Eli ran in through the front door and up the stairs to Emma's room. He found her lying on the bed, a blanket pulled over her body. Eli approached her before speaking to let her know he was there without startling her.

"Emma, are you okay?" Eli finally asked.

"I've been better," she answered. "I just don't know what to do, Eli."

Eli narrowed his eyes at her in confusion and also in intrigue. "What do you mean?"

Emma rolled onto her back and let out a sigh. She propped herself up on the pillow that was just under her head. "Things were finally starting to feel okay again. People just can't leave things in the past. Kieran's gone, he's the killer. But people are still weary of you. Stavo told me to keep an eye on you. I told him I didn't think it was necessary—that you were a good kid, just misunderstood..." she trailed off.

"Let people think what they want. You know me, and you know I would never do anything to hurt you. You said it yourself, Kieran's the killer. You don't need to worry about it anymore. The bloodshed is done."

"I know you're right, it's just... having people be accusatory about you like that... it hurts. You already went through this suspect bullshit, I don't want you to go through that again. It's not fair," she explained.

"No, it's not fair. But I have tough skin. It's not your burden to bear, so please, stop worrying about me. About them," he smiled at her and paused for a moment. "Can I join you?"

Emma nodded and shifted over in the bed, making room for Eli. He climbed up and settled down beside her, playing with her hair with one hand and holding one of her hands with his other. Soon after, they both fell asleep.

After school, Noah and Audrey were at his house finishing up recording another episode of The Morgue. Audrey sat with a puzzled look on her face, deep in thought. Ever since Kieran was arrested she couldn't help but feel weird about it. All signs pointed to Kieran, but she wasn't entirely convinced it was him. Noah noticed how spaced out she was and decided to interrupt.

"Audrey. Earth to Audrey," he said, waving his hand in front of her face. She jolted a little.

"Sorry, I was just thinking again," she apologized.

"It wasn't your theory about Kieran again, was it?" Noah gave her a look of worry and frustration mashed into one.

"Maybe," she admitted. "Noah, I can't help but think that something's not right about this."

"Why can't you just accept that he's the killer? I was just as surprised as anyone. I was sure it was Eli, but we were proven wrong."

Audrey got up from her chair and started pacing Noah's room. Noah was waiting for her to explode at him for disagreeing with her again.

"I just don't know if it really is him. It's easy to put the blame on him since there's so much evidence to back it up. Sure he's mysterious, but you weren't there when he got arrested. You didn't see the way he was acting," Audrey went on. "All he did the entire time was beg Emma to believe him. He looked scared. And when he approached Emma, Eli tried to jump him."

"He probably jumped him to protect Emma. If a killer was coming toward me I'd hope someone attacked them too."

Audrey rolled her eyes. "Kieran was unarmed, Noah. Emma had a gun pointed at him. If Kieran is the killer do you really think he would be stupid enough to attack Emma with his bare hands? If he tried anything Emma would have shot him."

"I don't know Audrey. It seems like a bit of a stretch."

"Okay, then how about this: Brooke came up to me in the hallway and told me that Emma was asking her if she knew anything about Eli's mom doing work for her dad. She said Eli's mom moved back to Atlanta, but the whole reason why they moved here in the first place was because they had no money and Sheriff Hudson's house was a free place to stay."

"Shady business between Eli's mom and Brooke's dad doesn't mean Eli is the killer. You're trying to connect dots that don't go together."

"No, I'm not!" Audrey raised her voice. "Emma probably asked Eli about it and he said he didn't know. Otherwise she wouldn't have asked Brooke. What if Eli lied?"

Noah slunk back further into his chair trying to absorb everything Audrey was saying. He wanted to be objective about it, but the truth was that he just didn't agree with her.

"I'm just not convinced. And even if Eli did lie, so what? What does that have to do with Kieran?"

"At Blessed Sisters, Eli said that Kieran was the one who burned down the model home when he and Emma were there. Obviously it wasn't Eli considering the fact that he was inside with Emma the entire time. But what if his mom did it?" Audrey explained. "Brooke's dad was going to pay Jake to do it, but the job never got done, so what if he hired Eli's mom?"

"It's an interesting thought, Audrey, but unless you can prove that then it's a dead end."

"Then I guess I'll have to prove it," Audrey muttered as she was on her way out of the room. She knew exactly where to start, but she would need a favour from Emma first.