Chapter 56

At the policestation shane was going through some paperwork when ryan walked in;"We might have a lead in the love-case."

"What kind of lead?"asked shane surprised;"One that clears donna?"

"I'm afraid not."answered his friend hesitating;"Somebody saw her coming out of regioneld's room around the time that he was killed,shane."

"Please tell me that this is a joke!"said he tired;"Just tell me that you didn't find evidence to link nicole's sister to regioneld's death and make her our prime-suspect?"

"I'm sorry,shane,but when I went to question all the people on the victim's floor one the guests came with the story that they had seen a dark-haired woman leaving regioneld's room around the time that was killed and she seemed really upset and in a hurry and when I showed him a picture of donna he made it pretty clear that she was the woman that he has seen."

"Do you have any idea how the captain is going to react when he finds out about this?"asked his friend shocked;"He will have her arrested right away,ryan!"

"I'm sorry,but he already knows."said he;"I ran into him on my way downhere and I had to tell him."

"That's just great."answered shane;"What did he say?"

"Well,he's on the phone with the d.a. right now."started his friend slowly;"So,that probably means that he will want us to arrest her as soon as he can get a warrant."

"Nicole is going to kill me,ryan,she will hate me for the rest of her life if I go downthere to arrest her sister!"

"I'm really sorry,shane,but there is nothing that you can do about that."said ryan;"The captain isn't going to take you off the case."

Amanda was sitting in her room,feeling pretty badly about sam wanting to live at tops for a while when her parents came in;"Hi,guys."

"Hello,honey,is everything okay?"asked her mother worried when she saw the sad look in her eyes;"Did you get some bad news?"

"Sam wants to move into his brother's old room at tops."answered Amanda;"He told me this morning,mom."

"We know,Amanda,he told us last night."started she slowly;"We think it's a good idea for him to stay at tops for a while untill you two can sort things out."

"How can you say that?"said her daughter irritated;"How can we work things out if he's in a hotel across town?"

"Sam is moving out to give you some space to get over what happened,Amanda,instead of him being there to remind you about it all the time."answered mac;"Come on,honey,this isn't going to be forever."

"As soon as you two have worked things out again sam will move back into the house or you two can find a house of your own."started his wife softly;"This isn't the end of the world and if you two really love eachother then you will find your way back to eachother."

At mary's place Kathleen was working behind the counter with her brother,while they were talking to cass,when adam came in;"Hi,guys."

"Shouldn't you be at the hospital?"asked ben teasing;"Now you can be there as much as you want,adam."

"Very funny."answered he;"M.j. had an appointment with susan."

"With your ex?"said his friend surprised;"Why?"

"As you might remember,Kathleen,my ex is an psychiatrist at the hospital and Jamie has send m.j. there for a consult."started adam slowly;"He thought that it was about time that she dealt with what happened in new York and did something about her nightmares."

"But to send her to a shrink?"asked she;"Is it that bad?"

"I think that Jamie is right for sending m.j. to susan,because I have seen m.j. after a nightmare once and it wasn't a pretty sight."said her husband;"Maybe susan can help."

"When can m.j. go home again?"started ben quickly changing the subject when he saw how uncomfortable adam looked talking about that subject;"Does she have to stay at the hospital for much longer,adam?"

"No,she might be able to go home next week."answered he with a faint smile;"I have asked her to move in with me,but she thinks it's too soon."

"She's probably right."said Kathleen;"You two have just got back together again and justin,who is used to having aaron around,doesn't really know you and has to get used to being without aaron."

"It isn't my fault that my own son doesn't know me and that he's used to aaron and now has to learn to live without him!"began her friend angry and walked away;"I didn't even know that I had a son untill a few weeks ago."

"That was a touchy subject."answered cass after adam had left;"I think that adam still has a few issues to deal with and that it might cause problems between them some day."

That afternoon donna was talking to Nicole in the garden when the housekeeper came outside with shane and ryan;"These gentlemen are here to see you,mrs. Hudson."

"Thank you,greta."said she surprised as she turned towards the young men;"What can I do you both?"

"I…."started shane uncomfortable and saw the angry look in his girlfriend's eyes;"We…"

"I'm sorry to have to say this,mrs. Hudson,but we have a warrant for your arrest."answered his friend;"We have to place you under arrest for the murder of regioneld love a.k.a regioneld laSalle."

"Are you two insane or something?"asked Nicole furious as pushed shane away when he wanted to come closer towards her;"How can you arrest my sister for that?"

"I'm sorry,Nicole,I don't like this anymore then you do,but we have a witness that saw donna coming out of regioneld's room around the time of the murder."said he softly;"We are only doing our jobs!"

"It's okay."answered donna as she followed them out to their car;"I don't blame either of you for this,because you're only following orders."

"No,it's not okay!"yelled her sister and started attacking shane,hitting him where ever she could reach him while he just stood there,stuned;"I hate you,shane!"

"Nicole!"said marlee,who'd just driven up the driveway and came out of her car,shocked and grabbed her arms as she pulled her aunt away from shane;"What are you doing?"

"They are arresting donna!"answered she and looked at shane again furious,while she took the ring off her finger and threw it at him;"I hate you and I never want to see you again,shane,it's over between us!"

Scot was working in his office when cass walked in;"Aren't you finished yet?"

"Almost."answered he looking up;"How about you,cass,why are you still here instead of at home with your family?"

"I was just on my way out when I saw you sitting here."started his partner slowly;"So,have things settled down after your father's death?"

"Don't call him that!"said scott irritated;"He stopped being my father a long time ago after I found out what a monster he was,cass!"

"But still it must have been a shock when you found out about his murder,scott,nobody would blame you for being upset about that."

"I'm not upset about that!"answered he;"I couldn't care less."

"Then why have you been hiding out here in your office these last few days?"asked cass;"Eversince regioneld got killed you've been spending a lot of time downhere."

"I haven't been hiding downhere!"said scott angry when his secretary came in;"What is it?"

"It's your wife,mr. LaSalle."answered she hesitating;"Your mother called to say that she's at the hospital with your wife right now and that she wants you to come downthere as soon as possible."

"What happened?"asked her boss worried;"Was dawn in a n accident or something?"

"I don't know,mr. LaSalle."said his secretary and turned around again;"All I know is that they are at the hospital and that you have to go downthere right away."