A/N: I have to apologize for the double use of the name Kyle in this story, but I had written this chapter a while ago and didn't want to change the name. The Kyle from the school will not show up again, but the one mentioned here will.
Chapter 7- False Acusations
The FBI was bustling with business the next day. By Don's desk, Charlie, Larry, and Amita were all explaining some extremely complicated math problem to Don, Megan, David, and Colby when Ashlynn came running in.
"What is it Ash?" Don asked, but the young brunette didn't answer. She simply stood between Colby and David against the wall of the cubical and slid to the floor. "What's wrong?" Ashlynn quietly pointed to the door where a beefy looking man glared around.
"Mark Mecosta," Ash whispered and hugged her knees.
"Kyle's dad?" Don asked. Ash nodded and buried her face in her knees. David walked over and stood by Don, trying not to make eye-contact with the man now advancing toward them.
"Who is Mark Mecosta?" David asked.
"Kyle's dad," Don answered.
"Who's Kyle?" Amita asked.
"Danny's dad," Charlie answered. Just then, Mark arrived in front of Don. Colby and Larry both moved to stand in front of Ashlynn who had stood up, but faced away.
"Can I help you?" Don asked, pretending not to know the man.
"Yes," Mark had a deep voice. "I'd like to report a murder."
Don raised an eyebrow. "Okay…care to tell me who died? And, who did it?"
"Oh," Mark looked a little taken aback. "Right, my son, Kyle Mecosta was murdered two years ago." Mr. Mecosta took a deep breath. "By his girl friend Ashlynn Eppes."
Next thing anybody knew, Colby and Larry were on the floor and Ashlynn was standing next to Don, fuming. "I DID NOT KILL HIM!" Ashlynn yelled.
"You did too you Bitch!" Mark moved to backhand her, but she caught his fist, advancing on him.
"Just because YOU can't get it around YOUR TINY LITTLE BRAIN that your son KILLED himself, DOES NOT mean that you have to blame ME!" Ash let go of the man's fist and ran out of the office.
"Did you see that? She attacked me! Aren't you going to arrest her?" Mecosta yelled.
"Mr. Mecosta, we will look into this right away, but until then, I suggest you just give us your address and wait for our call," the text book answer came from David. This just seemed to piss him off more.
"You know what? The assholes in Stanford Police Department didn't care about my son's death and now all of you are covering for that bitch!" he knocked the contents of the desk on the ground. "I'm going to find that bitch, and kill her myself!" And with that, he stormed out of the office.
"Think he'll really do it?" Megan asked. Don and Charlie nodded.
"Where did Ash go?" everyone looked around.
"I do believe she reached the balcony," Larry pointed to the open sliding door.
"I'll go," Colby volunteered. He got up and walked over to the door, leaving the others to their whispers.
"Ash?" Colby asked softly. Ashlynn was sitting on the ground in the corner, crying. When she saw Colby come out, she wiped her tears away hurriedly. "Are you…"
"I didn't kill him!" She shouted. Colby closed the doors behind him. "I didn't…I wasn't even home…" she was shaking. Colby rushed to her side and wrapped his arms around her.
"Danny was four..." She said softly. "About a year after Mom died…Kyle," she took in a deep breath, "Kyle had just told me that he was sick, really sick, but he wouldn't tell me what with." Ashlynn wiped at her eyes again, but the essence of tears were still there. "Ky had gotten really depressed after that. He had trouble eating, sleeping; his school work was dropping…" Ash shook her head. "Then, one night, he told me to take Danny and leave. 'Go see a movie' he said. I didn't want to, it didn't feel right, but I did." Ashlynn stood up and walked to the other side, facing Colby with her arms crossed and looking at her feet. "We were only gone for a couple hours, when I came back…" she began to sob again. "When I came back, the police were covering the lawn in front of the apartment building." She began to cry again. Colby jumped up and ran over to the brunette. He cupped her face and wiped her tears away with his thumbs.
"Shh," he said. "Shh, it's okay Ash," he whispered calmly. "Your going to have to stay somewhere else and lie low a couple of days, until we can figure it all out. Alright?" Ashlynn could only nod. "If it's okay, you and Danny can stay with me, I have plenty of room," Again, Ashlynn nodded. She reached out and hugged Colby tightly.
This couldn't be happening again.
