Another chapter guys! I hope to post chapter 4 in a few hours as well so make sure you read chapter three first.
Chapter three
It has been a week since the funeral and Kono was slowly showing signs of improvement. Chin had decided that Kono needed her mom to give her a push in the right direction, and Leia Kalakaua had spent the last two days helping her daughter to get back on track. Kono had initially been resistant, not wanting anyone to help her, but some motherly love had at least got Kono out of bed. Leia had managed to get Kono to bath with some help and even got Kono eating again.
"Sweetheart how you feeling today?" Leia asked as Kono curled up on the sofa next to her mom.
Kono just shrugged and rested her head on her mother's shoulder.
"Hey darling talk to me, you can't bottle your feelings up." Leia said as she stroked Kono's hair just like she did when Kono was a child.
"I can't mom, I can't hold it together" Kono said with a sob as she bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying.
"Oh Keiki, you don't have to be strong in front of me."
"I don't know what to do mom, I can't accept this, I.." Kono trailed off as she broke down in her mother's arms, unsure of what to say or how to say it."
"Keiki, you don't have to accept this. What's happened is devastating, and you may never get over it, but Adam would want you to move forward darling." Leia said soothingly
"What if I don't know how to move forward?" Kono whispered in a timid voice.
"Then you let me and Chin and your team help you. Whether you care to admit it or not Keiki, you need us." Explained Leia
"I hate it when you call me Keiki" Kono said as she looked up at her mother with a hint of a smile.
"I know you do Keiki, but you are my baby." Leia chuckled
"Mommmmm!" Kono groaned like a petrous teenager.
HQ
Steve, Danny and Chin gathered around the smart table in HQ. They had taken a few days off work after Adams death and the funeral but had been back the past few days to find out who killed Adam. They were all determined to get justice for Adam and Kono, Adam had grown to become a close friend to the three of them and a generous uncle to Grace, and they were not about to let his killer run free.
"I don't get it, we've been working on this for the past three days but we've got nothing!" Chin exclaimed in frustration.
"Come on man, we can't lose hope, someone must have seen something, have we got the video footage from the wedding photographer yet?" Danny asked
"I left a message with him but I've had no response." Chin sighed
"So we go pay him a visit and get the footage." Steve said as the three of them left.
Peter Baker's house
Steve and Danny was outside Peter Bakers home, the wedding photographer Adam had hired. Chin had popped back to Kono's to check up on her before going to see Max. Steve knocked on the door before stepping back and waiting for a reply.
"Wow" Danny mumbled.
"What?" Steve said gruffly
"I'm just surprised, normally if someone's failed to pay a speeding ticket to knock the door down to gain access but when a wedding photographer fails to hand over crucial footage and evidence might I add in the murder case of our friend and friends fiancés murder to just politely knock." Danny ranted, punctuating his words with hand gestures.
Steve stared at Danny angrily. "Maybe I should throw you through the door…dwarf."
"Ahhh, short jokes, nice come back Neanderthal animail."
"That's old Danno"
"Well you are.." Danny went on before the door opened.
"Hi" Peter said as he looked on at the two men arguing like a old married couple.
"Peter Baker, Steve McGarrett and Danno William" Steve said as Danny glared at him.
"Yes I remember you from the wedding…" Peter trailed off.
"Can we come in?" Steve asked befre pushing his way through anyway.
As Danny took a seat and Steve stood next to him, they glanced around the well-furnished house.
"How can I help you both?" Peter asked curiously.
"I left a message with you a few days ago to bring the footage from the Noshimuri wedding into HQ, I heard nothing back and received no footage" Steve said harshly.
"I assumed the governor sorted that so I ignored the call." Peter replied
"What do you mean?" Danny piped up.
"After the wedding, the governor asked for the footage, which I of course handed over." Peter explained
Steve and Danny looked to one another in confusion before excusing themselves and getting back into Danny's camero.
"Why on earth would the governor take the footage and not pass it on to us?" Steve asked angrily.
"I don't know, maybe he's had HPD on the case aswel and hasn't yet informed us." Danny suggested.
"No, something's not right; we need to go see him." Steve said before he raced off.
Kono's House
"How she been today?" Chin asked Leia as the two stood in the kitchen pottering about whilst Kono used the bathroom.
"Better than yesterday, but nothing like her normal self." Leia sighed, hating to see her daughter in pain.
"She need's time, I'm sure she will get better." Chin added
Leia nodded before taking a sip of her tea.
"I might go check on her, she's been a while." Leia said before heading to Kono's bathroom.
*knock knock*
"Kono sweetie you okay in there?" Leia asked as she got no response.
Kono was sat on the floor fiddling with something in her hands.
"Keiki?" Leia called out as she heard Kono suddenly sob.
Leia pushed the door open to reveal Kono on the floor in tears, grasping something in her hand.
"Baby what is that?" Leia asked as she got down on the floor also.
Kono cried harder before handing it to her mom. Leia took it and looked at it. It was a heart shaped locket engraved with the date of Kono and Adams wedding and inside was a tiny noted folded into a small square. It read: To my beautiful wife, I cannot explain how happy I am to finally be able to call you my wife. I am so in love with you baby, my love for you will last for eternity. Forever and always baby, love your husband xx ps-you can now put a picture of us on our wedding day in this locket. Xxx
"Oh darling" Leia said as she tried to contain her own emotions.
"I found it among the wedding gifts. I was going to at least thank people for the wasted gifts but then I saw this, and …" Kono trailed off as tears streamed down her face.
"Kono sweetheart" Leia went on, before stopping, unsure what to actually say to her daughter
"We never officially became husband and wife, I never got to say 'I do'" Kono said sadly
"He knew you loved him, and believe me Kono, he would want you to be wearing this locket, and you can put any photo in it and he would love it." Leia said as she pulled Kono close.
HQ- Governor's office
"What were you thinking?" Steve exclaimed as he stood with his arms crossed infront of the governor's desk.
"Commander McGarrett, I took the footage knowing it would be needed for the case but understandably you all needed time off, if HPD has don't something with the footage I will look into it, but right now I am very busy." Governor Denning explained.
"You have to be joking, that footage could have crucial evidence, Five0 are meant to be running this case. You should have called us when you got the footage." Steve ranted, applying some of Danny's hand gestures to his rant.
"Commander McGarrett if you don't calm down I will remove you from the case altogether!" The governor exclaimed
At that Danny stood and dragged Steve from the office.
HQ
Chin had returned half an hour before and had been waiting for Steve and Danny to show up.
"This is absolutely ridiculous!" Steve yelled as he stormed back into HQ.
"I know but we can't do anything" Danny moaned.
"What's with you to?" Chin asked as he searched something on the smart table
"Governor Denning took the footage from Peter Baker and handed it to HPD who apparently have no idea who has it!" Steve exclaimed in annoyance
"That doesn't sound right at all?" Chin said "although I didn't have much better luck with Max. He said governor denning ordered another Medical Examiner to do the autopsy on Adam, something about Max being too close to the victim." Chin said curiously.
"Something is going on here. We have no leads, and all evidence seems to be at the hands of the governor who now has too little time to sort it." Steve said in frustration
"What are you saying Steve?" Danny said
"I think the governor has something to do with Adam murder" Steve stated seriously.
"You really think that's plausible?" Chin asked
"I don't know, but I'm not going to sweep this under the rug, Kono and Adam both deserves justice.