"Claire, this is a surprise." "You're telling me; I thought you were missing. Angela, welcome back." "Where were you, Nicole? The whole town was looking for you." "Now is not the time, Claire. It's good seeing you; please come in." Claire walked through the house to the lounge, where she saw Jack and Marcus. She awkwardly stood there, "Am I disturbing you, guy?" "No, not at all." Said Jack. “Marcus and Nicole, I am terribly sorry for what has happened to your parents. If there is anything I could do, please let me know." Marcus nodded, "We will let you know." "I saw your house is a crime scene. Do you guys have a place to stay?" "I am at a friend. Nicole will be here with Angela." Claire knew Jack and Nicole had a history, as she nodded, "Nicole, why don't you stay over by me?" "No thanks, I feel more at home here than I felt at my own place." "Okay then, would you mind if I pulled Jack a

His eyes snapped open before dawn from a long restlessness. He had fought for too many hours to stay dreaming, and he knew there was nothing left to do but get up. He got up, turned off his alarm to spare his sleeping sound, and stumbled into the living room, where he stood in front of the window for several minutes, scratching his bare belly. He went outside. The cold wasn't the biting but the slow seeping kind. He wished he had brought his slippers but didn't want to return to his room to get them. He felt he was doing something important, surveying the land, taking in something he saw only a few times per year: the darkness before dawn. The feeling of restlessness, the deaths of his parents, who he was, and who he became. His consciences started to bother him. Maybe his dad was not that bad after all, all he had was a sister, and now they were sharing a place with Nicole, so much had changed, he had left his phone in his room, that dream had woke him from his deep sleep, conscien

"Someone had to call the shot to have me cleared, and why do they want to know why we are here alone." Claire was no longer looking at Marcus. She was sipping through her straw, staring at Jack. "Claire, I am right in front of you, and you are looking at them?" "Sorry about that. I was a little distracted; what were you saying?" "Nevermind, where are we going after this? How about your place?" "I will take a rain check on that. I have some files to submit. I have a life also, you know." "No need to jump down my throat." “Marcus, let's join your sister and them.” "You can go join my sister. I am leaving." “Why do you want to leave? The night is still young.” "You just said you have a life, and you have to study." "Yes, I do, but that can wait till tomorrow." "Silencer saw us over here, you know, by us going to them, it could endanger them." Claire looked at Marcus, "You have a poin

"My brother, is he going to be okay? Who is so cruel just to leave him there?"Nicole sat in the hospital, and Angela sat beside her, holding her hand, “you will be okay. Justice will be served.”"Will he be okay?""I wish I could tell you, yes, it will be okay, but him being in ICU, all we can do is hope he will be fine."Claire came running through the door. She ran up to Jack, "what has happened to him?""We don't have much clarity on the situation, but we do know it was a hit and run.""Please tell me he will be fine?" Max entered the hospital, "What is he doing here said Jack."Max walked up to Jack, "I came here to apologize to you for being such an ass.""It's good, I appreciate it, but as you can see, Marcus is in ICU. We can sort out our differences another day."Ping, Jack picked up his phone and texted back."Who is that texting you, Jack?"Claire turned and looked at Jack, surprised

"Why are you letting her go?Gregory was pale, "Sir, are you okay?""I am fine, thanks, Joe. Can you get me in contact with our I.T.?""Yes, sir, I can do that.""I have to get going.""Sir, we are busy in the middle of an investigation.""You will be fine, officer Lance. You have seen me do this multiple times before. Just make sure to bag everything.""You aren't bagging anything. We are taking over the crime scene. You boys can go make yourself useful by keeping the crowd out."The FBI agent Ross flipped open his wallet."This is our scene.”“We were here first.""Officer, you are out of the jurisdiction. We have been trying to nail this syndicate for many years. Please leave all evidence you have over there. Officer Gregory, where is the driver of that vehicle?”"We let her go."Agent Ross became red in his face, "you let the driver of that motor vehicle go?""Yes,