God I hope she listens to him and what he has to say. Will he catch her snooping? I'm glad I'm not having to wait for updates at this point. I'm ready to jump out of my skin. I just Angelus had to have had something to do with it. He had custody, which means he had control over the money too, I'd bet. Fantastic work Cas, thanks.

Author's Response: Will he catch her - yes, and no. Neither is really willing to be honest with the other at this point, and that creates problems. And yes, Angelus having had custody was a bad thing.

Oh.. more faces in the pictures. But he tells Buffy now what he remembers. ~ And yet Buffy is acting professional; trying to get evidence against Spike. So she'll tell Giles about everything she saw there I fear think. Agent Buffy is in the driver seat. I wonder to what it will lead.

Author's Response: To more interesting discoveries, and a world of trouble. Buffy is afraid of getting hurt in the relationship, and the more afraid she gets, the more professional she becomes.

I'm kind of creeped out about the image behind the waterfall, but in psychology, his subconscious showing through his painting kind of makes sense. I can't wait to read more of your wonderful story! Please update soon?

Author's Response: Thanks, and yes it is way more creepy than what I had first envisioned. But I equate this Spike as somewhat similar to Spike when first ensouled. Usually, but not always, holding it together.

What a Brat! He's going to be so heartbroken! Aww...

Author's Response: Who's the brat, Buffy? I guess so. And Spike is definately heartbroken already, but its gonna get worse.

When Spike said that Angelus probably had something to do with the death of the Chinese girl, all I could think about was Tara saying the same thing. And maybe what I want to happen is influencing my judgment, but I still think that Spike is too broken up about everything for the murders to have been intentional, for him anyway. Either way, this was an excellent chapter.

Author's Response: Thanks. Eventually of course we'll find out about all the accusations and what Spike has to say about it.

Hmm can't really see Spike getting out of this one. Once the evidence is in he's a dead man. No two ways about it, I mean american prisons are filled with innocent people so I doubt that he would get off when all the circumstantial evidence points to him. Hell they even have an admission of him killing some one, be it in self defense or not. All things considered he would most certanly get convicted. I can't really see how he will get away from this, there are just too much evidence against him and the law isn't exactly known for trying to get to the truth.

Author's Response: Well, if you want to take the cynical route, you must also consider that Spike is a very wealthy and presumably powerful man. People with good lawyers typically manage to stay out of jail a la OJ Simpson. Plus almost all evidence against him has been illegally obtained (I would think - I'm no expert here.) Finally, only one of the suspected crimes happened on US soil. In order to try him for crimes overseas he'd have to be extradited and tried in the country where the crime was committed. Plus, via your previous comment, I'm not sure that the conversation is actually being monitored/taped, or whether she just has a panic button to call in help that is stationed nearby. What do you think?