Disclaimer: I do not own Blood Ties or any of its characters. They are Tanya Huff's creations.

Thanks to my story consultant, Lena!

Chapter 15

Shortly after awakening, someone bammed on Henry's door. He slowly strode to the door, curled his fingers around the door handle and opened it.

"What did I do to deserve this visit, Detective?"

Mike brushed past him as he entered his apartment.

"By all means, come inside." Henry shut the door.

"Don't play dumb with me, Fitzroy. Brock Evers' full confession. That was you right?"

Henry settled into his leather chair. "I figured it was the least I could do."

"So I guess you want me to thank you."

"No thanks is needed, Detective. Just call us even."

"I can live with that."

"So can I."

"Well, I have to get back to the station. Fitzroy."

"Detective."

Henry stopped past the PI's office a little after sunset.

"Hi, Vicki. Would you be interested in going car shopping with me? I already have an idea of the make and model but I need your opinion on the color."

"A talented artist like yourself needing my opinion on color. Come on, Henry? I wasn't born yesterday. Is this your way of avoiding what happened a few nights ago?"

"No, as you know I do require a new form of transportation. And it never hurts to have a second opinion when making such purchases."

"If you say so. Mike, did tell me about Brock Evers but what I'm most curious about is what happened to his client?"

"She's still breathing and the matter is closed as far as I'm concerned."

"Care to elaborate?"

"Maybe another time."

"I'll hold you to that." Vicki took hold of her jacket. "So what type of car were you thinking of buying? Another Jaguar?"

"I'm not too crazy about the current model. I was thinking more along the lines of a BMW. Shall we go?"

"Why not."

Vicki led the way and Henry closed the door behind them.

THE END

Author's note: Of course, I couldn't resist throwing in the BMW at the end since that is the car Henry drove in the Tanya Huff's novels. I hope this was a satisfying end to this story. Thanks to all of my readers and reviewers.