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PSYCHICS FIND CHILD'S BODY ON REALITY SHOW

I read the rest of the article, but I wasn't really worried. Mutts don't usually go for children, and it sounded like the body had been around a while anyway. The cell phone rang announcing Jeremy's morning check-in.

"Hey, Jeremy – I see that Jaime found a dead body. Anything we should be worried about?"

Jeremy paused. "It seems to be a normal human murder – tragic, but nothing that we need to be worried about." Jeremy paused again. "Jaime's a little nervous, so I'm going to stay on the set until this is wrapped up."

I laughed "That woman is a magnet for trouble, isn't she?"

We discussed some other Pack business for a few minutes. I smiled as I hung up, then went upstairs after the call to where Clay was playing with the twins.

"What's Jeremy up to now?"

"Jaime found a body, but it was pretty old – the murderer is probably long gone by now." I suspected that there was a lot more to the story than what Jeremy was letting on, but I wasn't going to tell that to Clay – he'd want to be on the first flight out to make sure that Jeremy wasn't risking his Alpha self. "Also, I suspect that Jaime has finally gotten Jeremy into her bed. There was some story about needing to stay close to 'ease her nerves'".

"No way, darling; Jeremy is just humoring her"

I smirked "Bet on it?"

"The usual? Sure thing, darling"

I gathered Kate into my arms. "The body was a child. How could someone kill a child?"

Home again

We waited for Jeremy's arrival outside of security. Somehow, Kate had gotten Clay to hold her on his shoulders.

I spotted Jeremy before he spotted us. I couldn't quite place my finger on it, but something had changed – maybe it was a looseness in his stride, or perhaps it was a smile that was brighter than any I had ever seen on Jeremy, aimed somehow at the phone he was talking on. I leaned closer to Clay and murmured.

"Yep, Jeremy definitely got laid in L.A."

At that point, Kate spotted Jeremy, started screaming and leaped from Clay's shoulders. He managed to grab her before she hit the ground. When he recovered, he looked at Jeremy and I heard one word… "Shit!"

I gloated, "Don't forget, real Canadian maple syrup!" as I went to greet Jeremy.