(Police station)

"You have to believe us." Luke said rasing his voice. "We've been up all night, we have all the notes to prove it."

"Mr, Danes, your notes aren't proof of anything." Cook rejected.

"All we're asking is that you review them." Lorelai pleaded. "Ask the people yourself if you have to. You have the wrong person in jail."

"Okay, Mrs. Gilmore, just out of curiosity, who do you think killed Taylor Doose?" Cook humored.

"Dean Forester." Lorelai stated solidly.

"Why do you think that?" Cook continued.

Lorelai pulled out the notes.

"We talked with Babette yesterday. She said he had heard Taylor and Dean arguing. Dean had been cutting his shifts early at work. Also, he had been stealing sodas from the freezer. Taylor had threatened to fire Dean, if he didn't repay for the sodas, and straighten up his act."

Luke pulled out his set of notes. "At 5:30 am, Dean was on the street at 5:30 am the morning Taylor had been killed, by Gypsy. She was walking towards her garage getting ready to open when she noticed Dean walking briskly back towards his house.

"Dean has a knife collection." Lorelai added.

"The day before Taylor was murdered." Luke said leaning closer to Cook. "Dean was in my apartment. He said he needed a screwdriver, so I told him to grab one from upstairsThat gave him the perfect opportunity to take one of Jess's shirts, and leave it at the crime scene so that Jess would get the blame."

Cook was impressed with the armature detective work. "I'm sorry." Cook finally replied. "There's no hard evidence in anything you just told me."

"Come on, there at least has to be enough here to label Dean as a suspect." Luke remarked.

"We'll check into it." Cook answered. "If you're trying to get Jess off the hook; however, you've not done so. If anything, you've made the homicide look like a partnership between the two boys. I hope this doesn't backfire in your faces."

Lorelai and Luke stood silent. They were so sure they had found the real killer, but it didn't appear that justice would be served.

"Mr. Danes. I'll make sure that your nephew has a fair trial. Whether he be guilty or innocent." Cook said as she turned and walked away.

"What kind of evidence did they find in your apartment?" Lorelai asked.

"I don't know." Luke replied. "They wouldn't tell me."

Lorelai sighed. "I have to get back to Rory."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Luke asked.

"No... I can handle it."

(Gilmore house)

"You've lost your mind." Rory snapped as she jumped up from the kitchen table.

"Rory, honey..." Lorelai jumped up after her.

"Leave me alone." Rory demanded. "I don't want to talk about this anymore." she tossed her body onto her bed.

"Rory, please, listen to me." Lorelai grabbed Rory by the arm. "I would never lie to you."

"How could you say that?" Rory asked heartbroken. "How could you even think that?"

"Luke and I was up all night. We've talked to everyone, we've taken notes." Lorelai paused. "He's the only one who makes sense."

"You don't judge whether or not things make sense!" Rory shot back. "You're not a detective. You don't decide who is innocent and who is guilty." Rory's eyes began to tear up. "Dean would never hurt anyone."

"Rory I know this is hard for you. I know it hurts, and I know you hate me right now. But you have to trust me babe, I'd never accuse Dean of this if I wasn't sure he did it."

"I don't believe it's true..." Rory whispered through her tears.

"I don't want you seeing him anymore." Lorelai admitted, although she picked the wrong time to do so.

Rory's face lit up with anger. "You're acting like Grandma!" Rory hissed.

That comment hurt Lorelai more than she would show. "No." Lorelai replied. "I'm acting like your mother."

Rory turned over in her bed, facing away from her mother. "Go away." She mumbled.

"I love you, Rory."

This comment confused Rory. Why would she say that at this moment?

"Rory..." Lorelai repeated. "I love you."

"I heard you." Rory responded keeping her back to her.

"You're my everything." Lorelai continued.

"Mom, please, just go away." Rory's voice softened.

"Okay." Lorelai finally subsided. She raised from the bed and walked out of the room.

She walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. That had went surprisingly well, considering the reaction she was expecting. Lorelai knew, however, that as long as she ended the argument with "I love you." It would sink into Rory's head that Lorelai was acting with the best of intentions.

(The prison)

"Are you doing okay?" Luke asked.

"As well as one can do I suppose." Jess answered.

Luke nodded. "I guess that's not very well." Luke looked closer at Jess's face. "Did someone hit you?"

"Aah, it's nothing." Jess replied.

"Jess, who hit you?"Luke asked sternly.

"It's not a big deal, alright. Just drop it."

Luke exhaled deeply. "Jess, do you have any idea who could have really killed Taylor?"

Jess paused. "No..."

"What about Dean?"

"What about him?" Jess asked with interest.

"Is it possible he could have set you up?" Luke asked.

"You think Dean set me up?" Jess exclaimed. "Over Rory, right?"

"I'm not sure." Luke admitted. "Why would he set you up over Rory?"

"Cause he thinks I'm trying to break them up!" Jess jumped from his seat. "That son of bitch is the reason I'm in here."

"Whoa." Luke stood up as well. "Calm down. I'm not trying to put ideas into your head."

"Ideas?" Jess mimicked. "Nothing else makes sense!"

"I've told the police already." Luke said cooly. "They said it only makes it look like the murder was a partnership between you and Dean."

"A partnership?" Jess asked. He paced the room frantically.

"Luke, they're going to sentence me to life in prison for something I didn't do." Jess's voice showed concern and fear for the first time. "Dean must be a lunatic to kill Taylor and pin the death on me, just because I like Rory." Jess's heart pounded as he suddenly thought about Rory. "I swear to God, if he hurts her!..." Jess roared.

"That's not going to happen." Luke interrupted. "I'll never let that happen."