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Sidney was also terrified but she wanted to give Frankie who was new to this a peace of mind "hey, it's going to be okay. If anything your safe, it's me and Blair that they want and we won't let anything happen to you" Sidney grabbed the girls hand giving it a reassuring squeeze as Frankie nodded, she trusted Sidney. Before she could say anything else a hand suddenly grabbed Sid's shoulder making both girls jump as they looked up seeing Cotton Weary

"Sid, you okay?" said Cotton in a low hushed voice. Frankie looked at Sidney confused, she knew both Sidney and Blair disliked the man. "Cotton!" Sidney exclaimed

"Shh, shh, shh," he shushed her. "Can we talk for a sec?"

Frankie was shaking her head subtly at her friend telling her no, she didn't want to branch away from the officers especially when they just got a threat
"Um, Cotton, now is not a good time" Sidney stammered nervously.

"You sent me to prison, I waited over a year for you. You can give me two minutes" Cotton said moving Sidney behind the wall Frankie quickly followed "hey, she doesn't have to give you anything" Frankie said moving his hand off of Sidney's shoulder, he looked over at her with a scoff "your new, and don't understand the full story" Frankie narrowed her eyes at the man as Sidney then spoke "Cotton, I'm sorry. Every day I'm sorry. I don't know how to apologize anymore," Sidney said still looking around cautiously but now she was also looking for the detectives

"Sorry-schmorry, Sidney, look I have a solution to all of our problems," he said in a hushed tone as he looked down at Sidney, Frankie was close to just shoving him down the stairs they were standing on and making a run for it but clearly this was between Cotton and Sidney but she wasn't afraid to step in if she had to

"W-What are you talking about?" Sidney stuttered, she wished Blair was here right now- she'd send Cotton running with his tail between his legs

"First of all, forget Gale Weathers. She doesn't get it. She doesn't see this story between you and me, she wouldn't see a story if it smacked her in the side of the head, I mean, have you read that book?" Cotton went on. "Which brings me to my point,"

He suddenly moved the the other side of the girls away from the door "Who calls me out of the blue, but Diane Sawyer!" Cotton exclaimed, his face lighting up with excitement. "Believe me, I was as shocked as you are." Sidney was not shocked, she couldn't care less. She was more concerned about the serial killer that was currently hidden in the library 

"She tells me if you and I go on together, she will give us the entire hour"

"What?" Sidney asked confused while Frankie rolled her eyes, he was clearly looking for money and fame and his way of getting that was through Sidney. Frankie wasn't happy with that at all

"The entire hour, Sid. We are talking primetime television...You, me, Blair if she'll join and Diane Sawyer,"

Sidney tried to move around him, but he blocked her. Which immediately sent Frankie into alert as she glared at Cotton warningly "Cotton, I can't" Sidney told him sternly

"Look, Sidney, if this is about money, it's not like we aren't getting paid. There's 10 grand each in it for us, plus the stuff I've got going on the side with a 900 number," Cotton explained Frankie scoffed "take a hint she's not interested" Frankie grabbed Sidney's wrist attempting to pull her out of Cottons clutches and back to safety but he moved again blocking their path