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A/N: ok well you're gonna read this and find some things are off…I'm aware of that but I'm too I'm still trying to get the hang of this all so pls bear w/ me all. The story is in my head all right but getting it on paper proved to be more difficult than I first thought. So pls stick it out w/ me and hopefully you'll enjoy some of it along the way.
The confrontation with James left Woody shaken. He said it with conviction…so much conviction that Woody was inclined to believe him.
There's only one problem detective…I didn't kill him. He kept replaying the words in his head over and over again. This couldn't be true; he didn't want to believe it.
He made his way into the morgue twenty minutes later.
"Nigel, we got problems."
Nigel on his way out took one look at Woody and understood he wouldn't be going anywhere soon.
"What seems to be the matter detective?" he said in a concerned manner.
"It seems James might not be the killer after all."
This alarmed Nigel, he had done the tests himself. He couldn't have been wrong.
"What…you can't be serious. What leads you to believe this?"
For a moment the two men just stared at each other until Woody finally broke the awkward silence.
"He told me," Woody said in a low voice as if he were embarrassed.
"He what!" Nigel exclaimed, "he told you…and that apparently is enough?" Not many things made Nigel lose control but this was certainly one of the few things that could get to him.
"Believe me I don't like this anymore than you do Nige, it's just my instinct is telling me he didn't do it…working at the station all this time has enabled me to look through people's lies and unfortunately I don't think he did it."
Nigel knew he would never give up easily so if he really thought that James wasn't the killer, than he was willing to go along with him on this.
"I suppose I'd better start over then, I'll call you if I got news. By the way have you seen Jordan we can't seem to find her?"
"Eh yea about that…she's in the hospital. Dr. Macy is with her now, she'll be fine as long as she doesn't stress herself out…so you know what means."
"Good grief! How come no one bothered to tell us earlier? We were starting to get worried and…"
"Nigel…just do this for her, the sooner we know what really happened the sooner she can relax and focus on herself.
He couldn't argue with the detective on that so he decided to drop it and went back to work and informed the rest of the gang about Jordan.
Meanwhile when Woody left the station the way he did the other detectives resumed questioning James. Framus and Seely were both in the room with James trying to get to the truth.
"So James," Seely began, "can you tell us then since you didn't kill Max what you were doing at his place the night of the murder?"
Seely's cockiness was evident to James making him reluctant to answer his questions without a fight.
"Detective I suggest you stop wasting everybody's time and give up. You can't pin this one on me no matter how hard you try…and I think you will try so hard won't you blondie?"
Seely let out a fake laugh, "Jimmie boy you're in for a treat…you killed the wrong guy. We can do this the hard way no problem…"
Just then James suddenly started to talk, " I went to see Max that night, I won't deny that, but I didn't have the satisfaction of killing him…too bad I would have made him suffered a bit more."
Seely taking this opportunity, "what did go there for then?"
"Believe it or not he had contacted me…said he wanted to talk things over. You know for ruining my life and all. He said he wanted to let go of the past once and for all and that included me."
"Well and then what happened?"
I got there and things started to heat up so we…we fought," he said with an eerie mile on his face.
"You fought?" even Seely seemed to be surprised by this, "you hit an elderly defenseless man? Wow, that's just wrong even for me."
"Come on detective he deserved it but I left after that, they're just too pitiful the Cavanaugh's. You can't to stand to be in room with them for long."
"Why did you see Jordan then?"
"Ah when I'm in town I do want to see dear old sis when I can."
"Naturally, must be that brotherly love thing."
Seely felt the interrogation going nowhere and on some level he began to believe James. He went out to see Framus and Santana who were watching the interrogation. They both were slowly realizing that James might be telling the truth as he was claiming.
"So what now? Psycho brother from hell is claiming he didn't do it and to tell you the truth, I don't think he did it either. I mean he has motive but the evidence merely places him at the location. If he really did kill him he would be rubbing it in everyone's face. I've seen enough psycho's to spot one and that guy in there…he fits the profile."
"Gee Seely I didn't know you're a shrink on your days off," Framus said sarcastically.
"And that's exactly why I stick to my own business, you try to show some compassion and you get this."