Once they arrived at the hospital, Matt was told he would have to leave C.J. for a few minutes while they stitched him up. He ran the risk of infection if he didn't so he very reluctantly complied. The only thing he wanted was to hold her and be with her. The doctor that treated them both told him that she was going to be groggy for another 5 hours or so, so he recommended she stay overnight. Matt agreed but said he was staying with her.

He was about to head back to her room when Uncle Roy came around the corner. Matt looked surprised, "Uncle Roy what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to say in Boardwalk at least overnight?"

Uncle Roy looked at him and said, "I couldn't stay there and I didn't need to stay there, I'm fine. Just a few stitches." He looked at Matt's side and asked, "You look worse than I do."

Matt put his hand on his side and winced for a second but said, "It's just a little scratch, I don't know why everyone is making such a fuss about it." They started walking back down the hallway toward C.J.'s room.

"So I hear Mr. Telso won't be making much wine anymore." Roy said asking what happened but not asking at the same time.

Matt nodded his head and the two sat down in a little waiting area, "No he won't. I almost did it, Uncle Roy. I had both my hands around his neck and I wasn't going to let go. I've never been that angry before at anyone. He had C.J. in that room and had me thinking he was raping her right in front of me." Matt shook his head, "I almost killed him in cold blood."

Roy patted his back, "But you stopped yourself, didn't you."

Matt looked back at his uncle and said, "C.J. stopped me and I'm not sure it was the right thing for her to do."

Roy looked confused, "What do you mean?"

Matt answered, "My back was turned when he got to his gun. C.J. used her defensive moves on me to get me out of Telso's line of vision. She grabbed my gun and she was the one who shot him. She shot him 5 times, Uncle Roy. Telso may be dead, but what toll did it take on her, huh?"

Roy looked down for a second and said, "It took less of a toll on her than losing you would have. Whether it was to a bullet or to the court system if you had been convicted of murder."

Roy told Matt as he got up, "I'm going to take Chris back to the beach house. Today was another nightmare for her, but I think she was relieved when I told her Telso was dead. Her sister Pam is flying in tomorrow and moving in with her for a few days. I told her I would outfit her place with some additional security. Oh and some Dr. Wilma Randolph stopped by and was talking to her for 2 hours. I think she's starting that long road to recovery."

Matt nodded and thanked Roy before heading back to his wife's hospital room. He slowly opened the door and found his wife, laying on her side, just staring out the window. He walked over into her line of vision and softly asked her, "Howya feeling, hun?"

C.J. took his hand and said, "Numb, I guess….I don't know. I've never killed anyone like that before."

Matt took her hand and rubbed it in his trying to bring her some comfort as he told her, "What you did saved both our lives. You did nothing wrong."

C.J. nodded and looked back into Matt's eyes, "I've done it before you know, Christian Dean. I was angry Matt." She started to cry, "I was angry with him for killing Carl and Telso was going to kill you, so I killed him."

"Come here." Matt got up, sat on the bed and carefully took her in his arms as he told her, "C.J. you only did what you had to do. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him myself. But you did stop me, you knew it was wrong to just take his life. You still have that moral compass, don't let what happened make you think you've lost that."

C.J. nodded and broke their embrace when she said, "No, I knew what it would do to you if you killed him yourself. I wanted to spare you, just like I wanted to spare Chris. That's why I took off in the chopper and took your gun. I planned to bring him down and that's what scares me."

Matt nodded, this was what he was afraid of, that this case would hurt her in other ways than physically, but he knew she wasn't a cold blooded killer. So he told her, "Look, honey you have nothing to be afraid of. Just the fact that this scares you is proof that you aren't a killer." He took her face in his hands again and kissed her softly on the mouth and told her, "You really do have those self-defense moves down you know. Guess all that torture was worth it, huh."

She smiled for a second and told him to lay beside her in the bed as she was still really sleepy. He carefully positioned himself and took her in his arms as she drifted off to sleep. He rubbed her cheek the entire time and it soothed her right to sleep.