A/N Sorry for the ridiculously long delay my health and real life have been crappy. I am hoping to catch up with things as I am having major surgery during the summer. This was supposed to be one chapter, but the handwritten one was way too long. I just need to type them up. It will now be three extra chapters including this one. I am working on other updates too. Hope you are all doing well. Please enjoy. You can find me on AO3 as wereleopard58 if there issues with the site.

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Chim just stared at looked like she was going to collapse any minute now, "how do you know it's true?"

Maddie wiped away the tears and took some deep breaths.

"That was were...friends once. She was once Doug's girlfriend before I..."

"Before you stole him from her. How do you know she wasn't waiting for the right moment to get revenge?"

"I found out later that she was forced to date parents owed the Kendall's, I am guessing a lot. I have no idea what was owed and I never asked. All I knew was that Teresa's parents had to do whatever they parents recently was a car accident. She called to let me know everything. As soon as she hung up she was leaving the country." Maddie took a deep breath."Teresa heard a conversation between my parents and the Kendall's."

"This is about the abuse, right?"He just wanted to make sure he was following along, as this wasn't normal, not to him anyway.

"Yes."

"Do you think your parents would do that?"Chim had no doubt that it was exactly something they would do.

"I thought they truly loved me and only treated Evan like he did because they hated him, and he deserved it."

Chim opened and then closed his wasn't going to get into the whole Evan debate."What are you going to do?"

Maddie sniffed again and mentally put herself back was something she had lots of practice turned to look at him.

"Nothing, it's over and my parents give me money. If I continue to be good and anything happens to them I will inherit everything."

"Are you sure?"Chim didn't think that this was the best plan. It was a horrible idea.

"Yes, they won't push. They wouldn't want the embarrassment. Everything that happened here is Evan's fault. He just needs to give them the money they want so we can get on with our lives. My parents will then give some to me. It will end up helping us out,"Maddie smiled at him.

Chim knew that there was so much wrong with , he loved Maddie and would do anything she always got the women and the rescues. Everything seemed to go his , on the other hand, had to work at it to get any attention. He had always wanted the perfect relationship with the perfect woman and now he had if this is what kept her happy, he would do everything he could to make it is, after all, what you do in a relationship.

Hen would definitely support him, especially when he reminded her how he had been her first friend at the had been the one to help also introduced her to Karen. So Hen would understand how much she owed him.

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"Michael, thank you for meeting me." Bobby smiled as he sat down opposite his friend.

"Bobby," Michael watched him carefully. He'd already talked to Athena, May, Hen, and Eddie. He'd been told everything that had gone on and also been shown the evidence. After this, he was going to visit Buck, with permission and see how he was. The poor kid had been through so much. The only reason he was here was to hear Bobby out and to see if he'd let go of his pride.

"Michael, I know how much you love Athena, and you know how much I love her too. She's being misled, and I'm afraid she's going to get hurt."

"You think Athena is getting misled? By who and why?" Athena was an amazing woman but she was as suspicious as hell and incredibly smart. But he still needed to know where this was going.

"It's Buck, umm, Evan Buckley. He was going to sue the department before he vanished. Eddie's girlfriend, Ana, told me how Buck is using Eddie. Maddie, his sister, also mentioned what kind of person he was growing up. Now, somehow, he's managed to turn Athena against me, and Hen against Chim. He's just causing problem after problem. This file was sent to me that told me everything. Let's not forget how he treated his poor parents."

"Where did this file come from?"

"I don't know. It was sent to the 118 and addressed to me. But it agrees with everything that's been said about Buck."

"You received a mysterious file, from a stranger. It just happens to reiterate what everyone has been saying. You don't find this a little suspicious? Let's not forget some of those things mentioned were already proved to be false like suing the fire department as he had already handed in his resignation." Michael shook his head. "You can't admit to being wrong, can you? Everything had to be Evan's fault. What is it about Howard Han that you always decide to let him get away with practically everything? You believe everyone else, but not Evan?"

"You don't understand."

Michael stood, he'd already had enough. "Stay away from them, especially Athena, May and Harry. You're nothing but trouble. I once believed you were a good and fair man. I was clearly wrong about that. See, I can admit that and I was very wrong about you."

Before Bobby could say anything the other man left. Why wouldn't anyone believe him about Buck? He knew he was right.

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Hen decided that she needed to talk to Chim. She walked over to his door, which started to open. As it paused Hen quickly rushed around the corner so she couldn't be seen.

"Goodbye Maddie, Howard," Phillip called out.

"Do you think Maddie will be able to control that...boyfriend of hers?" Margaret sighed, her daughter had failed so often. Daniel would never have done that. He has been perfect. But, she was better than that brat, Evan.

"Well, hopefully she can. It sounds like we still have Captain Nash on our side. Those fake files we sent him worked perfectly. It was worth the money to have them made. All the information Maddie gave us from all those stories that were told at the 118 was perfect. Clearly, none of them liked him. I'm surprised that they never had some kind of 'accident' so they could get rid of him. As soon as Diaz joined they lost that chance," Phillip looked over at his wife. "If they had gotten rid of him back then our lives would've been a lot easier. We wouldn't have had to pretend to get close to him, to drive the others away so that he only had us. But all those plans failed. Why would anyone want him around."

They walked over to their car and climbed in. The vehicle started up and they drove away.

Hen waited for a few more moments to make sure Maddie and Chim weren't going anywhere. She then headed back to her own car. She didn't hate Evan. She adored him, but clearly, her following Chim hid that. Hen tried to think back on the stories. What did they say to make them think he was hated.

She winced as she remembered the jokes, the digs but they were from Chim. But the rest of the 118 never stopped it.

If Chim thought he could get away with it would've he hurt or killed Evan? She no longer knew. Hen had completely lost faith in her best friend. She owed Evan even more apologies.

"The files," she muttered, they were the reason Bobby kept saying he was right and had proof. It was all a lie created by the Buckley's. She had to let everyone else know.

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She had gotten home, made some calls and then rested. She didn't know how long it had been when there was knocking at her front door.

Hen opened it and did her best to keep the anger off her face. Anything she got from Chim could help Evan. But, she also wasn't going to pretend and say anything that could be used to help him or hurt Evan.

"What do you want Chim?"

"Hen, I know we've had 'issues' recently, but you are my best friend and I need your support now more than ever. It's also not just for me, but for Maddie as well."

This was too much for her. She had hoped to last longer. If he'd just played the friend card, then maybe Hen could've played along. But, bringing his girlfriend into it, nope, not happening.

"Are you kidding me? With how you treated Buck, and yes, I am well aware of my own mistakes. The lies Maddie's been telling people, and you want me to support you two? I can't and I won't. I'm glad that Evan gave me another chance; even more than that, he helped me. I'm not going to let him down. His trust in me is not misplaced."

"I helped and supported you when you joined the 118. I need that now." He argued.

"I'm not going to support you when you're wrong."

"You owe me," Chim snapped.

Hen just stared at him, her eyes hardened and jaw clenched. "I owe you? So, whenever you've helped someone, it's not because it was the right thing to do. It's because you expect them to pay you back someday. Good to know, now leave."

"Hen-."

"Leave now; if I have to ask again, I will call the police." She couldn't believe that he had never truly been her friend. He hadn't even tried to deny that he used her. She watched as he stormed away. Hen closed the door and leaned on it. Tears fell, and her heart hurt; after all these years, she had never truly known him. Taking a deep breath there were things that needed to be done. Hen had to let Athena and the others know about the fake files Bobby had.

TBC