hey again guys thanks for reading this is probably really boring so I'll get over myself and my notes to my readers and actually write something for once. Oh and I guess I should leave warning that there is drinking in this one but I'm pretty sure it probably won't bother anyone because hey I've already stabbed someone.


After Shawn had relayed his memory of Sean Wells and the dubious man that had been involved in the argument that lead to Shawn getting stabbed everyone was flush with excitement. If this man was a member of the malicious gang they might be able to snag them and bring an end to the long string of murders that had been going on for a while. Lassiter wanted to just track him down and drag him into the station but was quickly reminded that they wanted to catch all of the gang and at this point didn't have any proof that he had murdered anyone despite him being the last person seen with Sean Wells. After several heated conversations it was decided on that Shawn going back in as a bar tender and probing the guy was their best bet at figuring out who was behind everything. While Shawn was going to be getting closer to the Scott Pearson( they figured that out because his name and statement were given for Shawn's stabbing) Lassiter and Juliet would be quietly investigating him.


Shawn woke early the next day the case on his mind and side hurting due to the wound that their whole case had been cracked open with. Shawn laughed wearily at the fact that it took him getting stabbed for them to solve a case. It was like his dad said, each case would get crazier and crazier until he grew bored or until the bad guy broke Shawn's quixotic view and possibly put an end to the detectives thirty or so years. He sighed miserably rolling over in his bed to stare at his closet at the thought of his dad. Their last conversation had been so heated and ridiculously out of proportion to how Henry usually acted. Shawn still couldn't make sense of his dad's over the top reaction. But then again Shawn had been in a bad place at the time. A place he wasn't entirely sure he was completely out of. Shawn gave a heavy sigh before he pushed himself out of bed deciding to do something he would probably regret.


Shawn had been up for several hours and it was around 10:00am when he drove to his dad's house. He took a deep breath as he steeled himself for the approaching conversation. He still wasn't entirely sure why he was here. He had come to say sorry but also at the same time he was mad at his dad. He wanted to cry and say sorry and get a slow but eventually assured hug from his father while at the same time wanting to punch him in the face. It was a round robin of emotions that weren't fit to Shawn's perky personality. Finally Shawn swallowed hard before opening the door of his car and ambling slowly towards the white door. He reached the porch and stood in front of the door once again frozen in indecision. However the decision was quickly made for him as his dad opened the door keys in hand with a baseball cap on his head. He looked utterly surprised to see Shawn as a vast array of emotions flitted across his face. Anger, surprise, concern, and finally a guarded suspicion.

"Hey Shawn" he said attempting to appear relaxed though being far from it. Shawn didn't answer right away but merely looked at his father nearly pleading with him for some sort of thing that Henry couldn't place. It made him feel self-conscious and uncomfortable seeing that look on Shawn's face. He could tell that this had something to do with the hospital conversation.

"Look Shawn I was about to head out but if this is about the argument at the hospital then I'm sorry about how I reacted but I won't waste time playing guilty for you"

Shawn's eyes flashed suddenly with a deep hurt. He had just wanted to apologize and fix things to back when his relationship with his dad had been broken but still workable.

"Sorry I'll let you go I just came by to pick up some more of my junk I can come back for it latter" Shawn cast his eyes down and hunched up his shoulders turning away from his father and heading back the way he came. He felt awful and stupid. He should have known his dad wouldn't want to talk about it and wouldn't feel bad. he felt his eyes water but held back the slew of emotions that were threatening to come out. He had just wanted to know that his dad didn't hate him. He had just wanted to see that his dad didn't blame him for the last case and how things had gone. He was stupid though because what had Henry always taught him? A guy who puts you under one time will most definitely do it a second time and that was the exact reason you didn't trust criminals, crooked friends, and most of all crappy sons. So Shawn attempted to shrug it off and instead wrapped his head entirely around the case and how he would approach Scott, if Scott was even there to begin with.

Henry on the other hand stood there biting his lip in regret and guilt. He hadn't wanted to approach his feelings or deal with them in any way. He had thought that not dealing with them was the perfect way to go about as if everything was fine. But as Shawn walked away his shoulders hunched over Shawn's hurt eyes kept coming to Henry's mind convincing him that he probably should have at least talked to Shawn.


Lassiter and Juliet had been looking into Scott Pearson and so far had found a small rap sheet of some small time thefts and one account of a major physical assault on a co-worker. At the moment he worked at a crappy run of the mill 24/7 store in downtown Santa Barbara. He hadn't had contact with his dad for years and his mom had passed away when he was 28. He was a 35 year old man with practically no life. He bummed out most of the time living goodness knows where while once in a while renting a hotel room. Upon visiting the place that he worked at they came up with practically nothing so until one employee mentioned that he talked once in while about how his older brother was a total slob. They began looking into him immediately and came up with a long rap sheet that was filled with assault and battery charges and multiple restraining orders.


The evening came all too slow for Shawn who had been doing the best to immerse himself in other things. When the time came for his shift and undercover roll he got ready and headed to the bar. He quickly slipped into his duties and kept his eye on the door praying each second that Scott Pearson would appear through the door way.

Scott walked in around 8:40 and immediately set into drinking himself into oblivion. He had situated himself right at the bar and seemed much more upset than Shawn could ever recall seeing him be. By the second drink Shawn began to ease himself into a conversation with Scott.

"Hard day?" He said thanking God that the bar was relatively empty.

Scott looked up at Shawn and upon finding a sympathetic being he nodded his head and started in.

"You have no idea, nobody has any #%$ idea how hard my life is"

Shawn nodded in agreement encouraging Scott to continue. The man downed the rest of his glass and looked up at Shawn pleadingly for another. Shawn acquiesced and set another drink in front of the suspect.

"I ain't got anybody left except my # $ brother and he keeps-" the man paused to finish off his glass. He looked back up at Shawn. Shawn inwardly winced at how much this guy was drinking but still reluctantly gave him another glass. The man nodded his head again in a sluggish motion of appreciation.

"Jimmy doesn't care about me! He never has!" The drunk man got a little louder this time drawing attention from a few other of the people in the bar.

"Jimmy is your brother?" Shawn asked. Scott looked at him like Shawn had just asked the stupidest thing ever.

"Who the #% else would I be talking about?" Scott shook his head and chuckled a little and then began laughing at his own chuckle. The laughter got louder and a little more hysterical. He stopped suddenly and slumped over the counter. Shawn was worried at first that Scott had passed out but the man turned his head and looked up at Shawn.

"Your funny man" he said goofily staring up at Shawn. Shawn smiled. Well he more of grimaced but to the drunk man it probably looked more like a smile.

"So what did your brother do?" Shawn asked keeping his voice kind sounding. Upon hearing this Scott's sloppy smile fell from his face and he became scared. The drunk motioned for Shawn to lean in and began whispering conspiratorially.

"Jimmy is in deep with people. He would kill me.." Scott's eyes glazed over as he was once again lost in his drunk world. He kept mumbling "he wold kill me" over and over to himself completely forgetting about Shawn. The man then slumped back onto the counter with a large sigh.

"I really need to get laid" he mumbled.

Shawn was about to try asking Scott again about his brother when another guy stormed into the bar marching right up to Scott. The man was a little taller and more filled out than Scott but you could tell that they were related. He shook his brother's shoulder. The drunk man rolled his head to look at the nuisance and immediately a huge smile broke out.

"Hey Jimmy"

Jimmy shook his head in disgust.

"Your an idiot Scott" He looked up at Shawn and nodded thanks at him laying 50 bucks on the counter and then put an arm around his waist lifting up his brother.

They walked out of the bar Scott mumbling things in Jimmy's ear. At one point Scott had said something to upset his brother because Jimmy stopped walking and stiffened. From across the bar Shawn could see his jaw clench and his eyes narrow. Despite this short delay the two were out of the bar and Shawn hadn't gotten any useful information.


Shawn stayed the rest of his shift and slipped on his jacket at 12:00 clocking out. Shawn took a deep breath as he stepped out of the bar and into the parking lot where he walked up to his cars stopping to fish out his keys from his pocket. Suddenly he felt the cold metal of what he could only assume was a gun placed on his neck.

"Don't yell or I'll blow your head off"


Yeah I know a cliff hanger which is annoying but as you can tell I am updating in time! I am soo proud of myself! Anywho I hope you guys like this and anticipate the next chapter if you can leave a review because it makes me keep up the belief that people are reading this and enjoying it!