Chapter Thirty-One

"I know you are watching through the glass Commissioner Buchanan, Lieutenant McBain, I know the two of you are watching through the glass and if either one of you dares come in here with a gun drawn I will not hesitate in killing her. I know this knife may not look dangerous, but I am one of the world's most skilled surgeons, and I know where to cut."

The door to the room was slowly pushed open to reveal Bo and John. Both men were unarmed and had similar looks of anger and fear etched onto their faces. "Oh! The looks of surprise on your face's are truly priceless. A little word of advice Commissioner, you should think about keeping weapons off the desks of officers and away from the hands of suspects."

"You don't need Natalie," John kept his voice steady and avoided looking at Natalie, knowing that if he did he may lose his composure. But Spencer just laughed enjoying the fact that he was back in control. "Really? Because from where I am standing it seems like she is all I need. She's the only eye witness to my crime, and happens to be my ticket out of here."

"What do you want Spencer?" Bo barked gruffly.

"Natalie and I will be walking out of this police station together, and if I happen to see even once officer following us, she dies."

"We can work something out…" Bo tried, but was cut of by another one of Spencer's maniacal laughs. "Cut the crap Bo. Natalie here just filled me in on all the evidence you have against me and I think it's about time I be going. Now both of you get out of our way."

But John knew he needed to stall. "You could really kill your own niece?"

Spencer shook his head bitterly. "She hasn't been my niece since she embraced the Buchanan name. After what that bastard Asa did to my mother…"

"Pa wasn't to blame for that…" Bo stuck up for his father.

"SHUT UP." Spencer yelled allowing Bo, John and Natalie to realize how unhinged he was becoming. "Now if either of you block my exit, I will kill her."

"How do we know you won't kill her anyway?" Bo finally asked and was met by Spencer's cocky grin. "You're just going to have to hope I don't. Now does anyone want to say anything before the two of us get on our way?"

Knowing this was their only chance, Natalie looked over at John and spoke up, "Thanks for that night at Roarkes, it really meant a lot." Her voice was shaky but her eyes and face were fixed into a look of sheer determination. Understanding what she meant, John gave her a slight nod. "My pleasure."

"Well now that this little love fest is over, the two of us will be on our way." Spencer said as he began to slowly steer Natalie toward the door. But just as Bo and John started to move out of the way, Natalie saw her opportunity and took it. Grateful that she had opted for her heels, Natalie picked up her foot she slammed her heel down on Spencer's foot. Once Spencer was thrown off balance, Natalie did what John had taught her at Roarkes and managed to successfully maneuver out of Spencer's clutch just in time for John to grab his gun and shot off three rounds.