SECRETS WE KEEP

AUTHOR'S NOTEDISCLAIMER

Takes place right after the episode "Higher Education". I felt that Tom Hanson seemed really upset in "Blindsided" when he realized what Diane Nelson's father was doing to her and he figured out what had happened to Joy Prentiss in "Higher Education" pretty fast, although that was more of rape than molestation. And this is my take on why. Now, I realize that molestation is a totally rotten act and that you can be upset about it without it have happened to you, but this is just my imagination. All original characters belong to Fox and Stephen J. Cannell. When you see someone you don't recognize, you know they belong to me.

CHAPTER ONE: DRINKING AWAY HER MEMORY

Officer Tom Hanson was doing the same thing he always did when the memory threatened to come back. He was drinking. If he could just get drunk enough, he wouldn't remember.

"Tommy," he heard her say. This caused him to take another swig of the scotch he had ordered. He justhe just had to get drunk. If he got drunk, she'd be gone.

"Tommy," she said again. Tom took another drink. Why was it so bad tonight? The memory didn't usually get him this hard. It didn't make sense. The man continued to drink.