This was some great stuff and Tom knew that Paul Drake was good for a chunk of change for this kind of information. He called Paul, who agreed to meet with him. With the exchange of fifty dollars Paul was told what had happened at the bar.

As soon as Tom left Paul thought that it would be a good idea to go back to Tammy's house and then thought twice no he thought that he would go over to Lisa's house. He had her name and address now and was curious as to where Lyle was spending the night.

Paull waited outside of the home and watched as Lisa went into her house alone. He was thinking that perhaps Lyle had gone back to Tammy's when Lyle pulled up. Lyle walked up to the house like he belonged there and knocked hard on the door. He was yelling at Lisa to let him in and the lights came on in many of the apartments at the building. Lisa did not answer the door.

That was when he saw Lyle on his cell phone and could see that he was making several calls and by the anger on his face, no one was answering the phone for him. Lyle sat in the front of the house for over an hour before leaving.

Paul followed him over to Tammy's house where the door was not opened willingly for him either. He sat in the driveway waiting for morning, Paul thought. Paul stayed at the home and watched the house, where there was no movement at all.

But when morning came Tammy must have seen Lyle's car in the driveway because the police showed up at their house just after seven. They made Lyle move on. He argued with them that this was his house, but he was not on the lease and he had to leave.

Paul followed the man to a local bar and went into the bar with him. The bar was a real dive and one of the few bars that opened at eight in the morning. Paul took a seat at the bar and watched and listened as Lyle ran his mouth about his girl and how she had kicked him out.

"The bitch got mad at me after all that I have done for her. If it wasn't for me she wouldn't have a business or a place to stay. I even got rid of her partner for her." he bragged.

Paul almost gave himself away with that remark. He nearly spilled the drink in his hand. "Was this a confession? Did he murder Brian Marcus?"

But Lyle kept on bragging that he had a fight with Brian at the clam shack that night and the guy was scared stiff of him. He had read in the paper the following day that someone had killed him. Someone had done him the favor he laughed.

'So it appeared that Lyle might not be the murderer, but Paul wasn't sure. He could have realized that he was bragging in front of strangers and backed off.

Paul turned to him and said "Is that the murder of the guy at the clam shack? I heard about that" Paul was hoping that Lyle would give him more information.

Lyle turned and smiled at him "Yeah my gal is his partner or was. He was a jerk and owed everyone including Tammy money. The two of them were always fighting acting as though they were the ones who were married or something. He was nothing to me." Lyle bragged to him.

Paul had wondered if Brian had owed Tammy any money and now he knew. He was going to have to look into that a little further. But, he watched as Lyle left the bar and walked down the street to a dive of a hotel. Paul watched as he got a room from the desk clerk.

With that Paul gave Perry a call. Perry had just gotten into the office when Della had answered the phone. It was Paul and he told him of what had happened that night. Perry was under the same thoughts that Paul had. He didn't disregard Lyle totally as a suspect, but he was interested in Tammy and her problems with Brian the man that was going to be her business partner.

As Della and Perry discussed what Paul had found out Lori had gotten up not feeling very good. She was not in any pain or anything, she just felt a little drained. As she took a seat at the kitchen table, she thought about the baby that was now overdue. She hoped that her not feeling good was a sign of things to come, when without warning her water broke. She ran to the bathroom to take care of herself and called Mike. Michael Junior was on the way.

Mike had just arrived at work that morning and headed straight home. He did not want Lori alone and wanted to be there for the whole birth experience. Lori called the doctor and they told her to wait until the contractions started and were less than five minutes apart if she could. But, labor should start soon.

Della had just taken her seat at her desk when Lori called her. Della was so excited and she told Lori to keep her posted. Della went into Perry's office and told him the news.

Perry was glad to hear that he was soon going to be an uncle. Della called Jen their nanny to let her know that they might not be home at the regular time that night. She told her that Lori's baby was on the way and then Della sat down to work. She was nervous and not getting much done, when Lori called she was on the way to the hospital.

Della could not concentrate on her work, but knew that Mike and Lori would let her know as soon as the baby was born. Perry and Della had a lot of work to do and with the information that now had they were waiting anxiously to hear from Paul also.

As they closed the office that evening and went home Sally was waiting anxiously to hear anything about the baby. Della explained that sometimes having a baby takes a long time, and she promised that Sally would be one of the first to know when little Mike was born.

Perry and Della worked in the study and it was just a little after ten when the phone rang. Michael Jr had been born he weighed in at eight pounds ten ounces and was twenty inches long. Lori sent her a picture of her holding the baby to her through her phone.

Della and Perry hugged they were an aunt and uncle and soon would have a baby of their own. They would be going to meet their nephew in the morning.