Forgot this earlier but I don't any of these characters and you know the rest…

Woody was at a loss for words now that they were finally alone. He had even rehearsed some lines on his way over but now that she was right there in front of him he was completely lost. Jordan also felt the awkward silence and managed to say a few lines then left it up to him to take over. He took the hint and started with some basic inquiries about her, how she had been and the sorts. But when it came to the reason why he was really there he again felt silent.

"Ok Jordan I'm just gonna say it, I don't know if I'm reading too much into this but yesterday at the station you said something I haven't been able to get out of my head. You brought up your mom in relation to your fathers murder. Do you remember?"

She did remember but she hoped her face didn't show any signs of her knowledge.

"I did? Well yesterday was a really bad day I'm sure you can imagine…I probably just meant to say my father's killer."

He looked at her trying to establish if she was yelling the truth but no luck.

"Yea that's what I thought but it just looked like you really meant to say that. All right I have some bad news actually as well, it seems Ms. Barrington's story checks out. Your father and she seemed to be in a relationship of some sorts. She brought some pictures of them together after you had left."

Her face looked dour now, "a couple of pictures gets her cleared?"

Seeing he managed to upset her he came closer and sat down where Nigel sat just moments before.

"Jordan let it go…it's not just the pictures we…I checked her out, she's the last person I would say killed your father. We need to focus our attention away from her now so we can find the real killer. I need to ask you…have you heard from James lately?"

She twitched when he mentioned his name.

"James? What does he have to do with all this?"

"Maybe everything maybe nothing, Jor the last time you saw him he had a gun to your head. We can't rule out he didn't kill Max just yet. He has motive, means…"

She cut him off before he went on about her painful past "No! He wouldn't do that…I think…I mean we don't know if he's even alive."

She got up from her seat and suddenly felt nauseated.

Oh god, not now please not now. Breathe…come on breathe.

Woody didn't mean to upset her so he backed off for now. "Fine but I can't rule him out completely just yet Jor, if he is alive…then he is a suspect. Just call me if you think of anything else."

He got up to leave when he noticed she was turning pale.

"Jordan? Are you ok?"

She couldn't answer him and ran out the door to the restroom. After a second of wondering what just happened he went after her. Nigel who hadn't gone too far after he left the room saw what happened and knew he had to cover for Jordan.

"Eh Woody I need to show you something."

"Yeah later Nigel I need to check on Jordan right now."

"Oh yes I need to talk to about that actually, I just need to run some stuff by you as a matter of fact."

It seemed to work as his attention shifted from her to Nigel.

"Talk about what you said?"

"Well you see the gunshot that killed Max was actually fired from close range…" Ah the mind preoccupied with love, so easily distracted.

"Close range? So the killer must have known him or at least been able to come close to him."

"Right you are, well I'm off to work now. I just felt you needed to know this."

Woody was distracted but not enough to let go of Jordan's behavior.

"Jor…there you are. What's going on? I know I might be out of line but you're starting to make me worried."

"Worried? Farm boy I can take care of myself," she said on a defensive note. "I don't need help ok, I'm doing just great."

Don't walk away. She's just doing this to get rid of you farm boy. "You're not fine Jordan. Just look at yourself, you're pale, weak, and what happened just a few seconds ago?"

Jordan tired of arguing walked into her office hoping he'd just go away. To her surprise he came after her and closed the door behind him.

"We need to talk Jor. I don't imagine you'll bounce back from this in a couple of days but I want you to know that…that I'm here for you. Christ Jordan I can't forget it ok. It haunts me when I'm awake, when I'm asleep. Do you know how hard it is for me to concentrate on work now? You've become part of my work, I deal with you everyday."

Woody almost looked as if he was about to cry just then and there but Jordan beat him to it.

"Stop Woody…just stop," she said while fighting back her tears. "You don't think I feel anything, I don't feel your touch? Well I do ok! But it's in the past now and we can't change that. All I need from you now is to find my father's killer."

"That's it?" he said. "It's all business from here on? God Jordan I can't believe this…I had to force myself to come here and talk to you and you still can't acknowledge anything can you? Right, I gotta go work on your father's case."

After a final look he turned away to open the door. Jordan's heart was beating so hard she felt it would burst through her chest.

"No! Wait…" she said and grabbed his arm. "No, I don't want this. I need you ok; I need your friendship. I can't do this anymore, us behaving like this around each other. Can't we be grown ups about this? Before everything you were my friend ok and I really miss that. So I'm willing to try to start over, as friends…"

Sorry I gotta leave you guys hanging like this but I'll update soon.

Ps: Thanks for the reviews and constructive criticism, it's appreciated

Also a thank you to goddesofsnark for help on the earlier chapters