"*** LINCOLN'S POV***
He was sleeping on his cot. Then all of a sudden the guards burst into the cell. "What's going on?" he asked confused still half asleep. They don't say anything to him as they drag him from his cell all the way down the hall. He kept screaming "Where are you taking me? What's going on?" he kept shouting at the guards. They dragged him into the execution room. "No!" he shouted struggling. "I have a month! Please!" he begged as they dragged him to the chair. He looked and caught sight of Jessica standing in the corner with her arms crossed. "Jess please help me." he begged looking to her for help. She ignored him and watched with hate in her eyes as they strapped him in the chair. "Jess please I love you." he said with fear in his voice not wanting to die. Jess walked over and stood in front of him. "I don't love you. You're getting what you deserve." she said to him in contempt as she backed away and pulled the lever to give him the shock. He jumped up. He was still laying on his cot. He sat up tried to get his heart to stop racing. It was just a dream. He leaned back against the wall and rubbed his face. He wasn't ready to die. At least not without seeing Jess one more time.
*** END POV***
Jessica walked through the prison doors. She was suppose to be meeting Veronica here. Veronica said that she was going to talk to Lincoln and that she thinks that Jess should talk to him too. She didn't see Veronica's car but decided that she was going to honor the Warden's request and speak to Lincoln. Just as she made her way to the private visitor rooms she got stopped. "Miss Donovan. I'm sorry but Burrows is in a meeting with his lawyer he only gets one visit a day." the guard says to her before walking away. Even though she was relieved she didn't have to talk to him but a part of her was disappointed that she couldn't see him. She decided to head up and see Trisha since she had the day off. She walked up the stairs and made her way over to Psych ward. She made it to Trish's office and knocked. Trish opened the door and seen Jess standing there. Trish looked surprised to see her. "Hey what are you doing here?" she asked Jess stepping out and closing the door behind her. "I was in the building and figured I would stop by and say hey." Jess said wondering why her sister was acting weird. "I can't talk right now. I'm in the middle of something but call me later and we'll talk." she said to Jess and went back in the room and closed the door. "Sorry about that my sister was at the door." Trish said turning back to her guest. Paul Kellerman turned in his chair and smiled. "That's no problem Trish. I know you're a busy woman." he said to her smiling.
Jess walked back down to the front and seen Veronica signing out. "Hey V." Jess greeted walking up to the sign out desk. "Hey what are you doing here?" she asked surprised to see her here. "Well I was trying to see Trish but she's in a meeting so that can wait." she responded as they made their way to the parking lot. "So how did the meeting go with Lincoln?" Jessica asked her trying not to sound like she really wanted to know. Veronica gave her a knowing smile. "Why don't you just go back in there and ask him how it went?" she asked her teasingly. Jess gave her a teasing glare. "You know why." she said walking over to her car. "Well he was surprised to see me there. And once I told him that we both believe him he definitely got a lot happier. He asked me how you and Jason were." Veronica said baiting her. Jess looked at her with a slight glare. "And what did you say to him?" she asked curiously. "I told him the truth. That you don't love Jason but won't dump him." Veronica said getting into her car. "Oh by the way. I have a meeting with Project Justice today. You should go with me." Jess moved closer to the car. "For what?" she asked her sister. "To get further access to Lincoln's case. I could really use you." she said wanting her to go with her. "Yea I'll go. I do have the day off today." she said going over to the passenger side and getting in.
"So you are under the impression that both of my sisters are re investigating Lincoln's case?" Trish asked not believing him. "Yes. I am. They have already talked with the man who represented him before and they guy gave Jessica a tape from the garage that night. And Veronica was taking Latoya Barrison's statement." Paul informed Trish on all that has happened. "And I spoke to her on the phone and she wants this taken care of as soon as possible." he said to Trish and she just looked at him with a glare thinking of hat to do. "You know that they are not going to stop until they uncover the truth. And both of your sisters are that smart enough to where they will uncover every secret that you and I are protecting." Paul said again Trish finally looked back up at him from her thoughts. "Then we have a big problem." she said leaning forward. "I will talk to my sisters. You don't do anything until I give the go ahead do you understand me?" Trish asked completely caught off guard about her sisters.
"Even if Latoya showed up her testimony would be useless. Most criminal junkies don't really shine on the stand." Benjamin Foliack said to them as they sat across the desk from him. "Maybe but we just found all this out in the last couple days. I feel that between the two of us we can find out a whole lot more now that Veronica is dedicating her whole time to the case and I'm going to ask for special privilege to only work cases related to this." Jessica told him. "Secret Service Agent came to visit you both. What did he want?" the other guy sitting in the room asked them. "Nick please." Benjamin said to the guy before addressing Jess and Veronica again. "Ladies, I'm afraid if you can't produce us more evidence even with reviewing Burrow's case toughly. Can you give us anything else?" he asked them. "No. Not right now but-" Veronica got cut off. "But is what you're trying to tell us right?" Foliack said to her. "Yes. We all know what you're trying to point out. We are here to ask for help. I don't think an innocent man should be punished for something he didn't do. And I believe that's what it says on your mission statement." Veronica said to him feeling like they were losing the case. "We get hundreds of representation." he said to them. "I know you do." Veronica said back. "We are very limited on who we give our time to." He said trying to get them to understand. "We will do all the footwork. But since neither of us have experience in the death penalty we're just asking that you point us in the right direction please." Jessica begged them. Foliak sighed before looking between the both of them. "I'm sorry ladies. I understand that you are two very smart, very resourceful women but we just don't have the manpower to grant your request. Jessica stood up and left the room abruptly.
Jessica made her way down the steps and out the door. She stopped to catch her breath and wait for Veronica to come back out. She came back out a minute later. "Are you OK?" Veronica asked her. "I'm fine let's just go." Jess said wanting to get back home. They headed for the car and didn't notice that someone was following them. The guy following them dialed a number and waiting for the phone to pick up. "They're leaving now. I don't know how much time you have." he said to the other end. Paul was standing in Jessica's apartment. "That's OK I've uncovered plenty." he said holding up a wedding photo of Jessica and Lincoln kissing.
That night Jessica made it home. As soon as she made it through her front door she knew something wasn't right. She slowly made her way through her apartment but stopped short when she seen what was wrong. The photo of her and Lincoln was not where she last put it. Confused she moved it back to where it was suppose to be. She continued to look around but couldn't find anything else out of place. A knock on her door made her jump. She tried to control her breathing as she walked over to the door. She opened it and seen Jason on the other side. "Hey you haven't picked up your phone is everything OK?" he asked seeing that she was a bit jumpy. "Yeah. I'm fine but now is not a good time." she said not letting him in. He sighed. "Jess we have to talk. You have been avoiding me and I want to know why." he said finally putting his foot down. "OK we will talk tomorrow but right now I'm just tired and I want to go to bed OK." she said letting him down easy. He nodded. "OK tomorrow then." he said before turning around and walking off.
The next morning she got a call from Veronica saying she was stopping by the station to ask the cops who arrested Lincoln some questions. When she pulled up she seen Veronica already talking to one. She got out and made her way over to them. "Dispatch was called in anonymous tip saying they seen Burrows running from the garage where they found Terrance Steadman." he stopped and seen Jess. "Hey Donovan." he greeted her. "Is this your sister?" he asked pointing to Veronica. "Yes she is. Now what were you saying?" she asked him wanting him to continue. "Oh right. So we went over to Burrow's place went in and seen your client washing the blood off his pants. I don't have to tell you it was Steadman's blood." he said sarcastically. Jessica rolled her eyes at him. "In your first report it said you just seen Lincoln in the bathroom. Then in your testimony he was washing his pants. So which one is it? Did you see him wash the pants or not?" Veronica demanded. Jess was impressed with all the research that her sister has done. "Yes. He was bent over the tub with his hands wet looking guilty as hell." he told her with a raised tone. "You better watch how you speak to my sister. You won't like what happens." Jessica threatened standing closer. "How are you involved in this anyway?" he asked Jessica. She shrugged. "He's my ex husband." she informed him. The cop raised his eyebrows in surprise. "No shit." he scoffed. He looked back at Veronica. "If you any other questions take it up with the department." he said before storming back into the station. Jess turned back to Veronica. "You OK?" she asked her sister. "Yea I'm fine." she said as they walked to Veronica's car. "That guy was a jerk." she said as she went to unlock her car. "Yeah. He was but don't worry I'll rough him up." Jessica said not liking how that cop talked to her sister. "Excuse me? Donovans?" They both look up and see the man who was in the room with them for their meeting with Benjamin Foliak. He had his hands up. "Sorry didn't mean to scare you." he said nodding in Jessica's direction. She didn't notice that she had her hand on her gun. She quickly moved her hand from the gun and shrugged innocently. "What are you doing here?" Veronica asked him. "I'm Nick Savarin, I'm with Project Justice." he clarified. "I know who you are. What do you want?" she asked him. Jessica looked at her wondering why she was acting that way toward him. "Look my boss may not think Lincoln's case is worth looking into but I do." he told them. "Is there someplace we can go and talk?" he asked them. Veronica and Jessica looked at each other before answering. "There is a café down the street we can go." Jessica said. "Lead the way ladies." he smiled while looking at Veronica.
"What stood out for me was that most cases take 10 years to exhaust out the appeals for Lincoln's case it took three." Nick said as the three of them sat at a table. "So are you thinking that Lincoln's case had some political influence?" Jessica said sipping on her coffee. "I mean it was the vice president's brother its not that hard to believe." Nick retorted back. "But how were they able to get through the system like that so fast?" Veronica asked him. "All it takes is special notice in the clerk's office. But its not how Lincoln's case that interests me its why." Nick said back to Veronica. "If Lincoln was set up then why." Nick said mostly to himself. "And the answer to that might lay with the victim." Jessica said her detective skills coming to view. "What do we know about him? He was a CO pushing alternative energy." Jessica said brainstorming. "Successfully. He was pushing alternative energy successfully so oil company's, the government our whole country benefited from Steadman Energy." He brainstormed back. He looked at Jessica then Veronica. "Why did you wait until now to take on this case?" he asked them curiously. "I thought he was guilty like everyone else. But then I got a voicemail from an unknown person and it got me thinking." Jessica said to Nick. "Plus she's his ex wife and still loves him." Veronica pointed out to Jessica who just gave her sister a pointed look. "I just hope its not too late." Jessica said taking another drink of her coffee. "It might be." Nick warned them. "You two need to prepare yourselves for that." he said looking between the two again. "What about you?" Veronica asked him curiously. "What made you get into death penalty work?" she asked him curious about Nick. "My father served 15 years for a crime he didn't commit. I know first hand that once the government gets you in their cross hairs there is no getting out. That's why." He leaned forward and looked all serious. "Now do you two want my help?" he asked them.
Jessica made her way through the station to her desk. "Donovan can I see you in my office please?" the chief said standing in his office door. She put her bag down and made her way into his office. He shut the door behind them. "Have a seat we have a lot to discuss." he told her. "I got a request here from secret service saying that they want you suspended until further notice." she scoffed knowing this was bound to happen. "Now I don't know what's going on. Quite frankly I don't care to know. But if you're in some kind of trouble I need to know about it." he said to her. She looked away debating whether or not to tell him the truth. "The secret service is after me because I've been working my own case." she said not wanting to give away too much. "Which case?" he asked her. She sighed not really sure if she wanted to tell him. "I've been working on the Burrow's case." she said finally. "You're ex husband right?" he asked remembering that name. "Yes. I just need some time please. I need to be able to do this. I know I can do this." she pleaded with him. He sighed before picking up the request paper. He looked at it before ripping it. He smiled at her. "I never did like higher ranking officials who think they run the government." Jessica smiled at him thankful. "I can only do this the one time. If it happens again I can't protect you." he warned her. "That's OK. This one time is all I need." she told him before she stood up to leave the office. "Be careful Jessica. I mean it." he said to her before she left the office.
She walked back out to her desk. She sat down and put her head in her hands. Now they are starting to mess with her job. Jason noticed her and walked over to her. "Hey" he greeted coming over to sit across from her. "Hey." she said back looking up at him. "Are you OK?" he asked her noticing she wasn't acting like herself. "Yeah I'm fine. Just have a lot on my mind that's all." she said giving him a reassuring smile. "Are we still on for tonight?" he asked her. Before she got a chance to answer her phone rang. "Donovan." she said into the phone. "Hey Nick and I just left Lincoln. I have some stuff to tell you. Can you meet us outside?" Veronica asked her on the other end. "Yeah. I'll be right out." she said hanging up the phone and setting it back down. "Who was that?" Jason asked watching her get up. "I have someone I have to talk to. I will talk to you later." she said walking away from her desk and outside.
Jessica walked across the street and met up with Veronica and Nick. "So?" she asked them coming to stand across from them. "We talked to Lincoln. We need you to see if you can track a man down for us. A man named Bo." Nick said to Jessica. "Do you have a last name?" she asked them. "He didn't give us one but I'm sure we can find out." Veronica said to her. Jessica nodded to her. "Also do you still have that tape from the garage?" Nick asked Jessica. "Yeah I do why?" she asked him. Nick looked at her. "Well if he was set up then that tape was tampered we should take a closer look at that tape." Nick informed her.
