JR stood at the top of the stairwell of the Chandler mansion. He saw Adam, Brooke, Jesse and Brot standing in the entry way all looking serious. "Dad?"
Adam looked up at JR wanting to keep him in this innocent state but after talking with Brooke he realized it was for JR to face that night. "JR Jesse and Brot need to talk to you about the night of the car accident and what happened the night you and AJ were hurt."
JR walked down the stairs, "Jesse I'm sure Adam told you I have no memory of the accident I'm not sure how much help I'll be."
"I am aware of the injuries you sustained from the accident. I'm here about that and the other events that unfolded that night."
"Other events?" JR looked at him confused.
"We had a pretty eventful night here and I'd like to take you for a ride and we can discuss what may have happened and see if anything jogs your memory."
JR agreed and followed the two men out to the "We had a pretty eventful night here and I'd like to take you for a ride and we can discuss what may have happened and see if anything jogs your memory."
JR agreed and followed the two men out to the police cruiser outside.
He watched the scenery changed as they drove from the mansion to another house just outside of town. He recognized the Slater home immediately.
"Jesse why are we at the Slater's?" he and Kendall had been friends at one point but their relationship was strained to say the least after the whole Fusion take over.
"It was either here or the airport to start but I didn't think the airport would do much to remind you what happened. Why don't you follow Brot and I inside."
JR obediently followed them to the door and waited as they knocked.
Kendall stood behind the door as it swung open. JR noticed the look of hatred in her eyes as she stared back at him. She said nothing to him just stepped to the side allowing them to enter.
JR followed Jesse to the play room that sat in between Spike and Ian's bedrooms.
"Why are we here Jesse?" why would a playroom help him remember things his mind suppressed.
"On the night of September 23 Tad and Dixie found you at Pine Valley International Airport you were leaving town. You had lost custody of AJ to your ex-wife Marissa, who is also Babe's sister. Your father planned an extravagant party to welcome home your Uncle Stuart, we believed he had been shot and killed in 2009. Marissa left AJ here with Kendall's sons and Bianca's daughters. The baby sitter put the children to bed AJ sleeping on this bed right here," he pointed to the bottom bunkbed. "An hour later the babysitter came back and AJ was gone."
JR stared down at the bed as images of a blonde haired boy sleeping soundly flashed before him. A man sat down next to the sleeping boy running his hand through his blonde hair waking up the little boy. "He was wearing Superman PJ's." he said both factually and questioning.
"That's right." Jesse was encouraged.
JR sat down on the bed in the same place where he saw AJ sleeping in his mind. A pair of blue eyes stared down at the boy. He heard a voice coaxing the boy out of the bed. AJ resisted saying he wanted he was tired. The man's voice got more forceful insisting he come with him. AJ cried saying Mommy Marissa would be mad if he left. The man's arms reached down and pulled the boy up close to him one hand covering his mouth.
JR heard the harsh words that the man whispered in his ear demanding the boy go with him. He looked up at the window and watched as his mind showed the man climing through the window AJ's shaking in his arms. The man turned around and JR saw his own face staring back into the room and close the window.
"No." a single syllable escaped his lips.
Jesse turned JR towards him forcing the man to look at him. "What do you see JR?"
He shook his head, "Nothing it was nothing. Who took my son that night? How did he end up in a car with me?"
"I'm hoping we can figure that out together JR."
Jesse left the room. JR stood there a moment staring silently at the bed. He knew what he was capable of and knew he probably took the boy from this home. AJ is a Chandler he told himself he didn't belong with this Marissa or anyone else he belonged at home with his family. While he knew what he had done in this room he wasn't going to tell Jesse and risk getting arrested. This amnesia was going to work to his favor.
He turned and left the room. Kendall was standing at the doorway to the playroom staring at him. "Kendall" he said simply. He received no response from her as she continued to glare at him.
JR found Jesse standing at the doorway. They went outside and braved the cool November air. JR had grown up here and knew that they would have snow by Thanksgiving this year.
The three men walked around the back of the house. There were tire tracks behind the house that led to the window.
"We had the state's top forensic scientist examine the tire tracks. They were able to figure out the type of vehicle that made these tracks. You see these grooves here JR?" Jesse pointed to the tire tracks as JR nodded. "There is only one brand of tire that match these grooves. These tires are available by special order only. We were able to track these to a tire manufacture from Center City. They only shipped one set of those tires to Pine Valley. They belong to a 2011 Cadillac Escalade Special Edition."
"We own one of those." JR admitted.
Jesse nodded, "You did it was totaled in a car accident."
Without saying another word Jesse walked back to the car motioning for JR to follow. They climbed back in to the car. JR was surprised to see them make their way back to the mansion. He was sure that Jesse was going to arrest him for kidnapping right then and there.
They walked back into the mansion and Jesse stopped in front of the living room. Adam had kept the doors to the living room locked JR hadn't been in that room since the shooting. Jesse turned away from the door and made his way into the study. "JR you know better than most the tunnels in this house right?"
"Yeah I would say that's true. We used to play in them as kids."
"Could you show me how to get from this room to the living room through the tunnels?"
JR walked over to the book case and pushed on the wall next to it revealing the entrance to the tunnel. Jesse and Brot followed JR through the tunnel. He explained to them where each tunnel led. He told them stories about the mansion. He suddenly stopped and pushed on one of the beams revealing the Living room before them.
"Why did I show you this Jesse?" Unlike at the Slater's home walking through the tunnels brought back no memories to JR.
"JR I want you to stand here and just watch me." Jesse stepped into the room and stood in the same spot where he had been the night of the party. Brot also walked to the same spot he had been. Adam and Brooke joined them and stood in the middle of the room.
JR watched them from the tunnels. He was confused at what they were doing. Suddenly his mind went back to the party.
He saw them all standing there smiling and laughing. Marissa stood there with Bianca holding tight to one another. He remembered loving her. He remembered asking Bianca to help him get back but Bianca stabbed him in the back. Marissa had left him she was in love with Bianca she claimed. Marissa had taken his son from him.
That anger that JR felt deep within his soul was coming back to him. He remembered where that anger came from. They all stood there laughing and having fun while his world fell apart. Because of her he had lost everything. His son, his father, his home, everything. He looked down at his hand. He remembered holding the revolver. He looked back into the room and saw all of them there raising their glasses toasting how great they were.
There had been a brief interruption but then he got his focus back. He felt his arm rise and the gun point at the two women that were responsible for his pain. He heard the gun shout out as the bullet flew from its chambers one bullet after the other. He remembered with those two bullets escaping his anger deaden just a little.
Her eyes flashed into his memory. Marissa didn't get hit. Erica had stepped in front of her. And then the person's who's eyes he saw before him. He saw the shock in Greenlee's eyes as the first bullet ripped into her. He saw the pain and anguish as her body turned and the other bullet hit. He watched as the two women fell to the ground and the blood covered them.
He shook his head trying to get those images out of his head but as hard as he tried they kept coming. He felt the anger build up as he realized he shot the wrong person. It was her fault that Greenlee had been shot. If she had just loved him enough and stayed with him none of this would have happened. His arm rose again he remembered the relief he felt as he pulled the trigger over and over again. He could hear their screams in their minds. Images of their bodies lying on the floor haunted his mind.
Adam watched as JR sunk to the ground. He could tell from the look in the man's eyes the events were unfolding in front of him.
Adam walked over to his son and placed a hand on his shoulder, "JR?" he asked cautiously.
"What the hell did I do?" JR looked up at Adam. "I was so angry at you and Marissa and Bianca. But I couldn't have hurt people could I?" JR's eyes pleaded with Adam to tell him his memories were wrong.
"JR don't…" Adam tried to keep the boy quiet as anything he said could be used in court.
"NO DAD!" JR's anger came out again. "What did I do? What was I thinking?" JR stood up and punched the wall. All the anger he felt that night and the nights leading up to him pulling that trigger was back. He had tried to get rid of that anger by shooting Marissa but all it did was strengthen the anger he felt.
JR punched the wall over and over again screaming. He stopped for a moment as the bottle of scotch came in to his view. That would help just a sip of scotch would make this better. He walked over and with his scratched up and bloody hand he reached for the bottle.
Adam followed behind placing his hand on JR's stopping him from drinking, "That won't help you son."
"How do you know? Maybe this is who I am a angry drunk murderer! I killed people!" JR flung the scotch against the wall.
Adam hung his head down he couldn't help his son. The only one that could help JR right now was JR. Adam nodded at Jesse knowing what needed to happen next.
Brot took out a pair of hand cuffs and put JR's hands behind him locking the cuffs around his wrists.
"JR Chandler. You're under arrested for the attempted murder of Greenlee Smythe, Marissa Chandler, Brooke English, Scott Chandler, and Kendall Hart-Slater. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you."
JR nodded his head. Adam placed a hand on his shoulder, "I'm here for you son no matter what."
As Jesse and Brot took JR back out to the car Brooke held to Adam as he watched his son taken away.