JR stared at the image in front of him. The man before him looked so familiar but there was something disturbing about this other man's face. He recognized that face as his own but the features were different. The last time he remembered looking in the mirror they were in San Diego getting ready to fly back to Pine Valley. He recalled feeling like the luckiest SOB in the world being with his wife and son. His bright blue eyes reflected the happiness he felt. Now, now those same blue eyes seemed have a dark cloud over them.

He had seen that look in his eyes before. It was the same look he had when he would get angry and turn to a bottle of whisky. He saw the anger in his eyes and deep down he felt an intense amount of anger in his soul. He fought hard to remember where this anger came from. They told him about Babe but that had been years ago. Was he still angry about that? Something inside him told him it wasn't about Babe's death but he couldn't figure out what had happened.

He thought back to the day he was released from the hospital he desperately wanted to see his son. Tad and Dixie had told him about the car accident but no one would let him near his son. He remembered the looks on their faces when he begged them to be able to hold his son it was a mixture of fear and pity. He recalled the looks on the nurse's faces as the orderly wheeled him out of the hospital. He caught Jackson Montgomery staring at him with eyes full of hatred.

Now looking at his own reflection he knew based on their reactions to him he had done something about the anger he felt deep within himself. He couldn't remember what it was that he had done but he knew it was bad. He stared back at the man's eyes in front of him wishing those eyes didn't belong to him.

Adam looked at his own reflection from across the living room. The room looked so normal like nothing had ever happened. The police tape long gone the people who in the past he was hesitant to call his friends had helped him clean up the evidence of the horror that this room had seen. While the visible scars of this room were gone it would be a long time before he could be in this room without seeing the blood or hearing the screams.

And now he couldn't get the guilt he felt out of his mind. The guilt was beginning to take it's toile on him. It wasn't the guilt he felt about what happened in his home it was that he was doing everything in his power to help his son. He'd been seeking out doctor after doctor to keep Jesse away from JR as long as possible. He kept this room locked keeping JR from entering it knowing that the memories could come flying back. Adam knew what he was doing wrong if this had been any other person he would be calling every judge he knew to make sure that person paid for what they had done.

He stared into that mirror at the man that stood before him. He wondered what kind of man he had become. He watched as a woman's delicate hand rested on his shoulder. He looked down at Brooke standing next to him.

"Brooke what are you doing out of bed. You just got out of the hospital you should be resting." He put his arm around her waist and tried to lead her out of the room.

"Adam I'm fine. " She scanned the room amazed that there was no evidence of the shooting. "It's hard to believe that this is the same room."

"Brooke?"

Brooke looked up into Adams eyes.

"Are you sure you're ok being here? Please be honest with me."

Brooke ran her hand along the couch that she had sat against after she had been shot. "I'm not going to lie to you Adam it's not easy being here. I try and focus on the good times I've had here with you."

"But…" he could hear the trepidation in her voice.

"But as hard as I try I can't help but flash back to that night. We were so happy and then out of nowhere our world turned to red. I can't get those images out of my head. I wake up at night from nightmares. But Adam I think I need to be here. If I avoid our home I'll never be able to get past what happened here."

"Is JR being here making it worse for you?"

Brooke took in a deep breath trying to find the right words to not hurt Adam. She sat down on the couch and motioned for him to join her. "Adam having JR here terrifies me. I'm sorry I know that that is hard for you to hear but I can't get past what JR did.

At night after you go to sleep I lock our bedroom door. I worry that he'll get his memory back and he'll go back to that night. I'm afraid he'll take that anger he has built up inside and come after the people closest to him. I know your son has no memory of what he did but I can still see that anger in his eyes. He may not know why it's there or how far he went to get rid of that anger but it's still there. And that scares the hell out of me."

Her words were like needles to his heart. He knew she was being honest with him and wasn't telling him any of this to hurt him. He had seen that anger in JR's eyes two. The amnesia may have taken away the memories but she was right the anger was still there. "Do you blame me Brooke for what JR did?"

"Of course not Adam!"

"Do you think I'm doing the right thing protecting my son?" he needed someone to tell him he was doing the right thing. To tell him that it is what any parent would do for their child.

"Wow you sure don't avoid the hard questions do you?" She thought for a moment. "I remember when Laura was going out of control. Everyone told me she was losing control that she needed help. I refused to see what was right in front of me because she was my daughter and I was just so grateful to have her alive. I guilted Leo into staying married to her knowing his heart belonged to Greenlee. I knew that Laura was hurting herself in the name of love. I ignored my own daughter's cries for help. Thank God my eyes were finally opened at her wedding. I realized what was going on and did everything I could to help her. Laura fought it for awhile she couldn't see the downward spiral she was in. I got lucky she asked for help before she did anything she would regret.

Adam as parents it's in our nature to protect our children. No matter how young or old they are we feel an obligation to keep them from getting hurt or getting in any kind of serious trouble. Sometimes though Adam we can't protect them anymore. We have to let them go into the world and face the consequence s of their actions. I couldn't protect Laura I couldn't force her to ask for help she had to do that on her own. It was so hard to watch her leave town and seek out professional help. I had already lost one daughter and the thought of letting Laura go and losing her terrified me. But I had to do it I had to let her go and help herself. I can't tell you what is best for you or for JR but Adam it may be time for you to let JR out into the world."

"I don't know if I can do that Brooke. Can I just hand him over to Jesse and the Police Department? Can I stand by and watch my son go to prison? I'm his father I'm supposed to protect him. I'm supposed to be there for him." Adam put his head into his hands feeling guilty for protecting the person who caused her such pain.

Brooke wrapped her arms around him pulling him close to her, "Adam you don't have to condone his actions to prove that you love him. Be there for him. Help him remember what happened. Help him get rid of that anger he's got built up inside him. Then be there with him as he accepts responsibility for his actions."

Brook and Adam looked up as the heard a knock on the front door.

Adam opened the door and stood back as Jesse and Brot walked into his home.

"Jesse?" Adam cautiously greeted the other man.

"Adam it's time."

"You're here to arrest him? He still doesn't know what happened." Adam hoped to stall Jesse some more.

"I'm not here to arrest him just yet. Adam, Brot and I are here to help you. It's time to take JR though what he did that night. You can't keep him safe any longer. The District Attorney's office has appointed a temporary District Attorney for our County to replace Liza. Their first order of business is to make sure we make an arrest in the shooting. I've been given no more than a week to make that arrest and get the D.A. enough evidence to take the shooter to trial. I don't want to arrest you son until he knows what he did but if you keep stalling I won't have any choice but to make an arrest." Jesse hoped he was getting through to Adam.

Adam looked from Jesse to Brooke knowing he couldn't hold off any longer. Brooke wrapped her arm around his letting him know she was with him.

Adam shook his head, "I'll go get JR." He turned to go up stairs and stopped when he saw JR standing at the top of the stairwell.

Marissa sat on AJ's bed with him resting his back against her chest. Bianca sat next to them as they looked at the pictures from last night's Halloween festivities.

"Oh AJ look at this picture!" Bianca held out a picture of Miranda and AJ in their Wizard of Oz costumes.

"Hey it's me and my birthday twin!" Marissa noticed the weakness in his voice.

"Why don't we hang this one over your bed AJ?" Bianca suggested as the little boy shook his head.

"Oh look at this one of all the kids." Marissa picked up the next picture showing it to AJ.

Bianca laughed as she picked up the next picture, "Look at Gabby!" the little girl was snuggled in Greenlee's arms.

"Awe that's adorable. Poor thing could only make it through two floors. She couldn't even make it to the trick or treating." Marissa smiled down at the picture of Gabby and Greenlee.

"Miranda was such a good big sister though. She told everyone that her sister had to take a nap and couldn't go trick or treating. Everyone gave her double the candy. Of course she could have just done that to get more candy." The two women shared a laugh.

Bianca picked up the picture of Gabby and Greenlee, "I'll have to take a copy of this to Greenlee I'm sure she'll love it. You know last night when I was putting the girls to bed Gabby said she was sad that Greenlee didn't get to dress up like everyone else."

Marissa pouted her lips, "You raised such wonderful children Binanca. They are such sweethearts."

The women looked into each other's eyes and for just a moment they forgot where they were at. They weren't in a hospital room. They were just a family looking through pictures.

Their quite moment was interrupted by Angie entering the room. "Marissa could I see you in the hallway for a moment?"

Marissa couldn't help but notice the seriousness in her tone of voice. She nodded her head and looked down at AJ. "AJ mommies going to go outside and talk to the doctor. Bianca's going to stay here with you ok?"

AJ nodded his head and turned back to the pictures that Bianca was showing him. Marissa climbed off the bed and before going out into the hall her eyes met Bianca's one last time. Bianca mouthed "I Love You."

Outside Marissa found Dr. Hubbard standing with Dr. Castillo and David. "Angie what is David doing here?" Marissa still wanted nothing to do with David.

"Marissa I asked David to consult on AJ's case. As you know despite his losing his medical license he's the best cardiologist in the country." Angie explained David's presence.

Marissa looked scared, "Is it that serious?"

David put his arm around his daughter, "Marissa I'm afraid so. The infection attacked AJ's heart and caused significant damage."