I am awakened early the next morning by one of the officers. He informs that again I am being taken to the interrogation room. During the night I decided it wasn't the best idea to be keeping Ciara's letter in my pillow. Having to leave again, I'm glad I pulled up a bit of the sole of my shoe and stuck it under there. Maybe today will be my lucky day and I will finally get an arraignment. I sit down in my usual spot and wait to be cuffed to the chair.

Eli Grant walks into the room and closes the door. He leans against the wall and takes a deep breath before he begins to speak. "I got a visit from Stefan DiMera yesterday, he informed me that the Commissioner is denying you your civil rights."

"That's true. I've been stuck here for days waiting for an arraignment and have been asking to call for a lawyer. Eve told me I forfeited my rights when I killed her daughter."

"Well as much as I would like you behind bars, you're right. You can't be kept here without being arraigned or properly charged, and she definitely can't deny you a call for a lawyer. I may want your ass in jail but if we are going to keep you there it needs to be done right. I called Justin Kiriakis for you and he agreed to meet with you. He will be coming in shortly to do that."

"Eli, thank you for being fair."

"It's not about being fair, it's about what is right. Your rights are being violated and I'm not about that."

"Well either way, thank you."

I hear a gentle knock on the door of the interrogation room. When I look up, I see Justin, my new lawyer, pop his head into the room, "I would like to meet privately with my client please, Eli."

"That's fine. If you need anything Justin just ask," Eli states before he pushes away from the wall, walks out of the room and shuts the door behind him.

Justin takes the seat across from me, "Hello Ben."

"Mr. Kiriakis, thank you for agreeing to represent me."

"You're welcome, but you should know the only reason I agreed to represent you is because I would rather represent you than have to work as the DA for a corrupt mayor and police commissioner. Eve and Jack offered to hire me as the new DA, but I refuse to work for those morally bankrupt opportunists. I can see that you are trying to make up for what you have done in the past and right now that is good enough for me to choose your side over theirs. So, Ben, tell me what is going on."

"I didn't do this, but I know who did. It's the same person who set the cabin on fire with Ciara inside. As hard as you might find this to believe the real fire starter is Claire."

"Claire?"

"Yes, Claire. At the time she was jealous of the relationship between Ciara and Tripp. She wanted to get Ciara out of the way so she could have Tripp to herself."

I continued to tell my side of the story and Justin explained the case we were going to present to the judge to get me released on bail. Within two hours I was in front of a judge and granted bail. A warning was also sent in the Commissioner's direction, indicating that my case was VERY close to being tossed because of civil rights violations. I didn't have proof of Eve denying me my rights, since conveniently the cameras in the interrogation room weren't working.

The second I am released the first thing I want to do is find Ciara, but I know that I can't if we are going to see this 'getting Claire to confess' thing through. Instead I head to the gatehouse. It's been several days since I have been able to shower and as Ciara once said, she wanted to get rid of the funk that she was smelling I need to do the same.

After I enter the gatehouse the first thing, I notice is the lack of Ciara's belongings. She has moved everything out. I have to remind myself that it is to help with the guise of our breakup, but it is still disheartening to see and makes this place feel really lonely. I miss her so much and now that I am out of jail and able to walk freely its almost worse, because I still can't see her.

I head to the shower and quickly scrub the funk off myself. I can still smell her shampoo in this damn shower, and I can't help but wish that she were here with me right now. I want to hold her and kiss her and make love to her. I have a million questions for her about our baby and how she is feeling physically and emotionally about being pregnant with my baby. My baby. I'm still in a bit of shock that Ciara is pregnant with my baby. I can picture her in my mind right now heavily pregnant with our baby and she is just glowing, and I have never seen a more beautiful image in my life.

After I shower, I quickly dress and head over to the main house. I find Stefan in the living room sitting on the couch looking over a report, "Ben you're out. I'm glad to see you made bail."

"Thank you for talking to Eli about what Eve was doing, I appreciate it. I'm also assuming that you paid for my lawyer. I will pay you back for it as soon as I can."

"Ben don't worry about that. I want you to know, I consider you a friend and I want to do this to help you. So, did Miss Brady have good news to share with you?"

I can't help the enormous grin that spreads across my face. "She said that she was planning to come and see me in the jail and she also told me something else."

"What's the something else?"

"She told me we're pregnant."

"Wow, Ben…congratulations."

"Stefan, I'm so excited to be a father to this baby. I want to do everything right for this kid. I haven't even met him or her yet and I already love them so much. Ciara said she was going to see me but now that I am free, I need to go see her. I just don't know how."

"Let me help with that. I will have one of the men get a message to Ciara. It's a blessing and a curse to have Stefano DiMera as your father. In this case it will be a blessing for you. The old man actually has a tunnel system under the mansion that leads out to various parts of Salem. The entrances are concealed quite well and are very secure. She can come to the mansion through one of the tunnel entrances. The two of you are welcome to stay in the main house as I have to go out of town on business."

"Stefan I…"

"Ben it's the least I can do. You've done plenty to help me through a difficult time at the end of last year. Spend some quality time with the mother of your future child and be grateful for this chance."

"Thanks."

"I'll have Mike, the newest security guy, take directions to the messenger service that can be delivered to Ciara. He'll be the least likely to be recognized as a DiMera employee and will hopefully throw off any suspicion. With any luck Ben, you will be able to see Miss Ciara by tonight."

"Seeing her again can't come soon enough."