Prologue : A new start
Twenty-two hours of shift. Two more hours and he will finally rest. Mixing his lieutenantjob and his worker job was becoming more and more tiring, and he was thinking about leaving his contruction work. He wouldn't let his family, the firehouse 51, for nothing in this world.
Whereas young Casey was about to fill an umpteenth cup of coffee to stay awake, Hermann, one of his teammates burst through the common room.
"Lieutenant ! There is a call for you", he said out of breath, as if he had hurried to come.
"From who? What's up Hermann?"
"Chicago hospital, maternity department."
"Excuse me? There must have a mistake."
"No lieutenant, it's really the head of maternity department I had. I know her, it's her who took care of the last labor of Cindy."
"I'll take the call in my office."
He put his cup on the table and ran on his office. What did it mean? Leslie Shay, paramedic on ambulance 61, was on the common roon during this time, heard everything. She had a lot of questions about Matt.
While she took a few sips of her coffee, she thought back to all her attempts to have a child with her best friend Kelly Severide. In vain. Then, hearing this conversation had brought up old memories. But how could Casey be contacted by this department? He wasn't the kind of guy who's hiding something, specifically here... She grabbed a magazine, to think about something else in her head...
"Hallo?"
"You're Matt Casey?"
"Himself."
"Dr. Ness, neonatal department. I'm calling about Taylor Evans."
Silence settled. Just her name brought up some great memory waves in his mind, during a few seconds, before he gets focus again on the conversation.
"How is she?"
"To be honest..."
She paused.
"What is it doc?"
"She's dead an hour ago."
Matt let his phone fell on the ground. Taylor, dead? No, impossible... Not her... He stooped to pick up his phone.
"Excuse me, I... I don't understand. What happened?"
"aneurysm rupture. It's rare, but it happens."
"It's horrible, but why calling me? I don't have relations with her anymore."
"Her sister is here. She said you are the father of her girl, well... Her girls..."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Can you come in here?"
"I'm on shift, it ends in less than two hours."
"Alright, I will wait. Ask me at the reception, I warn them of your arrival."
She hung up suddently. What did it mean? He rememberes the last time he saw her, eight months ago... It could match, but no, it's stupid... But why hiding it to him? This wasn't Taylor, lying to him, quite the opposite. His life was coming to change, forever...