Eddie's phone rang out and broke her slumber.
She sleepily lifted her head and shoved the sleeping man next to her to wake him up. Her phone was on the dresser next him.
"Jamie, get my phone, it's ringing." She said while shaking him awake.
Jamie stuck his arm out and grabbing the ringing phone. He answered it sleepily.
"Hello."
"Eddie?" Danny said on the other side, confused why a man answered the phone. That voice sounded familiar though….
Hearing his brothers voice, Jamie immediately woke up. Why was his brother calling Eddie so late?
Both Reagan boys said "What are you-" into the phone before Eddie snatched the phone out of Jamie's hand.
"This is Eddie." She said into the phone.
"It's Danny. I have a case; do you have tour tomorrow?"
Surpised, Eddie managed to stammer out , "No, I don't actually."
"Okay great, meet me at the West side YMCA ASAP." He hung up.
Relived that he didn't say anything about Jamie picking up the phone, she checked the time.
"Why is Danny calling you." Jamie said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
Eddie flipped on the lamp next to her and started looking for pants.
"Awhile back I asked if I could ride with him one day to get a feel for being detective, he caught a case and I guess Maria isn't there so he asked me to come."
"Shit." Jamie said, slumping back into the bed.
"We're going to have to tell people about us. If Danny knows then it's only a matter of time." Jamie continued.
Eddie was wiggling into a pair of pants.
"We'll figure it out tomorrow, I'll see what he says to me. Maybe he didn't know it was you?" she said slightly hopeful.
"Yeah and the pope isn't Catholic." Jamie said rolling his eyes. He knew Danny knew it was him.
She finished getting dressed and walked to Jamie.
"I'll see you later, help yourself to whatever is in the kitchen." She kissed his forehead lightly.
She didn't want to leave Jaime, but riding with Danny was a great opportunity.
Jamie grabbed her hands.
"Be careful. Don't let Danny drag you into something dangerous."
"I'll be fine." She said. She was nervous but excited.
She headed out and started toward the YMCA.
Danny pulled up to the YMCA. He was still distracted by the fact that his kid brother had answered Eddie's phone at this late hour. He obviously knew what it meant, but Jamie was the boy scout of the family so he was having a hard time believing he would break the rules like that.
He refocused as he approached the blinking ambulance lights in the parking lot and the group of young college students sobbing. Officers were trying to take statements from the students. He smelt the chlorine coming out of the propped open door and wondered why he got called to check out a drowning.
He felt a tap on the shoulder. Turning around he saw Eddie, staring at the scene with wide eyes.
"They're coming from the pool; why would we check out someone drowning?" She asked
"Well it must be more than a drowning if we're here." Danny replied.
Eddie was observant, he liked that she was already working stuff out in her head.
Danny walked toward one of the officers, Eddie followed close behind him.
"What's going on?" Danny asked the officer.
"Detective." The officer nodded. "Female, 22, found unresponsive in the pool after it closed by her team mates. She worked here and had access to the deck. Two of the team mates work here as well and they rescued her out before the bus got here. She was gone before they got there."
"ok, where are the ones that found her."
The officer pointed to the three. They stood far from the propped open door that led to the deck.
Danny and Eddie approached them.
"Someone want to tell me why I got called to investigate a girl who fell off a board."
Danny said to the three
Eddie flinched a little at his harsh tone. She could see why Danny had his reputation now.
The boy turned to Danny. He was wrapped in a towel and his hair and clothes were still damp from the pool.
"She didn't fall." The boy stammered.
"David…." the girl next to him said. She didn't want him to go on.
He wiped his head to the girl.
"You know damn well that boards don't snap like that. And you know damn well she wouldn't go up there for fun. Something isn't right, Brantley." He snapped at her.
Danny nodded. "Go on." He said to the boy.
"It was after hours; she doesn't like diving. There is no reason she would go up there willingly. She works here and knows you can't go on the diving board unless you're on the dive team. She wouldn't do that."
"So you think someone made her?" Eddie asked.
Danny was glad she stepped in. He was worried she was overwhelmed.
"I-I don't know. The whole situation is weird." The boy admitted. He looked at his feet in defeat.
"Why was she in there alone if it was closed?" Danny asked Brantley.
"She couldn't find her cap and googles so she went back for them. She has a key so it wasn't a big deal. I should have gone with her." Brantley started crying again.
A officer walked up to them.
"Dectivite, I think you should see this."
The officer led Danny and Eddie to the pool. The snapped half of the board was floating still. At the other side of the pool, there was sheet over a body. Some crime scene investigators were snapping pictures of the snapped board still attached to the tall ladder.
The officer led them closer to the body. Eddie shivered. She had seen bodies before but this felt eerie on the pool deck.
"The other swimmers said she was looking for her yellow cap and googles. The googles are on the bottom of the pool there, under the board. The cap is here floating under the board. They either fell with her or were here before."
"Eddie, go get Brantley so she can confirm that that is Maya's swim cap."
Eddie headed back across the deck, grateful to get away from the body under the sheet.
She tapped Brantley.
"We found her cap in the water, can you come confirm it's hers?"
"Absolutely not. I'm not going back in there." Brantley said, angry that they would even ask her to go back.
David sighed. "I'll do it."
Eddie motioned for him to follow her.
She walked back with him. He stiffened up as they got closer to the body.
"I understand you were the one who got her out?" Eddie said to him as they walked.
"Yeah. When we took our certification class, we practice saving each other all the time. I've strapped her into a backboard for practice before, I never thought I would do it like this though."
Eddie frowned. She couldn't imagine what he was going through.
She led him back to Danny.
Danny pointed to the yellow cap floating in the water.
"That Maya's?"
"Yup." David chocked out. He quickly walked back off the deck
"I'm with that kid, something isn't right here." Danny said looking out over the pool.