"Hey everyone, I've got to take off. I actually have a really early morning tomorrow."

"Oh no, you have to leave?" Jackie asks me.

"Yeah, it sucks, but I should probably be responsible right now," I say with a sigh, smiling at Jackie.

"Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

"For sure."

"See you later!"

"Bye Xavier!"

I have to make my exit and leave the hotel because I have an early morning. I hate to say goodbye to Jacqueline, but work must be done. What happened in there was just crazy and life changing. I'm becoming super obsessed with this guy. She's wild! Back in college I always had a crush on her and I always wanted to realize it, but the timing was never right for us. Now, it seems to be working. Although I would never have considered myself one of her three boyfriends, but hey, I'll take her any way I can get her. She is so amazing, it's no wonder other guys are after her. I hope I've left an impression though and that she deems what we have is special. Now that she's come back into my life in this way, I'll never, ever let her go again. In fact, what was I thinking in college letting her slip through my fingers like that? I should've dropped everything to be with her. But time moves on, and we've both grown up. I anticipate that the time between us being together has actually made our connection stronger because we've both had this unfulfilled desire for years . . . well, finally it's been filled, especially tonight. God, that was just awesome in there.

But, I have to consider what I've been doing with her. What could this ever lead to? I have feelings for Jackie. I'm starting to fall in love with her, but I can't risk losing her entirely to one of those other guys. But sharing? I mean...that was good. I knew she enjoyed it. And I’m not jealous. I just don’t want to lose Jackie. I think about how strange that must seem but it just makes sense to me.

As I'm walking down the hallway of the hotel, I realize that I've left my phone in the room so I have to turn back. I let myself back into the suite, and I hear them all talking. They mention Emma's name and I hate to eavesdrop, but I need to find out what's going on.

"We need to explore it, Jason," I hear Jackie say.

"Yeah, the fact that she did have this other, secret boyfriend is a major issue. I'm frankly shocked the police didn't find it. To have not even considered another man is negligence is what it is," Marcus says, and he seems genuinely concerned.

"Well, I'm sure they looked at it," Marcus says. "Look how long it took us to find it." Jason's talking now. "But there was no evidence. They just went straight to Cain."

"Yeah," Marcus agrees. "They only looked at the billionaire bad boy who was all over the press for his antics. It's almost like the DA wanted a distraction instead of a real investigation into what went on that night."

"This is frightening," Jacqueline says. "The killer's still out there. What if he's manipulating the case?"

"It's okay babe, we're going to be the ones to nail this guy. We know there's more to the truth." Jason is trying to comfort her.

I'm standing at the door listening with my mouth agape. I thought Damian Cain was Emma’s only boyfriend. That's what I was told. Wolff said he investigated it and the police did too and she didn't sleep around, she was only interested in Cain. The fact that they're saying she had somebody else in her life is just unbelievable. I feel enraged that I didn't know this. I don't want to be prosecuting the wrong guy.

"We have to find more evidence, you guys," Jackie says.

"Yeah, we can't into court with this unless we get something substantial," Jason agrees.

"We need to do it soon," Marcus says.

"Poor Emma, what was she thinking sleeping with a criminal like that?" Jackie sounds upset and I want to hold her.

"She probably had no idea who he really was," Jason offers. He’s right, and I can tell by his tone of voice that he knows Jackie just needs comforting right now.

"I know, but I just wish she had had some intuition about him. And if only she hadn't kept him a secret, her life might have saved, or at least the police would have known where to look," Jackie says. She’s tough as fuck, but she’s got this huge heart.

"It's okay Jacqueline." Jason is trying to calm her. "At least we're going to figure something out and we'll save Cain's life from a future in jail."

"Yeah, you're right. I'm letting this case get to me. And I just want to be focused on you guys."

"You have us," Marcus says.

I take this as my cue to bow out. I really shouldn't have been listening to that, but if they have evidence to prove that Cain is the wrong guy then I need to know. I can't be working to destroy an innocent man. This whole conversation I just heard is making me rethink my position on the legal team of the prosecuting attorney. I'm there, at this public service job to put criminals behind bars, not to ruin the lives of innocent people. I'm questioning my boss and the police and how everyone could have missed this. I'm questioning myself. How could I have missed this? For the sake of Emma, I should have seen this. I should have done my own investigative research.

I've got to get my bearings again. And, I'm glad I overheard what I did so that I can think more clearly about this case. I'm going to have to also find evidence of what they're saying otherwise no one will believe it wasn't Cain. Fuck, my life just got a lot more complicated.

The only thing, I realize, that makes me feel even a little bit okay is that it sounds like Jackie has two men beside her that care deeply for her. I care for her, too...so maybe when this is all figured out, the dust can settle and whatever that was we all did doesn’t have to be the last time.