Here is Chapter 7. This is where Jesse is tipped off and Rachel learns about the shady past of her husband. Enjoy.

Chapter 7: A case begins to build.

Quinn's POV.

So now we know who was behind Finn's kidnapping. It was that Jesse St James all along. He and Finn were never friendly and he wanted Rachel like Finn does. I was selfish when I wanted Finn for myself but I realised that his heart was only for Rachel and Rachel's heart was for him, well we thought it was until Jesse arrived.

I never trusted him because he was always just judging people based on their talent rather than their own personality. I don't think that he would like or love Rachel if she wasn't that talented. I know, I'm accepting that Rachel is more talented than me but I have grown up from the ditzy high school teenager that I was. Right now, I am looking in a way to help Finn and get his life back on track.

Quinn: "What do we suggest that we do?"

Puck: "We go down to the police and give them the information and give them contact details if we are needed for future action."

Sam: "Shall we head there then?"

Mike: "Yes. Let's go."

Puck drives us to the police station and we see that there are a couple of officers at the front desk.

Puck: "Can I please be taken to the officers working on the Finn Hudson case?"

Police Officer: "Why may I add?"

Puck: "I have some information and evidence on who did the case."

Police Officer: "Who are you please?"

Puck: "I am Noah Puckerman, this is my fiancée Quinn Fabray and our two friends Sam Evans and Mike Chang. We are all friends of Finn Hudson from high school."

Police Officer: "Right this way, all of you."

We are led into a small room where a couple of officers are waiting for us in order to talk about the case.

Officer 1: "Hello to you all. (Shakes everyone's hand.) I'm Officer Smith and this is my colleague Detective Jackson. We have been assigned to the case regarding the kidnapping, hostage and attempted murder of one Finn Christopher Hudson. You say you have some evidence, please refer."

Puck: "Officers. I'm Noah Puckerman, Finn's best friend since pre-school. This is Quinn Fabray, Sam Evans and Mike Chang who have been friends of Finn since high school. We found this bill with a number on the back of it in the hospital to call straight away. We gave it a call and it was for a certain Jordan Colman. (Hands the bill to Officer Smith.) He answered and was asking if this was for Jesse St James."

Detective Jackson: "Jesse St James? The Tony-Award winning director and former student of both Carmel High and Mickingly High?"

Quinn: "Yes Officer. His description matched the person that we know as we have known Jesse St James for 10 years now."

Puck: "We asked him a few questions and here are a few of his co-conspirators and notes that I got from him. (Hands those notes over.)"

Detective Jackson: "(Going through the notes/records of Jesse in the past.) I have it hear that Jesse has been married for about 18 months to Rachel Berry who going through previous records was engaged for about 6 months to Mr Hudson. Do you know if she had any involvement?"

Sam: "No. Not from what we know of that she had any knowledge or involvement of what when on. Kurt Hummel broke the news to her when they lived in New York when it happened that Finn disappeared. There were no signs of bitter or ill feeling about the whole situation particularly from her side."

Officer Smith: "She called the engagement off?"

Sam: "Yes Officer."

Mike: "Are you allowed to ask that question?"

Puck: "Yes because it could be used to solve the case and could be asked in a court of law. I am a trainee lawyer after all. Do you need a number for me to call back if you need any further help?"

Officer Smith: "Yes please, Mr Puckerman if you may?"

Puck gives them his number and then we head out of the building.

Quinn: "Okay so what are we going to do now?"

Puck: "I would say that we go home and wait. I'll drop Sam and Mike off and then we will head home."

We do as Puck plans and we get on our way. We drop Sam off at his house and Mike is staying with Tina (I would assume that they are getting back together after Artie ran off with Kitty.) After we do that, we head back to Puck's house that he brought after his time in the Air Force. He heads into his bedroom and finds Finn's letterman jacket inside.

Puck: "I think I should hand this back to him soon."

Quinn: "How did you get it?"

Puck: "I got it from Mr Schue. I argued that since I am his best friend that I should have the letterman jacket. He agreed. I'll return it after we go to the hospital tomorrow."

Quinn: "I agree. Maybe by then St Jackass will be behind bars for what he has done."

Puck: "Agreed. After that do you want to see Shelby? She is staying with Hiram and has Beth so maybe we could arrange to meet up with her?"

Quinn: "I agree. You have grown up a lot since she was born."

Puck: "Finn's disappearance and being in the Air Force knocked some sense into me. I realised that life is too short to be wasted because you don't know what is around the corner."

Quinn: "I know. (Gives him a kiss and then they go to bed.)"

Jesse's POV.

So now Hudson has escaped but is in a terrible state. I knew that he was a weak man and that he was never any good for Rachel but I had to make it obvious for her to realise that he wasn't. Even if was a dodgy way of doing so.

I have always loved Rachel, in particular her talent which was second to none. I had to get her back out of Lima and back to New York because of her talent would be wasted here just teaching. She needed guidance and I was there to guide her in a way that Hudson would never have done the same for her. We fell in love and we got married 18 months ago.

I had to get rid of Hudson because I knew that Rachel would never have been with me if he was around. I knew some students in an Pennsylvania university who would need money and so I decided to help them in return to capture Finn Hudson. We managed to track him down and learnt that he was heading for New York but had decided to go via Michigan and then the Canadian border in order to get to New York because of major roadworks and delays in Pennsylvania and so they caught him and had him captured for 7 years but now he has escaped. But I won't worry about him, he is feeble and weak now so he can't do anything without help. He is just the poor pathetic person that he always used to be.

I though need to make a call with Jordan about Finn and so I head back to my hotel to make a call without the links regrading Finn's capture and sudden reappearance. I dropped my note somewhere but I don't know where it was.

Jesse: "Jordan, are you there?"

Jordan: "Yes Jesse. Any news on Finn?"

Jesse: "He is in hospital in Lima. I would suggest running for your life because there may be the police onto us because Finn might have told Noah Puckerman about us and tipped us to the police."

Jordan: "(Silent.)"

Jesse: "Jordan?"

Jordan: "He's trapped us. He called the police, he got your note and knows of our conspirers. What do we do?"

Crap. We have been discovered.

Jesse: "Run for your life. Get away as far as you can and try to get to safety as quickly as you can. The cops are going to be after us and we need to get you safe. Tell everyone else to run as well for their lives too."

Jordan: "Thanks Jesse. I will do as you say."

He hangs up the phone and I prepare to leave when I hear a knock on the door. I open it and it is the police.

Officer: "You are under arrest. You don't have to say anything because anything that you do say can be used against you in court."

They arrest me on the spot and take me away. Damm that Puckerman for tipping them off. I don't know how long it will be until I am able to walk freely again. But he will pay for what he has done to me.

Rachel's POV.

I head back to the hotel where I am staying with Jesse after visiting Finn in the hospital again today. He still looks helpless and angry with his situation. I can't help but feel that I put him in that position because of my selfish actions. I couldn't see more than one step ahead and now Finn will never be the same again.

The fact is that I was always settling with Jesse when I learnt of Finn's disappearance. He was always the one that I loved and I had to go and ruin it by lying to him about Brody. Yes, he wasn't honest as well about backpacking across Georgia but once I suffered the humiliation of That's So Rachel, I understood his feeling. The truth is that my marriage with Jesse is unhappy. We are too similar and so there are clashes in our relationship and I don't feel that we are a calming influence on each other which Carole told me is key to a strong and happy marriage. Though he is my husband and I do have a duty to upkeep him.

I don't expect what I see when I return back to the hotel though. I see that no-one is there. That is surprising, Jesse says that he would be here when I got back. I decide to have a shower and cool down after today. But then when I come out of the bathroom, I see that my phone is ringing, it is from Puckerman.

Rachel: "Noah? Why are you calling?"

Puck: "Rachel. Is anyone back where you are?"

Rachel: "No. Jesse wasn't when I got back."

Puck: "I know why."

Rachel: "What? How?"

Puck: "Rachel, I need you to be quiet. I discovered a note in the hospital to call someone. I called them with Sam, Quinn and Mike and it was to do with Finn. We found who were holding Finn prisoner and that Brody Weston, Cassandra July and Jesse were behind the capture of Finn. We went to the police and tipped them off about what had happened. Jesse has already been arrested."

Oh My God. I have married a criminal. I am going to be suspected of being behind it all because of Brody and Jesse. I can't breathe. How am I going to tell Finn about this now?

Rachel: "Thanks Noah. See you later."

Puck: "See you as well Rachel."

After he hangs up, I sit on the bed and think about what to do next. I don't know if I can ever trust Jesse again after what he has done. I will probably never be able to shake off the rumours of potential involvement but I never knew that this was going on. Though at least, the situation is being solved quickly for Finn's sake at least.

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