A/N another loose ends chapter.. but its funny.. well I think it's funny and it has some nice Seely being the good guy moments..


(Five minutes before they all knew.)

"My client refuses to answer any of the detective's questions at this time your honor." Kim turned her head to the side and looked at Simmons.

"Well see I have a court order now." She said sweetly, looking at Renee who did not look impressed..

"About that." Woody said grinning madly, as Kim pulled out a piece of paper.

Lu Simmons face went blank when she saw it.


(An hour before they all knew.)

"OkayHoyt, talk to me." Santana closed the door to Woody's office and walked over to him.

"About what?"

"Matt lied for you didn't he?" Woody held her eyes for a minute.

"Christina, what are you talking about?"

"I saw the way you were looking at him. You were surprised when he came to your defense." She accused.

"He stood up to Simmons, he yelled with Renee Walcott and half of the ME's office in the room. Yes, I was surprised."

"If Lu finds her, she's not just going to throw the book at her but the whole damn set of encyclopedia's-."

"She won'tfindher." He said quietly looking hard at Santana. "If I couldn't bring her back her no one will."

"She's got a judge Woody." Santana told him. "Mitchell, he'll sign the order. You're going to have to tell the truth."

"I'm not going to have to say a thing."


(Two hours before they all knew.)

"But it proves you were with her. It proves she was in Vermont. That could come back to hurt us Woody."

"Doesn't matter." He told her. "I tell them she left in the middle of the night. I tried to find her, no luck."

"No."

"No?" He looked at Kim like she was crazy.

"No more lying Woody you're in too deep. You say nothing. Hide behind the Marriage Certificate." He nodded. "The place where she is? Did you take her there?"

"No." He swallowed hard at the thought. Trust Cal. Trust Cal.

"Have you spoken to her since she got there?"

"Not once." No matter how badly he had wanted to..

"Good." Kim looked around the room. "Are you ready for this thing to blow up? There is a lot at stake here. Your careers, your reputations." He nodded again. "It's already everywhere. The first hospitalization, the miscarriage. They're making her look like a real-." He looked down at the table as she spoke. "Woody, tell me she's far away from it. Tell me she won't see it." He looked at her and smiled. "Good."


(Three hours before they all knew.)

"Oh thank God." Christina Santana jumped out of her chair not even bothering to hang up the phone. "Where the hell have you been?"

"Looking for Jordan." Woody growled.

"Anything?" She watched as he ran his hands through his hair.

"Not enough." She felt bad for him.

"You're lawyer's here."

"Kim?" His face brightened as she followed him down the hall to the conference room.

"Woody!" Lily yelled running over and throwing her arms around him. "Please tell me youbrought her back withyou." He shook his head.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Garret bawled his fists up and smacked one into the wall. "She's still healing. She can't be out there running around-." Santana watched Macy rub his face.

"Hoyt. Nice of you to join us." He looked towards where Lu's cold voice was coming from. "I'm going to give you one chance to explain why no one's heard from you in 24 hours."

"I was looking for Jordan." He bit back at her. "And Nigel's heard from me."

"I want him questioned. He got her out of that hospital and I want to know where she is." Simmon's looked at Renee who shook her head in frustration.

"My client has already explained-." Kim began.

"Stop." All eyes in the room fell on Seely. "This is ridiculous. I've already told you that Hoyt was never out of my sight Tallulah. He wasn't even near the room when she disappeared. He was with me in another room. We were having a conversation. He was just as surprised to see she was gone as I was." Woody's eyes raised to Seely's. Santana watched the two men look at each other. Hoyt looked stunned, Matt was unreadable.

"So then he had someone else do it!" Lu yelled.

"No." Renee looked at Seely." That's good enough for me. I've already told you Detective Hoyt is not being investigated here."

Santana watched Woody, his eyes still on Seely.


(Three and a half hours before they all knew.)

"Why is it that no one around here thinks anything of the fact that Hoyt's been MIA for an entire day?" Lu Simmons yelled across the room. Nigel looked up at her.

"I told you, I've spoken to him several times today. He's looking for Jordan. I've been trying to track her. He's been calling in." Nigel informed looking innocently at the blonde detective.

"You haven't been able to contact him for me." She hissed.

"His battery was low. It must have died on him." Nigel shrugged his shoulders. "You can check my call log if you'd like, Luv." He held his phone up to Santana rolling back the list of times Woody's number had dialed his. She looked at Simmons shrugging even more innocently than Nigel.

"He's lied to protect her before. When she was a suspect in the Malden case."

They all turned to her now, all with the same look. How did she know that?

"How-?" Nigel began slowly.

"I can read doctor." She answered sharply.

"They were both completely cleared in that case." Garret yelled. "She turned herself into him and he arrested her himself. In the end it turned out neither one of them had a thing to do with it."

Renee raised her eyebrows in agreement.

"Besides, Matt Seely was at the hospital. He said Woody had no opportunity to-."

"I would rather you all wait for me before talking about what my clients may or may not have done." They all turned to see Kim in the door. She tossed her black hair over her shoulder and studied each face. Assessing the situation the same way Jordan would a crime scene. Nigel felt the grin spread across his face.

"Nice of you to join us, Luv."

(When they all knew)

Lu Simmons started yelling.

"Your Honor! This proves that Detective Hoyt had had contact with Dr. Cavanaugh after she left the hospital!"

"My client never denied that he had seen her. He only denied that he helped her escape, which Detective Seely collaborates and knowledge of her current whereabouts, of which he is unaware." Kim smiled.

"This is a misuse of the law." She hissed. "It's not intended that people marry to aid and abed criminals."

"Detective." It was Renee who spoke now. "I have about a hundred people, myself included, that would agree that these two should have been married years ago."

Judge Mitchell looked at Simmons helplessly.

"I'm sorry. You're free to go Detective Hoyt. Congratulations." He stopped for a moment. "I'm sorry for your loss as well." Woody nodded.

Simmons busted out the door of the Chambers.

"What happened?" Nigel grinned knowingly.

"He evoked."

"Evoked what?" Matt Seely said in confusion.

"Spousal Privilege." She snapped as Woody walked through the door, thrusting a copy of the marriage certificate at Matt.

Woody looked at their shocked expressions.

"Come on guys. Did you really think it could happen any other way?" He teased. Matt socked him in the arm.

"Lets get to work on this case so we can bring the little woman home from where ever she is." Garret told in a dry rumble.

Woody nodded.

Trust Cal. Trust Cal. Trust Cal.