George Martin and Mike Foster have been best friends since childhood, but recent events have brought them even closer together: Mike has moved into George’s house now that George’s unfaithful boyfriend has been kicked out. It puts Mike in a pinch, because he’s always loved George -- maybe more than a best friend should.<br><br>George doesn’t suspect Mike’s feelings, being wrapped up in his job as the youngest lieutenant in the Jacksonville sheriff’s office and investigating a series of murders. But it will all come to a head when George is stalked by a psycho and Mike steps in front of a bullet meant for George. George then realizes there’s much more to their relationship than he thought.

Bodies of Work

“I’ve said my piece, dear, if that’s what you mean.”


“Good, because I want to see what George has done with this house since the last time we were here. How about the fifty-cent tour?”


“If you’ll pardon the mess, of course.”


I gave them a thorough tour, showing all of the various things I’d done to improve the house and explaining what I still had planned for it. Back in the den, we made ourselves comfortable with our glasses after I’d refilled them.


“You’ve done an amazing job with this house,” she said, “and what mess were you talking about? Everything seemed to be as neat as could be. I don’t think I’ve ever told you this, but I was quite familiar with this house as a girl and young woman.”


“I’m much too old to be impressed by flattery, George, but thank you. Anyway, my parents knew the couple that lived here back in the day, and we visited them quite often. You’ve taken a very ordinary old bungalow and turned it into something special.”


Chapter 12