Dixie and Tad stood outside of JR's room waiting for the doctor. The doctor's were trying to determine the cause of JR's amnesia.

Jesse walked up behind Tad placing a friendly hand on his shoulder.

"Tad have you heard anything from the doctor yet?"

"No, we're still waiting. Jesse are you here as our friend or as the Chief of Police." Tad knew that with JR getting stronger everyday Jesse was going to have to take him into custody even though it appeared that JR had no recollection of the shooting let alone what happened over the last three years.

"I'm sorry to say but it's the later Tad. I'm under a lot of pressure from the Mayor to make an arrest in this case. We've been very careful to keep the identity of the shooter under wraps as long as possible but the people of this town are scared and want answers. I can't keep this quiet for very much longer." The stress that Jesse was under was evident in his eyes.

"Jesse how can you hold him accountable if he doesn't remember what happened?" Dixie hated what her son did but everything inside her screamed to protect him.

"It doesn't matter Dixie. All the evidence points to JR he's still accountable for his actions." They stopped talking as the doctor walked out.

Jesse handed the doctor with a Warrant allowing for him to provide the Police Department with any records resulting from the accident.

"We've completed a full work up of Mr. Chandler. We've done a MRI and CAT scan. As we told you before JR did sustain a head injury from the car accident."

Tad interrupted the doctor, "Is that what's causing the amnesia?"

"No, the CAT scan and MRI both show no permanent damage. There is no physical explanation for the amnesia."

"So what's causing it then?" Dixie asked.

"We can't be 100% sure but sometimes when a person goes through a traumatic event their mind reverts back to a safer time in their life. There are also cases where a person goes through trials in their lives and as a defense mechanism their mind will go back to a time when they feel as if everything started to go wrong."

"JR's been spiraling out of control for the last few months he's been angry and been drinking. Marissa left him, he lost custody of AJ, I know part of him hoped that David had found a way to save Babe. JR lives off of power and control and he's had none of that for a while now. He's been in and out of trouble ever since Babe was killed in the tornado's" Tad tried to make sense of everything, "Do you think that the accident gave his mind the means to take himself back to when everything went wrong in hopes he can make everything right?"

"We think that is a very good possibility but the mind is a funny thing we can't be sure of anything. There is another possibility…" the doctor was interrupted Chief Hubbard.

"He could be faking the amnesia?"

"It's not something I would be comfortable ruling out given the lack of serious head trauma and it is impossible to disprove the theory that his mind has taken him back in time as a defense mechanism."

"So what do we do for JR?" Dixie was noticeably concerned for her son.

"We treat the amnesia as if it is real. With most amnesia patients I would recommend letting the memory's come back on their own but most patients have an physical reason for the memory lost. With JR I would answer all his questions honestly. When he's been released it would be my recommendation to take through the events of that day let his mind become familiar with his surroundings see if that jolts back the memories."

"Do you think that will work?" Tad looked skeptical.

"Each case of amnesia is different and in Mr. Chandler's case I think a direct approach is the best idea. We'll be releasing Mr. Chandler tomorrow and I will leave it to your best judgment as to when you feel he's ready to face his actions."

"Isn't it too soon to release him?" Dixie wanted to keep JR in a safe place as long as possible.

"Medically speaking he's fine. There is no reason to keep him here any longer." With a final nod the Doctor went off to check on other patients.

Dixie and Tad started towards his room when Jesse pulled Tad back towards him.

"Tad I can't sweep this under the rug like before."

Tad took in a deep breath knowing the trouble JR was in and as his 'father' he couldn't help him this time, "I know Jesse and I wouldn't ask you to not this time. What do we do? If I fight for my son it's like I'm excusing what he did. But can I just stand by and let him go to jail for the rest of his life? How long after he's released will you have to arrest him?" Tad wanted JR to remember what he had done before he had to face the consequences.

"Without any pressure from people like Jackson or Erica a week tops. But if Jack get's wind that we haven't done anything to the man that hurt his daughter then a day or so.

"Ok Dixie and I will take him back to my place until he's ready to go back to the mansion." Tad's words were stopped by the older man interrupting them.

"Like hell you're taking my son anywhere Tad Martin." Adam Chandler walked down the hall with Brooke on his arm.

Angie had finished examining Greenlee and now sat on the bed across from the young woman. She thought back to that first day after they had fought so hard to save her life from the poison that had attacked her body. They had bonded not only as a doctor and patient but they had bonded over the loved ones they had lost.

Just a few weeks after that conversation Angie had gotten the love of her life back and now almost four years removed of that day the other girl had her loved one mysteriously returned to her.

Angie took the young girls hand into her own. Before she could ask the young girl how she was doing with the shock of her life Greenlee broke the silence in the room.

"So how am I doing Dr. Hubbard?" her voice still starchy from the tube.

"Remarkably well for someone who a chest tube put in on the floor of the Chandler mansion." Angie explained the complex surgery they had to do. She told her breathing would be labored for at least a few more days as her lungs healed.

Greenlee looked down at her legs. The first thing she noticed when she woke up was the amount of pain she felt in her legs. She remembered being shot in the back and had been worried about the injury she sustain in the motorcycled accident.

Angie noticed the look in her eyes and knew what she was thinking, "The bullet that hit your back missed your spine by about a quarter of an inch. You were very lucky it didn't cause any damage to the area of your spine that David had to have fixed. You're going to have a lot of soreness in your legs and will have a difficult time staning and moving your legs due to muscle damage. You'll have to go through some physical therapy to get back full usage."

Greenlee let out a deep breath grateful that she wasn't going have to endure another paralysis.

"Angie can I ask you something else?"

"Of course."

"What was It like when Jesse came back? How did you deal with that?"

Angie smiled to herself as she thought about that day at the train station running in to Jesse's arms. "It was one of the most wonderfully scary moments of my life. I couldn't believe Jesse was back you know I had watched him die in this very hospital. I climbed into his bed and held tight to him as he took his last breath. I had to spend twenty years without the man I loved. When I saw him that first time it was like the first time I saw him as teenagers. He literally took my breath away. And then to have him hold me again I had never felt as safe as I did in his arms."

As Angie talked about the safeness of Jesse's arms Greenlee thought of Leo laying in the bed with her during the night and holding her close to him.

"As he held me in his arms my mind couldn't help but wonder where he had been all this time. How he could willingly leave me behind."

"How did you get past that?" Greenlee's mind had already gone to so many places wondering what had happened to Leo and why he chose now to come back to her.

"I'm not going to lie to you Greenlee it wasn't always easy. Sure I had him back but he was a different man then I remembered. People change a lot in twenty years. He hadn't just changed but I had to as well. Loosing someone you love changes you, you become more guarded and protect your heart more carefully. When he came back I was very cautious. I worried that he would leave me again. Then I found out that he had this whole other life and family and I was faced with his ex-wife and a daughter who didn't understand why her father couldn't love her mother completely. In the end I had to decide if the risks were enough to keep me away from him. I had to trust that our love would get us past the last twenty years. Sure there's times that I still lay in the bed next to him and watch him breath just to make sure he's still there with me but if I didn't take the risk on him again I would regret it for the rest of my life."

"Were you ever mad at him for moving on?"

"I know this sounds like a politically correct answer but yes and no. Part of me was mad that he would move on with someone else. It was ok for me because I thought he was dead he know I was alive. He knew how to find me but still chose to move on with his life."

"But…" Greenlee knew there was more.

"But just like I needed someone else in my life to fill the emptiness of losing him he needed someone to help him move on and have a life even if it couldn't be with me. And as strange as it may sound there is a part of me that is grateful for the separation." Angie noticed the confused look on the young girls face.

"If we hadn't lost each other for twenty years who knows where we would be today. Every day I wake up and look at the other side of the bed and there is his. And even on the day's that I'm annoyed with him or we're having an argument I'm still so amazed to have him there next to me. If we didn't spend that time away from each other would I still think that or would I take him for granted? I believe that the trials we went through made us a stronger couple."

"How do I…" Greenlee tried to find the right words to say. Sitting here with Angie she felt like for the first time she had something close to a mother someone she could talk to and would actually pay attention to her.

"Hey, hey, hey the rumors are true. You did finally decided to stop playing sleeping beauty and grace us with your presence." Jake walked into the room interrupting the two women.

"Jake!" Greenlee tried not to show her irritation that he had interrupted them.

He leaned down over the bed and hugged her, "Do me a favor stop with the near death experiences. As your Doctor and more importantly your friend I really don't appreciate it."

"I'll do my best but you know how are you supposed to remember how wonderful I am and how lost you would be without me if I don't let you save me once in a while." She smiled up at him in that seductive smile he was used to.

"Haha aren't you funny? Sorry to interrupt you two but Greenlee you've got a room full of people out there asking to see you. So you up for some visitors?"

"Of course" she smiled thinking about her family. The heavy stuff would have to wait awhile.