The Night it Rained 3
John went back to the park. Natalie and the other CSI agents were long gone. They had collected all the evidence, they could find, but unfortunately Natalie still didn't know who the attacker was. John's instincts told him that he was missing something. John wouldn't rest until the son of a bitch who had hurt Marty was locked up behind bars or dead, whichever one came first.
He went down to the river bank to see if he could see anything. It was dark out, but John swore that there was something washed up on the shore on the other side that didn't belong there. He walked around the river and saw a man lying with his face down. John turned him over to see if he was still alive, but he was dead.
He called Natalie up and told her to bring the Medical Examiner. John was certain that he had just found Marty's attacker, but how did he end up in the river?
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Marty couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she could see Eddie Ford on top of her, she could smell his breath as he rammed his tongue down her throat, she could feel him restraining her arms. She felt so helpless and vulnerable. It wasn't fair she had already been through this before and it had almost killed her.
She needed a distraction, something to keep the unwanted memories away. She couldn't sleep anyways so she stayed up all night thinking of a plan that would save Todd from murder charges. She knew that it was only a matter of time before the body was found and she knew that John would begin to piece things together.
She called John and told him that she needed to see him right away.
"What is it Marty? What did you want to talk to me about?" John asked as he walked into the hospital room.
"I remember who attacked me? I remember more about what happened last night? It was Eddie Ford. We wrestled over the knife; I must have gotten stabbed in the process. I managed to get the knife away from him. I stabbed him. I killed Eddie Ford." Marty said putting the first phase of her plan into motion.
John spent hours grilling Marty about Eddie's death. There was something about Marty's confession that didn't add up, but her story hadn't changed. Marty had told him time and time again that Todd hadn't shown up until she had already disposed of Eddie's body.
He knew it was a long shot, but he had to question Todd to see if he would come forward with any new evidence that would clear Marty. The Medical Examiners report had come in and Eddie Ford was stabbed sixty times which meant he couldn't get Marty off on self defense. If he didn't find evidence to clear her he would have to arrest her for murder.
John left Marty's bedside and went straight to Todd's. He pounded on the door until Todd answered. "God John, it's eight o'clock in the morning? What do you want?"
"I want to question you about the night Marty was attacked."
"I already told you, I don't know who attacked her and if you have any other questions then I suggest that you contact my lawyer."
"That's fine Manning, hide behind your lawyer while Marty goes to prison for murder," John stated hoping to get Todd's attention.
"What are you talking about?"
"We found Eddie Ford's body. Marty told me that she stabbed him after he attacked her."
"Marty told you that she stabbed Eddie Ford?" Todd questioned John. What the hell was Marty thinking?
"Marty didn't stab Eddie, I did. I lost it when I saw what he had done to her. I wanted to make him pay so I stabbed him."
"That's just what I wanted to hear, Todd, you're under arrest for the murder of Eddie Ford," John said as he placed the cuffs around Todd.