As Willow was coming up the stairs from the holding cells she ran into John. "Hey," she said cautiously, not knowing how he would be taking her helping Todd after their argument the other day. She was now even more convinced that Todd was being framed.

John sighed. He knew he would have to get used to Willow working for people he didn't like. He didn't want Todd Manning to ruin his relationship with his sister so he knew he would just have to accept it. "Hey," John replied, "did you find out anything new?" he asked.

Willow smiled slightly, "you know I can't tell you John." She looked at him with a grin, "Nice try though."

John laughed at that and put his arm around her. Walking up the stairs he said, "Will, you know that I don't like Todd and I think he killed Margaret but if he didn't I need proof. I don't want the wrong person to be punished anymore then you do."

Willow looked at him astonished. He was willing to be open about the possibility of Todd being innocent? Where was her John? "Wow," Willow said feeling his forehead. John slapped her hand away and asked what she was doing. "Just checking to see if you have a fever because obviously you're not your self."

"What the hell are you talking about, " John asked trying to hold back a laugh.

Willow just laughed and continued walking up the stairs. "So what do you know about Spencer Truman?" She asked causally.

"Not a lot. Michael knows him better then I do." John replied. Looking at her he could see the wheels turning in her head. "Why?"

"I don't know yet. There is just something about him that isn't right. He almost acts guilty every time I see him. Like he is trying to make up for something. It's just strange. " Willow replied only giving him half the answer.

John could tell there was more to it than that but refrained from asking. "If you want to know all about Spencer you should talk to Michael." He suggested.

"You know, I think I will." She said giving him a brief hug she started to leave.

"You're going now?" John asked a little surprised. She must really be bothered by the man.

"No time like the present. Besides Mike usually takes a break around now. Tell Natalie I said Hi," Willow said and then left.

John went back to his office to ponder their conversation. He was still deep in thought when Kevin Buchanan burst into his office.

"I need to report a break in!" Kevin stated.

John looked up startled to see his brother-in-law there. "Where?" he asked.

"At BE" Kevin replied. "Some one broke in and tampered with our confidential files!"

"Was anything stolen or damaged?" John asked trying to ascertain whether this was a legit break in or just an employee screw up.

Kevin sighed, "No nothing was broken but several files are missing and BE lost a huge account because of this!" Kevin started to pace the office, "look John I know what your thinking but I know that they aren't just misplaced. Some one took them." Kevin all but shouted.

"Ok, Why don't you tell me every thing you know." John said calmly and they got down to business.

After Kevin had shared all that he knew John sat back in his chair thinking about all he had learned. After hearing it all John had to agree. It sounded like someone had deliberately misplaced or destroyed those files.

"Do you have any enemies that would do this?" John asked thinking that the Buchanan's probably had hundreds of enemies.

Kevin sighed, "of course we have enemies. We are one of the most powerful families in the state. We are bound to gather a few enemies." Kevin said frustrated.

"How about recently?" John asked.

Kevin thought about this and said, "Spencer Truman!"

Natalie was walking back to the police station after Criminal Law 210. That was her toughest class so far and she really enjoyed it. As she walked into the police station she noticed a good-looking young man standing by the pay phone. He didn't seem to be making a call in fact he seemed to be watching the police station.

Taking a better look at him Natalie saw that he was about 6 foot tall, dark hair that was a little on the short side, he was wearing a black or dark blue tee shirt and black jeans. But what really caught her attention was the fact that he had a look of intense concentration as he watched the station. When he noticed Natalie staring at him he gave her a smile and left in a hurry.

Natalie shook her head at her thoughts of suspicion. He was probably waiting for someone and got bored. Natalie went into the station and sat down at her desk. Looking around she noticed that there wasn't really anything for her to file or put away so she got out her text book and began to study for a test she had coming up.

When John came out of his office a short time later after his talk with Kevin he smiled. Natalie was hard at work studying one of her books. John was so proud of her for going back to school. She only had 2 years left since she had taken a lot of core classes when she had been college before. She was so cute bending over her book like that.

"Hey beautiful," John said from just behind her.

Natalie smiled and turned around, "Hey."

"So how was class today?" John asked, sitting on the edge of her desk. He really liked the fact that Natalie was planning to be a prosecutor instead of a defense lawyer. He knew she would be great at it.

"Interesting," Natalie replied. She loved her classes. They were so much fun to her. She also liked the fact that she was showing a lot of people up by doing so well. There had been quite a few people in this town who had thought she would flunk out of law school. It was nice to prove them totally wrong.

"So what do we have planned for tonight?" John asked hoping it was a quiet evening at home.

"Umm, actually I kind of promised my mother we would go to Llanfair for dinner. You don't mind do you?" she said regretfully.

"Of course I don't mind. " John said. "What time?"

"About 6 o'clock. She has a doctors appointment at 4 so I wanted to check in on her." Natalie explained.

"Natalie" Bo said making them both jump. ""I need the Henderson file."

Natalie jumped up almost knocking John over in her haste. Bo laughed at them a bit as Natalie handed him the file. "John, weren't you going to the hospital to talk to Dr. Truman?" Bo asked still chuckling.

John looked at Natalie and shrugged, "duty calls. I'll see you at 5." He said with a grin before leaving for the hospital.

Natalie resumed her studying totally forgetting about suspicions that she had earlier.