Chapter 55

As soon as he got in, Meg stood up and headed over to him, but Agent Miller stopped her and escorted her back to her seat. He gestured for Jeff to sit across from her, and then he took his own seat next to Jeff.

"This is how this will work. I'm going to let Mr. Hardy be here but I'll ask the questions. This is your only chance to tell him." He told her and she nodded her head. "Then let's begin. First question, when did you first get involved with Shane McMahon?" Meg looked at Jeff.

"I'm sorry." She started, "I didn't think it would go this far. I just wanted you back again. Things just got out of hand."

"What did you do?" Jeff asked her and Miller touched his arm to remind him he was just supposed to listen.

"After our fight at Matt's house, I uh went back to our house to pack my things. Shane was there. He told me that he needed to talk to Jessica and that so far you wouldn't let him. He said he just wanted to tell her how he feels; that he loved her but you were scared that she would leave you if she knew how Shane felt, so you wouldn't let him."

"I know it sounds stupid," Meg tried to explain, "but I saw it as a chance to get you back so I agreed to help him. It wasn't supposed to go this far. He told me to call you and tell you we had a break in so that you would come over. I didn't know that he had been doing those things to her, to you." She paused looking at Jeff for some kind of response.

"Go on." Miller told her.

"It just got out of hand." She said and explained everything that had happened that night with her calling Jeff and then talking to the police.

"Why didn't you tell the cops the truth when they came?" Miller asked.

"I was scared I'd be in trouble and I didn't think we had harmed anyone. I didn't know he took you and then when all the reports started coming out about you being rushed to the hospital and Jessica being kidnapped, I knew that I'd get in trouble. You have to believe me. I never meant to hurt you." Jeff shook his head disgusted.

"When did you see him next?"

"Shane called me to see what was going on. He wanted to know how Jeff was doing and if anyone knew his part in it. Then he told me he needed some items and that I had to bring it to him. He threatened me. He said if he got caught then so would I. I didn't want to go to jail so I helped him."

"What did he want?" Miller asked.

"I brought him a laptop and a printer. He also wanted hair dye and some scented candles." She paused not wanting to tell them the last part, but she knew it was too late to hold anything back. She lowered her head. "I gave him a gun."

"You did what?" Jeff yelled at her not able to hold it back any longer. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do?" She pleaded, tears rolling down her face.

"How about call the cops? You could have stopped this whole thing!"

"Jeff, let me ask the questions." Miller warned. Jeff sat back down but Meg could tell he was fuming. "You met him at the park?" Meg nodded.

"I gave him everything, then he had me run some errands with him before he drove off."

"Where is he?"

"I don't know. He didn't tell me."

"Okay, let's go back. You said he had you run errands. What kind?" Miller asked trying another angle.

"Shopping, we went to the market; the liquor store. He said…" Meg let her voice trail.

"Go on." Miller implored her.

"He said they had a special date planned for tomorrow. He even had me pick up some beauty items. He said Jessica wanted to dress up for it."

"He was lying." Jeff said.

"Shane gave me a list. It was written by her." Meg said and Agent Miller pulled out a slip of paper from his files.

"That would be this?" Meg glanced at it and nodded. Miller showed it to Jeff. "Is this her writing?" Jeff stared at in shock. It was indeed her hand writing. He tried glancing at the items on the list but then Miller pulled it away.

"I'll take that as a yes." He put it back in the file. "Meg, is there anything else you could tell us? Anything we should know?"

"I am sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen." She looked to Jeff but he just turned to Agent Miller.

"Are we done?" He asked him. Miller nodded then Jeff stood up and headed to the door.

"Jeff?" Meg called after him.

"Don't" He said turning back to her. "I don't want to hear it. You think you could just say you're sorry and everything is forgiven? You let him take her; you gave him a gun!"

"I didn't have a choice!"

"Yes you did! You keep saying that but it's not true. You could have told the cops. You could have confessed in the beginning and we wouldn't be here right now. He tried to kill me and god knows what he's going to do with her."

"I didn't think he would…" She tried explaining but he cut her off.

"Oh you thought all right. You thought about yourself. You didn't even want to consider that anyone else would get hurt. Well I saw it, first hand. He tied me to a chair, taunted me, broke three of my ribs and almost killed me! And Jess? I've seen him push her, throw her, force her to kiss him. What do you think he's doing right now?" Meg looked to the ground.

"Condoms." She said and Jeff paused. "He had me buy condoms." Frustrated, Jeff ran his hand through his hair.

"I'm done. I don't ever want to see you again." He walked to the door and opened it before turning to Meg one last time. "If he hurts her, I'll kill you."

Matt watched as Jeff came storming out of the room. Agent Miller came out behind him trying to calm him down. He went over to them to give his brother support.

"What the hell do we do now?" Jeff yelled. "We're no closer to finding her now than before!"

"Look, we got some very good leads from her." Miller said holding up his hands. "Now just let us work with it."

"Work with what? She didn't tell us anything except that she's a selfish idiot!" Jeff felt the anger pouring through his veins. He wanted to go back in there and strangle Meg for what she did. "How could she do that?"

"Don't worry, she's going to pay for her crimes and we did get some clues. They were around the town; he had her meet him at a local park. He's sticking to places that are familiar. That shows that he stayed local. It narrows our search area."

"So what, you go door to door looking for them?" Jeff said sarcastically. "I'm sure that will work."

"It's a start." He told him, grabbing his arm. "Your anger isn't going to get us anywhere and it certainly isn't going to help Jessica."

"What else can I do?" He asked frustrated. He sunk down in the nearest chair and put his head in his hands.

"Now don't get angry but I have to ask. That list you saw, is it at all possible that Jessica is going along with this?"

"No way!" Jeff said raising his head. "She must be up to something; planning an escape."

"Fine, but if that's true, let's just hope she doesn't put herself in any more danger." Miller said.

"You heard her. You know what he's planning." Jeff said and Agent Miller nodded. "We can't let that happen. I won't be able to bring her back from that."

"We'll find her." Miller promised then looked to Matt. "Why don't you take him home? I contact you as soon as we have anything."

Matt nodded and took his brother's hand. The realization of what was going on was too much for Jeff. He allowed Matt to lead him back to the waiting car.

"Tell me it will be okay." Jeff said when they got to the car.

"It will be." Matt said as he helped him into the car. Matt wasn't so sure. He didn't know what had happened in the interrogation room, but judging from everyone's reaction, it didn't look to good for Jess.