Paul unlocked the office to check in and see if anything new had changed since the last time he and Della were since in court yesterday.

The office was the way it was last time they were in, so no change.

He sat down behind the desk for a while. Then the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Is Mr. Mason in?"

"No, he isn't. He's at home, recovering from an accident. Who is this?"

The caller gave out his name.

"I'm sorry to hear Mr. Mason got into an accident. I don't think I saw it on the news or anything like that," the caller said.

"I'll give Perry your message when he's able to return to work."

Then he hung up. The phone rang for the next half an hour. This was why he wanted to come here and see if anything new came in and told Della he'd be here for a while.

Back at the house, Perry's phone rang again. It was the doctor this time.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Ms. Street. I'm checking in on Perry. How is he?" Dr. Webber asked.

"He hasn't woken up since the recess for court started. I did get a phone call earlier."

"What kind of call?" the doctor asked.

"His mother. She even heard the news about what happened to Perry. She wants to come over here and see him for herself. I said no visitors for twenty - four hours like you wanted."

"That includes his mother, Ms. Street. No visitors. Is there any other way we could try rescheduling the court date after what happened?"

"I don't think we can do that."

While in bed, Perry thought he heard voices downstairs, but it was mostly Della's. Who was she talking with? He did also hear the phone ring a few times, people probably checking in, is what he figured. He thought about his mother and her reaction if she called to talk with him and getting Della instead.

He'll have to find out when Della comes back when he's awake.

What happened to his office the entire time during court yesterday and now since he still had Della over at the house with him.

Ada Mason had always followed his cases, so this was probably in today's paper, was his guess.

"Ms. Street, is that all right if I come over now? I don't want to wake him up if he's still out," Dr. Webber asked.

"That's all right. Are you sure you don't want Perry involved?"

"No. I'll be right over."

After hanging up with Dr. Webber, Della wondered what he wants now. No matter how hard he tries to reschedule, it wouldn't work for him.

Perry heard Della come upstairs. She thought he wasn't aware the last time she was in here, but actually was.

She peeked in again.

"Are you awake, Perry?" she whispered, walking into the room.

"Yes."

"Just got off with Dr. Webber. He wants to talk about you, but doesn't think it's necessary for you to be around. By the way, your mother has been calling nonstop."

"I thought she wouldn't want to check in with a couple months of no communication."

"Well, she has. I don't think she likes me, even if it means only over the phone."

"She will like you. Just give her time."

"She wants to come over and see you, but the doctor said no visitors during the twenty - four hour recess from court."

"I don't think they need to ask what direction I was headed in on the way to work, Della. I don't think that question was necessary."

"Somehow they wanted to, Perry. I'll bring some water."

It looked to Perry that Ada was trying to make contact with him through Della, so that's probably why she was calling a lot today. He thought that could be a start by doing it through Della.

When she returned with the glass of water, Perry asked, "Della, is there a way she said anything about trying to reach out to me by communicating through you?"

"I don't think so, but it looks that way," Della answered.

"How is Paul?"

"He's okay. Just worried about you like everybody else who knows what happened. He is at the office now, but I'll pass this over to him."

"I didn't forget about the office. I was thinking about it today too."

"Glad you chose to stick around for that, Della. I appreciate you being here for me."

"I know you do. Is there anything else you want right now?"

"No, but thank you."

"I will bring Dr. Webber up here if that's okay."

"Whatever."

"He needs to know how you're doing. I think that's why he wants to come over."

"All right."

He didn't want to argue with Della.

Perry didn't know Dr. Webber very well to notice if Paul liked him or not. He was disturbing the court yesterday by wanting him off the witness stand.

"Did you tell my mother how I was doing?"

"Yes, I did. She still wants to see you, no matter what condition you're in. It's a good thing she still cares about you, Perry."

"Why wouldn't she?"

"She did sound lonely over the phone when I talked with her the last few times."

"I think it's expected because of what happened to my father and the courtroom."

"You were just doing your job, Perry. She understands you were there for her."

"Of course she did. She didn't complain about my being in law school since my father did it. What did your father do?"

"I was only ten when he died, so I really can't answer that."

They heard a car park in the driveway.

She looked out of the bedroom window.

"He's here, Perry. I'll be back."

"All right."

Perry thought back to the courtroom yesterday before he passed out in front of everybody.

Did he think he saw who did this to the Johnsons and his car when the accident happened?

He'll have to check in with Paul and Hamilton on this one, but Della could wait for a bit longer since she's with Dr. Webber right now.

He heard them talking once she opened the front door.

When Dr. Webber is gone, Perry will have to ask Della to call up Paul since he thought he remembered something before passing out, but couldn't be one hundred percent sure.

She peeked into the bedroom again.

"Is that all right if he comes in?" Della asked.

"Okay."

Perry felt like going back to sleep, but can wait for a while longer.

While waiting for the doctor to come up, he said, "Della, would you mind making a few phone calls for me when he's gone?"

"Sure. To who?"

"Paul and Hamilton."

"I'll go do that now."

"Not if the doctor wants to see you as well."

"Good point, Perry. I'm sure he wouldn't want me to miss out on anything."

"The only thing I can say right now is I plan to reopen that case about my father being murdered and her being accused for making it happen. I think I missed something."

"I'll go call them now. Thanks for saying something, Perry."

Paul was the first Della made since Perry asked her to.

"Hi, Della. How's Perry?"

"Fine. He seems more aware now, but we do have Dr. Webber over."

"Great. The phone has been ringing since I came in. Is his mother still checking in?"

"Yes. That's been happening nonstop since I came in. Doctor still wants to reschedule the court date."

"We can't do that, Della."

"That's what I told him too. He mentioned that he wants to reopen the case with his father's murder and her being accused of what happened that day."

"I thought we closed that case a couple months ago. Did he say why he wanted to reopen it?" Paul asked.

"Not yet. Would you call Burger too? Perry asked me to."

"I'll save you time, Della. One of us will call when we show up."

"Thank you, Paul. I appreciate it."

That's when Dr. Webber made it to the bedroom.

"How are you doing, Perry?" the doctor asked.

"Okay."

"You look a little better since passing out yesterday in front of the court. I was told there was no way to reschedule the date."

"No."

Ada made it to the house. She saw there were a couple of cars in the driveway.

"I thought that girlfriend of his said no visitors for twenty - four hours. I guess visiting is allowed now," Ada told herself.

She walked up to the front door. Once she made it, Ada rang the doorbell.

"I thought there were no visitors," Della said as they heard the doorbell.

"No visitors, Ms. Street."

Once Della headed downstairs, Perry asked, "When do I get to drive again?"

"I don't know. That's one of the reasons why I'm here, Mr. Mason. Just to check you out. For now you're still in the same condition since day one, but doing a bit better. I haven't heard anything about your car since it happened. Do you know anything?" Dr. Webber asked.

"No. I haven't seen it since the beginning. I think Paul is taking care of it, but I don't know."

Della headed upstairs after she told Ada to wait where she was.

"Perry, your mother is here."

"Still no visitors," the doctor repeated.

"That's what I've been telling her. She doesn't care what kind of condition he's in."

"Let me take care of her then," the doctor said.

Della stayed with Perry while Dr. Webber went downstairs and talk with Ada.

Ada didn't like the words no visitors, and that included her.

"He's my son. I should be able to see him."

Perry and Della both heard what she said.

"Looks like she wants to talk with you, Perry."

"Looks that way to me too, but wait and see. I hope she would forgive me sometime soon."

"I understand, Perry. You look like you want to share something."

"I do, but I want Paul and Hamilton to hear this too."

"I know there's no reason to ask this question, Perry. but do you like having him as your lawyer?"

"He's okay. I'd rather ask questions than being on the witness stand like I did yesterday before passing out. I'm sure it scared you."

"Of course it did, Perry. I'm just happy you're more aware right now."

Neither Perry or Della heard the conversation with Dr. Webber and Ada. It sounded like he was talking with her about what happened in the courtroom yesterday.

"WHAT!"

"This is why he can't have visitors, Mrs. Mason."

It sounded like Ada didn't care for the doctor either and was with Paul on him. There was no way Dr. Webber would have been involved with the car accident a couple days ago. He was taking care of patients.

Dr. Webber did notice that Perry looked like Ada, but was a bit taller than she was.

That's when Ada walked out of the house, doing just what Dr. Webber wanted her, and it looked like she and Perry will have to try another time, depending on what they would come up with for communication after the no talking thing.

If Perry decided to reopen this case again, there would be no way Ada Mason would be able to talk in court. She'd been embrrassed by that just once, and Perry couldn't blame her. This time the kids with the talking dog wouldn't get involved. Of course it was crazy of them to think he could have murdered his own father, but he's a lawyer and not a killer. No way would he do that to somebody you love.

He rejoined Perry and Della again.

"I'm sorry to scare your mother off like that, Perry, but I had to do it. She isn't ready to see you yet, especially in this condition. You can still go to court, but if the judge tells me I have to leave, then I will wait outside. I still want to be around to make sure you wouldn't do that again in the courtroom. Sorry if this case is too personal to you."

"That's all right, Dr. Webber. I've had some of these that were just like this one in the past. Trust me," Perry told him.

"I'll be going now. I will be back before the twenty - four hour recess is over."

"All right."