Jay is sitting at his desk. Except for a short revival when Atwater went missing, he is stuck on desk duty. Punishment from that whole Camille mess. Unless he gets his life straightened out and his PTSD under control, he will never get off desk duty. Jay grumbles as his phone rings.
"Halstead."
"Jay, it is Connor. Can we meet?"
"Now is not really a good time."
"It is important. It's about your brother."
Jay is surprised to hear that. Although deep down, he kinda knew. Why else would Connor be calling him.
"Connor, I will meet you in 10."
"Across from the hospital."
Jay gets up and knocks on Voight's door.
"Voight, would it be alright if I take a long lunch."
Voight is hesitant to answer.
"Connor called me. Something is going on with Will."
"Go, but keep in touch." Voight finally answers.
Jay meets with Connor across from the hospital. Connor hands a coffee to him.
"What is going with Will?" Jay asks worried.
"Nothing, I can really put my finger on. We have a new doctor here, Patrick Barry. Supposedly, he went to Med school with Will. Ever since he showed up, Will has been off. He is avoiding Patrick at all cost. Will can get defensive and argumentative when it comes to patient care."
Jay nods not liking how this conversation is going.
"With Patrick, he walks away. The whole time Patrick is trashing Will from Med school days. Makes me think that Patrick was and still is a bully. But there has to be something more than just dealing with a bully." Connor explains.
Jay doesn't know what to think. Will has dealt with bullies since he was in high school. So why the change now.
Before Jay could respond, he sees his brother leaving the hospital and being struck by a car. Connor and Jay rush over to him; Connor goes into full doctor mode and Jay pulls the guy out of the car.
"It was an accident, I swear I didn't see him." The guy kept repeating.
The more he said it, the less Jay was inclined to believe him.
"Jay, meet Patrick Barry. Patrick meet Detective Jay Halstead." Connor introduces.
Patrick gulps, "Halstead?"
"Yes, he is Will's brother."
Chin and Natalie came running out when they heard the commotion. They are surprised to see the the patient is Will. They rush Will into the hospital, leaving Jay alone with Patrick.
"Detective Halstead, I swear I didn't mean to hit your brother; I didn't see him." Patrick protests.
"Have a seat."
Jay watches as Patrick's sits on the sidewalk. He calls Antonio, which brings in Intelligence.
"Jay, how is Will?" Antonio asks as he comes up running.
"I don't know, Connor is working on him." Jay responds almost in tears.
Jay fills his coworkers in on everything from his conversation with Connor to seeing the accident before going in and checking on his brother.
Atwater and Ruzek took Patrick to the station while they figure out of this was really an accident or was it intentional.
Antonio, Voight and Olinsky stand outside the hospital talking.
"Will was having problems with Patrick and ends up being hit by his car. What if something happened between them back in Med School as well." Antonio points out.
Voight calls Ruzek to inform him and to check int Will and Patrick in Med School. They join Jay inside who is in the waiting room starring out into space.
"How is he?" Voight asks gently.
"They rushed him to surgery. I can't lose him."
"You are not going to lose him. Halsteads are tough." Al tells him.
Ruzek rushes in, "We hit pay dirt."
Connor comes out to see Jay.