South Attic --- Wednesday Morning

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When Phoebe woke up, she was a little bit disoriented and in no hurry to get out of bed. She turned her head and saw that Cole was sleeping next to her where he was supposed to be and the breath she had been holding was let out. It wasn't a dream. He really was out and here.

She slipped out of bed to make a few phone calls.

After she finished with her calls, she decided that everything else could wait as she got back into bed and curled up close to Cole.

He was home.

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Cole sleepily pulled Phoebe close as she climbed back into bed.

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Phoebe murmured softly and curled close to him.

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"I like this bed so much better," Cole mumbled.

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Phoebe nodded and tightened her arms around him. "I like you better in this bed, too."

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He kissed her neck. "Softer. Snugglier."

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Phoebe nodded, then tilted her head to kiss his shoulder.

"Snugglier is much better...bed is softer than the couch too."

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"You were sleeping on the couch?" Cole asked.

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"Sleeping is a loose term," she replied.

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He snuggled closer. "I'm sorry."

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Phoebe shook her head. "No. No, you have nothing to apologize for, Cole. You were wronged, not me." She snuggled her face in his neck.

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"Just gotta find out who set me up," Cole said. He was still reluctant to confess it was his mother to Phoebe for some reason. He didn't want her running off and doing something foolish to try to vanquish her.

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"We'll find the one responsible and make them pay, sweetehart. No one will get away with treating you like that... or hurting your friends."

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"Promise me you won't run off alone if you find out who it was," Cole said. "Come talk to me first."

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Phoebe nodded. "That's a promise I can make. Besides, I know you'd want to know who it was." She pondered for a moment. "Your home safe now, so now I can switch gears to going out and looking for who did this now that I don't have to look for evidence to free you now."

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"It's good to be home," he said, kissing her forehead.

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Phoebe kissed him gently. "I'm glad to have you home, sweetheart."

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"I'm just glad I get to hold you again without troopers breaking it up," Cole said.

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Phoebe nodded emphatically. "That killed me... not being able to hold you and try to comfort you."

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"Well, we can put it behind us now," Cole said. "It's over."

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Phoebe sighed softly. "Mostly."

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"What's wrong, love?"

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"Someone attacked Allie and tried to destroy you. I will find who did this to the two of you and will make them pay."

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"We'll find who did it," Cole said. "I promise. Don't worry about it right now."

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"I was scared and it seemed that the people who had the power and the knowledge to help wouldn't."

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"Like who?"

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Phoebe frowned. "Veronica. She knows all of this stuff... I mean look at everything else she's done... and she wouldn't help."

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"She told you that?" Cole asked. "That she wouldn't help?"

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Phoebe nodded with tears in her eyes. "She was the first one I asked and she said she couldn't. I asked her if she couldn't or she wouldn't and she said..." She choked. "She said she was sorry."

She shook her head. "She hates you so much she didn't care that you were innocent."

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Cole wiped away her tears. "She must've changed her mind, because she helped me out."

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Phoebe looked at him. "She did?"

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"She and Dr. Grissom," Cole said. "They found the evidence to get me released."

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"Grissom I knew would try," she said softly. "Veronica... not so much."