The sirens fade as the police and ambulance drive away with Jake. The wind blows, and I wrap my sweater tighter around me. I stand between Tommy and Sara, who is still in shock. I start to realize that he is really gone and that I will never have to deal with him again; a shiver runs down my spine. Slowly, I turn and head for the door. Soon after, I hear the other two follow behind me.

After we each shower and get dressed, Tommy drives us to the nearest dinner. We need to escape that house and the nightmarish memories it keeps. I order coffee, Sara gets tea, and Tommy says that he can't bring himself to drink or eat anything. I thought he would be happier about Jake's death, but under the circumstances that we found him, it's understandable that he's not jumping for joy.

"How are you doing?" I ask Sara softly. I can still see her shaking, I don't know when or if it'll stop. She just lifts her head in response, so I reach across the table and put my hand on top of hers. Tommy, sitting next to me, holds my other hand in the booth. I don't know how the three of us are going to make it through this but I'm glad we have each other.

"The ME thinks that this was a homicide and not suicide. Jake was too tall to hang himself and still be above the island like he was. We're going to have to look into this to find out more. I'm sorry this isn't as easy as I'm sure you wanted it to be," Catherine walks out of the tiny room after she reveals the new information. My mind is being torn in a million different directions. There were only three other people in the house, and I know I didn't do it, which only leaves two more people. I can't imagine that either of them could kill a helpless man, even if he was evil. Sara, who is sitting next to me, starts to rub my shoulder. Involuntarily, I swipe it away.

Tommy comes over after to work, and the three of us sit around my kitchen table silently eating leftovers. Sophia hasn't come home yet. She's supposed to be back sometime tomorrow. "So, did Catherine tell you about the ME?" I politely ask Tommy.

He swallows the food in his mouth, "Yeah, she briefed us on the update in the case."

"So...," I'm scared to say this because I don't want to hear the answer, "How did he die then? Please just tell me the truth," I plead. For a brief moment, Tommy and Sara look at each other and then look away.

"Lindy, it was me. I hated how much he hurt you and Sara. He deserved it. I know I shouldn't have done it, but he's gone now and that's what's best for everyone." He says it calmly, but I can see his hand shaking. Sara continues to stare at her plate.

"Are you going to tell her the truth? Tommy, you could lose your job because of this," I say.

"I know," Tommy sighs.

I stand near the window wall in Cyber Crimes as Tommy explains the truth to Catherine. I'm here for support, but I hope Catherine can get the actual truth out of him. I know no matter how much he hated Jake, his job always comes before his emotions.

"Tommy, that's... that's crazy. You couldn't have. You know you don't have to cover for those two. If one of them killed him in self-defense we can work with that. The guy was a psychopath," Catherine tries to reasons with Tommy.

"No, no. It was me." He's so stubborn and it makes me mad, but he's not going to tell her what happened either.

That night I sit Sara down on the couch before Sophia comes home. "Sara, Tommy confessed. He's going to lose his job and might have to go to jail. I don't know what I'm going to do. I think I might love him, Sara. I can't watch him go through this. There has to be something I can do," I know it's low, but I need to know the truth, for once.

Sara can't even look me in the eyes, she just fiddles with the strings on one of the old blankets on the couch. "Sara." I must say it a little too loud because she jumps, but she finally looks at me.

"You want to know the truth? You want to save your little boyfriend? Well here you go. Jake, the son of a bitch, kid knapped me and held me captive. He was a freak who ruined my life. If it wasn't for you, he never would have come after me. He would assault me, slide his hands up and down me , pretending I was you. 'Lindy, the most beautiful, perfect creature in the world,' he would say to me and I couldn't do anything about it because I was duct-taped to a pole! I couldn't live knowing he was alive. I woke up and attacked and killed him. I strangled the breath out of him. Tommy was so afraid his precious Lindy would find out what I had done, that he staged the whole thing and told me to just go along with it. Is that what you wanted to know? Is that good enough for you?" Sara gets up and stomps off to her room. Tears fill my eyes and tremors course through me uncontrollably. Sophia walks though the door and rushes to me, pulling me to her. I sob into her shoulder, and am barely able to mutter that Sara killed Jake.

I'm sorry for taking so long to upload again. After I heard the show was cancelled, I lost interest a little, but I vowed to finish it for those who do read this. So here it is, and I hope you like it. This is the end of this story, and I'm sorry for not making it a better last chapter. See ya guys. :)