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Helping Hand

By Swellison

Ten year old Sammy sat mid-flight on Bobby's staircase, overhearing the argument in the kitchen.

"He jumped in front of me, right in its path!"

"Dean thinks too much of you for his own good."

"Hunting's in his blood. I can't change that now, Bobby."

"Would you?" Bobby countered and then lowered his voice.

Sammy crept up the staircase, bypassing their bedroom to enter another bedroom. He slowly approached Dean, lying still on the bed, head wrapped in a bandage with a ketchupy-looking red spot on it. His fingers curled around Dean's hand. "Wake up, Dean!"

Dean's head rolled. "S'mmy?"