"Thanks" said Kevin "Can I speak with Justin please?" he asked.

Maralyn led Kevin up to their room. She knocked on the door "Justin." Only to heard a muffled "Go away" and what sound like a part sob. "Honey, Kevin is here. He wants to talk to you."

Justin sighed, wiping his eyes and ran a hand through his hair, as if someone were to shave it off any second. Opening the door, he barely looked at Kevin. "Come in." his own eyes were full of pain.

Maralyn walked away, saying a quick prayer for Justin. She dind't know what, but somethign was up. Still, that's what she signed up for marrying someone with a bad boy past.

"You said you wanted to talk to me" he said walking in.

Justin sat on his bed, feeling suddenly cold. "I just think I've been to jvuie or jail for all of my past crimes. There was this one time I stole drugs from a store that I don't remeber if I got sent to juvie or not but I'm almost positive I did." He sighed, regretting the person he used to be. He groaned, "But I'm driving myself crazy because I'm pretty sure I've been arrested for all of my crimes." What was it he told Peter when he had a flashback of his past? he couldn't remember.

"Well clearly the HQ doesn't think thats enough" said Kevin.

Justin ran a hand through his hair again. It had become his habit the whole day. He had to stop himself before he turned into his younger cousin. He shuddered, because the thought of his hair being cut off like Peter's crossed his mind. Then, he told his mind to stop obsessing over his hair. He needed to focus on the matters at hand. "I snapped at Peter earlier. I think he knows somethigng is up now. Nate seems to know too. I didn't tell them what." It was only a matter of time before his past screwed up his dearest cousin's life- the one he cherished, mentored, teased. He didn't want to see Peter crushed and didn't want to cause it. The young boy's confused, worried face stuck in his mind. Groaning, he added, "Just tell me which case, Kevin."

"Every case Justin... Every stinking case has been reopened and reconsidered" he said then added "Of course Nate has figured it out, he is in charge of a squad, he can tell when people are lying"

Justin's mouth opened, "What? Every case? Why?" His voice cracked a little. "Tell him not to change his opinion of Peter. Peter is a great kid nad he needs a friend like Nate." Then, he thought about the time he was eighteen and got off with only being suspended form school for drugs and a fight. He felt his insides scream. Putting his face on his knees, eh tried to be strong. He was not coing to cry,. No matter how badly he wanted to, he would not let Kevin see him cry. Even if they were friends at one time. "No!" This couldn't be happening! "Don't you understand, my duaghter needs her dad. Maralyn needs her husband."

"Justin, its not like I enjoy doing this to you. I think your a great guy... I don't have a choice... This is what I do... I don't make the laws and I'm not the court"

He felt a pain in his stomach. "Am I going to..." as soon as he spat out the word"jail" he burst into tears and grabbed his own hair with his hands.

Maralyn's heart was breaking at hearing her husband cry. She quickly called Miley. "You have to get over here."
Miley looked at Chrissa and Natasha, who were palying on the swings. "Be there in an hour."

"No Justin I'm just supposed to keep an eye on you... You wont go to jail unless you do somthing else" he added.

Justin's cries quieted a little. "But what if something happens agian while I'm trying to protect someone, as usual. They'll look at my record and not believe I'm trying to do what's right. Just like you didn't trust me when Ian was with me. He was going to return the necklace. He just didn't know how and I was telling him how to do it." He wiped a tear. "It will be just like when I became a Christian when I was eighteen and I had to prove to everyone that I've changed." He wept more into his own arms."It's not supposed to be like this!" He probably sounded like a wimp, but he didn't care. "Why did they reopen the cases? How could this have happened?"

Maralyn felt her heart melt. "Your brother is really upset. Please come quickly. I hate seeing him in so much pain."
Miley said, "Peter mgiht be available. I do love him. I'm just busy at the moment."
Maralyn siad, "Okay." She hung up, then called Peter. "Hey, I need you to come to my house quickly."

"Its going to be ok Justin" he said as he stood up "Just be carefull" he added.

Justin buried his face in a pillow. He couldn't stop the continuing torrent of emotion, no matter how hard he tried. Nothing could comfort him. "Why did they reopen it? Why?" His tan body started shaking.

Peter was wlaking home with his friends, when he got Maralyn's call. He could hear crying in the background. He didn't have to ask. It was his older cousin. Justin. The stronger one of the two had fallen apart. He wasn't so sure he coudl build him back up. "Okay, if you think it will help." He turned to Nate and Brian. "I have to go see Justin." With that, he rushed to his cousins's house.

"Ever since you went to court last time the FBI has put you on your watch list... Justin your going to get me in trouble... Me blabbering to you" he said.