John was being dragged out the house handcuffed as paramedics went into the house, noone seemed to listen that John didnt do this, he was helping mickie. They assumed he was the one that caused the crying out of mickie that the neighbours heard because he was the only un-harmed when they arrived.

Tommy appeared pulling at the policemen's trousers trying to get him off John

"stop it kid" the police man said

"he's partially deaf" John said simply to the policemen who look agitated that the boy didnt listen

"no wrong" Tommy shouted

John looked at Tommy

"no wrong, help Tommy, no wrong" he shouted still tugging

a car screeched to a stop nearby and randy bailed out the car with Beth Kelly Chris and Cody

"what's going on?" randy said storming over

"come here sweetie" Beth said pulling Tommy off the police man

"he's under arrest for domestic assault"

"i didnt do it" John said calmly

"funny your the only one unhurt in that house then huh?" the man said pushing him "get moving" the man sat John in the police car as Tommy started crying trying to get free from Beth who had to give him to randy because Tommy was to much for her to handle.

The lead detective sore this and looked at John with his head leaning against the window looking at the back of the seat in front.

He walked over and got in the front of the car. "i need you to tell me what happened" he said noticing the emotion in the eyes of the man, the detective had a feeling the man wasn't the one to beat the women up.

John closed his eyes as a tear ran down his face because of hearing Tommy crying out and seemed to be in so much distress

"sir" the man said

John opened his eyes to find the man looking at him "i was with Tommy"

"the little boy?"

"yeah, he's my friends son"

"mickie's your friend?"

John nodded "it's complicated with us, ive been looking after her son whilst she's been in hospital and recovering because she got ran over" John noted that the man was writing down everything he was saying "had him for 4 months brought him home about 20 minutes ago and I was helping him unpack when there was a loud noise downstairs, I got to the top of the stairs when mickie started running up the stairs and I sore a man following so I ran to tommys room and closed the door, im not Mickie's biggest fan after what she did to me so I decided to just leave her and comfort Tommy who used to be deaf but can hear things now, that's another story, I was sat with him comforting him as all you could hear was the sound of a belt hitting skin and mickie crying out in pain, it hurt hearing her crying like that but it was like I was frozen, but when I heard her cry out for me I dunno something snapped inside of me and the love I have for her wanted me to save her so I went in and just hit him, I hit him and I wouldn't stop, I couldn't stop, I was holding her lifeless body when I heard the police sirens, I never hit her, I hate her for what she put me through but id never hurt her, I love her"

the detective turned fully to the man "who's the man then?"

"i can only guess it's Tommy's dad, she has a restraining order out against him, he beat her up and made her go into premature labour, it's why Tommy has the problems he has, I hate him for what he did to them" John closed his eyes again when the man got out the car

John nearly fell out the car when the door opened "get out" the detective said which John did he unhand-cuffed him and radioed through that is was the man upstairs getting treated in the wrong not John. "your free to go" the man said with a nod "sorry for the misunderstanding"

"just doing your job" John said before starting to walk away

He sore Tommy running towards him and he took him in his arms as the boy cried holding tightly onto his shirt and John put a hand on the back of his head trying to fight his own tears as his friends watched on.