The day had ended on a high note. After they solved their latest murder it was time for a little celebration. She and Andy had been standing by the punch bowl talking to Buzz, Amy, Tao, and julio about what their plans were for the Christmas holiday. She was enjoying herself. Rusty had invited Gus to the party which she was genuinely surprised by that.
She wasn't expecting rusty to do that but then again he never ceased to amaze her. She was talking with Andy when Lt. Provenza motioned for her to come to him. She walked over to his desk and sat down she knew something wasn't right he had lost the smile he had been wearing all afternoon.
"What's up Lt?" She asked as she pulled her chair closer to him as Mike stood over his shoulder. He looked like someone had just completely ruined his holiday.. He took a deep breath as he stared into her green eyes.
"Well we were notified that Rusty's Biological mother Sharon Beck is no longer at the half way house." "She is now living in an apartment close by and is working.
As she listened to what he was telling her it felt like someone drop a ton of bricks on her. She couldn't get her mind to stop running in a million different directions. She took a deep breath and looked back at Mike and Provenza as they continued speaking.
Finally Provenza touched her hand, "Sharon you ok?" She looked up to see him staring at her. "Yeah I'm alright." She looked around the room and saw her son and Gus talking and laughing with the others and having a good time.
She locked eyes with Andy and he could see something was wrong. She just shook her head at him she would tell him later tonight after everything was done.
She took a deep breath and collected her thoughts. "You know what I'm not going to even worry about Sharon Beck anymore." She said as she stood up and smiled at her Lt's. "I'm just going to let it go and see what happens in the new year."
Provenza couldn't believe what he was hearing he thought surely that she would hit the roof or something, He wasn't expecting her to just blow it off like she did. That caught him completely off guard. She folded the piece of paper up and threw it away. He looked at Mike and back at her as she walked off and rejoined the party.
After the party was over and everything was cleaned up and everyone had gone home the only one's hanging around were her and Andy and Rusty and Gus. She walked over to where Rusty and Gus were standing they saw her coming. "Hey guys" She looked at her son and his friend, "What are your plans for the evening rusty? She asked as he looked at her puzzled. "Umm nothing that I know of." "Why mom?" She smiled at her son "Well I need to talk to you about something important." He looked at her, "Okay something wrong?'' He asked slightly puzzled.
She hugged her son "no honey everything is ok." Let's go in my office a moment and we can for a minute. He looked at her and at Gus, "I'll be right back Gus."
He followed his mother into her office, "What's up mom?" She stared at her son for a moment, It was still strange even after all of this time her calling him her son. After all he was hers and she knew that he always would be.
"Hello earth to mom!" He said bringing her back to the moment at hand.
"Rusty I just wanted to tell you that your mother is no longer in the half way house." "She is living close by and is working and has a new address now.
"According to her parole officer she has been testing clean the last three months and seems to be doing good.
He stood there and was trying to absorb what she was telling him he couldn't seem to wrap his mind around it.
She could see the wheels turning in his mind, "Rusty honey, You ok?" He looked at her, "Yeah mom I'm good. He said as he started pacing around her office.
He stopped and looked at her. "Thank you mom for telling about this." She could feel the tears welling up her eyes and the lump getting bigger in throat.
"Your welcome" She said as her voice started to crack. After a few minutes. "How about we get out of here she said as she grabbed her stuff and made her way around the desk to where rusty was standing. He looked at her "yeah let's get out of here. He followed her out of her office and found Andy and Gus both waiting and talking.
Andy looked between the two of them. "Something wrong Sharon?" She hugged him and they walked out of the murder room towards the elevators. They reached the elevators before she finally spoke. "Everything is ok I learned today that Rusty's mother is out of the half way house and living in an apartment near by.
Andy couldn't believe what she was telling him. "Are you serious?"
She stopped suddenly, "Do think I would make something like this up?" She was starting to get really annoyed with the whole situation.
"I'm guessing that's what you were talking to rusty about right?" she sighed and leaned her head on his shoulder, "Yeah and he handled it quite well actually.
He looked at her, "What did you expect he has had you in his corner and he's grown a lot over the last few years Sharon."
"Frankly I'm very proud of the man that Rusty is becoming and he has you to thank for that Sharon."
She had never thought about it that way and he never ceased to amaze her he always knew what to say to make her feel better. She was just wondering how Rusty was handling knowing his birth mother is now a functioning member of society.
Rusty had been strangely silent on the ride home he hadn't said much to any of them as they made their way to Sharon's condo. He didn't know exactly how he was going to deal with this knowing that his birth mother was now living away from the half way house. He knew that he would eventually have to deal with her again but he also knew that Sharon Beck was no longer his mom she was just his birth mother. If he was truly honest with himself he was perfectly fine with that. But he knew that tomorrow was another day.