Two days had went by and there was still no word of Shawn being anywhere in the kingdom but Bret wouldn't give up. He would comb through the whole kingdom just to find Shawn. He had even talked to there allies, they would be on the look out for Shawn as well. Bret wouldn't give up. He would find Shawn…dead or alive. No! Bret shook his head. Shawn would live. Shawn was alive in whatever part of the world he was in.

Bret heard a knock on the door. "Come in."

"General, sir. This came for you." Otunga said and placed the small package on his desk.

"What is this?"

"I don't know. It came by regular mail and there is no return address so there's no way of tracking it."

"OK, thanks." Bret said and David left.

Bret grabbed the yellow envelope like package and poured the contents on to his desk. A CD an another object fell out of the package. Bret picked up the object in his hand. It was Shawn's earring and there was a little dried blood on the hook.

Bret grabbed his phone and dialed a number. "Hunter, meet me in the TV room."

Hunter and Brian walked into the TV room. Bret was pacing the length of the room, CD in one hand and the earring in the other.

"Bret, what's wrong?" Brian asked. Bret held out his hand and showed them Shawn's earring.

"I got his earring in the mail…Otunga gave it to me...says it can't be traced. There's blood on it. I'm freaking out."

Hunter placed his hands on Bret's shoulders. "Calm down, what's on that CD?" Hunter said and tilted his head towards the round disc.

"I don't know." Bret lifted his hand with the CD in it. "I was too afraid to watch it by myself."

Hunter took the disc and walked over to the DVD player while Brian moved Bret to sit on the couch. Brian sat on his left. Hunter sat on Bret's right side and grabbed the remote. He pressed play.

"Shawn." Bret said as he saw Shawn's image displayed on the screen. He was still in the same clothes that he wore at Stephanie birthday party. Bret could clearly see that Shawn's ear lobe was ripped and that he was distraught.

Shawn let out a shaky breath as he tucked a piece of hair behind his ear.

"Hey Bret, Brian, Hunter…I assume all three of you are watching this." Shawn cleared his throat. "There isn't really a nice way to put this…I don't know how to sweeten this up so I'll just say it. My time here…on this Earth…is about to end. I'm going to die…you're not going to be able to save me." Shawn moved his hair back and sniffed. "So, this is my goodbye to all of you. Brian, Hunter…I love you both. You two are truly the best friends I could have ever had. I hope you two have a bunch of babies and I hope your happiness and marriage last forever and Bret…Bret you've made me so happy and I only hope that I've made you just as happy. I know you'll always love me… and I know there will be a part of you that will never forget me but…I want you to be happy…I want for you to live out your days to their potential…fall in love again and have the family that we always talked about but just remember, no matter what anyone says, I love you…so much." Shawn's eyes darted to the right before looking ahead again. Shawn smiled one last time. "Goodbye."

The camera pans off of Shawn so that Shawn is no longer in the picture. The camera is focusing on the wall behind Shawn. A gun shot rings out and blood spatters on the wall before the tape ends.

Brian's mouth is wide open as he holds his stomach. Did he just witness his best friend's murder?
Hunter quickly wipes the tear away that fell down his face. Was Shawn truly gone?

"Oh God!" Bret said. "Shawn!" Bret yelled. His husband just died right in front of him. He couldn't do anything. He couldn't save him. "Oh God, I can't breath."

"Bret." Hunter said and tried to hug him but Bret fainted and fell out of the chair and on to the floor.

"Oh No BRET!"

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