Author's Name:  Phoenix

Title of Story:  Pawns

Type of Story:  AU

Rating of Story:  PG15

Characters in Story:  F, J, Fe, L, OC and the usual gang

Warnings:  Violence, angst, adult situations, mild language

Plot Blurb:  Fenton Hardy has always protected his family…or so he thought.  But when a body is discovered in a public park, the murder will unearth the truth that has lain buried in the Hardy house for almost 8 years….The innocent have been Pawns in a game Fenton never knew he was playing….

Splash Page:  “You’re mad at him,” the blond woman said slowly, “after all these years, you’re still angry, as all hell, that Paul died.  Not at anyone for killing him…but at him for dying…”

Laura continued with an eerie understanding, “When you yelled at me at the funeral, it wasn’t me you wanted to yell at…but him….”  She had never realized that before, because her own pain blinded her to the words that had been hurled.  “It was never me you were mad at…. But I was there, and he wasn’t…” Her voice trailed off, as she was suddenly very weary.

Gwynne opened her mouth to say something but then stopped. Getting up from behind the desk, she moved swiftly across the office floor and opened the door.  When she spoke, her voice was calm but venomous.  “Get out. You threw me out of your house 22 years ago and now I’m returning the favor.  Get the hell out.  Now.”