Kellie and Jason followed Diane into the Police Station, escorted by Chase through a side entrance. Calvin and Arnold were talking with Margeaux when they walked in.
"Where's your Uncle's laptop, you little thief and murderer?" Arnold asked, then he turned to the D.A., "I hope you're arresting her. Poor Evan did nothing did deserve what she did to him."
Jason pulled Kellie closer to him as Diane stepped between them and Margeaux, Calvin, and Arnold.
"You'll need to return the laptop," Calvin said, "Your uncle had no right to turn the laptop over to you now that you no longer work for the foundation."
"I'd like to know why you think I even have Lorenzo's laptop," Kellie asked.
"What happened to you, Kellie?" Arnold asked, ignoring Kellie's question, "You seem bound and determined to destroy the Foundation. Do you really want revenge on us that much, that you'd resort to mob theatrics? Suing us for wrongful termination, withholding funding, and now killing Evan."
"I'm not the one destroying the foundation," Kellie said.
"I told the board when you married Morgan," Arnold said, "No good would come of this and I was right. Now about the laptop if you'll tell us where it is, we'll go retrieve it."
"Nobody will be retrieving anything," Diane said, "I have signed documents in which Lorenzo Alcazar authorized his niece to take custody of the laptop. Several witnesses can attest that fact."
"He had no right," Calvin said, stepping closer to Kellie. Jason put himself between Kellie and Calvin.
"So you're going to hide behind your father's lapdog?" Calvin replied.
"D.A. Dawson," Diane said, "I'm more than happy to discuss the harassment charges my client could press. These two shouldn't even be talking to my client without their attorney present now that they're aware a lawsuit been filed."
"She's right," Margeaux said, "I will get to the bottom of this and see about getting your laptop back."
"We'll be in touch," Arnold said, nudging Calvin to leave with him.
"You won't be getting to the bottom of anything, Miss Dawson," Diane said, "You have a well known grudge against Kellie's father. If I get so much as a hint you have inserted yourself into any interrogations with my client or any aspect of this case, you won't even have time to blink when the Bar Association revokes your license."
"That won't be necessary," Margeaux said, "We will expect you to produce the document that Lorenzo authorized Kellie to take the laptop."
Diane simply handed Margeaux a copy of the document.
"Of course," Margeaux said, "I hope you can live with yourself Mrs. Morgan. Withholding funding from the very people you claim to help…that's just."
"Miss Dawson," Diane said.
"Knows nothing about me or Calvin or Arnold or anything related to the foundation," Kellie said, "I suggest you let the police do their jobs and you prosecute the cases they bring to you."
"I will prosecute the cases my cops bring to me including the murder of Evan Walsh," Margeaux said, "I bet you were sloppy. That's not your usual M.O."
"I'd keep that in mind, not my M.O." Kellie replied.
"Kellie," Diane said, "Let me do the talking."
"It looks like the Commissioner is ready," Chase said, seeing Jordan come out, "If you'll follow me this way."
Kellie and Diane followed Jordan into the room. Chase stopped Jason.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Morgan, but we need to question your wife separately," Chase said, "You were at the scene of a homicide you and your wife are both persons of interest in."
"It's okay, Jason," Kellie said, turning around to look at Jason, "I know how this works."
Kellie kissed him before letting him go to wait in the main hub of the station.
Jason was sitting on the bench to wait when Charles showed up.
"What are you doing here?" Jason asked as Charles sat next to him.
"Police want to question me regarding a stabbing that happened last night," Charles asked, "Something to do with the foundation."
"They're questioning Kellie now," Jason said, "Evan Walsh was killed last night outside the Floating Rib right after admitting to a private investigator he lied to help get Kellie fired from the foundation and that the Board was also taking the pregnancy into consideration when they fired her."
"It doesn't look good," Charles said, "But if the admission came right before he was stabbed."
"He admitted it and left the bar," Jason said, "A few minutes later, someone came in yelling he'd been stabbed."
"Were you at the bar when…" Charles asked.
"Drew and I went to have couple beers and play pool," Jason said, "The commissioner's husband and Mac Scorpio can attest that I was inside the bar when it happened."
"Is Kellie in there by herself?" Charles asked.
"No, Diane's with her," Jason said, "Diane was already working on a few items for Kellie and was also at the floating rib last night too."
"I saw the lawsuit hit the news already," Charles said, "It's an interesting move."
"Let's just say there's a lot more going on at the foundation than anyone realizes yet," Jason said, "Unfortunately, we can't bring it to the police yet especially since certain investigations have been deemed off limits."
"Bringing in Diane's a smart move," Charles said, "This is her speciality."
"Kellie would have asked you," Jason said, "But…"
"But considering that I was also fired from the Foundation," Charles said, "Whatever she's hired Diane for means they can't claim I have a conflict of interest for representing her in any legal matters. I would have suggested Diane. I'm surprised you're not in there with her."
"The police said they had to question her separately," Jason said, "Actually Diane wasn't even sure I should come to the station at all."
"She does have a point," Charles said, "But…"
"Kellie told Diane she wanted me here," Jason said, "And that she was done with all the games the board and everyone else has put her through by insisting our relationship not be acknowledged and still holding it against her."
"You know that it was bound to happen sooner or later," Charles said, "The board taking issue with her past regardless of whether she married you or not. We both knew that."
"She mentioned that," Jason said, "But she didn't expect the board to just totally turn against her."
"It's uglier than I would have ever thought," Charles said, "I'm guessing we don't know the half of it yet."
"No," Jason said, looking back at the interrogation room Kellie was in.
"I know you want to be in there with her right now," Charles said, "But we both know she can hold her own. The important thing is she asked you to be here rather than telling you not to put your schedule on hold for her. That might be the best thing to come out of today for both of you."
The interrogation room
"I assume you know why we asked you to come in," Jordan said.
"Please tell us, Commissioner," Diane said.
"An employee from your foundation was stabbed and killed," Jordan said, "After admitting in front of witnesses he lied to get you fired and said a number of other unflattering comments about you."
"And what does this have to do with my client?" Diane asked.
"She was fired from the foundation because of him," Chase said, "It could be motive for the stabbing. Where were you last night?"
"At home with my children and guards," Kellie said.
"Which they can all confirm," Diane said.
"But your husband was there," Jordan said.
"Right where all the other witnesses could see him," Diane said, "Come on, Commissioner, I think we both know Kellie isn't a suspect for this crime and neither is Jason."
"I want to know what the hell is going on," Jordan said, "The foundation fired you, one person is dead, and then I've got Arnold and Calvin demanding I arrest you for stealing a laptop."
"The laptop in question was entrusted to her care by Lorenzo Alcazar," Diane said, "And I have the documentation to prove it."
"Which the foundation can claim he didn't have the right to do," Chase replied, "Since Kellie no longer works for them."
"Where is the laptop?" Jordan asked.
"We are currently not at liberty to discuss that," Diane said, "Until the foundation can get a judge to say I have to divulge that detail, the subject is off the table."
"And why is that?" Jordan asked, "Actually no, the better question is why is Kellie not speaking for herself. I expect her husband to refuse to talk. But Kellie is known for not waiting for lawyers and speaking freely with law enforcement. So what changed?"
"Are you charging my client with anything?" Diane asked, "Because if not then you need to let her go. As far as I can tell she's answered all your questions."
"Why were you having Evan Walsh investigated?" Chase asked.
"To attempt to get to the bottom of why my client was unceremoniously fired from the foundation she started," Diane said, "If you'll excuse me I think we're done here."
"Come on, Kellie," Chase said, "This isn't you, hiding behind a lawyer. I know you have something you want to say."
"Not this time," Kellie said as Diane looked out the interrogation room window.
"Excuse me a moment," Diane said, moving to the door and opening it.
"by all means," Chase said.
"Tucker, Ashley," Diane said, waving a professionally dressed man and woman into the room. The woman carried a laptop, encased in a plastic bag.
"Hold on a moment," Jordan said, "You can't just."
"Do you want some of your questions answered or not?" Diane asked, "My associates here may be able to shed some light on some matters."
"And your associates are?" Jordan asked.
"Tucker Jackson and Ashley Carrington," Diane said, "They work for Jackson, Carrington, and Jones , an accounting firm who specializes."
"In forensic accounting," Jordan said, recognizing the name of the firm."
"That laptop," Chase said, "It wouldn't by chance be the one your uncle entrusted to you?"