Chapter 52

The next day vince found mary sitting out on the porch when he came downstairs;"What are you doing outhere?"

"Nothing."said she looking up;"Is the rest still asleep?"

"Yes,I think so."answered vince as he sat down down next to her;"Are you thinking about regioneld and about what has happened to him?"

"A bit."started mary hesitating;"It's sad that somebody hated him enough to kill him,vince."

"He had it coming."said he;"I still can't understand why you didn't tell me that he was in town."

"I knew how you feel about him and I didn't want you to get all worked up about him so soon after your heartattack."answered mary;"I thought that he would be gone by the time that you would be able to leave the hospital."

"What did you think that I was going to do,mary?"asked vince irritated;"Kill him or something?"

"That isn't funny,vince !"warned she him;"Don't joke about that!"

"You seem pretty upset about his death!"started he slowly;"Maybe you still have some feelings for him."

"How can you say that?"asked mary softly;"I'm with you,aren't i?"

"Yes,but that doesn't mean that you still couldn't have some feelings for him inside."answered vince;"You were with me once before untill you went away with him!"

"It wasn't like that and you damn well know it!"said she angry and walked away;"It wasn't like that at all,vince!"

Shane was sitting in his office at the policestation when ryan walked in;"Morning."

"Goodmorning,shane."said he and sat down at his own desk;"You look like you didn't get much sleep lastnight."

"Nicole wasn't really happy with me being on the case."started his friend tired;"I knew that this would happen,ryan,that is why I wanted the captain to give the case to somebody else."

"You can forget about that,shane."answered ryan;"Where is Nicole now?"

"She decided to stay with her sister to avoid the reporters and probably me too."said he;"She kept asking me to tell her things about the case and if they were suspects,but I told her that I couldn't talk to her about that and she just refused to accept that."

"It must be hard for her to have you on this case."began his friend;"This is her family that you have to dig into,shane."

"Do you think that I like being on this case?"asked shane angry;"I have asked the captain to put me on another case,ryan,but you heard what he said."

"I'm sure Nicole is just acting out because of everything that has happened and that once she's calmed down a bit she will realize that this isn't your fault."answered he;"I'm sure that by tonight Nicole will have forgive you."

At the hospital susan was surprised to see Jamie waiting outside of her office;"Goodmorning,Jamie,what are you doing here?"

"I was waiting for you."answered he;"I have a patient that I want you to talk to."

"Come on in then."said susan as she opened up her officedoor and let him in;"Tell me about your patient."

"This patient got seriously hurt when she got caught up in a drive-by shooting and after a long time in the hospital she was able to go home,but eversince it happened she'd been having terrible nightmares and serious headache-attacks,so I thought that you might be able to help."started her friend slowly;"I have been able to talk my patient into one talk with you,susan,but she wasn't jumping for joy about it because she thinks that talking to you is going to make her look crazy."

"Who is this patient of yours?"asked she and was surprised when Jamie didn't answer her straight away;"Jamie?"

"I'm not sure if you will still be willing to see my patient if I tell you her name."

"Why not,Jamie,is she a cold blooded-killer or something?"

"No,she's the reason why you broke things off with adam."answered Jamie;"It's m.j. ."

"Oh."said his friend surprised;"Why wouldn't I want to see her because of that,Jamie?"

"Maybe because of what happened with adam and that it might make you feel uncomfortable."started he hesitating;"I wasn't sure how you'd feel about it."

"How could you even think that I would reject her as a patient because of that?"asked susan irritated;"What happened between me and adam isn't her fault."

"I'm sorry."answered her friend a bit ashamed;"Does this mean that you're going to have a session with her,susan?"

"Does she know that I'm the psychiatrist?"said she;"Did you tell her?"

"No,not yet,susan,but I'm going to tell her and I'm sure that she won't mind."

"She must be in really bad shape for you to be asking me this,Jamie,I have never seen you this worried about a patient before."

"M.j. is more then a patient,susan,I have known her all of my life and we became pretty close when she was seeing adam years ago."started Jamie with a faint smile;"I wouldn't be asking this of you if I didn't think that she really needs help with her nightmares,susan,according to the nurses she wakes up screaming during the day or night many times when she's asleep unless they gave her a sleeping-pill before she goes to sleep and since m.j. was already taking way too many heavy painkillers since the shooting I don't want her to do the same with the sleeping-pills."

"It's okay,Jamie,I know that you wouldn't be here if it wasn't serious and that's what I'm here for."answered susan;"I will have a session with her and maybe I can help."

Around lunchtime shane was called into the captain's office with ryan;"How far are you on this case?"

"We've been asking around,but there's nothing special so far."answered ryan;"The man had lots of enemies,so a lot of people could be a suspect."

"What about his family?"asked samuals;"Have you questioned any of them yet,Harrison?"

"No,not yet."said he;"They just lost their father,so I didn't think that this was the right time."

"His oldest daughter seems to have pulled a gun on him at tops not too long ago,so that makes her our number one suspect and I want you two to bring her in for questioning!"started the captain slowly;"Right now!"

"Do you want us to arrest her?"asked shane shocked;"I can't arrest nicole's sister,captain!"

"Ofcourse you can,Cassidy,you're a policeman and that's your job!"said he;"But don't worry,you only have to bring her in for questioning for now."

"Please just take me off this case."begged the young cop tired;"I can't stay on this case!"

"Yes,you can and you will,because I'm not taking you off this case!"warned samuals him;"As long as I'm captain here you will do as I tell you or else you can turn in your badge and your gun,Cassidy,is that understood?"

"Yes,sir."said shane softly as he walked out of the office with ryan;"This is just great."

"Do you want me to talk to the captain about taking you off the case again,shane?"asked his friend worried and walked with him out of the policestation and towards his car;"I can try to change his mind."

"Thanks,ryan,but once he has made up his mind it's no use."answered he;"How am I suppose to explain this to Nicole?"