Pamela sat in the interview of the Dallas Police Department, two detectives sat behind a desk questioning her.

"Are you charging me officer?" Pamela asked

"Mrs Ewing, you do have a right to a lawyer" The detective explained

"I told you already I don't need one, my son is innocent" Pamela stated

"That may be so, we don't know do we, but you're not. You have made every effort to obstruct justice in a murder enquiry, you're in a lot of trouble, I can't emphasis that enough" The detective explained

"Lets just get this over with shall we, I was trying to protect my son, I know how that tape sounds, I did what I had to do" Pamela explained in a harsh tone.

"Iv heard it too, you say you're son is innocent yet you had a compelling need to 'protect' him, protect him from what? " The Detective asked fanning himself with his note pad.

"From assumptions, from wrong conclusions, from people who may of got the wrong idea, " Pamela explained

"Come on Mrs Ewing, don't play me for a fool. You got the tape you say from this private detcetive, you paid him off to keep quiet, you then purchase an airline ticket to get your son out of the country. You knew he was a major suspect, you knew before the rest of your family this was going to get messy, you knew John Ross was murdered, your own nephew, and you conspired to keep your sons name out of it" The Detective stated in a chilling voice

"It wasn't like that, you are twisting things" Pamela stated angrily

"I don't have to twist a dam thing, the evidence is staring you cold in the face, so what else are you hiding? What did you son tell you? Did he tell you how angry he was? " The Detective asked

"He wasn't angry, he was upset, he cared for John Ross deeply" Pamela stated

"Did you care for John Ross?" The Detective asked leaning back in his chair

"Of course I did, I watched him grow up" Pamela replied

"Well isn't that just great, I bet his parents really will appreciate your concern. You cared about him so much you were willing to interfere in an investigation into his death" The Detective said,.

There was a moments silence, Pamela took a breath and ran her fingers through her hair, the detective sat forward again.

"You say he wasn't angry, he was upset , so the week before the chopper crash, dinner at your family home, your son and John Ross Ewing get into a fist fight and your son, your innocent son, pulls out a shotgun, threatens to kill John Ross. So what was your son then? Angry, upset or just having a bad day?" he asked sarcastically.

Pamela shook her head

"This is ridiculous" she stated

"Well as ridiculous as it may seem to you, Pamela Ewing I am charging you with Obstructing Justice, now I strongly suggest you call a lawyer" The Detective stated coldly

Pamela leaned back in her chair and sighed

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