Keeping Old Enemies Closer
Warren has turned himself in to the police by lying to the police that he is the one who planted "false evidence" at the school and the police.
Warren is taken to the West Oregon Correction Facility (instead of a juvenile prison) where he will be held until trial. He is wearing a dark green jail suit and barefoot since his shoes were taken away by the police and for unknown reason to Warren, they refuse to give him shoes or anything to wear for his feet.
When he walks into the prison for the first time, he sees a familiar face coming towards him… Nathan Prescott.
The next day at breakfast, Nathan came around and he sits across from him.
"Hello fucking Whining Gayham, I thought I wouldn't see you again, but here you are," commented Nathan.
"I can say the same to you Prescott," Warren shot back.
"I heard you planted evidence at school and on my father so you can get your girlfriend out," he commented. "However, I know you didn't do it even you were capable of do such things. Even you did, I want to thank you."
Warren's shoots his head back like "what".
"My father disowned me soon after I was arrested, he hasn't visit me or provide me an attorney because he wanted to save his own skin," Nathan informs. "Now that he could still be facing prison for what every crime… but there are other things he did that should put him behind bars many years ago."
"No shit," Warren scoffed. "Recently I even heard he abused you and refused to provide you psychiatric help when the doctors advised it."
"Those rumors are true," he answered. "If he did not cut me off, then he believes he could risk exposing any dark secrets he is hiding in his closet."
"What is with the change and what do you want from me other than seeing an old class mate?" Warren questioned.
"I wanted to tell you that I feel bad for what I did to Chloe and everyone I hurt because of it. No one knows about this, but my dad is the one who killed her father, William," Nathan admitted. Warren is shock to hear this.
"My dad wasn't bad as he was before the car accident. He was still scum, but not to the extent you know today. He didn't abuse me before then. However, after the accident he started drinking and his demeanor became worse and worse and started to physically abuse me. He covered up his tracks, but he became paranoid that any time that his past could come back to get him," said Nathan.
"I could only imagine that plus the drinking and depression could send him into a downward spiral," said Warren.
"I am also here to make a deal with you," Nathan offered. "I could make you and all of your friends, including Miss. Caulfield's problems go away. I could testify on your behalf, against my father, and in exchange your mother could pull her sources for me reduce my sentence".
"No deal, accident or not Chloe died because of you and you hurt Max and Chloe's family. I rather be in prison for life before betraying Max or her friends like that," Warren snapped back.
"Even you proved your innocence, the Arcadia Bay Police shown they will do anything to see all of you in jail. Even you move out of the town and never come back, they will find some bogus charge and then send it to whatever city you are in… it has been done before," said Nathan. "I will give you time to think it over, but you have until your trial ends".
Meanwhile, Alicia is giving a press conference in front of Oregon state capitol at Salem on the situation while Chief Nagy is giving another press conference on his end in front of Arcadia Bay Police Station.
"The police arrest my client and me based on words from a website by an anonymous user with no other evidence. They were too quick to act on unproven words, they made no investigation on what the website to see if what the website is saying is true or not, they refuse to let us to talk or have a represent an attorney which is a violation of our rights, and now my son is in jail because of the website's lies and Arcadia Bay police's arrogance and incompetence," Alicia stated.
"The statements that Miss. Graham says are all lies. We do have evidence against them, but now with Warren Graham admitting he is the one that planted false evidence forced us to release Miss. Graham and Miss. Caulfield. We will continue to investigate on the matter," said Chief Nagy. "Miss. Graham and Miss. Caulfield refuse right to an attorney and we do have evidence against them. It will take matter of time to gather all of them."
"If they are lies then I challenge the Arcadia Bay Police Department to present any evidence they have by tomorrow at court," said Alicia. "They say they do have evidence then let them show it… or are they the ones that are lying again to cover themselves?"
Lydia Savage comes to the station to tell Chief Nagy about the situation on Alicia's challenge.
"Well, Judge McCarthy ordered we cease all investigation for now and present what ever evidence we have by tomorrow morning," Lydia Savage tells. "Do you have any evidence against the website's suspects other than the website itself?"
Chief Nagy gives her a negative facial expression that made Lydia Savage roll her eyes in annoyance and disgust.
"Did you investigate who is behind the website then?"
Chief Nagy just answers with his head no. "However, they are suggesting Brooke Scott is behind the website."
"Why haven't you investigate her?" Then Lydia Savage gets irritated not getting an answer from him. "Well it doesn't matter now that Judge McCarthy ordered we ceased all investigations since you told the public you have enough evidence. There is no telling what the judge would do if we investigate further against court order or we don't have evidence other that the website, after all the shit we pulled lately".
Max is staying at Joyce's house. Max is sitting at the couch crying her eyes out on Warren just did for her and Joyce and Vanessa are sitting right by her side.
"Warren and I suppose to be looking for an apartment in Seattle, but now this happens," cried Max.
"You won the heart of a great man and he won your heart," Vanessa comforts Max.
"You mother is right," Joyce added. "It just that jealous Brooke refuse to let it go and it sounds like she will do whatever it takes to win Warren over and to make matters worse, the corrupt police don't care now they made it a personal matter".
Max goes to Chloe's room where she is staying for the time being. She goes to her bags where she pulls out the blue butterfly photo.
"I know I'd vowed never to use my powers again and even if I did, there is no telling how and where I would end up. The tornado could come back and Warren and everyone else could be dead. Warren has done so much for me and it would be wrong if Warren dies because of me. I could never forgive myself if that happen," she thought.
"I miss you Chloe so much and I love Warren so much," Max whispered to herself.
"Now I do wish Warren and I never have met so Warren's doesn't have to go through so much hell. Warren deserves so much better that… than me".
At the West Oregon Correction Facility, Warren is taken a shower alone since he is still a minor and wasn't sent to a juvenile prison. There are two guards at the doorway and when he looked away from the guards for a minute to put some shampoo on his head and wash it off, they guards are gone and then four inmates came to the room, one of the inmates is a fully shaved bald man that looks so familiar to him.
"Hello Mr. Graham, long time no see," said the bald man with a familiar voice. Then it came to Warren, the bald man is Mark Jefferson.
"Mr. Jefferson, is that you?" asked Warren, unable to recognize him at first since he shaved off his head and facial hair.
"Please call me Mark since I am no longer your teacher," commented Mr. Jefferson. Then one of the other inmates came behind him and strangles him with a towel, but not to the point it would kill him. The other inmate restrained his arms so he can't fight back.
"How is my Max?" Mr. Jefferson taunted. Warren's eyes filled with obvious concern.
"Yes… Max is a cute and lovely girl isn't she… you should feel lucky that she fallen in love with you. However, she is going to be my Max," said Mr. Jefferson.
"What do you mean?" asked Warren, still his neck strained from the inmate.
"Because of your recent charade and with the help of Brooke, Sean Prescott just got out on bail earlier this afternoon. Not to long after he contacted me to have me and two of my new friends to kill you, paid the guards to look the other way, and then Brooke and Mr. Prescott will make sure I get out tomorrow on bail… and when I do… Max will be mine," Mr. Jefferson informed. "I originally intended for Max to be my next model just like Kate and Rachel, but you can figure out that plan fell short when I got arrested. Now I will be out of jail because of your escapades, I still have hope for my plans of my little Max."
Mark gives the inmate the signal to strangle Warren to death. "No one is going to steal my Max away from me again."
Then Nathan comes running in with a mop and fights off the three attacking inmates. It causes the inmate to let go of Warren before he suffocates to death.
Nathan gets overwhelmed when it is three on one when Warren is still trying to collect himself. Mr. Jefferson breaks a mop in half and ready to stab Nathan when the other two inmates apprehend him.
"I treated you like a father you never had, then you had to go ruin all of that with Rachel Amber and Chloe Price," Mr. Jefferson commented.
Then Mr. Jefferson is tackled from behind by Warren before he could stab him and then it turns to a brawl until the guards come in and take Warren and Nathan to solitary confinement.
Warren and Nathan are put into separate solitary confinement cells while Mr. Jefferson and their inmates got off free.
Their cells are side by side close enough to talk to each other.
Warren was dragged to his solitary confinement cell naked since he was in the shower.
Warren becomes desperate and shouts at the guards about Mr. Jefferson is planning to do with Mr. Jefferson when he gets out, but the guards just ignore him.
"Give it up Graham… I am guessing all these guards were bribed by my father," said Nathan.
"Mr. Jefferson told me he could be getting out on bail and then he is going after Max," said Warren. "How on earth he expects to do that and get away with it? Didn't the police found the dark room at your old grandfather's farm? Wouldn't "
"I remember him saying he had more than one dark rooms just in case, but he never told me where they are and I'd never found out," Nathan informs.
"Why do you care about Max?" asked Warren.
"I don't… I am just trying to redeem myself since Rachel and Kate," Nathan retorts. "I know I blew that when I killed Chloe, but what else can I do?"
Warren doesn't answer back, instead he just rest on to the cold bunk bed wearing nothing. Nathan quiets down too as he tries to get some sleep. Warren couldn't sleep in thinking Max could be in danger when Mr. Jefferson could be out on bail and Warren can't do anything about it.
Brooke has hacked into the court and police database so Mr. Jefferson could get out of prison on bail. "This is not over Caulfield. Once you are out of the picture, Warren will have nobody else to go to but me," said Brooke to herself, getting more desperate for Warren than before.
The next day at eight o'clock in the morning, Mr. Jefferson is released on bail.
However, eight o'clock in the morning also means the police must turn in evidence to the court as they said to the media and the public.
Lydia Savage is representing the police department, but it turns out the police don't have any evidence other than the website. Alicia brought another attorney, Ronnie Glenmont, to help represent her.
"On the half of the police, I feel the need to apologize that they didn't have evidence when they said they did," Lydia Savage pleaded.
"They lied and being dishonest to you. Why should the court honor lying and dishonesty?" Ronnie argued.
"The police did not lie to you," Lydia Savage argued back.
"They lied to the whole public and that includes you and the courts," Ronnie shoots back. "If not, then what they did was slander and defamation by the police's part."
"I agree with Ronnie," Judge McCarthy agreed.
"Since there is no evidence against my client or Miss. Caulfield other than the website means their crimes they were accused doesn't exist either," said Ronnie.
"But Warren Graham admitted to the crimes so it must exist," Lydia argued back.
"That means you and the police were wrong on a lot of things and with Mr. Graham, you believed what the website said and then you believed you were wrong AGAIN when Mr. Graham admitted to the crimes, and now the police were being dishonest about their evidence against my clients. Not to mention the fact that the police never bothered to know who is behind the website other than us being suspected by Brooke Scott. From what I understand, you did not talk to her once or have anyone suspected to behind the website," Ronnie argued.
"It seems the police is being rash for the umpteenth time against Miss. Caulfield and everything surrounding her," Judge McCarthy stated.
"I apologize for the police's dishonesty, but it was to pursue justice. We just need more time to find more evidence," Lydia Savage argues.
"I will give you two days or if you don't have any strong enough evidence, then I will order Warren Graham's release and throw out the entire case," Judge McCarthy warned. "I will have no choice, but to charge the entire police department with contempt of court for their dishonesty", then Judge McCarthy adjures the court.
Judge McCarthy files contempt of court charges against the police department and fines them $25,000.
Later in the day, Warren and Nathan are taken out of solitary confinement. Warren requests to make a phone call, but the guards ignore his requests and they put them back to their cells. The guards don't even give him his shirt or shoes back. They only give his pants back just for taunts.
At night at Joyce's home, Max is sleeping upstairs in Chloe's room. Max's parents went to stay at a hotel in Salem since they don't feel safe staying anywhere in Arcadia Bay and Max stubbornly wants to stay here when the offered to go with them.
She is awakened to hear a loud thug noise coming from downstairs. Max goes to the upstairs hallway and calls for Joyce and David, who were still in the living room after she went to bed.
She goes downstairs since the lights and the TV are still on. She sees in the kitchen Joyce and David passed out on the floor and then Mr. Jefferson comes up from behind her and grabs her.
"Long time no see Max," said Mr. Jefferson, before knocking her out with a cloth soaked of chloroform to her mouth.
A/N: Thank you for I.C.2014, 1687DParker, and CanadianLeif of leaving your reviews and liking this story. See how Max can be rescued from Mr. Jefferson's grasp in the next few chapters. Who will rescue her and how?