Brian's POV

After I told Carl that I'm a hundred percent sure Chris Hobbs took Justin. He went off to look into it, everyone stayed at my house. Either not wanting to be alone or not wanting to leave me alone. Honestly I didn't mind, it's actually nice to know where Daphne and Jenifer are. Knowing who's behind this made me feel better for a second.

Then after it really sinks in, all the stuff Hobbs ever did comes back. Personally I shared the same idea that Daphne does. We both always felt that Hobbs had a secret thing for Justin. One more thing for me to feel uneasy about. I mean what if he decides to…do something to him?

While everyone's still sleeping I sit on the floor in the kitchen drinking a bottle of Jim Beam. I fucking hate feeling so useless, and I miss him so much. Justin could be getting beaten or…worse. I'm just sitting here, maybe I should tell the cops…but he said not too. I wipe away angry tears, I hate not knowing.

I should've stayed with him, if I would've stayed, he'd be with me right now. He'd be drawing up seating charts for our wedding.

More stupid tears.

"You shouldn't blame yourself" Jenifer says sitting next to me. I don't even wipe the tears away.

"Why not?"

"Can I have some of that?" she asks I shrug and give her the bottle.

Unexpectedly she takes a long drag from the bottle.

"Wow mamma Taylor I didn't know you had it in you"

"Yea well under the…there's a time and place for everything"

"I'm sorry"

"After everything you've done for me and my son…I know you would've stopped it…if there was any possible way. We've…he's been through so much, I refuse to believe that he won't come home safe"

I think about what I said to him the other day. About if anyone would come out of the bombing unruffled…the bomb.

"That fucking cunt!"

"Huh?"

"Hobbs he…he set off the bomb at Babylon"

"The police said that whoever set off the bomb did it in protest of prop 14"

"Or that's what he wanted them to think. It can't be a coincidence, that as soon as I buy Babylon…maybe that's why he really did it"

"Because you bought Babylon? Why would Hobbs care after all this time?"

"May be he never stopped caring" Daphne says surprising both of us, and giving me a knowing look.

"Don't tell me that you agree with Daphne, that he has some type of…crush on Justin" Jenifer says.

"Why else would he…he wouldn't have killed Michael if this was only about Justin. I mean sure killing his boyfriend's best friend and blaming him would screw with Justin's head. But only if he tells him, and he took Justin before he found out about Michael's death" Daphne says

I can't help but think that she's right

"So what he's doing this out of jealousy?" Jenifer says

"Yes but he might think its revenge or something" I say thinking it over

"Revenge for what! They didn't even send him to jail for trying to kill Justin. And why would he have even tried to kill Justin if he liked him?" Jenifer says angry

"Because he's a self-loathing piece of shit" I offer as someone knocks on the door.

I get up to open it and find Carl there with Debbie, Emmett, and Melanie.

"Really Carl?" I say already exhausted

"You didn't think we had the right to fucking know! You didn't think I had the right to know the same animal that tried to kill sunshine killed my son!" Debbie yells

I shut the door after they all pile in.

"Do you know for sure that Hobbs is behind this?" Melanie asks

"Nope just a gut feeling. So did you find anything out" I ask turning to Carl

"Well it's going to be hard pinning this on him. I mean ever since the incident at the prom he's been a model citizen. You ended his football career, when you saved Justin. Apparently Hobbs suffered some sort of fracture, which caused him to have to wear a brace during his community service. After that he went to an architectural school, started up his own business and he's been married for about a year and a half"

"He's married! Who'd marry him?" Daphne says surprised

"Do you know where he is now?" I ask Carl

"I asked some of the guys at his newest construction site. Apparently he's on vacation"

"How convenient" Melanie says

"I couldn't press more because I don't have any physical evidence" Carl says apologetically

Everyone is quite for a minute, well it seems that so far Hobbs has thought this through. At least so far.

"What about Justin's phone? Could you track it? I mean we know it's on plus he's using it" Daphne says hopefully.

"That's not a bad idea I mean if his phone has a tracking feature on it"

I bought him that cell and I remember adding some sort of GPS type thing to it.

"It does, what would you need to track it?"

"His number"

I give Carl his number and he goes off in the corner to make some calls. Everyone has floated into their own groups, Debbie and Jenifer are talking on the couch and Emmett, Ted and Melanie are talking quietly next to them. Daphne seems to be fine sticking to me.

"Okay thank you" Carl says hanging up and walking over to us

"We found out where the phone is and sent a few guys ahead of me. Just…in case"

"In case what?" Jenifer says

"In case we find them and he has a gun, or in case we find something…else"

Like Justin's dead body, which is what Carl really means. The thought sends a shiver down my spine.

"I'm going with you" I tell him

"I don't think that's a good idea, I think you all should head over to the station and wait for me there"

"Okay" I say surprising everyone yet again. Daphne and Jenifer decide to ride with me.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to just wait at the station?" Jenifer asks when we're in the car

"We're not going to the station, we're following Carl" Daphne says smugly

"Oh thank Goodness" Jenifer says relieved, I can't help but smile.

While the rest of the gang heads over to the station, I carefully follow Carl. I make sure he won't see us. We end up on a bunch of back streets, then we're basically in the woods. I stop the car when I see all the cop cars and the ambulance. Then I see something that makes my stomach drop.

"I-Is that a b-body?" Daphne asks

I get out of the car and one of them follows me, I don't turn to see who. I run over to the scene and Carl stops me before I can see anything.

"I told you to wait a-"

"Let me see Carl" I demand. He sighs and leads me and Daphne to where they're about to load the body.

I take a deep breath and look the first thing I see is all the blood. But it's not Justin and I feel like I can breathe again.

"Holy fuck!" Daphne says looking at the guy like she knows him.

"Do you know this man?" Carl asks

"Yea this is Cody…uh Cody Bell"

Cody, that guy that Justin was hanging out with during his angry heterophob stage. That's two people connected to Justin dead. I hear someone throwing up, I look behind me and see Daphne bent over and puking her guts out. While some paramedic lady holds her hair. Jenifer, I have to tell her it's not Justin.

I walk back to the car and she's standing by it with tears sliding down her face. I walk up to her and hug her.

"It's not him, it's not Justin"

"Thank God!" she sobs against my chest. Carl walks over to us with Daphne tucked under his arm.

"I need you three to come down to the station for questioning" he says grimly

I put Daphne and Jenifer back in the car and follow Carl to the station. The police mostly question Daphne, she was the only one who really had an inside look at Cody and Justin's relationship. I never really met the kid, neither did Jenifer.

They didn't find anything on Cody, no finger prints, a couple of fibers from some gloves. Justin's cell was clean too no finger prints or any other DNA. Apparently it'd been wiped down, after they went through Justin's cell they found the texts. So I had to tell them that Justin was missing and or kidnapped. I reluctantly let them take my phone too, hoping that nothing will happen to Justin because of it.

I'm so tired and stressed that when they ask who I think is behind it I tell them about Hobbs. I event tell them that I think he's the one who blew up the club. And surprisingly they take me seriously, which means a lot more questioning.

After the police are done working me over, I go home without talking to everyone else. I don't know how to do this, it's like I'm in a permeant state of panic and I don't do panic. I just wish that this was over and that he was here, Justin would know what to say. He'd bug me about not being there more for Debbie, and about me barely even acknowledging the death of my best friend. I try not to cry on the way up to the loft.

As soon as I open the door I know somethings wrong. Someone was here and for a second I think maybe its Justin. That hope dies immediately when I see the brand new disposable cell phone on the counter. With a note attached to it, I think about it for a minute, deliberating whether or not to call the cops.

I decide not to I don't even open the note. I open a fresh bottle of Beam and settle into the couch for another sleepless night.