…We finally reached the location of the murder, a very affluent neighborhood, the kind of place where one would least expect this kind of thing to ever occur. Eames and I got out of the SUV and asked the officer already on the scene for all relevant information.
"The victim's Jane Snow. Worked for the Chief for three years. Divorced, one child who lives with her, age 17, named Sean. Current location is unknown as is his location for last night. Has a known problem with drugs. Parents got divorced last year when the husband was caught cheating by the wife. Husband currently lives in Albany with the mistress."
"Thank you Officer. C'mon Goren, let's get to work." Eames said heading off to where the body was.
Following her, I couldn't help thinking about how our partnership had change, especially in the last two years. We had gone from being best friends and the best partners the NYPD had ever seen to being what most would term bitter enemies, to once again being best friends and had started dating within the past three months. It seemed to be the logical next step since we already hung out together outside of work, and spent the night at each other's houses most nights. I still couldn't believe how well everything was going, especially at work. Somehow we managed to keep the change in our relationship hidden, even from our captain. We also knew that we had found our other half.
"Hey Bobby, you gonna get to work or are you just going to enjoy the view and let me do all the work?" Eames called out to me, reminding me that we had a job to do and that we were on the clock.
Making my way to the body and Eames I quickly got down to business and did my thing of sniffing the body and touching the hands and back.
"Hey Al-Eames did you notice the angle of the wound? How it seems to be slanting downward?" I pointed out to her. "What do you make of her outfit and make-up? Seems a bit over dressed for 9 pm at night. Maybe she was getting back from a date?"
"So the shooter is a bit taller than her. That would be true of a lot of women Goren. Maybe…Do we know if she and the son argued at all over her possibly beginning to date again?"
"The neighbors said they heard a commotion last night around the time they saw her arriving home." The officer said.
"Ok. And Let me guess none of them saw anything did they?" Eames said.
"Sorry Detective, no luck there."
"Alright, well keep an eye on the crime scene until they are done bagging and tagging evidence. Then go about your duties officer. We're pretty much done here. Let's head back to 1PP to begin the search for the missing son." Eames said with a sigh, heading towards the SUV.
Picking up my leather binder I followed her out of the house and toward the SUV. We were almost at the SUV when all hell seemed to break loose.
One minute we were walking to the SUV, the next shots rang out and we were both on the ground. I got up quickly and ran towards the vehicle seeking shelter. I looked next to me, expecting to see Alex, but all I saw was the empty sidewalk. Looking behind me, my heart stopped momentarily as I saw her lying in what was a quickly growing pool of her blood.
Grabbing my radio I yelled,
"This is Detective Robert Goren Major Case Squad. Officer down and shots fired. I repeat OFFICER DOWN! SEND A BUS TO THE HOME OF JANE SNOW! AND PUT A RUSH ON IT!"
"Copy that Detective Goren. A bus is on its way." The dispatcher said.
Making my way to where Alex was lying I realized how bad it really was. The shot had hit her in the stomach, which meant it might have gone through the stomach and the intestines.
"Oh God no! Allie can you hear me? Everything's going to be ok. Stay with me baby! I love you. You can't leave me, not now, not when everything is going so well. Weren't you telling me at breakfast about some plans you were making with Nate?"
Attempting to blink back tears of fear, I tried to staunch the blood leaving her body.
"Hm? Oh right! Plans with Nate!" Alex said wincing as she tried to find a way to alleviate her discomfort. "I was planning on taking Nate to the Museum of Natural History, and wanted to know if you'd join us. Since we both love the Museum and your presence." She said with a small wink. She paused, wincing in pain. "SONUVABITCH that hurts!" I noticed her eyes closing as I heard the sirens from the ambulance.
"Wake up Allie! Come on stay awake for me! The ambulance is almost here" I leaned down, giving her a kiss, which she returned, albeit weakly, and trying to keep her warm, fearing she might be going into shock.
Just then the ambulance pulled up and the medics got out.
"She's starting to go into shock. GSW to the abdominal region, losing massive amounts of blood." I called out to the medics as they unloaded the gurney and grabbed a blanket.
Quickly placing Alex on the gurney and wrapping her in the blanket I once again covered her stomach with my hands to staunch the blood flow as they put an oxygen mask on her face and hooked her up to an IV bag.
"One, two, three LIFT!" One of the medics called out as they lifted the gurney into the back of the bus and I climbed in quickly after her.