Willow walked into the jail and up to the holding cell where Todd Manning was. She didn't particularly like the man but she believe him. Looking him over it was obvious that he was not having a pleasant time in jail. "Hi Blair," Willow said to Todd's fiancé. Blair Cramer was a puzzle to Willow. As many times as Todd had lied to her she still went back to him. Every time. It was very strange to Willow. "Could I speak with Todd alone?"

Blair nodded, "I wanted to thank you again for taking Todd's case, Willow!" She said pulling the startled Willow into a hug.

When Blair finally let her go Willow stepped back and replied, "Like I said before, I believe that Todd is innocent. I won't let an innocent man to go to jail if I can help it."

Todd who had been silent spoke up saying, "too bad your brother doesn't feel the same way!" Willow looked at him quickly and said, "Leave John out of this. He is doing what he thinks is right and so am I. Besides its not like he didn't have a reason to suspect you, you know. "

Blair who was enjoying this display of temper between the two kept silent for a minute before saying, "I can see the two of you have some things to work out. I'll wait upstairs Todd." Giving Todd a kiss she left the room and went upstairs.

"Ok, I've done some research Todd but I need to hear the whole story. From the beginning when You first met Margaret. " Willow said, trying to get a handle on the events as they happened.

Todd sighed, he hated going through this all over again but if Willow needed to know... Todd liked Willow for some reason. He didn't know why but he trusted her. It was obvious that she didn't care for him but he thought that was because of the whole Natalie thing. If he had to do that over he wouldn't have.. oh hell who was he trying to kid? He would sacrifice anyone to keep Blair safe. "Ok" he said and began his story.

Willow listened silently as Todd began to explain how he first met Margaret and how he used her to get the dirt on Kevin. As he got to the parts where Margaret had become obsessed with him Willow broke in with a question, "So you knew she was obsessed with you. Was it a sudden thing or had it been building for a while?"

Todd thought about that for a minute and said, "I don't know! I was playing her like I was in love with her. But she didn't start acting crazy until later. What difference does it make?" he demanded

Willow sighed this time, "Has it ever occurred to you that she really wasn't obsessed with you then. That maybe she was following orders trying to get to you?"

Todd's eyes widened and he said, "You think she was playing me. Trying to get to me? Why? Who? What would be the purpose of that?" He said in disbelief. No one was that good an actor. He would have known!

"I'm exploring all the possibilities. The more I hear about this the more it seems like I'm missing something. Something big. What do you know about her past? Her family?"

"Nothing really. I know that my x-nanny was her niece." Todd said.

Looking at her notes Willow nodded, "that would be Ginger Foley. She was killed when she was hit by a cab not long ago. What was she like? Did she seem unstable to you?"

Todd again thought about this, "Well no she seemed fine. We liked her until she told us she was Margaret's niece. Margaret sent her to us to spy on us!"

"Ok. Did she ever talk about her family before that?" Willow asked a theory beginning to form in her head.

"No, Not that I remember." Todd said frustrated. "Wait! One time she mentioned that her family was poor but a relative had suddenly come into some money. She was puzzled as to where they got it."

Willow wrote this down, "Do you remember when this was?"

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Todd thought back and smiled, "Yes I do. it was almost St. Patricks day."

Willow nodded and wrote that down as well. Todd caught sight of her notes and asked curiously, "What language are you writing in?" He was impressed by Willow. She was getting him to remember things that he had long forgotten. Hopefully all this would help get him out of here and back to Blair. He knew that Spencer was making moves on her and that didn't sit well with him at all!

"I always take notes in German. It reduces the chance that others are gonna understand them." Willow said absently, still working her theory in her head. "So tell me what happened next."

When he got to Margaret holding him captive in the cabin on Llantano mountain Willow stopped him again. He had glossed over most of that and she needed to know what happened to him there. "Wait, you need to tell me exactly what happened in that cabin."

"Nothing! She tied me up for a while then she let me go." Todd said very defensively.

"Look Todd, I can tell you're lying. Did you have sex with her? I need to know this." Willow said knowing that this was important.

"I would never sleep with that psycho willingly!" Todd said, then realized his slip.

Willow nodded and said softly, "She raped you then?"

Todd looked at her sharply, "Yes! Ok? You can't tell anyone else!"

Willow nodded. "So it was your baby? Do you know for sure?" She had seen DNA tests tampered with before. "Tell me do you have any enemies at the Hospital that would want you to think you were the father?"

Todd's eyes widened at the question as understanding of what she was really asking hit him. "You think someone one tampered with the test to make me think I was the father?" Hitting the bars with his hands in rage he spat out the name, "Spencer Truman! If anyone messed with the test it would be him!"

"Why him?" Willow asked, Spencer had saved her live but she didn't trust the man. He always seemed like he felt guilty around her. She didn't know why though.

"He wants Blair. He probably thought that Blair would leave me if she found out that Margaret was pregnant with my baby! That Bastard. I'm gonna kill that snake!" Todd ranted.

"Hang on! Wait a minute. We don't know that he did anything. Its just a theory right now. What we need is for a different DNA test to be done with impartial supervision. I'll set it up for later today," she said and Todd nodded in agreement.

"What happened next?" She asked.

Todd explained the rest ending with Margaret jumping out of the boat and him thinking she drowned. "Why did you think she drowned?" She asked.

"Margaret couldn't swim. That's why I convinced her to get in the boat. I was gonna tip the boat over." Todd said. "When it came time to do it I couldn't. She was pregnant with my baby and I couldn't kill my own child." he said on a sigh. "It would have been so much simpler if I had just killed her."

Willow was silent thinking. Looking up suddenly she asked, "Why did you think that Margaret couldn't swim?"

"She was scared to death of the water and plus she told me." Todd said shaking his head. "I still can't believe she threw her self off the boat, that she would try to kill her self."

Willow flipped through her notes frantically till she came to the page she wanted, "Todd I hate to brake it to you but she played you!"

"What do you mean?" Todd asked

Margaret could swim, she was a champion swimmer." Willow said handing Todd a file containing information on Margaret's school information. "This is actually a good thing. Now we know she was playing you. She had to have been working with someone else or maybe she swam to shore and someone strangled her there and threw he back into the lake." Willow speculated.

Todd slammed the bars again, "that bitch! She set me up! But why?"

"I don't know." Willow looked at her watch then said, "Look I have to go now. I'll be back in a while to do that DNA test. I definitely think we are on to something here."

"Thank you." Todd said. Grabbing one of her hands he stopped her as she was turning to leave, "You ever need anything just say the word! I mean it."

Willow nodded and left, leaving Todd seething with rage at how he had been played.