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The last thing Bonnie wanted to do was bring Billie back to this potential gun scene, but she couldn't explain her disappearing. So when she slips back through the hole in the motorcycle cover with Jay, she immediately ducks out the other side to put her back against the wall.

"Okay. Ted is in the house, holding a gun. I don't know where he got it but he said there was an intruder. Turtle was on an early, so he ought to be home, but I don't know where. If Ted's home, Stuart ought to be home too, unless it was him that ran to call the cops."

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Two pairs of shoes - one of a large woman in flats, one of a small schoolgirl.

He stows the baton under his jacket and steps around the truck with care. "It's okay, it's safe now."

Lucy jumps, holding Terry close.

"I saw the glass broken and the blood and I didn't know what to do." Lucy says, recognising Jay from the wedding.

Hearing the sirens, she looks around. "Oh God, who's hurt?"

"Turtle's been hurt but he's stable. The ambulance is on it's way. Bonnie and Ted are inside."

"Where's Stuart?" Lucy asks.

The drive is suddenly full of cops, who race into the house.

"Not sure." Jay steps back to let the cops by. "Head in and help Bonnie. Let her know I'll keep an eye out here." And he still wants to check the perimeter for clues. That and he's not the sort of person the cops might like hanging around.

Lucy nods and starts to take Terry inside, but the cops stop them in the doorway to ask questions.

There is a side gate, which has a bolt at the top on the inside, but that could be reached from the outside if you stood on something. The bolt is currently unlocked, and there is a broken padlock on the floor inside the yard.

Jay causally fingerprints the lock and bolt and takes photos. He stashes his gear back in the many hidden pockets of his jacket and heads for the back door, tracking the path.

The yard is pretty full of junk, which doesn't help. What perhaps looks out of place is the rather clean-looking but damp handkerchief stuffed down the side of the shed.

Jay collects the evidence and pockets it, moving quietly towards the back door. He waits to see if there's anything else to see before stepping into the open, making sure the cops can see him.

The cops eye him - Bonnie has explained that he's her friend. Stuart is by now also present, loitering in the drive, being interviewed.

The EMTs arrive and bundle Turtle into an ambulance. Bonnie comes out of the house.

"We're going to need to take the boys to the station for questioning." one of the cops says to her.

Bonnie hesitates. She feels she needs to go with Turtle, but doesn't like the idea of the boys being interviewed on their own.

Jay waits by the door, looking to Bonnie. "What'd you need?"

"I need... to delegate." Bonnie says.

"Okay. Lucy, can you please take Terry and go with Turtle? Jay, can you please ask the cops to let you have my address book and make a call to Leroy - he's one of my boys, he's a judge. Please ask him to meet us at the police station, so he can be with the boys and then I can leave to be with Turtle?"

Jay nods and approached the officers and asks for access to Bonnie's address book. He intentionally holds himself like a military man, slipping the baton to a clear and visible position. Don't want them to think he's hiding anything.

The cops give Jay the address book, after inspecting it, and his baton.

Outside, one of the EMTs is arguing with Bonnie about her needing to get her arm checked out.

"I am not having the boys interviewed without either myself or a qualified legal representative present." Bonnie argues. "They are minors.

Jay's happy for them to notice the baton, rather than the knives in his boots or the other tricks in the lining of his jacket. Frankly, he's surprised they're not more suspicious of him.

He gets the book and calls Leroy, briefly explaining the situation.

The cops seem pretty on edge in general - Turtle is one of their own - but they seem way more interested in Stuart and Ted.

"Which is the one with the temper?" one of the cops is asking another in a low voice, eying the two boys.

Leroy takes the situation calmly, and promises to be down there within the hour.

"Thanks." Jay rings off and crosses to Bonnie's side. "I can go with the boys. If you make it clear to the police that I'm there as your representative."

Bonnie hesitates, then turns to the boys.

"Are you happy fer Jay to go help you? He knows what he's doin' and Leroy's on his way."

Stuart and Ted look at one another.

"If things get out of hand can we just say no comment until you get there?" Stuart asks.

"Course you can. You've done nothin' wrong, they'll just need to suspect everyone." Bonnie says. "Thanks Jay."

[ooc: We can head towards wrap here, I'm going to do the Who Shot Turtle bit as stand-alone ooms. Thanks for your help :)]

Jay nods and follows the boys and the police. "I'll see you in the other side, Bonnie."

{ooc: fade works for me. Thanks for that.}

Edited 2016-09-19 22:56 (UTC)

She hesitates after him to give him and the boys a hug, then disappears into the ambulance with Turtle.

Billie, who hasn't cried the whole time, is just quiet in her arms.

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