Chapter 29…
The next day kristy was coming out of the elevator at her father's firm when jon came up to her;"Hey,kristy,I'm really sorry to hear about your father's death and about carol being in a coma."
"So am i."said she and walked into her office;"Can you give me an update on everything that my dad was working on before he left for Italy?"
"Are you sure that you want to do this now?"started jon worried;"You've just lost your father,so maybe you shouldn't be working today."
"I know that I've just lost my father,jon,that is something that you don't have to tell me!"answered his boss irritated;"But what is the point in sitting at home and driving myself up the wall!"
"Is it true that the police think that michael's accident wasn't an accident?"asked he quickly to change the subject;"That somebody made him crash into that tree?"
"That's what they think and according to my uncle there seems to be some evidence to support that,so that is why I need to go over all my dad's business-dealings to see if there's a lead there."started kristy slowly when she suddenly noticed the shock look on jon's face as he was staring at her;"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm just shocked about what you've just told me."answered her friend as he turned around and walked away;"I have to be somewhere right now,so I'll get back to you about your dad's business-deals."
Jennifer came into the kitchen and was shocked when she saw her brother's face;"What happened to you?"
"Nothing."answered Patrick and pushed her away when she touched his face;"Go and practice on somebody else,jen!"
"Has anybody taken a look at that yet?"asked she;"Have mom or dad seen it yet?"
"No,they're still asleep."said her brother as he got up;"I'm off to school."
"You still haven't answered any of my questions,Patrick."started Jennifer curious while she pointed at his face;"What happened and have you had somebody check that out?
"Why don't you just mind your own business and stay out of mine!"answered he irritated and opened up the backdoor;"It's no big deal."
"What's no big deal?"asked their mother as she came into the kitchen and was shocked to see her son's face;"Oh,my god,what happened to you?"
"Nothing,mom,nothing at all."said Patrick as he quickly walked out the door;"I have to go to school,mom,bye."
"What was that all about?"started she worried and turned towards her daughter;"What happened to your brother's face?"
"How should I know?"asked Jennifer;"He didn't wanna tell me anything either,mom,so don't look at me for answers."
At the policestation shawn had just arrived and was walking up to his father's office when he ran into shane in the hallway;"Hi,dad,I was just on my way to see you."
"Where were you lastnight?"asked he and seemed angry;"Your mother is really worried about you,because you've hardly been home at all lately and she knows that you're not seeing eva anymore."
"Since when do I have to explain my every move to you guys?"started his son annoyed;"I always let you know that I won't be home,don't i?"
"Ofcourse you do and I'm not worried,shawn,because I think that you're old enough to do your own things."answered shane tired;"But your mother is worried about you and she asked me to talk to you about it."
"I will try to have some more consideration for mom."said he with a faint smile;"Okay?"
"Thank you."started his father slowly;"Why were you looking for me?"
"I wanted to know how things stand with the task-force and the rape-cases?"asked shawn;"Have there been anymore attacks,dad?"
"Late lastnight we have finally been able to arrest somebody."answered he;"All the evidence points at our suspect and two of the women that were attacked have even picked him out of line-up,so things are finally looking up for us."
Greg was talking on the phone to somebody in his office when Amanda walked in;"Why are you blaming my daughter for the fact that I want a time-out?"
"I'll have to call you back."answered greg to the person on the other end of the line and hung up while he looked up at Amanda;""Did she come running to you to let you know what I had said or did your ex tell you?"
"Neither of them,greg,I heard about what you had done from Alison and she was just curious about why I'd ending things between us for now."started his ex-girlfriend angry;"Wanting to take a time-out was my idea and you can't go around blaming my daughter for that or even my ex for that matter,because if you want to blame somebody then blame me!"
"I didn't mean to blame anybody and I'm sorry."said he as he got up and came closer towards her;"I don't want to fight with you."
"I don't want to fight with you either,but you can't go around yelling at mandy or at anybody else for that matter for something that is my fault!"answered Amanda;"You can get mad at me for taking a break from us all you want,but don't get mad at somebody who isn't to blame!"
"Why do you even want a break from us,Amanda,weren't things going just fine between us?"asked her ex-boyfriend while he grabbed her hands into his;"There's nothing that we can't work out if we just try."
"Things weren't going fine between us,greg,you know that and things haven't been fine for the last month or so."said she tired and pulled away from him as she walked out of his office;"Please try to understand that I need this time-out right now!"
Around noon Patrick was sitting at one of the tables,outside of the highschool,waiting for the rest to show up,when the guys that had attacked him suddenly showed up and surrounded him;"What do you guys want this time?"
"This is our table,queer,so beat it!"said ron as he gave Patrick a push;"Go and sit in the queer-section!"
"Yeah,beat it!"laughed one of his friends;"This is the normal-section!"
"Really?"asked an angry voice behind them and when they all turned around they saw ginny standing there with her cousins;"This is our table,so you guys can just beat it!"
"Are you going to make me,ginny?"started ron laughing;"You and what army?"
"Get lost,ron!"answered she and give him such a hard push that he fell backwards over a bench and on to the ground;"Find yourself a new victim to pick on!"
"You guys are pathetic."said devon just as angry while she sat down next to Patrick;"Are you okay,pat?"
"I'm fine."started he slowly and looked up at ron,who had just been helped back on to his feet by his friends;"What are you still doing here,ron?"
"This isn't over yet,frame!"warned the guy him furious as he and his friends walked away;"Untill next time,queer!"
"I guess that your bruises were the result of an encounter with those creeps?"said alex;"Why do you let them do things like that to you,pat,why don't you report them or something?"
"What would be the use?"asked Patrick with a faint smile;"It's not like the police would lock them up or anything."
At the policestation shane had been working all morning on the case of his dead brother-in-law's car-accident when jon came in;"Do you have a minute,mr. Cassidy?"
"Sure,jon,what's up?"asked he looking up;"Is there a problem with kristy?"
"No,kristy's at the office and she's okay or atleast she's pretending to be."started jon hesitating;"This morning kristy told me that you think that michael's accident might not have been an accident."
"The more I look into this so-called accident the more I'm convinced that it wasn't an accident and that somebody else had something to do with Michael crashing into that tree."answered the captain;"Why are you asking me about this,jon,do you know something?"
"I know that there was somebody who had something against Michael and his family and who wanted revenge for whatever it was that Michael and his family had done to him or to his family."said he;"This man has been stealing deals away from the company by using michael's secretary,beth,untill Michael found out and fired her."
"What's the name of this man?"asked shane surprised;"Why didn't Michael come to me if somebody was after him?"
"Michael didn't take it that seriously and thought that the man wouldn't go any further then trying to steal away some business-deals,mr. Cassidy,even after he found out that beth had been killed by an unknown attacker."
"His secretary had been killed and Michael didn't go to the police while he knew that somebody wanted revenge for something?"said he shocked;"Who is this man that wanted revenge?"
"Alan garrison and here's his file."answered jon and gave shane an envelop;"Michael had hired somebody to look into this man's past and this came after he'd gone to Italy with carol,but I hadn't opened it yet and I was waiting to give it to Michael when he got home."
