"Do you swear to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" Inspector Howard asked Cody.

"What is this, court?"

"Mrs. Furlong, please-"

"Stop calling me that," Cody snapped, "My name is Cody."

The officer sighed. "Okay then. Cody, I need you to cooperate with us so that we can get this case solved."

"No," Cody shook her head. "I'm not telling you anything until you tell me what this is all about. What exactly is this 'case' that you're trying to solve?"

The officer sighed again. "Do you promise to answer all our questions then?"

Cody nodded silently.

"Alright then." The Officer scratched his stubble before beginning. "First of all, I have to ask you not to interrupt me. I know some of the things I tell you might not be the same as what you believe, but you must believe that what I tell you is the truth and backed up with lots of evidence."

"Fine, fine, just get to it," Cody snapped again. She knew she was being rude, but couldn't care less at the time.

"Alright then. Five days ago you set out to visit your friend Adena in Montreal. You were still fine until 7 pm that night which was when Mr. Furlong phoned you. We believe that you got into a car accident between 7pm and 10 pm, which was when you were admitted to the hospital. We found your car along the side of a forest near the road the next morning and the passenger side was completely smashed."

"Which proves," Squib finally spoke up causing Cody to turn to him, "that you did not slip in the shower and lose your memory. You hit your head against the door when he crashed his car into yours and that's what caused you to forget."

Cody looked at him blankly. "Please continue," she said to the officer.

"You were in the hospital for two days and then you went home with Mr Bates. You stayed there for two days and today we found you in that inn with him. That's about it."

Cody said nothing for a long time, just stared blankly at the desk in front of her. Finally, "Did I really know Nate before the accident?"

"We believe you did."

"I don't care what you believe! I want to know the real facts. You," she said, turning to Squib. "You probably knew everything about me before. Did I know Nate?"

"Yes," Squib replied.

"How?"

"You met him at Cascadia, which is where we went to school. You were the school psychologist's daughter. You transferred there when-"

"You can tell me all about this 'Cascadia' later," Cody interrupted, "But why did Nate call me his girlfriend. He could have just said friend."

Squib looked uncomfortable but still replied, "You guys were dating for a while in Cascadia."

Cody nodded slowly. "I see."

"But that was after we broke up!" Squib added. "And before we got back together again."

"If we over once then would he say that. I'm sure we still remained friends after, didn't we?" Cody asked him puzzled.

"You two, well, we," Squib groaned, frustrated. He turned to the officer and asked him to give them a moment. Both Cody and the Officer looked at him suspiciously but the Officer did leave saying he'd be back in ten minutes.

"Well?" Cody asked hesitantly. What could Squib possibly want to say that he couldn't say in front of the officer?

"This is some really personal stuff; that's why I asked him to leave." Squib explained. He took a deep breath. "Okay. As you can probably tell, we were pretty much an on-off couple. It's happened dozens of times, even in the marriage but we always make up," Squib smirked here. "But once we were taking a break and Nate was around. This was before we got engaged, by the way. He started dating you and . . . well . . . one day he took you home with him and I think he was a bit drunk too . . . "

"What happened?" Cody asked anxiously.

"He, well, he tried to get you to sleep with him. Like, really tried, almost forced," Squib explained. "But you managed to escape. Then you moved to Toronto with me and you can guess what happened then."

"What? Did he come find me there too?" Cody asked, scared.

"No!" Squib laughed. "I meant that we got married after you moved in with me. He never found you again from what I know." Squib laughed again.

Cody stood up, her eyes flashing angrily. "Stop laughing! How can laugh at this? You think this is funny; finding out that my fiancé once tried to rape me?" she shrieked.

That immediately got Squib to sober up. "What? Fiancé? Are you serious? You only knew him for five days!"

"I thought he was the father. I didn't want to have a bastard child so I agreed when he asked me," Cody told him, not looking at him.

"Yeah, well, he's not! That child is mine. And it definitely won't be a bastard."

Cody heard his voice shake with emotion. This guy is really serious about this, she realized. He searched for her when she went missing and seemed so happy when she was finally found. He really loved her, it seemed. And Nate . . ."Call the officer back in," she told Squib.

Officer Howard came back in and looked curiously at the two before asking Cody. "Are you ready to answer our questions now?"

"Yes."

"Great. We've Charged Nathaniel Bates with kidnapping, and Mr. Furlong has sued him for damage-"

"Let him go," Cody told them quietly.

"What?" both males asked.

"Let him go," Cody shrugged. "He didn't kidnap me. I went with him because I felt like I knew him. He took care of me. He paid my hospital bill. And I really don't think Squib needs to sue him over a damaged car. I mean, he's a pro tennis player, he has enough money and we most probably have another car that I can use. We can just compensate his payment at the hospital for the car damage would have cost."

Both males were staring at her with open mouths.

"But Cody," Squib started. "What I just told you-"

"-Is in the past," Cody finished for him. "You don't understand. He really cares about me. He didn't do anything wrong. And you yourself told me he was drunk back then. Alcohol messes with peoples' minds and makes them do crazy things."

"But he did crash into your car, causing you to-" Officer Howard started.

"You don't know that. You said my car was found near a forest. Maybe I just crashed into a tree." Cody paused. "Look, how about you let me meet him. I can guarantee that he didn't do anything against the law so there shouldn't be any charges. Can you please let me meet him and finish this?" she pleaded with the officer.

"No way!" Squib told the officer.

"I'm afraid that is the lady's decision," the officer reprimanded.

…-.-…

"Hey," Cody said to him when he entered the room.

Nate smiled back and placed his hand on the table between them. He was still wearing handcuffs.

"I asked them not to place any charges on you," Cody told him. "After all, you didn't do anything wrong."

Nate gave a hollow laugh. "Oh, come off it, Cody. You probably know everything by now."

"I do."

"Then what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with your husband?" he asked her bitterly.

"I chose to be here, Nate. No matter what happened in the past, you're still a great guy. I know you care about me, and I want you to know that I care about you too."

Nate finally looked up at her. "Let me guess. You care for me, just not in that intimate way; just as a friend." He shook his head.

"Well, I was going to say it in a better way but yeah, that's it."

They stayed in silence for minutes after that. Finally an inspector came in and asked, "Are you two finished yet?"

"I don't know," Nate said, and then looked Cody right in the eye. "Are we done yet, Cody?"

Cody held his gaze for a second before turning to the inspector and telling him, "Just five more minutes."

When the inspector had left, Cody asked him the question that had been in her mind for so long. "I've heard the police's story, but I want to hear yours too. Will you tell me what happened?"

Nate didn't answer for a minute, didn't even look at her but then sighed. "I was driving too fast and I was on the phone at the same time so I wasn't able to fully concentrate on the driving. I hit your car and then sped away. But then I felt so guilty that I went back and saw it was you in the car. I took you to the hospital and told them the first thing that came to my mind – that you were my girlfriend, and that you were on the phone with me when the accident happened so I knew where to come get you."

"You didn't tell them you were the one who hit my car?"

"In case you haven't noticed, I don't like jail."

"Right. Please continue."

"I was always sorry about that night. You may not believe me but I didn't mean to do that then. I thought I'd show you that I really wasn't like that. Then it turned out that you had amnesia and I thought that this was my chance. You didn't remember anything and I just thought we could start over."

"Even after knowing that I was married and had a child on the way with my husband?"

"Well, you had forgotten . . ."

"I could have forgotten the being married part but not the being pregnant part because it was so obvious. That's why you asked the nurse to give me an abortion."

"I suppose that was real cruel of me, wasn't it?" he asked shrewdly.

"Yes, it was," Cody agreed. She took off the ring he had given her and placed it on the table. "Thank you for all that you did for me. I mean, you paid my hospital bill and dealing with someone like me must have been a real pain as well."

"It was nothing," Nate looked at her with a smile. "Thanks for not laying any charges."

"Like I said, you didn't do anything wrong," Cody shrugged and stood up.

"Thanks anyways. I guess this is the last we'll be seeing of each other?"

"Most probably. Take care, Nate. I hope you find someone else to give that ring to. Bye."

And then she was gone. From the room and from his life. Forever.

…-.-…

So Nate's off the hook for everything. I know I made him out to be the evil guy in the beginning but that was because I really hated him back in '05 when I started this fic. By the end of 15Love, I realized he's not that bad, so I turned him into a reformed guy. But he's gone now. There are only a few chapters left (2-4?) and they'll just be about Cody slipping back into her life from before the accident. More CodySquib interaction!

Anyways, don't forget to review! I really appreciated the comments from the last chapter and I've fixed the mistakes that were there! Thanks for pointing them out -alternate-universe-princess-!