Jesse was busy liaising with the State Troopers who, like every other member of law enforcement, were on the look-out for JR Chandler. He was sure he had the bus station, the trains, the airport and every major route out of town covered. All Jesse had to do was to wait for him to pop up so he could nail the son of a bitch.

"Sir!" said one of the younger officers. "There's been a sighting of JR Chandler."

"What? Where?"

"He was at the Martin house. We're not sure how he got past the patrol car; he may have already been in the house before they arrived."

"So we've got him."

"No sir. He bound and gagged up his mother and left her in an under-stairs closet before making a run for it. Her partner, Tad Martin found her; I think she was in there for some time."

"Was she hurt?"

"They took her to the hospital. It sounds like he just gave her a scare."

"Thank god."

Just one casualty was one too many as far as Jesse was concerned.

"Do we have any clues as to where JR would be going next?" he asked.

The young officer looked through his notes.

"She seemed to think he was planning to leave town…"

Even as the officer spoke Natalia came running up.

"We've got him!"

"We've got JR in custody?"

"Yep." said Natalia, a relieved smile on her face. "He was trying to leave the country in his private jet. The officers arrested JR and they also arrested the pilot for assisting a wanted fugitive."

"Excellent work."

Jesse turned to address the bustling room.

"People," he cried, "We've got him!"

The news was greeted with cheers and applause.

…

Jesse was reading through the arresting officers notes. It seemed JR surrendered without putting up any kind of fight. If he was reading the notes right it seemed that JR didn't think he had done anything wrong.

There was a knock at the door.

"Sir," said the young officer peering round the door. "The pilot wants to talks to you. He seems to think he has information relating to JR's arrest. He wants to make a deal."

"The pilot." said Jesse flicking through the arrest notes, "Didn't they arrest him with a brown envelope with $20,000 in used notes in his jacket pocket?"

"Yes sir."

Jesse got up from his chair.

"Okay I'll speak to him. I'll be interested to hear what he has to say."

…

When Jesse stepped into the interview room he noticed the pilot was sweating.

"You wanted to speak to me?" said Jesse taking the seat opposite.

"Are you the police chief?"

"I am."

"I want to cut a deal?"

"What kind of deal do you think you can make? We've got you and we've got JR, I don't think there is anything else we need."

"It's about the night of the shooting. You know at the Chandler Mansion when people got killed."

Jesse's ears perked up, but he made no outward sign of his interest.

"Maybe you just tell me what you know and I won't charge you with obstruction of justice."

The pilot got a sudden look of panic and he held his head in his hands. It took a moment for the man to speak.

"This isn't the first time that JR Chandler has paid me a bribe..."

"Are you saying that the envelope of money that was found on your jacket pocket was a bribe?"

The pilot had walked right into that one, but he didn't seem to be aware of the implications of his admission.

"You know it was a bribe." said the pilot. "On the day of the shooting Mr Chandler paid me to file a false flight plan. He wanted the plane to fly him to Costa Rica rather than to New York which was the route I had logged. I knew it was fishy but it was a lot of money. I couldn't afford to say no. But I noticed JR sittting with his duffle bag in the airport lounge. He had a gun, He wasn't very subtle about it, he kept taking it out to handling it. God knows how he planned to get it passed customs."

"You saw JR with a gun on the night of the shootings."

"Yes. When I heard about the mansion shootings on the news I was sure that JR had had something to do with it. In the end he saved everyone and he never took the flight. I still to this day don't know what he had planned."

"That is very interesting information." said Jesse.

"Is it worth a deal?"

"We shall see." said Jesse. "Will you be willing to testify?"

The pilot had given him the final piece of the puzzle. JR had brought the gun to the party on purpose and he clearly had plans to use it. Jesse wondered if now he had enough to not just charge JR for Bianca's assault, but also for the attempted murder of his ex-wife.

…