Jude sat behind the wheel of Gideon's car. When he had realized Oscar's whereabouts, he had thought to wait for Gideon to return, but he wasn't sure if he was still mad at him and decided to go alone instead. Besides he wasn't even hundred percent sure if Oscar really was here. It was likely that the man had already fled the scene.

Once Jude got there, he realized he hadn't planned what he was going to do. He had parked the car near Jeff and Laura's house. He had remembered their address from the wedding invitation. Jude wanted to call the police, but he didn't want to bother them in case he was wrong. There were no guarantees that they would even believe him either. So Jude decided to check the house by himself. If he was right, he would try and call the police and if he wasn't, then he had to apologize to Gideon. Jude checked his phone and realized that Gideon had tried to call him. Several times. His battery was dying down however, so he thought to save it for the change of calling to the police.

The house seemed empty as Jude made his way towards it. It stood on top of a hill like every other houses in the area. It wasn't in the richest neighborhood but the house was large enough to cost a small fortune. The driveway was steep and Jude found himself short of breath very quickly. The day had already been long enough and it made him realize just how bad shape he still was in.

Jude tried to approach the house as invisible as possible. Which basically meant walking close to bushes and shadows of the threes. When he got to the house, he carefully peeked through the nearest window. The curtains had been pulled over. As he passed by the front door, he silently tried the handle, but it was locked as expected. Jude decided to go round the house to see if he could see inside from anywhere else. At the backyard he was ready to give in when he noticed that the backdoor was ajar.

Quietly Jude slipped inside. The house was dark and there were no signs of anyone being inside. He saw that Jeff and Laura had left in a hurry, since there was half full milk carton on the table and the radio was on. Jude was just about to leave when he noticed a black calendar on a side table. Jude recognized it belonged to Oscar. He reached out to open it when a voice called from behind him:

"I thought you would find me here, Jude."

Jude turned around so fast that he almost lost his balance. Oscar was standing at the other side of the room. Jude couldn't see his face properly since all the curtains were closed but he saw that the man was smiling. For a moment Jude felt his heart beat faster and like someone was choking his airways. He broke into a cold sweat and just when he thought he was going to panic, he managed to take a deep breath to fill his lungs. He hadn't expected such a violent reaction from his body.

"So what are you still doing here?" Jude glanced towards the door, wondering if Oscar could stop him if he tried to make a run for it.

"Isn't it obvious?" Oscar laughed humorlessly. "I wanted to see you."

"Then why just don't wait for me to contact you like you asked? I could've called a police to check this place out." Jude felt relieved of how steady his voice sounded.

"But you didn't." Oscar stated simply as if he was able to read his son like an open book.

At that moment Jude cursed himself for not making that call. It was clear Oscar had just waited for him to find him. For what reason? Jude could only speculate.

"Would you sit down?" Oscar pointed towards the armchair next to Jude.

"I'd rather not." Jude said and stayed put.

"Oh, please. I'm not going to hurt you, Jude. See…" Oscar lifted his hand up for him to see. "…I don't have anything. So why don't you sit down and we can talk?"

Jude watched as Oscar sat down opposite of him. Reluctantly Jude took the armchair.

"That's more like it." Oscar smiled too innocently for Jude's liking. He was definitely up to something. "I wanted to apologize for all the… trouble I've cost. You see, Jude, I honestly thought you were going to backstab me and tell the police that I was the one who shot Jelena. So I had no other choice."

Jude couldn't help but smile and look down at his hands in disbelief. "Are you seriously trying to make excuses for trying to kill me?"

"I hired someone to keep track on you." Oscar continued without paying any attention on Jude's words. "He saw you going to the police station not long after our agreement of me signing the divorce papers. I thought there was no other way than to… stop you."

Jude felt his throat go dry as he listened Oscar's words. He didn't know how the man expected him to react so he stayed silent.

"As you've probably noticed, I'm not used to doing such things by myself. Jelena provoked me to confront her myself and so I did, but I failed to kill her." Oscar seemed truly disappointed because of that, which send shivers down Jude's spine. "When you winded up to save her, I thought I could frame you for her murder and get away myself. Then I realized how stupid that had been. If Jelena was out of the picture, you would've become her substitute with the team, which could've aided me. So I paid someone to steal the gun from the police station. It was a mistake since they arrested Sloane soon after, but the damage had already been done."

Jude had suspected the missing gun had something to do with Oscar, but why he would do that, had been a mystery to him up until now. "So when I stole the change from you to get the team back through the Devil girls, you decided to get back at me?" Jude knew the bullshit about Oscar thinking that he was going to rat him up was all lies.

Oscar ignored him again. "I wasn't going to do it myself, but I wanted to be there. You are my son, after all."

Jude felt like throwing up.

"But when the two shots weren't enough I thought I should do it." Oscar made it sound like killing his own son was the most honorable thing in the world. "Then Zero interrupted us. At first I thought I should get rid of him as well, I never liked the guy, but then I thought his presence could get the attention from me to him instead. So I left the gun there. I knew they weren't going to lock him up but it gave me enough time to prepare my next move."

"To run away?" Jude was glad to see the offended expression on Oscar's face as he said that, but it soon turned to fake smile again.

"That's right. You don't even know my next move. Asking Jeff to hide me didn't require any planning at all. He's paid to do what's best for me." Oscar seemed extremely pleased. "Getting to know that Laura was Zero's sister, however, was a surprise to me. I found out the day after I came here. She had been in L.A. to meet with him… and you. I had to act careful around her, but in the end I managed get her on my side. She truly started to believe I'm not the villain in this story." Then he stood up, making Jude flinch in his seat by the unexpected movement. "Relax, Jude. If there's one thing I regret during all this, is shooting you. It was the hardest thing I've ever done."

They looked each other straight in the eyes. Jude tried to see a sign that Oscar was only fooling him, but there weren't any. A sound of sirens caught their attention.

"I guess my ride is here." Oscar stated calmly and started to walk towards the exit.

"Your ride?" Jude followed Oscar with his eyes as the man opened the front door and walked outside.

For a moment Jude just sat there, staring at the door. Then he quickly stood up, taking support from the nearest table when his legs almost gave in underneath him, and quickly followed Oscar's trail. Just when he stepped outside a police officer walked beside him and started to handcuff him.

"What are you doing?" Jude tried to ask but the officer didn't stop.

"You're both under arrest of burglary." The woman simply stated.

Oscar had already been handcuffed and was escorted towards the police car. Before he stepped in, he turned around to face Jude with the same smile as before. "You can let him go. I did it by myself. Jude just came to see me here because I asked."

Jude couldn't hide the dumbfound expression on his face.

"You mean you were the one who was lurking around the apartment?" Officer next to Jude asked. "She said that the burglar was a tall dark suited man." She looked at Oscar, wondering if anyone could mistake him being tall.

"You mean the old lady standing over there?" Oscar asked and nodded towards a white haired woman staring from her doorway towards them. "I don't think she can even see this far properly."

Jude waited anxiously as the officer thought, if she could buy Oscar's story.

"Officer Shane!" A man who had been sitting in the car the whole time got out and waved Oscar's identification card in the air. "This man is wanted for attempted murder and has a criminal record."

That seemed to make the woman made up her mind and she released Jude from the handcuffs. "We question you later, so please give your contact information to the police officer there."

After Jude had talked with the officer and turned around to go back to his car, he saw Gideon walk swiftly towards him. At first Jude smiled at him, before he remembered that the man was probably still mad at him and so he wiped the smile out of his face.

"Are you fucking insane?" Was the first thing Zero said as he was close enough for Jude to hear him. "I went looking for you, only to realize you had left a text message and gone to see Oscar by yourself." Zero was almost shouting now. The police officer's looked at each other, clearly wondering if they should step in.

Jude opened his mouth to apologize as Gideon came to stand before him, but he looked at him with so much intensity that it made Jude's heart skip a beat and he found himself unable to form any words.

"You alright?" The accused and hurt voice turned to worry as Gideon examined Jude's expression. "Did he do something to you?"

Jude shook his head and cleared his throat to speak. "No… we just… talked."

"Talked?" Zero crossed his arms around his chest. "You look like he has traumatized you for the rest of your life." He stared murderously towards the police car where Oscar was sitting and looking at them. If only looks could kill, he thought.

"I'll explain it to you later." Jude glanced towards Oscar as well before starting to walk down the road again. "Let's just get out of here."

"I tried to call the police but it seems someone had already called them to the same address." Zero stated as he walked next to Jude towards their car.

Jude still felt the old lady's stare at his back. It seemed like she saw just fine, probably wondering why they hadn't arrested him. Gideon sat behind the driver's wheel but didn't turn on the car. Jude was about to ask why when he spoke out:

"You were right about her." He confessed and Jude sighed in disappointment.

"Gideon, I'm sorry." He hadn't wanted to break their relationship just after they had found each other again. "I didn't mean to ruin…"

"No, it's okay. I'd rather found out about it now than later." Gideon quickly interrupted him. "But it doesn't mean than I'm not upset about it."

Jude smiled tightly and patted Gideon's knee. Happy that he was able to open up to him about his feelings.

"Oscar told that he met her only after she came back from L.A." Jude smiled as the frown on Gideon's face softened a little.

"Really?" Gideon asked and turned to look at Jude, who nodded at him. But then he looked away and sighed, clearly exhausted. "What I don't understand is that she seemed to be okay with you in the morning, but after the ceremony she clearly tried to set me up with that distressing man and his family." Zero deliberately left out all the things Laura had said about Jude.

"Maybe she thought you were going to get tired of me sooner or later." Jude really had no idea why Laura had acted so inconsistently.

Gideon just shook his head. "She's smart. Why would she believe so blindly something Jeff and Oscar told her? I just don't get it."

"I think she's in love." Jude almost laughed to the expression Gideon gave him.

"Laura? Blindly in love? Give me a break." Gideon reached for the car key but stopped when Jude spoke.

"It's not that unbelievable, isn't it? I'm sure you've done plenty of crazy things when you've been in love."

Gideon started the car and leaned against his seat. "You would know." They looked at each other and smiled.

"Drive me to the nearest motel, you lazy bitch. I don't think I'll survive the next half an hour without a bed to sleep in." Jude said and Gideon did as he was told only with amused smile on his face.

Three days later Jude had an appointed meeting with his lawyer concerning Oscar's charges. The man's trial, where he was about to hear what he was charged for, was about to be held in two days. Jude had thought Zero wasn't interested about all the lawyer talk, but he had insisted on attending. So they sat in the lawyer's office as the man himself was nowhere to be found. The secretary told them to wait for five minutes.

Jude looked straight ahead, his mind working with full capacity of what could happen next. He felt Gideon stare at him and when ignoring the man didn't help, Jude finally turned to face him. "What?" He asked a little annoyed.

"The doctor's said you should avoid any unnecessary stress." Zero said a little smile playing on his lips, but Jude saw that he was concerned.

"The stress I'm having right now is everything but unnecessary." Jude said solemnly but couldn't help but give Gideon a little smile for his concern.

"I know, but you should learn to share some of your thoughts with others." Gideon put his hand to Jude's knee and squeezed lightly. "I got you."

"I know you do. Sorry." Jude took Gideon's hand on his and at the same time the office doors opened and the lawyer walked in.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Cameron said as he sat down to his spot on the other side of the desk. "My schedule is quite tight so I get straight to business: I've talked with Oscar's defense lawyers and it seems there's some trouble ahead."

Zero could feel Jude's hand tighten around his. He glanced at Jude but his face was as calm as before.

"If you decide to give a statement about Oscar shooting you, his lawyers are planning to call a specialist to the stand." Cameron continued.

"What specialist?" Jude frowned now but he didn't sound concerned.

"A psychiatrist who's willing to testify that Oscar's bad parentinghood has lead you to have a grudge against him. Which basically references that you're lying and want to see Oscar in prison just because your personal feelings." Cameron looked carefully between the two and Jude looked like he wanted to punch something... or someone. "Or alternatively, they don't accuse you of lying but instead tell that your condition was so bad that you only think you remember it was Oscar shooting you. Which would undo the lie detector test you took."

Jude and Zero shared a look before Jude spoke out. "So basically my testimony might mean nothing in court?"

"Might, but I believe that the jury will prefer your story over his." Cameron smiled tightly. "What you want to do with your testimony is up to you."

Jude sighed, he had not expected it would come to this.