Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:50:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Farrell Mc Nulty <brendanchenowith@yahoo.com>
Subject: Detectives Log - Chapter 15 - "Bonded"

Now that I'm back in the real world, I finish my business and head outta
here. I get home, walk through the door, and stopped - - cold. I wondered
what it was, I couldn't move, and then I snapped my fingers and poined,
"of course!" This is the first time I been back here since I got popped.
I'm lookin' at things I thought I'd never see again, lyin' on that floor
the other night. Eddie walks out, wearin' a white crew neck tee-shirt
that pretty much danced with his body as it moved. He was holding a
shirt, "whatcha doin' with this? It's all ripped up and bloody." I took
the shirt in my hand, Eddie started to let go, but I said, "no, you hold
it, too. This is us, kid. You and me." "Huh?" "It's bloody 'cuz you
jammed this in my chest so I wouldn't bleed to death. It's ripped up 'cuz
you caught a couple of slugs so I wouldn't get blasted off. You didn't
give a damn about your own life when you saw I was up against it. You
stood there and all but asked for your turn after I hit the floor. I was
waitin' for ya, hopin' your trip wasn't as bumpy as mine. Then ya stopped
my bleedin'. " Then I grabbed him by his upper arms, touching his
tee-shirt sleeves. Feelin' that soft cotton in my hands, I rubbed them a
little, brushin' his beautiful, battle-scarred bi-ceps, that soft, silky,
strong skin. "You really are a man who'd give a guy the shirt off his
back. This all says to me that this boy loves you more than his own
life." We gave each other a long, penetratin' gaze. Our lips moved toward
each others', and I half-whispered, "more than his own life". Eddie gave
out a quiet moan and we began kissin'. I stepped in to keep my balance,
one leg sliding in between both of his. It's all him and me, now. We
always made a good team, him and me, but with our blood mixed together on
his shirt, we're bonded for life. Through locked lips, Eddie muttered, "I
won't let no one take you away from me - no one".