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

“Have you thought any more about the wills?” I said.


“Well, babe, we only have one problem, as you know. We leave everything to each other. The problem is what happens if we are both killed at the same time in a wreck or something. I have no family, and your only family is your cunt of a sister and her rug rat.”


“You stated the obvious magnificently.”


“No need for sarcasm,” he said. “There is, however, an option.”


“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”


“Probably. Go get a sheet of paper and two pens.”


I went to the den and returned with two pens and a sheet torn from a yellow pad. I handed the paper to him, and he tore it in half, handing one half back to me.


“Since you’re already standing,” he said, “go in the other room and write your solution on your sheet, and I’ll do the same here.”


I went to the dining room, placed the sheet of paper on the table, and wrote two words.


“I’m ready,” he said from the porch.


Chapter 98