Accused

"What are you talking about?" Danny asked "you think some one deliberatly pushed Michelle into the bath tub, why do you even think that?"

"From the large bruise on her forehead Mr. Tanner" the Doctor replied "we believe that some one in your house pushed Michelle in the tub whilst she was playing in there." The family couldn't believe what they were hearing, Michelle had fallen into the bathtub, she wasn't pushed because she was found half an hour later after she intorduced Jesse to Polly the Dolly.

"There must be a mistake, you think one of us pushed Michelle into the bath tub?" Becki asked. The Doctor nodded and stated that the Police would like to take Danny down the station for questioning.

"You can't do that, Dad hasn't done anything?" DJ protested as Danny handed the sleeping Stephanie over to Becki and reluctantly wnet to leave with the Police "he didn't hurt Michelle, he never had and never will."

"I'm not saying he is, but the police need to rule out wether it was an accident or not" the Doctor explained before the two Policemen left with Danny and the family couldn't believe what was happening, they were being accused of deliberatly pushing Michelle in the bathtub, all because of the bruise she had on her head, possibly from hitting her head on the side of the bathtub as she slipped and fell, possibly knocking her unconcious which then resulted in a near drowning. The Drive back home was silent and when they arrived, Becki put Stephanie to bed whilst DJ, Jesse and Joey waited downstairs, wondering what was happening with Danny.

"I can't believe they actually think that Danny could be capeable of doing something like that, he's never ever laid a finger on Michelle or any of the girls" Jesse pointed out as he paced up and down the room "I hope this is all a mistake and that they'll realise that what happened to Michelle was an accident."

Meanwhile, Danny was at the Police station, being interviewed about Michelle's accident and he was feeling very nervous and also annoyed,how could they think that he could harm Michelle, his little girl. He lost his train of thought when the Chief Constable entered the room, followed by a lawyer who placed himself next to Danny. The chief placed a tape recorder on the table and switched it on to proceed with the interview.

"Interview with Mr. Daniel tanner commencing at 9:45 pm" the Chief began "so Mr. Tanner, what happened during the day before your Daughter Michelle Elizabeth Tanner, aged 4 years was found almost drowned in the bathtub."

"I took the girls shopping" Danny began "we spend a few hours looking round the shops and i bought them something each."

"How was Michelle during those few hours, was she naughty, did she do anything which caused you to lose your temper with her?" the Chief asked, Danny was about to protest but was cut off "when you got home, where you feeling really angry, so angry that you just lost it and pushed Michelle into the bathtub whilst she was playing in there." At that moment, Danny completly lost his rag and couldn't help but have an outburst.

"THAT'S A GOD DAMN LIE, MICHELLE WAS WELL BEHAVED DURING THE DAY AND EVEN IF SHE HAD MISBEHAVED I WOULDN'T HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DROWN HER" he yelled, shaking in anger.

"Mr. Tanner please calm yourself" the Chief replied "you're already begining to prove that you're a bad tempered person."

"Yes because you think that I tried to drown my own daughter" Danny snapped, still annoyed "I love my daughter and I would never ever ever do anything like that to her." The Chief however raised his eyebrow and leaned across the table, facing Danny.

"If you did push Michelle in the bathtub and if she dies, then you could be charged with murder" he stated, leaving Danny more shocked and annoyed than ever before, how could he think that, how could he assume that he tried to murder his little girl.

"How many damn times to I have to tell you, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO MICHELLE, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT" he yelled, feeling the urge to punch the Chief but decided against it because he knew that it would get him into further trouble.

"Who was the last person to see your Daughter before she was found in the bathtub?" the Chief asked, now ignoring Danny's second outburst.

"My brother in law Jesse, he lives with me along with his fiance Becki, my best friend Joey and my two other Daughters, DJ and Stephanie" Danny replied " Michelle was showing him the new doll that I got her before we found her in the bathroom."

"And how long ago was this?" the Chief asked.

"About 30 maybe 45 minutes before" Danny replied.

"And where were you during that time?" the Chief asked "what were you doing?"

"I was downstairs with Jesse and Joey, discussing a commercial that Joey had written" Danny stated " that was when we heard screaming coming from upstairs so we ran up there and saw my oldest, DJ holding Michelle and she told us that she found her floating in the bathtub, she reckoned that Michelle was going to give her new doll a bubble bath because she found the doll floating in the bath with her and her big bird bubble bath on the floor and she reckons that Michelle was trying to reach over the bathtub to get her bubble bath but fell, hit her head on the side which caused the bruise and then started drowning because she was probably knocked unconcious." The chief stared at Danny for a few seconds whilst the lawyer stated that he believed that Danny was telling the truth, that he was a decent father who was really worried that he was going to lose his youngest daughter.

"Well we will soon see" the Chief replied "interview terminated at 10:02 pm." He then switched off the tape and Danny was hoping that they'll let him go, but was proved wrong when the Chief informed him that he will spending a night in the cells and that the interview will continue tomorrow.

"I don't believe this" Danny protested "why won't you believe me, I never hurt Michelle, she's my little girl."

"I'm sure you are Mr. Tanner, but we still need to get to the bottom of this, but with your outbursts, it's making us believe that you're a man with a temper problem" the Chief stated.

"I think the reason Mr. Tanner is behaving like this is because his daughter is fighting for her life in hospital and he is being accused of putting her there" the lawyer informed "I suggest we release Mr. Tanner and question the other members of the family, hear their side of events and if Michelle's accident was an accident, then we have no reason to charge Mr. Tanner or whoever was in the house at the time of Michelle's accident." The Chief hestitated for a moment before finally agreeing to release Danny, but then informed that he'll be questioning DJ next.

"But she didn't do anything" Danny stated.

"We know thar Mr. Tanner" the Lawyer stated "but we need to hear her side of the story, find out from her on what she thinks happened to Michelle."