Author's Note: Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday. Here is the next chapter. There is some cursing so sorry. As before all mistakes are mine and I'm just boring my favorite 80's show characters for a bit.

Chapter 38

How was I gonna get out of this mess?

I did exactly what Uncle Roy said I shouldn't do. I let my feelings get in the way of trying to do the right thing. I had acted before really understanding what I was doing and now I was here sitting in the backseat of Hoyt's car being taken to Jail.

I really did it this time, but I knew I'd do it again. CJ was in trouble and I needed to save her.

But did she want me to save her? Did she want me to be a part of her life any longer? Had I lost her because she thinks I lied to her?

The last 20 minutes of my life might be the last 20 with her as my best friend or anything else that was starting to develop between us. I didn't know if I could deal with her not being in my life any longer. She was more angry than I had ever seen her. I thought of the last month and how close we have gotten and wanting to kick myself for not acting on this sooner.

It was something that I should have gone after way before this. This thing between us that had always been there but neither of us having the courage to act on it. It had always been there in the background waiting to see which one of us would finally make a move. I didn't know exactly what it was till I almost lost her. I was in love with my best friend and it took me having her in my arms not breathing to make me realize this. Having almost lost her had made me realize that I could not live another day without having her know what I wanted. What I wanted was us together as a couple and hopefully taking that next step. I was ready. I wanted her by my side and I never wanted to lose her. She was my future.

But now I didn't know where I stood.

Seeing her run out of that conference room after being told we would not be able to care for Jake was devastating. She had put her faith in me and thinks I failed her. The look she gave me and her telling me that I had lied to her was worse than taking a bullet in the gut.

Her words still echoing in my head "you lied" destroyed me.

Her thinking I had betrayed her by agreeing to go along with Jake's advocate and not doing what I promised has caused a hole in my heart and I didn't know how to make this right.

Maureen had run out after her but not before telling me she didn't mean it and went to comfort her sister. That meant a lot to me. Maureen and I never got along or saw eye to eye especially when it came to CJ.

She was brutally honest and would not hold back on what she thought was right from wrong. She was not a fan of mine during CJ's Harvard days but slowly she came around. When she came back into our lives during the Aunt Liz fiasco she was grateful that I had kept CJ safe and had come to ensure her safety and Carol's. I wanted to bury the hatchet and had invited her and Carol over for a Bar B Que and tried charming them but both shot me down. I knew then that I could count on her and Carol as members of my extended family.

I hope she would be able to reach CJ and try to get her to understand why I had done what I had done.

I put my head back on the headrest. Thinking about what I had done.

I had lied to her I had failed her but she had to see it was in Jake's best interest that I had done this. Cj was just angry that she was stripped from being able to aid Jake. I had to be the rational one in this dance we were in with the hospital and now with Children Services. I knew she would not understand but in time she would or I hope she would. This was a new role for me. I was always the one that had to be talked out of doing irrational things. But, this time it was me who had to step up and it was not something I wanted to do. This was always CJ's job but she was so vested in this that she was letting her emotions take the lead. I would need to show her that we would have to play by their rules. Jake's care depended on it. But I was angry at myself and wanted to lash out.

Hoyt tried to get me to see that Evelyn was on our side. I knew this by the way she was speaking to us and that she considered Emma a friend. She said she would help us and would advocate for us in her way. She seemed to be on our side. This gave me hope that she would be able to clear the way so that we could still continue to tend to Jake till we found his momma.

She seemed genuine and was all for us finding Jake's mother. It was comforting that she had that trust and fate that we would locate her.

Would we ever find her? Would we ever find Jake's mom? Was she hurt or in an accident or did something happen to her that she could not be able to come forward with? I'd cross that bridge when we got to it. Right now I had to take the woman in my heart's anger.

I had gotten up hoping I had given Maureen enough time to try and reason with CJ. But I was the one she was angry with, not her. I would go out there and be prepared for the worse. Hoping we would be able to mend our friendship and hope she still wanted to have something more with me.

I had got to the door with Hoyt and was about to push it open when I heard her scream. I rushed out and stopped. Seeing the guard grab her and pulling her towards him. When she resisted he slammed her into the elevator.

I saw red.

I moved with the sole purpose of grabbing the idiot that dared touch CJ and taking out my frustrations on him and his pals. I yelled out her name.

She had not heard me. I saw the two guards that had escorted us earlier yelling out to the idiot to let her go. Why were they doing that?

My only focus was on CJ and the idiot that was manhandling her.

The dead man had put his arm around her neck and was pulling her. She struggled and I was going to kill him for hurting her.

I was being pulled back and shook off the arm that held me. I was almost upon her and called her out again. She wasn't listening and what she did next was unexpected.

She looked like she was in a trance and proceeded to take down the guard that had hurt her. The moves were the same one she had used on Too Mean when we were training her.

I was proud of her but that was short lived, the elevator doors had opened and she ran in. Maureen was right behind her when the idiot grabbed her and she yelled out. CJ took care of him by pulling his hand off of her as the doors closed. She was safe for now.

I went straight for the idiot and pushed him to the floor. I was about to punch him when he turned around and pointed a gun at me. He had a wild look in his eye and looked ready to shoot. I raised my hand and waved off Hoyt.

"Put down the gun. This is a very bad idea."

The idiot yelled back, "you are in custody for assaulting me and your bitch of a partner."

He was a deadman. No one disrespected CJ.

While I had the idiots' attention. The other guard saw an opportunity and went for the gun. I went to help and the idiot had hit him with the butt of the gun and he had gone down. I had a chance to disarm him. I swatted the gun away and he lunged at me knocking me back and hit me in the face. I punched back and hit him in the nose. He staggered back and came at me again and I grabbed him and pushed him against the wall. Seeing him grab CJ and hearing her scream seeing this ass disrespect her was all I needed to continue to punch the weasel. Seeing her in a trance I knew she had reverted herself back to the garage which only meant she was starting to remember that night.

This made me angrier and I continued to punch everything that had happened today and knowing she would have to face her abduction was my last straw.

I was finally pulled off of him and Hoyt had me on the floor and yelling at me to not move. I closed my eyes. I had failed her. I should have found another way but knowing she was hurt and at the moment not happy with me only fueled my anger more.

"Houston, stop it right now he's not moving, you're making this worse."

I stopped knowing I was becoming the problem. I would face those consequences and hope CJ didn't get any blow back but her taking off like she did I think we are both in trouble.

"I'm going to get you up, you are not going anywhere near that guard right Houston."

"Just get me up Hoyt and get me out of here before I do something stupider than I already did."

I was let go and he gave me a hand to stand up. I touched my lip and it was bleeding and I could feel my cheek hurt.

"I'm sorry about this Houston but place your hands behind your back."

The idiot got up.

"You think you can do that to me? I just called in to get this whole place in lock down. I will find that partner of yours and show her that she can't get away with what she did. She will be sorry for hurting us. I'm going to teach her a lesson. You famous type of person who always thinks you can do what you want well, not this time."

If looks could kill the idiot would be in Hell.

He came at me swinging and hit me right on the jaw. I fell into Hoyt who pulled me to the side and grabbed the idiot before he could hit me again. The other security guards grabbed him and started to yell at him asking why he was there and who had sent him.

"Houston are you okay?"

I wasn't listening, just watching the guards manhandle the idiot. They kept asking why he was on this floor, that he was not supposed to be here and who had given him the order to come to the floor.

"Hoyt you got to find out who the idiot that hit me is from what I'm hearing he shouldn't be here, and if he isn't supposed to be here than there might be another breach in security and CJ might me in danger if this idiot got a call out they are searching for her and she is not in her right mind at the moment."

He nodded, "I need to speak to your superior. Get him on the phone now."

The older guard that had been hit by the idiot said his name was Jones and stepped forward. "Lt. I will get him but Mr. Houston will need to be charged with assault. He came after one of my men. We will find out what happened but I suggest you get him out of here now."

"I will have my officers coming in and we will conduct our own investigation. Mr. Houston he was assaulted while handcuffed by your man there. He might want to press charges and if Ms. Parsons is hurt by any of your men you will have to answer to me."

One of the nurses came forward. "I was a witness to Murphy, the security guard assaulting Mr. Houston. Lieutenant, I will talk to your officers when they come by. I'm Megan."

She looked at me and smiled. "I also saw how he grabbed Ms. Parsons without identifying himself and grabbing her from behind and assaulting her. She was just defending herself. This jerk has a habit of letting his power go to his head just ask around."

Others started to come forward and Jones said there would be an investigation but asked Hoyt to take me out of there now.

I was escorted by two new guards and Hoyt and placed in his car.

"You had to let your temper get the better of you? I don't know how much I can protect you on this. But you might have a chance if Murphy went rogue and it might be in your and CJ's favor. I'll be back. I see my men. I need them to investigate and maybe get you out of this mess. I think you are in enough trouble with CJ."

We left after he briefed them and I sat in the backseat. Hoyt made sure we did not go by the front of the hospital. The press would have a field day and hopefully this little incident wouldn't be reported.

Yeah wishful thinking.

We got to the station and Hoyt took me out of the car and uncuffed me.

"Come on I don't think you'll be going anywhere if you do it will give me an excuse to shoot you."

I rolled my eyes, "You'd really like that wouldn't you."

He smiled. "nothing would make me happier".

We walked in and Uncle Roy was there as was Too Mean.

Uncle Roy was not happy as he came up to me, "What the hell did you do boy and where's CJ?"