Chapter 3

Jack Rowe and Peter Brandt had been a couple long before Lori came into their lives.The way she heard it,they met in auto shop in high school during Jack’s junior year.Brandt was only a sophomore,a quarterback on the JV football team with careless hair and pretty boy looks.Normally Jack wouldn’t have bothered with a kid like that,but Brandt was good with his hands,and smart,too.He wasn’t just in the class to get an easy A—he really wanted to learn about cars.

Then Brandt realized Jack wasn’t half as dumb as he pretended to be.He hid behind his long hair and soulful eyes,and while that might’ve worked in other classes,it didn’t get him far in auto shop.The moment he got under the hood of a car,his instincts took over—his hands knew where to go,what to do;his mind understood the workings of the engine without his even having to think about it.