AUTHOR'S NOTE: Another chapter is up and running. I never understood exactly what this note was supposed to be used for, but I hate not having one. Please keep up the reviews - - love them!

Krazy - - good point. About the next chapter...I am out of school soon and should be able to send you another one. I am still trying to sort things out. It is a complicated story!

Padfoot4ever - - I have to send out a thanks to you because you have reviewed every Greg story I have ever written. Thanks for sticking by me!

Erin Kincade - - thank you so much!

Orangebronco - - I have been getting a lot of comments based off the chapter sizes. All I can say is that all the chapters are pre-written and ready to go. Sorry! But I hope to make them get longer as the story progresses.

Next chapter you will finally know what happened at the crime scene. Very long chapter in comparison to the others.

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i forget about what brass said and stop at a nearby nightclub to drink away some sorrows.

it has been two weeks since the accident and i still refuse to tell anyone. it's not like they can go to greg and ask - - this is the beginning of week three.

some guys with egos bigger than there brains try to sweet talk me when they see me crying at the bar. they politely introduce themselves and ask if i am okay. then they ask my name.

'my boyfriend is in the hospital in a coma,' is what i say instead of my name.

that response either drives them away fast or makes them care more.

then i try explaining to them that he was shot on the job and the sound of his head hitting the cement steps over and over makes me want to throw up 24/7.

they usually go away after that.

after that, i sit and down another few shots.

greg told me that one time he was playing hide 'n' seek with some friends and one of the kids he was playing with was a real nerd and smelled like he wet himself. everyone thought the kid was mentally retarded.

so greg and the four other kids 'forgot' to look for him. that night, when jack's parents called, asking where he was because he hadn't come home and she was calling the police, greg went looking for him.

they found jack sleeping in the tunnel slide at the park a few blocks away. he was fine, and totally forgot that he had not been found yet.

the four boys and greg, to this day, have stuck to the story that they had been calling his name, but since jack was asleep, he didn't respond. everyone assumed he had gone home.

greg promised to never leave anyone behind again. that, when he got older, he too was left behind in social outings and simple games.

i just hope he doesn't leave me behind.