Chapter 3

Twenty minutes later Gia followed Marcus, Jason and the two uniformed officers into the police station.  They took Jason to a desk, sat him in the chair and handcuffed him to the desk.  One of the cops gave Marcus the handcuff key and walked off.

Gia went straight to the pay phone and called Sonny.

"Yeah." Sonny said answering.

"Sonny, it's Gia.  Jason's been arrested."

"What happened?"

"Someone killed Zander and set Roy's new warehouse on fire."

"And of course their first thought was Jason.  I guess they will be paying me a visit soon," Sonny said.

"I don't think so.  They are positive that it was Jason.  Marcus said that they had two witnesses that saw Jason leave the warehouse."

"No disrespect Gia, but your brother has it in for me and Jason.  He could have made up that stuff about witnesses trying to trick Jason into confessing."

"I thought of that," said Gia.  "But I know my brother, he was telling the truth.  Besides, Jason admitted to me that he was in the warehouse, but he swears that he had nothing to do with the murder or the fire."

"Don't worry, I'll call Alexis and get her down there right away."

"Thanks Sonny," Gia said hanging up.

Gia walked over and stood beside Jason.  She could tell that her brother was badgering him.

"You may be facing the death penalty here or life in prison at the very least.  I mean, murdering Zander Smith and then starting a fire to cover it up.  Those are pretty serious charges."

"Marcus…"

"Gia, stay out of this!" he snapped at her.

Gia opened her mouth to say something else, but decided to wait.  She saw the handcuff keys laying on the desk.  Marcus was facing Jason, so his back was to the desk.  Gia quickly picked up the keys and dropped them in her pocket.  She looked around the room as Marcus continued to ask Jason questions and Jason refused to answer them.

She saw a cope lead three women into the room and had them sit down on a bench.  It only took one look for Gia to know what they had been arrested for.  She glanced back at Jason who was still handcuffed to the desk.  Gia began to get an idea.  She reached her hand into her pocket, felt the handcuff key and smiled.

Gia walked over to the bench and sat down next to one of the women.  She slipped some money into the woman's hand and whispered something to her.  The woman nodded and smiled as Gia stood up.

"Wait till I give you the signal," Gia said quietly, before she walked back over to Jason.  She stood behind him and listened.

"So Morgan, do you want to call Alexis or will she just automatically turn up as usual?" Marcus asked.

"She's already been called," Gia said before Jason could answer.  She nodded to the woman on the bench.

All three women jumped to their feet and started screaming and fighting each other.  Marcus and the other officers in the building ran over to break up the fight.  Gia quickly pulled the key out of her pocket and unlocked the handcuffs.

Jason looked at her with confusion.  "What are you doing?"

"I'm getting you out of here so we can prove you didn't do this.  Come on!" she said grabbing his hand.

Jason smiled at her and followed her out to her car.  Gia started the engine and sped off.

Five minutes later, the fight was under control.  Marcus turned around and saw that Jason and Gia were gone.  He ran outside and looked but they were nowhere in sight.

"Oh, Gia.  What have you done now?" he said to himself sinking into a chair.