Jeffrey had never been one too eager to show his emotions. But seeing Sandy like this was getting to him. He felt more anger than anything else. Anger at himself for letting this happen. Anger at the people who did it. At least Sandy had fallen back to sleep. When he was asleep Jeffrey didn't have to see him in pain. As he watched Sandy sleeping the thought crossed his mind that maybe it was time for him to resign from being an agent. Maybe after this case was over he could just… find something else to do… He was seriously beginning to question whether putting the bad guys away was worth the steep price.

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"What are you doing here?" Reva asked. "Richard is going to see you…"

"Richard isn't here right now…" a mischievous smile crept across the man's face.

"He is going to be back soon..." Reva said.

"Well then…" the man replied. "I guess that we're just going to have to make it quick…"

Reva smiled as she waltzed over to him. "I guess so…" she said, inching closer to him.

The man took Reva into his arms and brought his lips down to meet hers in a passionate kiss. He ran his hands slowly down her body…

Reva almost jumped awake when she heard the phone ring. "Hello…" she said, after picking it up.

"Reva…" Cassie said.

"Cassie?" Reva said. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"It's almost six in the evening…" Cassie answered.

Reva glanced up at the clock "What is it?" Reva asked.

"I wanted to know how Sandy is doing…" Cassie said. "Gus was at the Beacon last night dusting for prints and asking all sorts of weird questions… He said that Sandy was in the hospital, but he wouldn't give me any details…"

"He's hurt pretty bad…" Reva said.

"You left him there alone?" Cassie asked.

"No…" Reva said. "He has someone there with him…"

"What happened to him?" Cassie asked.

Reva sighed. "A lot…" she said.

"Did Jeffrey have something to do with it?" Cassie asked. "Gus had a CSI team searching his room…. And this morning he showed up covered in blood…"

"He found Sandy…" Reva said.

"Oh…" Cassie said. "So he saved him?"

"I wouldn't call it that…" Reva said. "I think that Jeffrey is the one who set this into motion in the first place…"

"What exactly do you mean?" Cassie asked. "Are you saying that he's the one who hurt Sandy?"

"No…" Reva said. "I'm saying that… I think that whoever did this was trying to get at Jeffrey…"

Cassie was confused. "I know that you said you were worried about your son hanging around Jeffrey O'Neil…" Cassie said. "But for him to be targeted… Just how close are they?"

"Too close…" Reva answered. "Much, much too close…"

"Reva, you're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting… I mean… I … I always suspected that Sandy was… but… Jeffrey looks exactly like Richard… so… they couldn't be…"

"Cassie… I… Umm… I have to go…"

"Reva… wait… you can't…"

"Bye Cassie." Reva hung up the phone. She wasn't sure how much longer she'd be able to keep this secret from anyone. Or how much longer she'd want to.

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