June 6 in the courtroom—

"We find the defendant guilty of charge of murder. The second charge of assault on a police officer, we find the defendant not guilty, the third charge of vandalism we find the defendant not guilty."

Jack slips out a few moments before the courtroom clears while Denise gets a hug from Danielle then is led away in handcuffs to the holding cell.

Jack's office awhile later—

Jack closes his office door, lies down on his couch with a double scotch in hand, stares aimlessly at the wall in front of him. He starts to think. His thoughts range from sadness to not being able to understand what she did but he knows their relationship is now over.

July 11th—

Denise is sentenced to life in prison; she does not make any apologies to the victims or Jack. However, some of Denise's co-workers think maybe Jack had something to do with the murder but can't prove it so they drop the issue.

July 15th Riker's Visitor's room at 5pm—

Jack arrives at the visitor's room where Denise is waiting for him. She turns to see him walking in and the door closes as it buzzes. He sits down across from her as she has her prison jumpsuit on, her elbows on the table while she looks at him. He looks at her with hurt in his eyes when he tries to speak. He has his elbows on the table; he looks around to say what he wants to say when he leans forward.

"I can't—I just," he looks at her then continues with a little anger in his voice, "how could you have talked to me like that on the interview? I was in love with you. You betray me by saying that you hoped I would fix the case where the DA was going to drop the charges. I can't and couldn't do that," he tells her with eyes watery as she looks at him with anger. Jack gets up from the chair and walks over to the window.

"Cause you are a prosecutor and my boyfriend! I wanted you to help me and I hoped that our love would have made you want me to be out of jail!" she gets up, starts walking over to Jack, "Damn you! I hate you!"

She hits him a few times then pushes him as he stumbles backwards and slightly raises his hands since he backs away from her. A nearby officer begins to intervene when Jack waives him off momentarily.

"Why did you kill her?" he asks angrily as he was a few feet from the door. She stands near the window glaring at him.

"Because she was in the damn way and I wanted Mitch! I was dating him when you were too busy with your damn job! I felt like you were too busy for me so I went out with Mitch! Then she found out and told me to stay away from him but it turns out he didn't meet me one day and I realized he didn't love me after all!" she says in pure anger while few officers are about to intervene by pushing the buzzer.

Jack felt angry as he responds, "That's why I asked my friend Danielle to represent you because I knew you were in trouble, just not this much and I knew that she could help you,"

"So that's why you didn't prosecute me? Cause you were a coward?"

"NO! Because my boss felt there was a conflict of interest and even if I wanted to, he wouldn't have allowed me to, nor would Danielle or a judge." Jack yells with his face nearly red, Denise starts to fold her arms and looks away from him.

"Oh brother." She says sarcastically as she looks at him with a steely glare.

"Well, this is it. I'm sorry that I wasn't the kind of friend and prosecutor you thought I was, "Jack says then continues as he knocks on the door. "So long Denise."

The buzzer goes off; the door opens while Denise looks at him. He walks out to the sign in booth, putting one hand in his pocket at the same time he hangs his head; he signs out then slides the other hand in his pocket.

A few days later a reporter asks him some questions about the interview as he and Serena were walking the courthouse steps to the office, he responds with a, "no comment." They both walk away.

Monday, July 18th —

Jack is eating lunch when he finds out that Denise and her cellmates who were helping her escap from Riker's Island. It takes officers a few hours to round up her cellmates but she and a few inmates are still on the loose. DA Branch decides to give Jack, Ron Carver, and Danielle some protection. Police officers and detectives are on the look out for her since she stole some wigs and is wearing regular clothes.

10pm, July 20th Wednesday, Lennie Briscoe's apartment—

Lennie rolls over when he hears his phone ringing. He sits up with a groan and flips on his light. Rubbing his eyes, he picks up the phone, hears the caller and tells her he can't make it since he was not feeling well.

"Lennie, this is Van Buren. Ed has been in a police shooting, I need you to come down to 152 2nd Ave, now."