A/N: I am updating my story! How awesome am I? Very!

Disclaimer: Don't I wish that I owned Body of Proof! My wish will probably never come true… So sad.

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"Alright Lace. Just listen to Detective Morris, okay? Stay inside, don't go anywhere besides school – "

Megan stopped when her daughter let out an exasperated sigh.

"Okay, okay! Just stay safe. I love you, sweetie. Bye." Megan set her phone on her desk and rested her head on her elbows. She, Lacey, her mother and her boyfriend, Aiden were all under police protection because of this whole double break-in and assault and death threats and –

She paused her thoughts to look up at Ethan, who was softly knocking on the glass of her open office door.

"What do you want, Ethan?" She half yelled, half grumbled to the lanky and unfortunately helpful dork.

"Hey, uh, Dr. Murphey wanted me to, uh..."

"Get on with it, Ethan, I don't have the patience for this right now." Megan stood up and put on her lab coat so that she could continue working.

"She wants to see you. Like, now."

Megan rolled her eyes and responded, "I've got work to do. I'll talk to her later."

"She said it was about Peter." Ethan added. He scurried off like a frightened little mouse before she could say anything else.

Now, Megan was not going to let anything about Peter get by at that moment, because whether she could admit it to herself or not, she felt responsible for what had happened.

Megan nearly strutted into Kate's office and closed the door behind herself. "Ethan said you wanted to see me?"

"Yes." Kate stood from her desk chair, dropped the file she was holding onto the desk and leaned against the front of it. "I needed to ask you something."

"About Peter?"

Kate raised her eyebrows. "Um, yes." She looked awkward, like she was about to give Megan "the talk."

"I'd like to know why Peter was in your home a few nights ago."

Megan's cheeks turned pink, but she remained serious. "I told Bud and Sam already. I didn't even know he was still - "

"I know what you told Bud and Sam!" Kate was angry. Megan wondered why. What reason on Earth did she have to be angry at Megan - of all people - given the current situation? Kate composed herself and lowered her voice. "I just...want to make sure you told the truth. "

Megan couldn't believe her ears. "I did tell the truth! Even if I didn't, why does it matter to you? Pete - "

"Because , Megan! You are getting emotionally involved in the office, in the case, and it's not safe!"

Megan's jaw at this point was somewhere between her knees and her feet, and she was three seconds from sprinting from the room. "I am perfectly fine Kate!" This was now a full blown shouting match. "I am not going to just sit around and jump into a hiding space every time things get dangerous!"

Then the loud, sharp sound of a gun shot filled the air.

Megan saw Kate's shocked face, a ski mask and bright red blood.

Then cold, hard blackness.

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I'm leaving you at a cliffhanger until after me and my roommate move into our new place! Hopefully it won't take too long! The ups and downs of GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE! WAHOO!