The rest of the day, Matt and C.J. took turns checking on Chris. She slept and only a few times did she wake up having a nightmare, reliving what happened. They decided that it was best if C.J. went in each time to calm her down as they were unsure how she might react if Matt tried to help. They had been given informational booklets on rape when Chris was released published by a Women's Shelter and it discussed the complex gender dynamics associated with rape.

As she slept, Matt ran up to the office and picked up all the files to take back to the beach house for C.J. They were both going to work from there as best they could. C.J. knew she had one week before the trial was set to begin and wanted to be prepared. With the attack on Chris though, she was torn. Part of her wanted to call Bob and tell him to find someone else. Chris was like a sister and she needed C.J. and she was going to make sure she was there when Chris needed her. Matt was still going to help when she needed him, but was going to focus more on the attack on Chris. There was no way in hell the man who did this was getting away with it.

There was something telling C.J. to stay on the case though and she couldn't quite explain it. She was staying at the beach house for at least the next week and would only leave for brief periods to run specific errands. Monday she planned to meet with her client for the first time and Matt had decided to stay home that day. They decided they would make sure someone was with Chris at all times until the person who attacked her was arrested.

Matt came back in but had to make a couple of trips out to the car. He brought the two boxes and Chris' file along with some groceries. C.J. helped and they made lunch real quick, just some sandwiches. After that, C.J. took one to Chris and got her to eat about a quarter of it before going back to sleep.

When C.J. came back down she found Matt going through everything. She put the plate in the dishwasher and went to sit beside him on the couch. "So, we went through all the files Chris left us and I basically told you everything Bob had, so that just leaves the evidence. If you can just tell me what you thought I should focus on I can take it from there. What did you find?"

Matt had been reading over the lab report on the drink spilled on Sheryl Marx's dress and was trying to make sense of something, C.J. could tell.

He looked up at her and said, "Well, I can say the prosecutor is going to like what is in this box a lot more than you."

C.J. took a deep breath, "Ok, well, I'll start with the least damaging and work my way up to the most damaging."

Matt looked back at the report, "Why don't we start with the most interesting." He took a deep breath, "Sheryl Marx, our victim, spilled her drink on her dress before she was attacked, allegedly by Ricardo. The toxicology report here reveals that she had a rum and coke and that it was laced, with clonazepam."

C.J.'s eyes widened, "It's the same drug…or is it? The doctor said it was some strange mix of that, that was given to Chris. Are there any other chemicals in the mix on her dress?"

Matt looked it over and found trace amounts of a couple of different things. He told her, "Yes, apparently there were a couple of different other things….I'll see if I can't get Chris' toxicology report and we can compare it. Clonazepam unfortunately is a popular date rape drug, a lot of rapists have used it. It doesn't make what happened to Marx or Chris unique. However, if it's a special mix, then there could be a link." He started to get up, "I'll see what I can find out, you should probably go through the rest of the box there, and I'll be honest, it looks like he's guilty, C.J."

C.J. nodded to him and he left. She started going through all the evidence in the box. Matt was right as she ran her hands through her hair. Ricardo looked guilty as sin. His fingerprints were everywhere and blood. Not to mention the eye witness that identified him right after the attack at police headquarters. 'Why is Bob so convinced his innocent?' she thought to herself.

Bob Flanders wasn't an easy man to fool. C.J. had known him for years, he was her sorority sister's little brother. No big sister was ever prouder of her little brother than Maureen. C.J. trusted him, but was still confused. She also wondered, like Matt now, if Marx's attack was connected to Chris' and if so, how and/or why? Ricardo was in jail last night. There was no way he could have attacked Chris. C.J. also knew that Chris and Marx were in the minority. Many women don't report being raped. So the idea that a serial rapist was on the loose and had attacked both women was a viable possibility.

C.J. jumped when she heard Chris scream and ran right up to the room. Chris was dripping in sweat moving her head from side to side murmuring, "No, I won't tell you….I don't know anything…I'm just the secretary…no….please don't hurt me…"

C.J. was stunned but went right to her side, gently trying to wake her up and then stepping back so Chris could make her out clearly. Chris almost gasped for air as she woke up and then reached out for C.J. who told her, "I'm right here. I told you, we aren't going anywhere. You are safe here. Shhhh…now just try to relax." C.J. was almost rocking her.

Chris through the tears held on to C.J. and said, "I didn't know what he wanted. I didn't know what to tell him. I thought he was a cab driver and I was going home….I was so stupid."

C.J. pulled back and looked her in the eye, "You are not stupid, and this was not your fault. Do not think that this was your fault. This was his fault and when the police find him, he is going to pay dearly for it. You don't need to worry about him, Matt and I aren't going to leave you alone. He's not getting in here. Just try to relax and rest."

Chris nodded her head and said, "How can you keep him out of my head though….every time I close my eyes….he's there….he told me not to forget….and to make sure you knew."

C.J.'s heart started racing, "What to make sure I knew what Chris?"

Chris started to drift back off again and C.J. helped her lay down as she muttered, "That you get him out of jail or he'd be back."

C.J. swallowed hard. What did Chris mean? Was she still so drugged up she didn't know what she was saying? This meant that her case and Chris' attack were definitely connected somehow. Her and Matt initially thought that the attacks had been random perhaps, but from what Chris just told her, it wasn't random at all.

C.J. left Chris to sleep again and got back to the couch as she thought through all of this, "No….no….she was attacked because she was helping us on this case….she was helping me." She swallowed hard and almost choked for a second before she started crying again. She looked back at the coffee table and in her anger brushed/threw everything on the floor off of it. Then she put her hands over her face and fell back on the couch and cried until Matt got home.