Synopsis

The festive season offered little cheer to Hooker. It was his first Christmas without Fran and the children, and the absence cast a long shadow over the holidays. Stacy, too, felt the weight of the season's melancholy, her spirits dampened by a recent breakup. The usual holiday spirit seemed a distant memory, replaced by a deeper sense of loneliness. A drug stakeout had already soured into a frustrating failure, the primary target slipping through their fingers. Later that night, witnessing a