He glanced to his left at the motorcade of black; the long line of darkness he had agreed to be a part of. It had felt like entering a black hole. He had wanted to be there for her; for the children. The Department would do what they could, along with her family and friends. It would be a long road for her, and he would do all he could to help as a friend, as a 'brother'...

Mike Stoker makes a new friend who turns out to be something much more. No, the characters of E! don't belong to me and I don't make any money from my stories...I just wish they did and I could.