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A/N: Thanks to my awesome beta-reader "J3d1M0nk3ySp0ck, for her guidance and suggestion to improve this story .In this chapter a familiar face make an appearance. This is before Mary move to Cardiff with Jack and Ianto.

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Chapter-5

The cogwheel door closed behind the Torchwood team as they left for the day. Jack had sent them home early, wanting them refreshed and well rested for when they began investigating the charges against Ianto the next morning. He and Ianto also needed time to secure their son's safety.

While Jack locked down the hub, making sure it would be secured in their absence while Ianto was in their home in the lower levels, packing Josh's clothes and favorite toys. They would take him somewhere they knew he would be both safe and happy. Pulling out his mobile Ianto called the one person beside Rhiannon and their Torchwood family that he and Jack trusted with their son.

Ring…Ring…

"Hello, Curious Wilfred Bookstore."

"Hello mom."

"Hello sweetheart, it's so good to hear from you."

"You too mom, I need to ask a favor, could you please keep Josh with you for a couple of weeks? Torchwood is working on a big case and Jack and I don't want him caught up in it."

"Sweetheart of course I will keep my grandson. The house has been so empty since Wilfred passed; I would love to have him here for longer than his usual weekend visit. But will you and Jack be ok?" Mary asked, deeply concerned.

"Mom, we will be fine, our main concern is for Josh's wellbeing." Ianto said, trying to reassure Mary. "We will bring him over tonight, love you."

"I love you too sweetheart", Mary said before disconnecting.

Mary was glad her grandson would be spending more time with her, but wished it were under better circumstances. She still had the bookstore of course, but when it was closed, she still had a lot of extra time on her hands. Mary often had dinner with Abby and her new husband, and occasionally met up with old friends for lunch and a game of bridge. But what she looked forward to most was her regular weekend visits from her son Wil... Ianto and his family.

Mary had decided that when the time was right she would accept Jack and Ianto's offer to leave Newport and live with them in Cardiff.

Six hours later Jack and Ianto returned to the hub each breathing a sigh of relief. They had taken steps to insure that Rhiannon and her family, along with their son and Mary, wouldn't be put in danger. This was a vivid remind to Ianto why he'd always distanced himself from his family. Only a select few knew of his connection to Rhiannon.

After a hot soothing shower Jack and Ianto laid in bed wrapped in each other's arms, both too tired for anything but sleep. Tomorrow they needed to be alert and ready; Torchwood would restart its intense investigation to uncover the truth.

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Morning had arrived too soon for Jack and Ianto, neither of whom had slept for more than three hours. Jack remembered a time when he would rarely sleep; now with Ianto in his life he had welcome the rest while wrapped around his lover.

Having showered and dressed, the pair arrived first in the hub, turning on lights, booting up computers getting things started for the day. Twenty minutes later the other team members arrived and were greeted by the aroma of freshly perked coffee and food, thanks to Ianto. He knew that if there was one thing they needed first thing in the morning, it was his coffee. The sausage rolls were a special treat to show his appreciation for their help.

Jack informed his team they would have a meeting in the conference room. As Tosh, Owen and Gwen took his or her seat, Ianto arrived with more freshly brewed coffee, anticipating that they'd need it.

Jack cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "I received a call from Swanson; the forensic team finished their report. The victim wasn't raped, and showed no signs of a sexual encounter as previous reported, in fact the body showed no signs of a struggle. The cause of death was a punctured lung, which appeared to have been self-inflicted. But here was where it got weird; there were two sets of prints on the murder weapon; Ianto's and a Mr. Ryan Johnson, but not the victim's."

Gwen frowned "Jack it has to be this Ryan if his fingerprints were on the murder weapon, we know Ianto didn't do it".

"Gwen it's not that simple, the Ryan Johnson died six months ago and the wound was self-inflicted" Jack explained. "But it gets even weirder still, the blood found on Ianto's hand wasn't his own or the victims, it belongs to an unknown donor."

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"Bloody hell Jack, this is some weird shit", Owen scowled. "A dead man's prints show up on the murder weapon, blood with no known origin appears on our tea-boy, the victim we assume killed herself with the same knife but left no fingerprints."

"And that is just another reason why this qualifies as a Torchwood case. Gwen I want you and Owen to go to the university, see what you can uncover about our victim, talk to her teachers, her roommate and friends. Owen I have the blood sample running through Torchwood data bank. When we return I hope to have a match. As always be careful, we have no idea what or who we're up against."

Gwen and Owen nodded in agreement

"Tosh you and I are going over to the crime scene, we're going to take scanners and other equipment to see what we can find out that the police didn't." Jack smirked, "Every apartment building and neighborhood has a few nosey neighbors who just love to gossip".

"Ianto while we are gone you're to stay in the hub, monitor the rift. Keep the tourist office closed, I don't want to take any chances until we get a handle on what's going on."

Ianto knew Jack was worried and give him a quick peck on the lips to reassure his husband that he would be ok as they left the hub.

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Liam had had a very restless night; morning couldn't come soon enough for him, he needed to make Harkness pay. Liam went to the cafe near Cardiff Central Police Station, where he knew most of the officers ate. Choosing to sit in a booth where he could hear most of the conversations between the officers, everything was pretty much useless chatter until an officer named Andy arrived, being playfully teased by his co-workers.

"Hey Andy, over here!" A brown haired officer called out, "You want to borrow my handcuffs, I hear Harkness snatched another suspect from you" as the other officers roared with laughter.

"Yeah but I never believed he did it", Andy smiled. "Ianto is too decent of a bloke to do something like that."

"And anyway it's no longer our concern. Torchwood has taken over the investigation" Andy added. After hearing that the group moved on to discuss the upcoming championship rugby match.

Liam was furious, he had heard enough. To hell with the justice system! He should have known that Harkness would pull the Torchwood card.

Liam hadn't wanted to take this action, in his mind Ianto was also a victim controlled by Harkness, but he needed to do whatever it took to make Harkness pay. The three of them had known of his reputation before they sought him out. They had underestimated how ruthless he was, how stupid of them to think that he would help them save Asil.

Ianto checked his watch; the mail should have arrived in the tourist office by now. After a quick trip up to retrieve it, Ianto was sitting at his desk in the hub, sorting through the mail when a brown legal envelope with his name on it caught his eye. Pushing the other mail aside he opened the envelope to find a picture with him sprawled on a bed with a nude Laura Froblisher on top of him.

After overcoming his initial shock he noticed there was a note attached 'Meet me in front of the Millennium center at 3 pm. If you don't show up I will distributive damaging pictures of you and the murder victim to every news media in Cardiff. Come alone. I will make contact.'

Checking his watch again Ianto ran a hand through his hair in frustration, he had less than twenty minutes to get to the stadium, why had he waited so long to collect the mail? Ianto knew Jack would be angry, but he needed to confront this person who was threatening to destroy his life and family. Taking the envelope with its contents, Ianto rushed out of the hub.

Arriving at the Millennium Center, Ianto paced nervously as he watched each stranger that passed, wondering if he or she was the one. Suddenly he hears a familiar voice that he had long forgotten.

"Hello Ifan."

Seeing Liam again, Ianto went through two very different emotions; first was happiness as tears of joy ran down his face as he embraced the man who had been his best friend since Uni. Then suddenly shock remembering why he was there and the note saying "I would make contact."

Ianto felt his whole world come crashing down around him. With a shaky voice barely above a whisper he spoke, "It was you... You did this to me... Why?"

Liam in spite of his anger had embraced the man whom he once had considered his and Asil's best friend. While tears of sadness and regret poured down his face he felt Ianto's body collapse against him after he had cleverly injected him with a strong sedative.

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