Dak was puzzled. What the hell? Brooke Diamond caring about her son? That would be interesting.

"I... I'm not sure..."

"Knock it off, Dak" she said. "Why has Kelly kept this from me? I'm James' mother, for Pete's sake!"

Dak sighed. He really didn't want to have that conversation. But if Brooke was demanding answers, and Kelly wasn't there, then it was his responsibility to give them to her. At least, he thought so.

"Follow me" he finally said. "I'll tell you everything. But you may not like what you'll hear".

"I don't care" she replied. "I need to know".

Dak nodded and led Brooke to Kelly's office.

KNIGHT'S PUB

Logan, still shocked but angry, pushed Jett away. That was it.

"What the hell is your problem?!"

"Don't deny it, Logan. You belong with me" said Jett, still panting. "Dammit, just leave your boyfriend and come with me!"

"I love him"

"No, you don't!" he snapped.

Logan noticed how people started to look at them. Damn. "Excuse me?"

"What do you even know about him? What does he know about you?"

Logan rolled his eyes. "Uh, everything? We've known each other for a really long time!"

Jett scoffed. "And yet you still keep secrets from each other".

Logan was offended. "What the... How dare you?!"

"How do you know you can trust him?" said Jett.

"Why are we talking about Carlos?" asked Logan, crossing his arms.

"To make you see I'm the one!" exclaimed Jett.

"You're out of your mind" said Logan, shaking his head. He turned around to leave.

"You kept our relationship from him and your friends" said Jett behind him. "Who says they can't keep a secret too. Carlos could be the serial killer for all I know. Considering he pointed a gun to my face..."

That was it. Logan turned around, walked towards Jett, and punched him right to the face. Jett fell to the ground, as everyone in the pub stared in shock.

"You stay the hell away from us!" yelled Logan, and walked away, fuming.

POLICE STATION

"What are you thinking?" asked Katie, upset. "Are you going suicidal or something?"

Kendall sighed. "Katie..."

"No, you listen to me!" she snapped. "You can't just go and get killed by our mother's murderer! It's just you and me! The Knights! And I depend on you and viceversa. We are the only family we got! But no, you go risk your life again on a revenge mission, not caring that we, I, need you. Do you ever think about that?"

Kendall looked at her. She did have a point. Well, lots of points. But for some reason, he felt he needed to do it. "It's not that I don"t care about you. Because I do. You are my first and only priority, Katie. But I need to do this. I need to know who killed mom and why. Who killed our friends".

"But why?" asked Katie.

"Because if I don't, I don't think I will live with myself" he replied. "I owe it to mom. I must find her killer". He looked at Gabriel. "We must find the Hunter".

Camille put her hand on Katie's shoulder.

Kendall approached and embraced his sister. "I'll be ok. I'll find him, and we'll be able to put all this behind us. I promise".

Katie sobbed a bit.

Gabriel approached them. "I have to go to the hospital. Wait for my call".

Kendall nodded, and took Katie home, while Gabriel headed to the hospital.

Carlos approached Camille. "You ok?"

Camille nodded. "Yeah, I am". She sniffed. "Hey, um, why don't you join them in their search of the killer?"

The girls screamed when Carlos pulled out a gun from his jacket and pointed it to Jett's face. "I'll blow your brain up". Jett's grin disappeared.

Carlos chuckled. "I'm not allowed to use guns anymore, remember? In fact, I was never even legally allowed".

Camille nodded. "Right".

Carlos gestured to the door. "I have to go. See you".

HOSPITAL

Dak led Brooke to Kelly's office. "So, Mrs Diamond, do you want me to tell you this as James' friend or as Dr Wainwright's assistant?"

"I could use both" said Brooke, sitting in front of Dak in Kelly's desk. "I want to know how he was before... Before..."

"Before he died" said Dak. He sighed. "The day of Jennifer Knight's funeral, James came here. He had been felling pain in the chest. I suggested it could be just asthma or a minor infection. But he didn't have a family history. So I made him have a scan, just to be sure it wasn't anything serious. But it was. He had a tumour on one of his lungs".

Brooke looked down. "Just like my mother" she mumbled.

Dak nodded. "I told Dr Wainwright everything. James had surgery the next week, succesfully".

"What about his friends?" asked Brooke. "Did they know? Did they support him?"

Dak shook his head. "James, well, he wanted to keep his illness a secret until it was taken care of. He even kept it from Camille. I think he got to tell her before the surgery, though. By the time everyone found out, the tumour was long gone, and James was transferred to a room. That's... That's when the Hunter got him".

Brooke stared at him in shock.

Dak stood up. "He was having a hard time with no family and I knew him well enough to tell he was replacing his frustration with interest in the serial killer case. I don't know if he was onto somebody, but whoever he was made sure James would keep his mouth shut. He used 2C-1 to kill him slowly and painfully. But Camille claims he was murdered by mistake".

"Dak" said Brooke simpathetically. "I know you must be thinking that if you had been on guard that night, James would still be alive. But if that happened then God knows if the Hunter would have killed you too or pick another day to murder my son. Please, don't blame yourself. If there's anyone to blame, it's the Hunter".

This time, Dak chuckled. He took off his white coat and left it on a chair. "You know, it's funny you say that, because..." He sat again, facing Brooke. "I blame you".

MORGUE

Kelly led Gabriel through the room full of corpses, until they got to Santy. The smell of formol was almost unbearable. They both put on white gloves, and Kelly removed the sheet that covered the body.

She showed him Santy's wounds. "He was shot twice in the back and once in the face. According to the lessions on the back, we believe he fell while turning around, and that the third shot was the... Coup de Grace".

"Such a cold blooded psychopath" said Gabriel.

Kelly examined the body closer. She was about to cover it again, when she noticed something. "Hm, how strange" she mumbled, frowning.

"Something wrong?" asked Gabriel.

Kelly looked at him. "A few days ago, Dak told me that so far all the victims apparently had been punctured in the neck after dying, probably with a neddle, leaving a tiny mark we couldn't notice at first".

"Really? That at least tells us they were murdered by the same person" said Gabriel. He noticed Kelly's frown. "But we already knew that. Something's bugging you, I can tell. What is it? Santy wasn't punctured?"

"He was" replied Kelly. "It's just... I checked the body a few hours ago. He didn't have the mark!"

Gabriel went livid. "Are you saying... No, it can't be. Don't tell me that..."

Kelly nodded. "He was here".

LOGAN'S HOUSE

Logan came home feeling sick. Jett had dared to kiss him in front of everyone in the pub! And he hadn't felt anything. That meant it was over. No matter what Jett said about loving him, Logan didn't. Hell, he never loved the bastard, anyway. But what had happened made him want to throw up.

He got in, his father was already waiting for him.

"Hey, what took you so long?" he greeted.

Logan frowned. "I thought you had a meeting".

Lawrence left his cup in the dishwasher. "Got cancelled. I figured you'd be here by then". He approached his son and put his hand on Logan's cheek and then on his forehead. "Are you ok? You look pale".

Logan flashed to the moment when Jett had kissed him. "No" he lied. "It's, um, probably the change of weather, you know. It's almost Christmas, winter's coming".

Lawrence nodded, not too convinced. "Ok, then. Go upstairs, get some rest. I'll make dinner".

Logan obeyed, leaving Lawrence unconvinced of what he had said.

"I'll find out what's going on with that kid" he thought. He grabbed his coat and went outside.

HOSPITAL

Brooke was stunned. "M-Me? Why me? How can you blame me?"

Dak shrugged. "I just do".

Brooke shook her head. "I don't get it. What did I do?"

Dak got up. "I think the real question should be 'what did you not do'. I already told you the causes of James' death, his diagnosis, and all those circumstances. Now, if you want to know why you never knew, well, then you need me to tell you as your son's friend".

He leaned down, facing Brooke. "James murder happened because you weren't there to stop it. You always said it could cost you your job if you didn't travel everytime he begged you not to go. Well, you did, and it costed your son's life. You and your husband abandoned him, and now it's too late".

"That's completely irrational and..."

"It's what I saw" said Dak. "It's what everyone saw. There's no way in hell we'll ever forgive you. You're alone".

Brooke stood up, offended. "I am not going to listen to you blaming me for a completely unrelated event to my relationship with my son. I won't let you". She went to the door. "I don't give a damn about what you think. I don't give a damn about what anyone thinks of me. I'm leaving town soon. For what I'm concerned, you can all go to hell".

She stormed off.

Dak shook his head. "Leaving" he mumbled as he sat down. "As always".

Thank you so much for reading! Things will get much more intense from now on! Make your bets, who do you think will die next? Stay tuned!

On the next THE HUNTER:

Jett pulls his ultimate plot!

Santy's funeral takes place.

Carlos, Lawrence and Kendall discuss the past events.

Someone's betrayed!