Until death do us part
"It is not a lack of love but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages"
–Friedrich Nietzsche
Sharon pulled into the drive way, turns off the car and just sits there for a minute before getting out of the car ok it's now or never only four simple words I want a divorce I can do it she thought to herself as she got out her house keys and unlocked the door, she was home later the usual and expected everyone to be in bed but walking into the living room she found her husband watching TV.
"Hey how was work? Dinner should be ready in ten" Jack smiled sweetly from the sofa
Sharon looked at the dining table to see it set up for two and the house clean "work was alright, sorry I got home so late" she put her bag down and took off her shoes
"Its fine you hungry?" Jack asked got up and walked over to the stove and stirred what he was cooking
She wasn't but he went to all this effort so she lied "yeah staving smells good" she poured herself and Jack a glass of wine then sat down at the table "so how was your day?"
"Clean the house before picking the kids up oh and I landed a job with a new client" Jack brought over two bowls filled will spaghetti "so shar what did you need to tell me?" Jack asked seriously taking a massive bite of his food
"Congratulations that's so great, what do you mean?" Sharon was lost in a dream jack had never clean, cooked or picked the kids up before
"The text you sent saying we need to talk?" Jack said with a mouthful of food
Sharon realised what he was talking about and took a big gulp of wine "oh that … it doesn't matter it can wait" she smiled taking a small bite maybe things had change, maybe just maybe Jack had changed and our marriage would be ok
They sat in silence eating occasionally sharing a small smile, before Jacks phone went off he looked at the caller ID and couldn't help but grin "who is it?" Sharon asked curiously
"Oh the guy who got me the job I had better take it sorry" Jack got up quickly kissed Sharon on the forehead and went out the back to answer the call
Sharon just sighed before clearing theirs plates and cleaning the mess Jack had made in the kitchen. Once the kitchen was clean she poured herself another glass of wine and sat on the sofa minutes after Jack immerged with a guilty look on his face "everything alright?" Sharon asked with a frown
"Yeah it's just I have to go meet a client"
"Now? But its midnight?" Sharon started to get annoyed
"I know I'm sorry Hun but it won't be for long ok?" Jack bent down and gave Sharon a quick kiss on the lips before grabbing his coat and leaving. Sharon finished her wine, checked on her two sleeping kids then went to bed alone maybe he hadn't changed
Sharon woke up alone at 6am like most morning she went to her bedroom window and opened the curtains taking a deep breath she went to walk away from the window but something caught her eye … it looked like … she squinted what the? Grabbing a sweater she walked outside walking slowly to whatever was lying on her front lawn when she was close enough she bit her hand to muffle her scream "oh my god Jack!" Sharon ran towards his body and bent down rolling him over, she felt for his pulse but she couldn't feel it so she called an ambulance.
It took the ambulance five minutes to get to her house, the paramedics searched his body for any signs of what could have been wrong with him "what's his name?" one of them asked Sharon
She wiped away the fresh tears before answering "Jack"
"Jack can you-"the paramedic started but then saw the gunshot wound to his chest.
Before Sharon knew what was going on there was crime scene tape around her front lawn and police cars blocking the road, she sat on her door step watching the scene unfold in front of her, looking down at her phone 7:00am the kids would be up soon.
"Captain?" Chief Johnson walked up to Sharon pulling her form her thoughts
"Chief, how can I help" Sharon asked wiping her eyes
Brenda had never seen the Captain so broken before "I just have a few questions to ask" Sharon just nodded "how did you come across the body?"
Taking a deep breath before she answered "well I woke up at 6am I opened my curtains and saw something on the lawn so I came out side to find-" her voice caught clearing her throat "him"
"Do you know who that man is?" Chief Johnson asked taking notes
Sharon stood up she was much shorter than the Chief as she didn't have her heels on "Jackson"
"Does Jackson have a last name?" Chief Johnson asked sarcastically
"Raydor" Sharon answered in a quiet voice "Jackson Raydor my husband, now if that's all I need to get my kids out of this house I can come by the station late to answer any more questions you may have" she said in a louder more controlled voice before turning around and walking inside
Chief Johnson took a deep breath before walking back to her team god this is going to be a long day first I gets called in on a Saturday to a case in which the victim just so happened to be Captains Raydor's husband
"She know the guy?" Flynn asked looking at the body on the ground
"Yes"
"So who is it?"
"Team meet Jackson… Raydor the captain's husband" Chief Johnson said looking away from the body
"This is going to be a long day" Flynn stated before walking away to talk to the witnesses
"Does she have any idea who might have done this?" Provenza asked
Taking a deep breath Chief Johnson answered with a shrug of her shoulders "no I didn't get a chance to talk to her she said she will come in later to talk to us" she answered after seeing the 'look' on Provenza's face
Sharon walked in to the Major Crimes unit with her son on her hip and holding onto her daughters hand, Brenda got up from her desk and walked over to Sharon "Thank you for coming down Captain Raydor and I want you to know how sorry we all are for your loss" she waited for a response but only got a nod so she continued "ok then shall we get started, oh have you got someone to watch your children?"
"No my family doesn't live here and Ja-"Sharon had to stop herself or she would start crying again
"Oh well Lt. Flynn would you mind taking the Captains children to the brake room please"
Flynn walked over to them he had never seen the Captain in casual clothes before but he like it wow she looks beautiful… Flynn stop it her husband has just been murdered "hey guys you hungry?" Sharon put her son down and let go of her daughter's hand
Sharon bent down to look them in the eye "you be good for Andy ok? I won't be too long" she stood back up and watched her kids walk away with Lt. Flynn then followed Chief Johnson into Interview room 1
"When was the last time you saw your husband?" Brenda wanted to get this over and done with as soon as she could
"well I got home around 11pm we ate then he was on the phone for about half an hour then told me he had to go out to meet a new client and this was around midnight and he didn't come home until this morning" Sharon watched as Brenda wrote all of this down
"And this new client do you know who it was?"
Sharon looked away she really didn't want to cry in front of these people "no I don't when he told me last night was the first I had heard of them"
"I'm going to need you to write down a list of people who might have wanted Jackson dead"
"There aren't any I can think of sorry he didn't share any of that information with me" Sharon looked down at her hands
Brenda could see how this was effecting her "ok we can leave it at that just one more thing we are going to need to search your house… have you got somewhere to stay maybe a friends house?"
Sharon's eye shot up "oh yeah sure um no I can find a hotel its fine I suppose I can't get anything from my house first?"
"I'm sure Lt. Flynn can drive you to your house to get a few things then drop you to a hotel" Brenda gave Sharon a small smile
"Thank you that would be a big help"
Once Flynn and Sharon had left the murder room Brenda came out from her office "ok where are we at with the murder of Jackson Raydor?"
Tao was putting up the photo of Jackson when he turned around "Dr Morales says he has finished the autopsy"
"That was fast" Brenda look shocked
"He has always had a soft spot of the captain" Tao shrugged before turning back to the board
Brenda nodded "right, Provenza with me please"
"Well hello there" Dr Morales greeted them in a unhappy tone "he was shot in the chest twice the first shot killed him instantly but before he was shot he was used as a punching bag he has bruises all up his arms and legs and around his stomach it's like he had something they wanted which in this case wouldn't matter if they got it or not you would have the same result either way a dead Jackson Raydor"
"Anything else?" Provenza asked grumpily
"His liver tells me he was a very heavy drinker and there were a few drugs floating around his system oh and last thing he had sex right before he died" Dr. Morales concluded looking and the file in front of him then handing it to Brenda
"This case just keeps getting better and better doesn't it?"
"Do you think she knows about the drinking, drugs and the other women?" Provenza asked rubbing his head
"Well I guess we will find out" Brenda started towards the elevator waving at the Dr followed by Provenza who mumble a goodbye
"Right yes I will … yes … ok … no worries chief … bye" Flynn put his phone back in his pocket "sorry about that" Sharon just waved her hand and smiled "um I have to ask you some questions that might be not what you want to hear…"
"Right… ok kids please go watch TV in the other room" she waited till they were in the other part of the hotel room then sat down on the bench stool "go ahead"
"well Dr Morales said there was drugs in his system … that his liver was damaged because of all the drinking and that he had sex before he died did you know about any of that?" Andy felt uncomfortable talking about this he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible he hated imposing in her personal life
Sharon felt like someone had hit her with a brick she fought hard to hold back the tears but lost "jack always loved a drink sometimes too much, the drugs I had no idea and other women I had a hunch but never knew for sure" the tears were falling freely now but she couldn't care less wiping her eyes she cleared her throat "is that all Lt. Flynn?"
"Err yeah for now"
"Well you know where I am" she walked over to the door opening it for him he nodded as he left
For the first time in a long time Sharon let herself go and fell to the floor sobbing what was she going to do now? She asked herself over and over again.
This is my first Major crimes fan fiction I'm not really sure where this story is going to go the idea just sort of pop into my head so please review and let me know what you think! And I'm not too sure about Sharon's daughter's name? If you know please help or do we not know yet? I'm also working on my grammar + spelling so bare with me I would love to hear your idea if you have any for this story
Oh and I don't own anything xx