Chapter 51

At the laSalle's scott was working in his study when he heard dawn calling out to him and she sounded upset,so he rushed into the livingroom;"What's wrong,honey,are you okay?"

"Your father…."started she still in shock;"It was just on the news."

"What was on the news?"asked her husband irritated;"I don't have a father anymore!"

"Let me finish,scott!"said dawn softly as she pulled him down next to her on the couch;"It was just on the news that he was murdered at tops in his penthouse there."

"Murdered?"began he shocked;"Are you sure?"

"Yes,that's what they said on the news."answered his wife;"Are you okay,scott?"

"I'm fine,dawn,why wouldn't I be?"asked scott annoyed;"I didn't think of him as my father for a long time and I hated him for what he had done to my mother,so I'm not going to pretend that I'm sorry that he's dead."

"But he was still your father,scott."said she surprised about the way he was acting;"He's the only father that you have ever known."

"I stopped seeing him as my father after I found out the truth about what he'd done to my mother and also to a lot of other people,so don't start about the fact that he raised me!"answered her husband;"My mother raised me!"

"Your mother!"started dawn suddenly;"Do you think that she knows about this yet,scott?"

"I hope not!"said he worried as he got up;"I have to tell her before she sees it on tv or something like that."

Just at the same time shane was driving towards the Hudson's to see if his fiancée was there after he'd been to her store and she wasn't there when he saw a lot of reporters setting up their stuff infront of the gate;"Damn it!"

"Are you here on policebusiness or is this a social call,lt. Cassidy?"asked one of the reporters as shane stopped and opened the window to press the gatebutton;"Is there a suspect yet?"

"Don't you guys have something better to do?"answered he irritated and drove through the gate when it opened up;"Leave these people alone!"

"Shane!"said Michael relieved when he saw him parking his car infront of the house and getting out of his car;"I'm glad that you're here."

"Where's Nicole?"asked shane worried as he walked into the house;"Is she okay?"

"Neither of them really cared much for regioneld,but still they're shocked by his murder."started his friend hesitating as they went straight into the livingroom;"Are there any suspects yet,shane?"

"I don't know."answered he uncomfortable and sat down next to Nicole as he put his arms around her;"Hey,baby,are you okay?"

"It's funny,shane,I really hated regioneld and I couldn't have cared less if I'd never see him again,but now that he's dead I can't believe it."said Nicole with tears in her eyes;"That's weird,isn't it?"

"Ofcourse not,Nicole,no matter what he did he was still your father."began shane and held her tight;"It's gonna be okay again."

It was just before half past seven when ben walked into the kitchen at mary's place and found his girlfriend there cleaning up;"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?"asked Emily laughing as she turned around;"I'm cleaning up."

"You don't have to do that!"said her boyfriend and pulled her into his arms while he kissed her;"You should take it easy,em."

"Come on,ben,according to the doctor I'm about eight weeks pregnant,so there's no reason why I should take it easy."answered she a bit annoyed;"I'm pregnant,but that doesn't make me an invalid."

"But I'm just worried about you and the baby."started ben hesitating;"I just want you to be carefull."

"Nothing's gonna happen to me or the baby."smiled his girlfriend as she saw that he was really worried and kissed him;"The baby isn't due for atleast another 32 weeks,so please don't act so worried all the time,ben."

"Okay,I'm sorry and I will try to act a little less worried."answered he and kissed her back;"It's just that you mean the world to me and so does this baby,so I don't want to lose you both."

"You won't lose us."promised Emily him;"There is nothing that can keep us apart anymore,ben."

Nicole was standing infront of the livingroom-window of her sister's house,looking outside,when Michael came back;"Are they still out there?"

"Yes,I'm afraid so."said her brother-in-law and turned towards his wife;"Are you okay,donna?"

"Ofcourse I'm not okay!"answered she angry;"I can't leave my house without being ambushed by a pack of reports with all kinds of questions about my father!"

"I'm sure that they will give up at some point."started Michael slowly as he turned towards shane;"Who's on the case?"

"Ryan is."said he uncomfortable;"Together with me."

"With you?"asked his girlfriend looking up;"Are you investigating regioneld's murder?"

"Yes,but not because I want to!"answered shane;"I asked the captain to give the case to somebody else,Nicole,but he refused."

"Then you must have some idea who might have done this."began she curious;"Do you have a suspect yet?"

"No,I don't and even if I did then I wouldn't be able to talk to you about it."said her boyfriend irritated;"Please,Nicole,don't ask me things like that!"

"Shane is right!"answered donna softly;"Since he's on the case he can't talk to us about it because we're probably suspects number one since we all hated him."

"Are we suspects?"asked her sister surprised and turned towards her fiancée;"Shane?"

"I can't talk to you about this case!"said shane tired;"If any of you were really suspects at this point then you'd be sitting at the policestation right now,Nicole,that's all I can tell you."

At m.j. was staring infront of her,wishing that she was at home with her son and adam,when Jamie walked in;"Hi,Jamie,what are you still doing here?"

"I was on my way home when one of the nurses told me that you'd had a pretty bad nightmare and it seems that you've been having a lot of those,m.j."started the young doctor slowly;"Do you want to talk about it?"

"There's nothing to talk about."answered she;"I've been having nightmares eversince I got shot in new York."

"Maybe you should talk to somebody about it then."said Jamie hesitating;"Maybe to a professional or something."

"To a shrink?"asked his friend irritated;"I'm not crazy,Jamie!"

"I didn't say that you were,but you need help to deal with those nightmares if you want them to go away."answered he;"I know somebody that can really help you."

"I don't know,Jamie,I don't see how talking about it is going to make the nightmares go away."

"Don't you want them to go away again?"asked the young doctor;"See a psychiatrist doesn't make you crazy!"

"Maybe not,but I still don't see what difference it would make if I went to talk to one."answered m.j.;"It wouldn't change anything."

"You don't know that."said Jamie;"Maybe it would help to make the nightmares stop."

"Just by talking about it,Jamie,I seriously doubt it."

"It might."started he slowly;"Would you atleast consider going once?"

"Maybe."answered his friend hesitating;"Maybe just one time to make you happy and to get you off my back."