An Inner Darkness Book 5 Bay City paranormal

Sam’s. “Grilled cheese?
    With tomato?”
“Of course.” Sam tilted his head sideways so Bo could kiss his neck. “I know how much you love grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches.” “Mmmm.” Bo’s tongue traced the shell of Sam’s ear. “It’s so sexy when you cook for me.”
    “Probably because I hardly ever do it.” Groaning, Sam snagged Bo’s braid in one hand and tugged him away. “You’d better stop, unless you’re up for a quickie on your desk.”
    An evil grin spread across Bo’s face. “Well, I do have lube in the drawer.”
“Oh, my God.” Planting his hands on Bo’s shoulders, Sam held him at arm’s length.
“You have lube in your desk drawer? Seriously?”
“Yes.”
“Damn.” Sam laughed. “We’ve been together a whole year now, but you still surprise me.”
Bo’s eyebrows went up. “Is that good?”
    “Definitely.” Sam leaned in for a quick kiss, then stepped back. “Come on, let’s go home. I’d much rather you fucked me in our bed than across your desk.” 36
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“Truthfully, I agree with you.” Bo grabbed Sam’s jacket from the coat rack and handed it to him. “We can use my desk another day.” “Oh, yeah. I’m not forgetting about that , what with the lube in the drawer and everything.”
    Bo snickered, and Sam grinned. It was good to see Bo relaxing a little after the confrontation with Janine. It could’ve gone much worse, but the whole thing had clearly been stressful for Bo. Seeing some of the tension leave Bo’s face made Sam happy.

    Sam retrieved his juice bottle, then followed Bo outside. Bo locked the door behind them. As they descended the porch steps, Bo slipped his hand into Sam’s. “I know how much you must hate having to sit out the field portion of this investigation. Thank you for being so understanding about this.”
    Sam squeezed Bo’s fingers. “It’s fine, Bo. I don’t mind.” The look in Bo’s dark eyes said he knew better, but he didn’t say anything, for which Sam was grateful. They were lucky Janine had agreed to the investigation at all. He didn’t like being left out, but there wasn’t much point in saying so. If it would help Bo help his sons, then Sam would do as Janine wanted and keep his complaints to himself.
    For now, anyway.
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    The rest of the week flew by in a blur of phone calls and paperwork. Friday night arrived before Sam was ready for it. Standing on the front steps of the early twentieth-century house where Lee, Janine and the boys lived, Sam promised himself for the umpteenth time that he would remain calm and polite no matter what Janine said or did.
    He was a professional, and by God he intended to act like it. He would be the mature one if it killed him.
Which it just might, he thought glumly as the front door swung open to reveal Janine on the other side.
Beside Sam, Bo tensed. “Hello, Janine.”
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“Hello, Bo. Everyone.” Shooting a hard glare at Sam, she stepped back and swung the door wide. “Come in.”
    They all filed through into the cozy foyer. Dean stopped beside her, beaming as if there was nowhere he’d rather be than standing beside the grimfaced woman. “Thank you, Janine. It’s all right if I call you Janine, isn’t it?” Janine blinked at him. “Yes, of course. That’s fine.” “Excellent.” Dean leaned against the doorframe, his eyes shining with a near-painful sincerity which Sam knew for a fact was completely false. “I’m thrilled to be here tonight, Janine. Thank you for having us here.” Looking flustered, Janine fiddled with the tiny gold cross hanging around her neck.
    “Um. You’re welcome.” She glanced toward the stairs rising from the back of the foyer.
“Oh, here comes Lee.”
    Sam fought back the urge to laugh at the relief on Janine’s face. He knew how she felt. When Dean turned on the charm, it could be a little overwhelming. Sam wondered what Janine would say if she knew Dean was just doing it to throw her off balance.
    “Hi, guys,” Lee called as he descended the last few steps. He shook hands with each of them in turn, a wide smile on his face. “I’m so glad you could do this. I’m anxious to get to the bottom of whatever’s going on here.” Bo’s smile looked almost normal. “So am I, Lee. Hopefully we’ll be able to find an explanation for the unusual events here. This is such an old house, some of what you’ve all experienced will almost certainly