to pick him up one night in a bar, both their lives are changed. Mike has a new game to play and Kevvin is torn between preserving his carefully crafted persona and trying to help Mike lift himself out of the gutter. Every time they meet, each one fights to gain control over the other. It's a game Mike is good at too, but will Kevvin win in the end only because the hustler gets tired of playing?