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Chapter Twenty Five

Leo Accused

Piper hummed to herself as she made breakfast. "Good morning," Leo called as he came in the kitchen.

"Morning," Piper replied as they kissed. "Are you going to be late tonight?"

"Afraid so. There's play practice tonight," Leo replied. Last month, he volunteered to help out with the play. So he had been gone a lot over the last few weeks.

Of course, Piper had been busy herself. Being assistant manager wasn't all fun and games. It took a lot out of her. Piper felt like she should quit. She decided to hang in there until school starts again. Then she would decide what she wanted to do.

"Piper, is everything ok?" Leo asked.

Piper snapped out of her thoughts. "Yeah, everything's just fine."

Leo looked at her. "Are you sure?"

Piper just nodded. She didn't want to tell him right then. So Leo let it go.

The next day, Leo and Piper went their separate ways. Leo had to go to his student-teaching job while Piper had the day off from classes. So she went on her errands. She had to get some more ingredients for another new reciepe. When she arrived back to the apartment building, she noticed that a police car was there.

Piper knew immediately that something was wrong. She hurried into the building and to her apartment. There, two police officers were waiting in the hall. "May I help you?" she asked.

"We need to get in your apartment, Ms. Halliwell," one of the officers said.

Piper was suprised that he knew her last name. She was even more confused with their statement. "May I ask why?" Piper asked.

"We rather discuss it inside," the officer replied. Piper unlocked the door and let the officers in.

"Is Leo ok?" Piper asked, worried.

"Ms. Halliwell, your fiancé has been accused of stealing money from the high school where he's currently student-teaching," the second officer said, now speaking up.

"That's ridiculous. Leo would never steal anything especially from work. He loves his job," Piper defended.

"That may be. But we still have to do an investigation. Here's a warrant to search the house," the first officer said. He handed a piece of paper to Piper. Piper didn't even want to look at it. She couldn't believe this was happening. "How long have you known Mr. Wyatt?" the first officer asked as the second officer started looking around.

Piper didn't even have to think. "Two-and-a-half years," she replied.

"In all that time, has he ever lied to you?" the officer asked.

Piper didn't want to answer that question. So she remained silent. The officer raised his eyebrows. "There was one time when he didn't tell me about his ex-wife. That was the only thing he didn't trust me with," Piper replied.

The officer was satisfied. However, Piper was not. She was glad when they finally left and found no evidence that Leo did steal anything. After they left, Becca came over, wondering what was going on. Piper didn't want to talk. Instead, she went to call Andy.

After explaining the situation, Andy told her that he couldn't help her. "What do you mean you can't help him?" Piper demanded. "You're a detective."

"I handle murder and missing person cases, not robberies," Andy reminded her.

"There must be something you can do," Piper said, frustrated.

"I would if I could. But there's evidence against him," Andy replied.

"What evidence?" Piper asked.

"There were witnesses who saw him in the office," Andy replied.

"That doesn't mean anything. There could have been a thousand reasons he would have gone in there."

"He left fingerprints on the cashier's box," Andy replied. "I'm sorry, Piper."

Piper just hung up without saying goodbye. The day was beginning to turn into a nightmare. She started pacing. She tried to hold her tears back. She wouldn't believe it. It was not true. Leo was not a thief. Yes, he didn't tell her about his ex-wife. That was because he didn't want to feel like she had competition.

Piper didn't hear from Leo over the next few days. When it was in the paper, Piper didn't even read the article. She then started to get phone calls from everyone. She refused to speak to anybody. She just wanted to be left alone.

On the fourth day, Piper was sleeping when she heard a noise. She put on her robe and went out in the hall. She was thrilled when she saw Leo in the doorway. She went over and they hugged tightly. "I knew you didn't do it," she said.

"Well, neither did Hope. She did a little detective work of her own. She found out the real culprit. It was a student who had some fiancial trouble he didn't think he could get out of without stealing the money. So they released me and I'm here," Leo explained.

Piper was still confused. "I don't understand. Andy told me that they had your fingerprints."

"I went in the office to put some of my own money in there. I thought that they deserved it." Piper then smiled. Leo looked at her hard. "Did you have doubts that I took the money?"

"Just a little," Piper admitted. "After all, you didn't tell me about your ex-wife," she pointed out.

"True, but that was a one time thing. Trust me, Piper. I would never steal from anybody," Leo said.

"I know you wouldn't," Piper replied. "I'm sorry I doubted you."

"I'm sorry I put you through that."

"We should celebrate now with pizza and a movie," Piper said.

"Why don't we do it tomorrow though? I'm kinda tired now."

Piper smiled. "That's sounds just perfect."