Chapter number 30. He lives and breathes!
"I can't believe this" Lara shock her head as Peter came into her office behind her and closed the door. She was still in shock, who they'd found in the shed was still trying to process in her mind, she just couldn't believe it.
"Nether can I. All I can think about is how stupid it was of me to forget about the first email like that, if I'd gone down there when I got it this would have been over sooner" Peter said, taking a seat.
"Peter it wasn't your fault, you didn't mean for this to happen, none of us did" Lara told him sitting on his lap and putting her arm over his shoulders.
"Thanks" Peter said softly, trying to smile, "I just can't believe he's still alive, I mean, he was dead, well at least we all thought so".
"Yeah, and poor Jack".
"Mmm, yeah, he's been sitting in jail for the last couple of years because that idiot decided that instead of getting better like most other normal people, he was going to hide away and make Jack go to jail for his supposed murder".
"Wait hang on Peter, we don't know that he was hiding away-".
"Yes we do, he was supposedly dead Lara".
"Hang on, calm down, what I ment was that how do we know that he wasn't being held against his will, this is Sean Loyd were talking about, he's smart enough to keep away from the cops, I doubt he'd go tieing himself up in a shed".
"Or the other possibility is that it's not really Sean, like that guy in Greensville told you, he's got a lot of wanna-be's" Peter added, running his hand up and down Lara's back.
"Yeah, I guess well know soon enough though".
Peter just nodded and pulled Lara closer to him, wrapping both arms around her, this case was really messing with his head.
"Knock, knock".
"Come in" Lara called out.
"We just got word back from the diggers" Greg explained as he stuck his head through the door, "and Loyd's grave is empty".
"Thank you" Peter thanked him, trying to sound remotely happy.
"This really can't be happening" Lara sighed after Greg shut the door.
"Yeah I know exactly what you mean".
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"You ready to go?" Maddie asked, popping her head around the door of the bathroom where Lucas was standing in a suit.
"Yeap" he smiled, "you look beautiful".
"You look pretty good yourself" she commented. "Oh and Mum and Tony just left, they said they'd wait for us out side of the office.
"Alright. So you ready to do this thing?" Lucas asked stepping towards her and stretching his hand out to her.
"Yeap" she simply said before taking his hand and following him down the stairs and out of the house.
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"You sure your up to this?" Lara asked a nervous Peter as the stood in front of the door of the interview room.
"Yeah, I need to find out if it really is him" Peter nodded.
"Well good luck then, I'll leave you to it".
"Aren't you coming with me?" Peter asked, putting on a sad face.
"No sorry, it's a bit to creepy for me".
"Please" Peter begged, putting on his sad face and puppy dog eyes.
"No" she said shaking her head, "he wanted me dead, I'd just rather he stayed in there and I stayed out here.
"Alright then" Peter said before disappearing into the room.
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"For better or for worse" Maddie began, the service was already underway and Lucas had already taken his turn, "for richer or for poorer" she continued, looking deep into Lucas' smiling eyes, "in sickness and in health, till death do us part, this is my vow to you".
Lucas' smile couldn't get any bigger, without taking his eyes off Maddie he reached out for the ring that the celebrant handed to him, "with this ring as a token of my love for you, I be wed" he spoke lovingly, gently slipping the ring on Maddie's finger.
"Lucas, with the ring as a token of my love for you, I be wed" she said, doing the same.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife" the celebrant announced, "You may now kiss the bride".
Without hesitation, Lucas wrapped his arms around Maddie's waist and pulled her into him as her arms fell loosely around his neck. "I love you Mrs Holden" he whispered softly before he took her into the first kiss of their marriage.
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In the interview room, Peter sat on the opposite side of the table to Sean Loyd, the devil himself. Although, despite his past, his eyes weren't full of the evilness that they once were and he seemed defeated and powerless, a sight many would pay millions to see. "So are you going to talk?" Peter asked finally.
"What's there to say?" Sean began, his voice wasn't as stern as it once was, now it seemed crackled and weak, "one minute I've got a bullet in me left arm and the next some mongrel's got me locked in a shed for years on end".
"So you didn't purposely make us all think you were dead? Because right now a guys sitting in prison for your murder"
"I got shot, that doesn't mean I was dead" Sean grunted.
"I'm not asking you if your alive, I'm asking you if you purposely made people think you were dead".
"No, people think I'm dead because some idiot took advantage of the fact that I got shot and then they managed to pull a lot of strings in making it look different to what it was. Look I don't care that Jack Holden shot me, let the guy go, if I held a grudge against everyone who tried to kill me I'd start to forget how many people I hate, all I want it for the idiot that locked me up to get what he deserves".
"Fine, but your going to have to give us a better idea of who this idiot it then".
"I don't remember much of him, but if I saw him I'd know who he was straight away. He had a certain evilness in his eyes" Sean explained.
"Alright well we'll see what we can do, if you think of anything else, no matter how small, just let us know alright" Peter told him, taking some papers in his hands and got up, turning around to file them in the filing cabinets.
"Wait there was something else" Loyd spoke, grabbing Peter's immediate attention. "He spoke about getting what he deserved".
"Can you expand on that?" Peter asked, turning back towards him and placing his hands on the edge of the desk.
"Well there were lots of little things he said every now and then and it all came back to what he deserved, once he said that he was going to use me because I'd hurt some girl he was in love with and he couldn't be with her because... well actually he didn't say why, but he did say that when he dealt with me that she'd some how love him too".
"Ok, um, can you think of anyone that you hurt that he'd be referring to?"
"Look detective, you know as well as I do that I've hurt way to many people to know which one he was talking about".
"Yeah I know, but I just need you too think, were starting to get some where" Peter told him, sitting back down and pulling out a pen.
"Really?"
"Yes, and that's why I really need you to think, was there anything he said about this girl that could maybe narrow the numbers down, or the circumstances of why he couldn't be with this girl he loves" Peter continued going through suggestions.
"No... but I do remember overhearing a conversation he had with someone else, it was very sort and vague, but the voice he was talking to sounded awfully familiar, I just can't think were I heard it".
"Well you think about it then, I've got to go and make some calls" Peter explained, getting up and walking through the door.
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"Everything alright?" Lara asked as Peter came back into her office.
"Yes and no" Peter started as he made his way towards her.
"Ok just tell me the good news, some how I gather that the bad news is long and complicated".
"It sure is, anyway the good news" Peter said sitting down next to her, "were getting our old boss back".
"But doesn't that mean you won't be boss anymore? Hows that good news?" Lara questioned, she thought Peter loved running the place, "wait hang on... our old boss as in the last one we had?" Lara asked with her eyes widening.
"Yeah" Peter nodded.
"As in Jack?"
"Yeap".
"Oh my gosh, but how?" she exclaimed.
"Well it's a bit silly to keep him locked up for something we've just proven him innocent for".
"Yeah but he still tried to kill Loyd".
"Yeah and Loyd doesn't want him charged. If I remember his words correctly he said something along the lines of 'If I held a grudge against everyone who tried to kill me I'd forget who my enemies were'" Peter mimicked Sean, faking his voice.
Lara just laughed, "your such a goose" she giggled, playfully hitting him.
"Well that's gratitude for you" Peter said, pretending to be offended..
"Ok so your a very smart goose" she smiled placing her arms around his neck.
"And you love it" Peter teased her, finding himself holding her in his arms and running his hands up and down the length of her back.
"That I definitely do" she admitted, rubbing her nose against his and giving him a kiss.
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At the Holden's mansion Beth, Tony, Martha, Dylan, Rose, Boyd, Izzy, Tasha, Robbie and the happy newly weds were celebrating. They had some music on and opened a bottle of champaign, Tony had even embarrassed the hell out of Lucas by getting up and doing a little speech.
"Ring, ring... ring, ring... ring, ring" the phone interrupted, and Tony rushed to pick it up.
"Hello Tony Holden speaking" Tony answered, "your kidding right?" Tony continued, pausing for a minute or two while one of the police officers explained what had happened down at the station that day. "Really that's great, what tonight, no that's no problem, thank you" Tony finished and hung the phone up. Then he turned around and looked over the moon at the others who were all looking at him waiting to hear what was going on. "You'll never guess what".
"Yeah we probably won't" Lucas answered, "so how about you just tell us".
"Jack's coming home, he's a free man" Tony explained.
"But how?" Beth asked in amazement.
"It's a long story you all should probably sit down".
Ok, hope Sean Loyd still being alive isn't to far fetched, but I really wanted to get Jack out of jail. Please review and tell me what you think. I'll continue when I've got two or more reviews.