Chapter 15: Doubt

Upon seeing O'Hara standing outside the Psych office, Lassiter frowned with concern. Maybe these complications were worse than he first thought. Pulling up, he noticed a locksmith van nearby.

"What's going on, O'Hara?" Her crossed arms and hung head gave Lassiter an unsettled feeling. "What have you found?"

"We better talk inside," she replied as she led the way. "Since you said you were on the way, I got the locksmith to start on the safe."

"I thought Guster was going to ..."

"Detective Lassiter," interrupted the panicked voice of said mentioned. "I swear, I don't know how my fingerprints got on that safe. I didn't even know there was a safe until now."

"That's the complication?" Lassiter asked as he pointed at Gus.

"Yes, and," Juliet paused giving Gus a frustrated stare, "they're not just on the safe. They are on the locking devices as well, as if Gus had opened and closed the safe himself."

"But … I …" Gus gasped out. "I'm being framed!" He sighed heavily as he sat down at his own desk.

"We will see about that," Lassiter mumbled. He was sure Guster had nothing to do with this, but right now, it didn't look good.

"Done," the Locksmith called out.

"Good, we can finally find out what's in there. Stand back please," Lassiter continued as he and O'Hara moved forward. "Let's see what we've got." As Lassiter opened the safe door, everyone in the room took in deep a breath of shock, followed by mumbles. "Oh my God," was all Lassiter could muster.

Henry sat at his desk staring at interview room one's door. He knew his son was behind it and what Shawn had been accused of. It didn't stop him from wondering.

Was Shawn capable? Of course he was. Henry had taught him to shoot and with his ability, the chances of missing were slim.

Could Shawn kill in cold blood? This was a tricky question to answer. Henry did his best to keep Shawn away from violent video games and such, but even he knew that wasn't always possible.

Plus, all those years away, Henry didn't really know what Shawn had gotten up to. They never talked about it and Shawn never offered anything up. In fact, Shawn had always been a closed book, hiding his true self behind a smile.

Had he failed his son? Taking Shawn and Gus to crime scenes, letting them see what goes on in a police station. Letting his mother walk away from them. Was Shawn's childhood that bad, he turned into a killer?

But what worried Henry the most was McNab, his relationship to Shawn and all of this mess. This seemingly clumsy, quiet officer seemed to have turned out not to be who they thought he was. Letting out a deep breath to calm his nerves, Henry stood up, picked up a note book and made his way to the room holding his son.

"Sorry Mr. Spencer, but Detective Lassiter said no one was to enter. Not even you," the officer standing guard said as he blocked Henry's way.

"I understand, but did Detective Lassiter say anything about the viewing room?"

"No, but there's an officer in there as well with his own orders."

"Thank you," Henry replied, before entering the small room between the two interview rooms.

"Sir," the officer greeted Henry. "Detective Lassiter said you were allowed in here, but you cannot talk to your son."

"I guessed as much. Do you think Shawn and McNab did this?"

"I don't sir, but we need to wait for what the evidence says."

"Nice to hear someone hasn't already made up their mind."

Silence fell between the two as Henry looked through the two-way mirror. Shawn seemed to be agitated, twisting his hands until they turned white before letting go for the blood to return. However, when they looked through the other mirror, McNab was calm and nearly asleep it seemed. Something was really off and this worried Henry even more.

"Anyone see Mr. Spencer?" Henry smiled to himself upon hearing Lassiter's voice saying his name and with the way the detective walked into the small room, it was easy to guess Lassiter was pointed straight to him. "We need to talk. Now."

Lassiter's voice was stern and Henry really wanted to know what they found at Shawn and McNab's homes and the Psych office. What Henry wasn't expecting was to follow Detective Lassiter into the bullpen to find Gus, in handcuffs, being led into interview room three.

Now what was happening has become real.

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