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I'd like to thank my friend Aries for giving me this idea!

You Can't Quit

Jackie was having a fabulous day. She was in a very cheerful mood, her three year old daughter Jasmine and her nine month old son Houston were happily playing in the living room floor together. Jackie was sitting on the couch watching them when her husband Nick walked in the front door.

"Hi honey, how was your day?" She asked with a smile as she looked up at him.

"I quit." He said angrily.

"Quit what?" She asked confused.

"I quit my job." He said.

She laughed, "yeah right." She said.

"I'm not kidding, I'm done." He said, and with that he walked out of the room and up the stairs, leaving Jackie sitting on the couch shocked and bewildered.

After a couple seconds she got up off the couch and followed him upstairs into their bedroom.

"What do you mean you quit? Is everyone ok, what is going on?" she asked.

"Everyone is fine but I don't want to talk about it."

"Nick you can't just come home, announce you quit your job and then not talk about it."

"The hell I can't." he said in a stern voice.

"Nick, please, tell me wh…"

"Leave it alone Jackie." He snapped angrily.

"Fine." Jackie said and then she turned and walked out of the room.

Once she was back downstairs she grabbed her cell phone and dialed the number she wanted.

"Hello." A familiar voice said.

"Sara, Nick just came home and said he quit his job and he won't talk to me about it, what the hell is going on?" Jackie asked as her voice started to shake.

"He didn't really tell us anything either, he just said I'm out and then stormed out of the break room. Now what I can tell you is that the case today was very hard on him because Jeff Mckeen is involved."

Jackie gasped "Oh no." she said and then she asked "How is that possible Jeff Mckeen is serving a life sentence."

"He's got people working for him on the outside, people that are in the police department." Sara said with a sigh.

"Oh God, what a mess." Jackie said.

"No kidding." Sara agreed.

"Well I'll try to talk to Nick again."

"Ok, but Jackie I wouldn't worry about it too much, I'm sure he'll come around, he's just upset because he had to come face to face with Mckeen again. I was actually surprised he was able to control himself and not slug that ass hole right in the face."

"Me too." Jackie said and then she added. Thanks Sara, I'll call you later if anything changes."

An hour later Nick had still not come out of their bedroom. After an hour and a half Jackie couldn't take it anymore, she walked into the bedroom and sat down on the bed next to him.

"Do you want to talk now?" she asked gently.

"Not really." He mumbled.

"How about if I call my mom and see if she will watch the kids tonight and we can go out for a nice dinner, it would be nice to have some time alone and it would be easier to discuss things without the kids."

"I guess that would be ok." He agreed.

Four hours later they were seated at a nice Italian restaurant while the kids were at her parent's house.

"Nice place isn't it?" she asked.

"Yeah." He answered.

After they had ordered their food Jackie got down to business.

"I called Sara, she told me what was going on." She began, she waited for his reaction, all he did was nod. She then grabbed his hand and said "Honey, I know Warrick's death was very difficult for you, obviously it still bothers you, which is very understandable, but Nicky you can't just walk away from your career. You don't really want to do that, you love your job. Not only that but Warrick wouldn't want you to do that."

"You don't understand Jackie, Mckeen isn't the only reason I decided to quit."

"Then what else is it?" She asked gently as she gave his hand a squeeze.

"Well, I feel like I spend all my time trying to make a positive difference in people's lives. I work so hard trying to do the right thing, and then the people that I am suppose to be able to trust, the people that are suppose to be the good guys turn out to be just as bad or worse then the guys I work so hard to put away. My best friend was killed by someone who was supposedly on our side, that bastard worked with Warrick for years, Rick trusted him, we all did, and looked what happened, and Mckeen isn't the only one, who knows how deep the corruption goes. I can't take it anymore, I'm out." He said.

"Nicky you can't quit." Jackie said.

"Why not?" He demanded with his voice rising ever so slightly.

"Because I'm pregnant."

To Be Continued….