Jessica woke up the next morning to her phone ringing. She rolled over and reached for her phone. "Hello?" she asked not checking the caller ID. "Hey can you pick us up?" she heard Veronica's voice on the other end of the phone. "Where are you?" she asked getting up from her bed and heading to put clothes on. "We're gonna be heading in at the airport in a couple hours. Can you get us? I have some things to tell you." Veronica said to her. "OK. I'll be there." she said hanging up the phone and putting some clothes on. Jessica made her way out to the living room and seen that Jason had left. She started the coffee pot and noticed that he left her a note. She picked it up and read it. It said that he hoped she felt better and that he would stop by later to check on her. She sighed and threw the note in the trash. She grabbed a coffee thermos and poured her coffee into it. She grabbed her keys and left her apartment.
A couple hours later she was standing by arrivals as she watched her sister and Nick come down the escalator. "Hey." she greeted pulling her sister into a hug. "How was DC?" Jessica asked as she noticed that Nick was pulling a bunch of boxes from baggage claim. "It was eventful. I have a lot to tell you." Veronica said pulling Jessica toward the doors. "What's with all the boxes?" Jessica asked watching as Nick threw them in her back seat. "Files from just about everything relating to Steadman. I grabbed all that I could." he informed her. "Huh." she huffed as she got in the driver's seat. She pulled her sunglasses on and started driving. "So tell me what happened." she said wanting to finally know. "OK so we met up with Nick's contact and he traced where that number came from. It was a pay phone in the middle of downtown." Veronica said to her. Jessica looked her way briefly before looking back at the road. "A pay phone?" she asked confused "OK so then what?" she asked pulling up to Veronica's apartment. "The phone rang. Someone was watching us. Whoever was on the other end knew who we were and threatened us." Veronica said getting out. Jessica followed and went to help Nick with the boxes. "Hey guys that phone call was textbook scare tactics. They want to scare us from what they know we can do." Nick said to them as he continued to put the boxes on a pulley. "And what's that?" Jessica asked as Veronica kept looking around. "Expose them. Show the world what they really are." Nick said. "Hey Miss Donovan is this guy bothering you again?" Lucas her neighbor asked Veronica. Veronica smiled lightly. "No Lucas the other night was my fault." Veronica said to him. Lucas walked over and looked at Nick before reaching around to grab the last box. "Allow me." he said putting the last box on the pulley and pulling it toward the apartment. Jessica raised her eyebrows in amusement and laughed softly to herself. "There is seven years of criminal activity in those boxes. There's got to be something to help clear Lincoln's name in one of those." Nick said as they made their way into the apartment building. "You can just leave those by the door Lucas I'll grab them." Veronica said to her neighbor as they reached her door. "That's alright I'll get it for you." Lucas said pulling out his keys. Jessica chuckled. Nick looked at Veronica. "If I didn't know any better I'd say neighbor Lucas is sweet on you." Nick said looking at Veronica. "Very funny." she said rolling her eyes. Jessica put her arm around Veronica. "Jealous Nick?" she teased him smirking. Before Nick could respond Lucas opened the door and the apartment exploded making everything go black.
Jessica woke up a couple moments later. She looked around her confused. Everything was burnt and on fire. She looked over and seen Veronica laying beside her. She leaned over and checked her pulse. She was breathing. Jessica lightly nudged her to wake her up. Veronica woke up startled. "We have to grab Nick and get out of here." Jessica said attempting to stand up. Veronica crawled over to Nick and checked if he was breathing. Jessica stumbled down the steps of the building and made her way to the car. She got in and started it and watched as Nick and Veronica made their way down the steps to the car. Once they were in Jessica pushed on the gas and they took off right as the fire trucks and police showed up. "We have to get some medical supplies." Nick said as he looked at his arm and seen it was bleeding. "I have a couple first aid kits in the back." Jessica said as she kept driving. Veronica groaned from the passenger seat. "What happened?" Veronica asked not fully aware of what was going on. "Whoever decided to threaten you did a real good job." Jessica said taking them out of town.
They were parked on the side of the road by a pond out in the middle of no where. Jessica sat from the driver's seat with her feet touching the ground and watched as Nick walked over to consul her sister. Jessica listened to the police scanner as the call came over the radio. Someone tried to kill her sister and she was going to find out who. Her cell phone rang and she looked at the caller ID and seen it was Jason. "Hey." she answered. "Hey! Did you hear the scanner your sister's apartment exploded!" Jason said frantically over the phone. "Where are you? I'm going to come get you." He said to her. "I'm actually heading over there now. Don't worry about me. I will be there soon." she hung up and walked over to Nick and Veronica. "Nick is right." Jessica said overhearing the conversation about not being able to go to the police. "Look whoever did this has the power to be overlooked by the police. These people think you're dead so that's a good thing. I need to get you two to safety and I'm going to head back and try to figure out who did this to you." Jessica said to them. "I know an old cabin where you can go. I will drop you guys off." she said walking back to the car. They followed and got in.
Jessica drove further out in the country. She drove up a long driveway and pulled up to a shack. "It's not much." she said getting out and walking them inside. "What is this place?" Veronica asked as they walked in. "Its uh an old getaway that Lincoln and I use to take." Jessica said looking to Veronica. "I own this. Its dad's old cabin." she said to her sister walking into the kitchen. She turned on the light. "There's running water some food in the pantry." Jessica said walking back out. "There is also an old truck in the garage that runs. I'll check it before I leave." she said walking back through the small cabin. "So what are you going to do?" Veronica asked looking around the cabin. "I'm going to go back to town." she gets cut off as her phone rings. She checked the caller ID and seen it was her captain. She walked outside and answered the phone. "Where are you?" he asked her. "I'm on my way back to the station why?" she asked him. "You need to sit down for this." he said to her.
Jessica pulled into the driveway. She got out and made her way to the front door. She seen her captain and Jason standing in the kitchen. She looked over and seen Lisa laying dead halfway out the back door. "Where's LJ?" she asked moving over to get a closer look at Lisa. "He ran. Bolistics came back. LJ's fingerprints were on the murder weapon. His shoe prints were found by the mother." her captain said walking over to her. "No." she shook her head in denial. "No. There is no way that LJ did this." she said getting up and walking over to them. "I know LJ. I know that he wouldn't kill his mom and her boyfriend!" she shouted before walking away back out to the front. She leaned against the front of the house and tried to calm down. She had one hand on her head and the other on her mouth. She had the sudden urge too throw up. She made it to the end of the porch and threw up all over the grass in the yard. She stood back up and seen her captain come outside. "If you don't want on this case I don't blame you. But if you do you have to know that there is a good chance that the burrows kid is guilty." he said to her throwing her a bottle of water. She caught it effortlessly and took a swig. She swallowed and took a minute before responding. "I need on this. No one here knows LJ as much as I do." she said. "I will help on this case." she said to him before walking off the porch and heading to her car.
She sat in the private visitor's room and waited. She watched as they brought Lincoln in handcuffed. Her breath caught in her throat. She missed him so much but she had to remember that she was still with Jason. She didn't make a move to stand and hug him so he sat down across from her. "Did you find LJ?" he asked her knowing why she was here. She shook her head. "No I haven't." she said looking at him. She tried to brush a tear away before he saw it. "God, he's probably scared to death and I have no idea what to do." she sniffled trying to stop from crying. He reached across the table and took her hand in his. "Its going to be OK. You'll find him. I know you will." he said reassuringly. "I just hope I find him before anyone else does." she said. "How's Veronica and Nick? I heard that her apartment blew up." he asked her. "They're safe. Whoever threatened them in DC really must mean it. They're at our old cabin." she froze when she realized what she said. "I mean my cabin." she whispered softly before pulling her hand from his. "I miss that." he softly said looking at her. " 'Our' I really miss that. It sounds so good coming from your lips." he told her. She looked at him before standing back up. "I have to go." she said rushingly trying to push the buzzer to be let out but he grabbed her hand before she could push it. He pulled her gently against him. "I miss you." he confessed kissing her head. She relaxed against him and looked up at him. "I'll find LJ. I promise." she stated before pulling away from him. "I won't let these people frame another person I love." she said before pushing the buzzer. She looked back at him before walking out of the room.
Jessica pulled into the parking lot and seen Jason sitting on her porch. She got out and made her way over to him. "Hey." she greeted opening the door and letting him inside. He followed her down the hall to her apartment door. "How are you handling this?" he asked her as they walked into her apartment. "As good as I can." she replied taking off her jacket and looking at him. "Are you sure? I mean this can't be easy to deal with." he said sitting down on her couch. She didn't reply and looked through her mail. "I just want you to open up to me." he said walking over to her. "Ever since Michael got arrested you have been distant and you won't talk to me anymore I barely see you. I just want you to let me in." he said to her desperately. She moved til she was standing in front of him. "I know I have been crazy these past few weeks. I'm sorry I really am. You are an amazing guy and I have been treating you like shit. But I promise this will all be over soon." she said rubbing her hand up and down his arm. "But what is it that is going on?" she didn't answer and moved from him. "I can't tell you. But I promise everything will be fixed soon. Please just trust me." she pleaded. He just looked at her. "Fine. I trust you. But if things get out of control I want to know. Because I love you Jessica and I don't want you to pull away from me." he said wrapping his arm around her and kissing her head softly.
