While Chet was getting some much needed rest, things began moving very quickly.

Unknown to Johnny, Cap had made a call to Chief McConakee and the Chief arrived at the hospital ready to take a piece out of anyone that got in his way. His temper settled considerably once he found that both Doctor Brackett and Sheriff Webb were already taking steps to discipline the ones behind the mistreatment of one of his men.

With Chief McConakee present, Sheriff Webb questioned the other members of Station 51 and got the story about the two detectives upsetting Chet's neighbor, Beverly Payne, by refusing to listen to her about her missing child. He also heard all about how the two detectives had threatened Chet's family - all the firemen knew Mrs. Kelly and her two adopted children. Vince was questioned next - not only about how he had overheard the detectives accusing Chet of being a pedophile but also in regards to the highly unprofessional behavior he had seen the two detectives exhibit before when Roy had been kidnapped. Between that and the statements Vince had already collected, Sheriff Webb suspected that he was seeing the tip of an iceberg, restricted both detectives to desk duty and confiscated their service weapons until he could order a full investigation by Internal Affairs. He also consulted with Doctor Brackett and the two men were banned from setting foot inside the hospital unless they were being admitted as patients.

On a much brighter note, one piece of very good news came in a call to the Sheriff. A woman named Gloria Coret had called the police hotline after seeing the picture of the little girl that she was watching over on the front page of the local newspaper. She was the lady friend that Sam had spoken of, but she had been told that the child was Ralph's. As soon as she had seen the news article, she wanted nothing more to do with either man and agreed to continue to stay with the child until officers could arrive to transport her to the hospital. While she appeared uninjured, Sheriff Webb decided it was best to err on the side of caution and have the doctors examine Janice Gibson before releasing her to her family.

Miss Coret also agreed to come into the station to answer some additional questions. Between her tone over the phone and her ready cooperation, the sheriff was convinced that the woman was either an excellent actress or had been kept unaware of her boyfriend's illegal activities. His gut was leaning heavily toward her being innocent, but he would, of course, check out her story.

Sam and Ralph viciously turned on one another, each blaming the other for the murder of Arnold Gibson. Sheriff Webb noted to Chief McConakee that, as free as the pair were with passing the blame, the fact that neither of them even considered blaming Chet was a solid indication that he was innocent - not that there had been any doubt of that for anyone but the two detectives.

Sheriff Webb was even able to get statements directly from Beverly and Tina arrived at the hospital to check on how Chet was. As Captain Stanley could have warned him from prior experience, Beverly was not shy in giving the sheriff her opinions on the two detectives and none of her comments were flattering.

Chet woke up slowly to the sound of Tina softly singing 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' - which was coming out as Lucy's in disguise with diamonds. At the sound of Chet chuckling, Tina stopped singing and headed over to the bed under the watchful eyes of both her mother and Nurse Chapman. Chet was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hey, short stuff. You don't know how glad I am to see you. You okay?"

Nodding vigorously, Tina reached over and gently patted Chet's arm.

"Uh huh. I'm okay. You're the one that fell down."

Tina's eyes moved to Nurse Chapman.

"You fix Mister Chet?"

Smiling, Nurse Chapman nodded.

"Well, the doctors are the ones that fixed him. Mister Chet just needs some more rest before he can go back home."

Satisfied, Tina gave a nod like that settled everything and proceeded to assure Chet that she had saved some of her Halloween candy for him to help him feel better. A soft knock at the door heralded the arrival of Chet's mother along with Sherri and Jackie. Seeing Chet's family at the door, Beverly gave Tina a lift to allow her to kiss Chet's cheek before giving him a kiss herself.

"As soon as they let you come home, I'm making a welcome back dinner - you pick the menu."

"Anything you cook is always great, Beverly. How your husband manages to fit back into his uniform after he comes home on leave is a miracle."

Laughing, Beverly turned and greeted the rest of the Kellys before taking Tina's hand and leaving the room.

Having been prewarned by Roy and Johnny that Chet knew nothing about the threats the two detectives had made against their family, the three of them came in and made sure to avoid that topic, instead focusing on how Chet was feeling and the latest news about how Jackie and Sherri were doing in school. They stayed until Chet's next dose of medication pulled him back to sleep, then exited the room quietly. Sheriff Webb had left word that he would like to have a talk with them.

If Sheriff Webb thought Beverly had been free with her opinions, he was soon to discover that she had only been a warm-up for what was in store from Mrs. Kelly. Now that she was over being scared for her children and was assured that Chet was safe, she was furious.

Had he not been a basically humane man, Sheriff Webb would have been sorely tempted to shut the two detectives up in a room with Mrs. Kelly for an hour.