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

“Over there beside that blue truck,” I said, pointing toward the truck, “with Thor.”


“Thor is the dog that grabbed the killer’s arm?”


“Yes, he is. He’s had some K-9 training, and he knew just what to do when he saw a gun pointed at me.”


They asked a few more questions, and I finally said, “Let me say one final thing, and then I want to go eat.”


“What do you want to say, Lieutenant?”


“I just want to thank my good friend Captain Robert Plott of the Waynesville Police Department and his good friend Sheriff Dan Sutton of Haywood County for handling things so well.”


I got out of the wheelchair and walked over to the truck. Mike opened the passenger door and the extended-cab door. Thor hopped inside, and I climbed in.


“Let’s get out of here, babe,” I said.


When we got to the cabin, the last of the investigators were just leaving. In the kitchen, Zeb and Zeke were working at scrubbing the bloodstains from the floor.


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