Rating:PG-17

Vickie’s scowl changed to a smile by the time she reached John’s side.
“Hey.”
“Hi,” John replied as he leaned in to kiss his wife’s lips.
He knew better than to let on to her what he had been told. Vince frowned before he made an excuse to leave. He figured it might be best to speak with John at another time, that was if he lived to see another day. Vickie had threatened him more than once to stay away from her family and he believed she was capable of anything. She had played the helpless abused female to get John and those before him. She loved games and to marry a man with occult interests when she was a witch was the greatest prize of all for her. He could still hear her evil laugh, he had heard it often enough over their time together. He had only been another pawn in her game. Of course everyone believed her when she said she was abused because she was such a good actress, truth be told, Vince had never laid a hand on her. He was frightened for his daughter who unfortunately saw only the good in her mother because she had been mesmerized too. He silently prayed that Alexis’ would see the good in the Winchesters and get passed her mother’s spell. Lately his daughter had called him more than once with the desire to see him despite Vickie’s insistence that he was evil.

“So what were you and Vince talking about?”
“Oh nothing, um, he seems to have an interest in my classes.”
“I thought I told you he was dangerous.”
She tried to keep her voice even despite the fact that she was angry for John disobeying her, it seemed the spell was not working as well. She should have known it would be difficult since John had told her he knew a bit about the occult. She bit her lip maybe he was taking a counter agent to the herbs she put in his food. She would have to keep an eye on him.
“Don’t worry I think I can handle him so far he has been nice enough.”
Vickie scrunched her face up against the sun as she reached up to pull her sunglasses from off her head to place on her eyes against the sun. John smiled as he took her hand. He would think about what Vince told him later, though recently he had seen glimpses of a Vickie that was not appealing to him. Temper tantrums and rudeness that she blamed on PMS which didn’t fly with him. But for the moment he was going to enjoy his lunch before he got back to his classes.

Mary watched as she contemplated Vince’s words. Could Vickie really be a witch? She would need to keep a closer eye on her family from now on. She would hate for anything to happen to any of them because of John’s marriage. She watched as Vickie and John got into Vickie’s blue Toyota Corolla to drive away.

Mr. Blake sat at his desk as he rewrote his will. Though he had given the majority to Sara thirty percent he had bequeathed to his favorite charities. He felt a pull on his heart about the same time as he heard the sound of barking outside his door. He licked the envelope with fear in his eyes after he added the personal letter to Sara with the document. He placed the envelope in his top desk drawer where he told his lawyer it would be if anything happened to him. He took the added precaution of locking the door with a key whose copy was also in his lawyer’s hands. When the door burst open Mr. Blake saw no one but heard the noise as the splintered wood flew throughout the room. His eyes grew wide as he ducked under his desk which only prolonged the moment. The time it took for the desk to go flying across the room leaving him prone to the eyes of the invisible attacker came next.

Sam and Sara finally got the twins to rest that afternoon when they got a call from her father’s attorney, George Lopez, that her father had passed away. Sara was stunned as she placed the phone back on the cradle. That was the way Sam found her twenty minutes later when he walked in the living room after watching the game while he cooked in the kitchen. He had wondered where she had gone but assumed she might have been napping since they both had been trying to catch up on their sleep lately when the twins were resting.

“Hey what’s wrong?”
She looked at him with tears in her eyes as he reached to pull her in his arms as he sat down on the sofa beside her.
“My dad..he died today,” she said as the tears continued to fall.
“What?”
“Yeah his lawyer just called.”
“I’m so sorry,” was all he said as they sat quietly together.

Sam let Dean know what had happened later that day while Sara and the kids napped. Dean had insisted that maybe they could all spend the next day together as a family at his house. Sam agreed it was a good idea before they had to go to take care of the funeral arrangements in New York. Sara needed time to get over the shock before they went to undertake that task.

Dean phoned John after he hung up with Sam to tell him the news and about the get together. Dean had been happy when he found out that his father had not been as naïve about Vickie as they first thought. After Sam had told him about what Sara had found out before he married John had made sure to take precautions against any type of spells or the like. Missouri had supplied him with an herbal cure of some sort so even though Vickie had been normal to him he still had played it safe.
“So who knows what happened?”
“The lawyer found him shortly after the maid came in and saw the body. He showed up to meet Mr. Blake for an appointment. Though he didn’t give a lot of details to Sara, Sam called back and was told the office was a mess. The maid was still hysterical when he got there.”
“What?”
“There were animal marks across his chest and legs, vicious he said. They looked as though he had been malled.”
“Like maybe dogs got to him?”
“Exactly, remember what I told you Sam experienced the last time he was at Mr. Blake’s?”
“Yeah, the guy was possessed.”
“But now I’m thinking he was attacked by hell hounds because he may have tried to reneg on his deal the same as his predecessor, Sara’s real father.”
“Making deals with demon is never a good idea,” John said sadly.
“My thoughts exactly,” Dean said with a sigh.
“Poor Sara, well I hope this doesn’t mean she is next on their list.”
Dean expressed that he knew Sam was concerned for not only Sara but their children, but at least Sam knew what to look for and also how to protect his family.

The next afternoon all the family was together. They grilled out and the kids played while the little ones entertained the adults with their antics. Alexis had decided to go to a friends for the day much to pouty Deanna’s dismay. She had looked forward to seeing the teen. Cassie consoled her before she convinced her that her brothers could be fun. Deanna rolled her eyes at her mother as she went off to play. Yeah we need to get that attitude adjusted.
“Not a happy camper huh?” Vickie asked as she sat down beside Cassie on the patio.
“No, but she will get over it one way or another,” Cassie replied not quite looking in Vickie’s eyes. Dean had shared all the gory detail about Vickie after he learned them from John. Cassie had no plans to open her self up to be manipulated. Dean came over as soon as he saw the two ladies together.
“Hey, Sara needs you inside,” he said to Cassie with a smile.
“Sure,” she replied before she headed in to see what was up with her sister-in-law.

Sara grinned when she saw her.
“Thanks,” Cassie said with a returning smile.
“No problem, I have been getting a read on her today and she does not really like that we are such a close family. I think she had hoped that John was distant from his sons.
Though, I do not know why. We do have to keep on our toes with her. I feel sorry for Alexis I’m certain she does not know what her mother is about.”
Cassie nodded, “I’m sorry about your father, Sara.”
“Yeah it sucks but we had lots of good years together I have been remembering those. “I was glad for that too when my father died.”
They sighed before the took the babies in the den to change.

“Thanks for having this,” Sam said to Dean as his brother flipped a brother.
“Hey no problem.”
“We should do this more often,” John said as he came over to stand by his sons.
They all agreed it was a great idea as Vickie glared at their backs before she walked over to the guys.
“Almost done.”
“Very close,” Dean said with a wide grin that he did not feel. The smile hid what he really thought. He prayed that his dad was careful now that he knew the true nature of the woman he had married.
“Great, I’m going to borrow your dad for a minute if that’s okay.”
“He’s yours,” Sam said as John pretended to be disturbed by the announcement, as he grimaced playfully.

Cassie and Sara came out in time to get the kids table set up and the kids seated to eat. Sam served them hot dogs with chips and beans, much more than they would probably eat. Sara could only shake her head, she hoped that would at least eat the hot dogs. Instead of sitting down Deanna approached Vickie with a frown. She immediately knew something was wrong with the lady. Her original question had been about Aexis instead she asked, ”Why do you hate us?”
Vickie put on a happy face because she didn’t know how to respond.
“No Deanna, why would you say that?”
“You’re a mean lady,” Deanna said before Cassie pulled her daughter away with an apology.
The last thing they needed was for Vickie to know about the family gifts.

TBC

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