She stood there in shock watching as he slowly slipped into unconsciousness. Watching as Sam tried to get him to wake up. He didn't. Not long after the paramedics arrived and he was rushed to the hospital.

The hospital waiting room was filled with cops waiting for some news on their brother in blue. Sam and Oliver sat together in silence. Frank comforting Noelle. Andy watching over Traci to make sure she was okay and all the others anxiously waiting for some news.

"Family of Jerry Barber?" said the nurse coming out of the doors. The room filled with silence as everyone stood. "immediate family" Frank being the one to speak," were all a family. How is he?"

"As you all know Detective Barber was stabbed in the abdomen. He lost a lot of blood and crashed several times during surgery. Luckily we were able to repair the damage, however we are not out of the wood yet. Detective Barber has a long road ahead of him but we expect him to make a full recovery."

Cheers could be heard all around the room. She released a breath she didn't know shed been holding. She heard Traci ask "can we see him". "yes but only two at a time" replied the doctor.

The first to go were Frank and Noelle headed in first because they needed to get back to the barn and 6 month old Olivia. Next were Sam and Oliver and finally Traci everyone else left with promises to come back soon.

Traci sat in the chair next to his bed, waiting for him to wake up. It must have been no less than 2 hours later she heard him stirring. She quickly fetched the doctor. "Detective! Good to see awake. How you feeling?" "Okay just in a lot of pain" replied Jerry. "Well we can give you some pain meds for that. They will make you tired so don't try to fight sleep." Instructed the doctor who left shortly after.

"hey" said Traci. "hey" he replied. " you need to sleep so I'm going to go and call Frank. Get some rest." and with that she left after a promise to be there when he woke up.

Meanwhile, over at the penny the news had just been spread and people were celebrating. Andy however had noticed Sam acting strange with her. She noticed him slip out the back and went to talk to him.

"Sam" she shouted. He stopped and turned. "hey" he said. "hey. so good job Jerry's okay. Had me worried for a minute there." Andy said in a nervous voice. "Yeah well that's Jerry for ya" "Look Sam..." She was cut of by him interrupting. "Andy, I can't do this anymore" was what he said sounding upset. "do what" she asked not looking forward to the answer. "Be a cop and be with you" was the reply she got. Tears sprang in her eyes. "what does that mean?" she asked " it means I've gotten so used to following a rookies instincts instead of my own, and look what happened" He spoke softly"fine then just get into your truck and go". She felt the tears fall as she watched him climb in his truck and drive away.

The next morning she woke up with swollen, red eyes from all the crying she had been doing. She cleaned up and wrote a letter. She put it in her bag and made her way to work making sure she got there early. Once she'd arrived at the barn, Andy made her way straight to Franks office. She requested some personal time and told Frank she was going to stay with her cousin in Hawaii for a while. She also handed Frank the letter and asked him to pass it on. Jerry. That was the name written on the envelope and then she was gone.

In the Hospital Jerry was just waking. Traci was there like she promised and they had a great morning, all his friends had stopped by and now it was just him and Sam. They chatted for a while until Jerry broached the subject. "So Sammy where's McNally?" He asked curiously. He watched Sam's face fall. "I'm not sure". Jerry heard the sadness coming from Sam's voice. "What do you mean your not sure? She's your girlfriend isnt she?" He was getting concerned now. Sam told him what happened last night and what he said to the woman he loved. Jerry just sat there completely shocked and quite angry with his best friend. "You need to talk to her Sammy". With that Sam got up and left. As soon as the door closed Jerry was on the phone ringing and ringing. No Answer. Crap! He thought.

After many more unsuccessful attempts the door opened. He hoped it was the person he needed to see. It was Traci wearing a big smile. "Trace! Have you spoke to Andy?" He asked desperately. " No" She answered confused as to why he would ask that. "Okay! I'm going to tell you something now but you cant tell anyone else." Jerry told Traci what was going on and now her face was shocked and worried. Just as she was about to reply the door opened and in walked Frank.

He made small talk with his friend and just as he was about to leave, Frank handed him a letter. On the front was Jerry's name wrote in Andy's hand writing. He looked at the letter for several minutes thinking oh god! wha'ts she gone and done now!

He opened the letter feeling quite anxious and was not looking forward to reading it. Here goes he thought one last time. Opening the letter he began to read.

Hey big brother...