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Reid spent a couple minutes digging around for the candles he knew had to be somewhere. Think like Luke…. where would he put them?  Reid had never owned candles in his life. The only reason there were some in the house now was because Luke had brought some with him when he’d surprised Reid with Thanksgiving dinner a couple months ago. Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Luke got the news at just after 11 am. He and Reid were lying in bed pretending to make an effort to get up and get ready to head into their respective places of employment. At the moment his phone rang Reid had his lips slowly working their way from one side of his neck to the other, sucking and nibbling at his leisure. As Luke made a move to ( Read more... )

The continuous high shrill of the flat line permeated the entire room, making ears ring and hearts drop.   A team of doctors and nurses had been working continuously for the last twelve minutes trying to revive the young man. Although the volume on the machine never changed, the longer it stayed constant, the more deafening it seemed to get.

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Epilogue

“Luke, where the hell is my work bag?” Reid bellowed from the kitchen. “I need to get something out of it.”

“I put it over next to your desk in the study” Luke called from upstairs. “It always ends up there anyway, so I figured I would save you a step.”

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Chapter 37

Reid’s palms were clammy as he nervously tapped his fingers against the outside of his leg. He waited his turn as Luke was being greeted lovingly by an older woman who had to be the infamous Grandma Emma. Reid did not want to say the wrong thing and offend the woman for fear that maybe she wouldn’t feed him then. He’d told Luke over and ( Read more... )