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dramatis personae
The following names have been changed to implicate the innocent.
Jared Ackles: The playboy detective had given up the name Padalecki and the lifestyle four years ago, but New York City was determined to bring them back.
Jensen Ackles: The magnate's heir was eager to see his husband do some detecting, save the girl, and catch a killer. Until the bullets started flying.
Icarus: A small white dog with more brains than his humans when it came to gunfire.
Vanessa Anderson: A sweet young thing with a crazy family and a swell fiancé. She used to think detective stories were grand until her family ended up the center of one.
Zac Efron: The swell fiancé who wasn't going to let Vanessa go without a fight.
Sam Anderson: Vanessa and Milo's father whose secretary had killed his marriage. Had he finally killed her?
Leighton Meester: The second wife and murder victim. This bombshell secretary had several cons feeding off Anderson's fortune. Someone finally cashed in.
Dawn "Mimi" Ostroff-Anderson: Vanessa and Milo's mother, the wronged wife who was not going away quietly. Had she finally had enough of Leighton?
Milo Anderson: Vanessa's brother found the idea of murder a psychologically intriguing prospect. Had he seen Leighton as a case study?
Ben "Mac" Edlund: The Anderson family lawyer was responsible for keeping Leighton and the Andersons from destruction. He wasn't having a merry holiday this year.
Adam Baldwin: Leighton's "former" mobster husband didn't take kindly to being set up for her murder.
Nicolas Lea: The informant watching Leighton's apartment for dirt on Baldwin. He instead found himself with the key to a murder.
Gillian Lea: At least, Jared was going to proceed under the assumption they'd been married. She was too deadly with a frying pan to infer anything more libelous.
Lieutenant Jeff Morgan: Raised to believe that some things are wrong even if they are legal, Morgan finds he doesn't give a damn who it is that has his back when a murderer is around.
Chad Michael Murray: Had no good reason to join the story but did so anyway.
Chapter 1
The following names have been changed to implicate the innocent.
Jared Ackles: The playboy detective had given up the name Padalecki and the lifestyle four years ago, but New York City was determined to bring them back.
Jensen Ackles: The magnate's heir was eager to see his husband do some detecting, save the girl, and catch a killer. Until the bullets started flying.
Icarus: A small white dog with more brains than his humans when it came to gunfire.
Vanessa Anderson: A sweet young thing with a crazy family and a swell fiancé. She used to think detective stories were grand until her family ended up the center of one.
Zac Efron: The swell fiancé who wasn't going to let Vanessa go without a fight.
Sam Anderson: Vanessa and Milo's father whose secretary had killed his marriage. Had he finally killed her?
Leighton Meester: The second wife and murder victim. This bombshell secretary had several cons feeding off Anderson's fortune. Someone finally cashed in.
Dawn "Mimi" Ostroff-Anderson: Vanessa and Milo's mother, the wronged wife who was not going away quietly. Had she finally had enough of Leighton?
Milo Anderson: Vanessa's brother found the idea of murder a psychologically intriguing prospect. Had he seen Leighton as a case study?
Ben "Mac" Edlund: The Anderson family lawyer was responsible for keeping Leighton and the Andersons from destruction. He wasn't having a merry holiday this year.
Adam Baldwin: Leighton's "former" mobster husband didn't take kindly to being set up for her murder.
Nicolas Lea: The informant watching Leighton's apartment for dirt on Baldwin. He instead found himself with the key to a murder.
Gillian Lea: At least, Jared was going to proceed under the assumption they'd been married. She was too deadly with a frying pan to infer anything more libelous.
Lieutenant Jeff Morgan: Raised to believe that some things are wrong even if they are legal, Morgan finds he doesn't give a damn who it is that has his back when a murderer is around.
Chad Michael Murray: Had no good reason to join the story but did so anyway.
Chapter 1