With Friends Like These
By CFEditor
A/N E/O Challenge: Sparkle. Thank you to mainegirlwrites and CasXxGrippedXxMeXxTight for your help on this one!
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The stone glimmered with the promise of a happiness Sam hadn't believed in- white fences and apple pie, no ghosts allowed. Jessica's sparkling eyes had let him see a forever; law school and marriage.
"Whatcha got there, Sam?"
It was Brady. Sam snapped the case closed a moment too late.
"Thinking of popping the question, huh?" Brady clapped him on the back enthusiastically. "That Jessica's one lucky woman."
"Soon," Sam admitted. "I just want to get through that interview on Monday."
Later, in a dark alley, Brady swirled blood in the chalice.
"He said Monday, Master..."
"You have done well..."