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I had no idea what just happened, I was in the hospital dealing with a concussion and getting my wrist casted. I mean had I known he was going to be at the cliffs. We were tracking his phone. We found it in the water, we both thought the worst, had I known he was going to jump I would have stopped him. Fuck he could have died, and the doctor was taking too long, I needed to get out of here and go and figure out why my cousin was and idiot. Finally the doctor came into the room, "Detective we would like to keep you overnight" he said, "I can't my girlfriend is a doctor I am fine, I have work to do" I said, "I can't allow you to leave" he said, "Dr. Jones he is fine he will be alright" Dr. Shepard said, she was a doctor her for as long as I could remember. She no longer practiced medicine, but she did the financing for the hospital and was the medical director. I nodded at her and left, I first needed to deal with Tanner. He was arrested and I needed to know what the hell happened, then I would deal with Ryder and Zachary. I made it to the police station and there I met with Klea. "Before you go in there, there are a few things you need to know" she said, "Okay" I said, "First she was pushed he didn't jump, second there was a fight between him and Tanner that escalated. Third Zachary had nothing to do with this" she said. "That is the thing Klea, he has everything to do with it, he fucking forced them to be friends! I guarantee if he never brought all of them together than none of this would have happened. Tanner deserves whatever he gets he has hated me for years. I think he is using Ryder to get to me, and things finally just got out of hand. This is all Zachary everything leads back to him, he is the puppet master and all his little minions just follow along" I said with more anger than I intended. Klea couldn't deny it she knew I was right, and she knew that no matter what in the end everything led back to Zachary and my goal was to take him down.
I had Rachel in my ear about her sister, she apparently was always with them, and she was wanting me to do something about it. She had no idea how hard I as trying to figure this out. For right now Gia was safe, there was no reason for me to believe that she wasn't, I had no evidence to put against him, he had other doing that for him. I was beyond frustrated. I walked into the room and sat in front of Tanner, "tell me what happened" I said, "bite me" he said, "this is only going to make it worse for yourself" I said, "I do not care, you are a piece of shit and the only thing I care about is Timothy" he said. "If you cared about your brother you would not be throwing your life away, why did you push Ryder off the cliff" "Who said I pushed him, and I am pissed you caught him" "that right there is why you are going to rot in jail" I said as I walked away. I didn't need to even hear anymore from him. I needed to go and talk to Ryder now, so I left Tanner and I hoped he was put in jail for a long time. I mean I didn't think he would last in jail he was an idiot but one can only hope. I made it to my Aunt's house, Klea was with me I needed her to back me up on this all of it, I had so many questions about everything and no answers. I knocked and Ryder let me in, "I am fine" he said, "I know but Ryder bud you need to talk to me tell me what is going on" I said. "Nothing, I am friends with Timothy, and I know Tanner never liked me" he said, "why though didn't Timothy used to bully you?" "Yeah, so what he changed, and he is my friend now. I am trying to get mom to take him in" "Oh, well Ryder I hope this doesn't come back to bite you in the ass, Tanner is nothing like Zachary and I feel like you are just going down a spiral of terrible decisions" I said. "Well I hate that you are constantly in my life, I find nothing wrong with Zachary and you have no proof he is doing anything wrong! SO just fuck off" he said as he slammed the door in our faces. "I have to admit you deserved that" Klea said, "he knows he is an idiot, and soon enough Zachary will prove that and I am not going to be there to catch him" I said. "Okay, where to next?" I asked. "Next we talk to Zachary" I said and we headed there. The door opened and Lacey I believe her name is opened the door. "Hi we are here to talk to Zachary" I said, "he is not home" she said, than her mom came to the door. "What is this about?" she asked as she swayed on the spot. She was either drunk or high and it made me feel bad for Lacey. I wonder if she was being forced into something she didn't want, I wanted to talk to her eventually too. "I just want to talk about what happened yesterday" I said, "he was not there yesterday, and I would like you to get of f my property" Morgana said. Klea pulled me away, I had no answers and I couldn't even talk to Zachary. Morgana was higher on my list there was something about her that I couldn't shake, she was one sketchy person. I just felt like I had nothing and I was going to need to start doing this more strategically.
I needed to be more on my game, I couldn't let anything take me down, Zachary was planning something and I just knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later. I knew that if I didn't stop this than the whole vision Rachel had would forever haunt me. He was going to do something to Gia or someone else and I needed to be the one to talk him down. I needed to talk to everyone that worked or was involved with Zachary, I was going to need to do it in a specific way so that they gave me the information that I needed. I would also need Klea to back me up because this was going to end up with someone getting killed or hurt, based on the way Tanner was doing things. I didn't know if he was acting on his own or if Zachary had this plan, if Ryder was merely a pawn in their game, I felt like he was most likely the target. I also felt that if Timothy moves in with him this will give them more of an opportunity to do something stupid. Ryder was in danger and I needed to prove that to him, but the more he pushed me away the harder it was going to be. I was getting tired and I knew that was the concussion, Aria was off today so I headed home to her, I needed her to take care of me. I missed her too, as soon as I walked in the door she was in my arms and kissing me. "I am so glad you are okay" she said, "I am fine I just wish I could take him down" I said. "I know and you will babe I know it, but I have something to tell you" I looked at her and she smiled, I had no idea what she was going to say, "Max, we are pregnant" she said. I was shocked for a second but not in a bad way, I definitely wanted to have a baby with her. I kissed her, "that is awesome" I said hugging her too, I was going to be a dad. My goal now was to take Zachary down before my child was born I didn't need him hurting my child in anyway. I was going to put and end to him once and for all, my girl and I deserved to raise our child in a Zachary free life.