Danny and Eddie pulled up to Frank's house in Bay Ridge.
Eddie had been trying to stay calm during the entire ride.
Jamie's car was already parked outside. Seeing his car made her excited but it also made her want to throw up.
"Ready, Janko?" Danny said while getting out of the car.
"Yup." She said casually. She didn't want Danny to see how nervous she was.
They walked through the door and she was overwhelmed by the smell of food.
She followed Danny in and saw Jamie. Her heart skipped a beat. Not because she was nervous, but because it was Jamie. She still got butterflies when she saw him.
"You finally drive Baez so crazy that you have to go and take my partner." Jamie said jokingly to his brother.
Danny walked to his wife and kissed her before answering Jamie.
"She already told me she likes riding with me better than you so can it."
"Yeah right, Danny." Jamie said rolling his eyes.
Eddie turned to Jamie.
"Jamie, will you show me where the restroom is?" She said sweetly.
Jamie turned quickly and marched out. Eddie followed quickly behind. He knew she didn't need the restroom and that she actually wanted to talk so he lead her down the back hall.
Jamie stopped outside of Frank's study. Unknown to Jamie, Frank had just arrived home moments before and was dropping off his briefcase in his study before going to the kitchen. When he heard footsteps outside, Frank looked up. No one came to this side of the house often.
Frank didn't recognize the female voice.
"What do we do, Jamie." The female voice whined softly.
"Just act natural. Ok? You guys will leave early to follow up on the lead. Don't give Danny any ammunition. Knowing him, Erin is probably in on it too."
"This is so not how I pictured this happening." Eddie said. "I wanted to meet your family and it be normal but this-" She threw her hands up. "-this is not normal."
"We will tell them soon, ok? You need to make detective first. I don't want you not getting put up for a promotion because you're sleeping with the Commissioner's son." Jamie said gently.
Behind the door, Frank's eyes bulged out of his head.
"Let's go back before they get suspicious." Eddie said.
Frank heard the steps walk away down the hall. He let out a breath that he didn't know he had been holding.
He collected himself and walked toward the kitchen. He saw Eddie trying to stand confidently in a corner and Jamie trying to pretend that he didn't care that she was there.
He glanced at Erin and Danny who were carrying dishes to the dining room. They both had grins on their faces.
Frank sighed.
"Danny. A word?" Frank said sternly and motioned for Danny to follow him out to the foyer.
"What's going on dad?" Danny asked.
"Don't you have a case?" Frank asked.
"Yeah but it can wait 30 minutes for dinner." Danny said.
"Well, I don't think it can. Why you don't you take Officer Janko and go close your case." Frank said.
Danny looked at Frank dumbfounded.
"You guys are always riding me about not spending enough time with my family and you're kicking me out of dinner?" Danny said angrily.
"There is no need to embarrass Officer Janko to get a rise out of your brother. Grab something to go and get going. That's an order." Frank said.
Danny sulked out of the room and grabbed a roll off of the table. He couldn't believe his dad had figured out what was going on.
"Hey!" Linda said trying to swat his hand from the bread basket.
"We have to go." Danny mumbled. "Janko! We're leaving."
Eddie quickly walked over to Danny, relief flooding her face.
"Good evening, Sir." Eddie said to Frank.
"You can call me Frank, sorry you couldn't stay for dinner. Maybe next time." Frank said. He smiled warmly at her.
Confusion flashed through Eddie's eyes but she smiled back and turned to grab her coat and follow Danny out.
"See ya later, partner." Jamie said, raising his beer to Eddie.
Eddie waved to everyone and followed Danny out.
Jamie instantly relaxed and Erin and Linda walked back into the kitcken to grab the remaining food.
Frank walked to his youngest.
"I expected better from you Jamie and hope to hear about your new partner when Officer Janko wraps up this case with Danny." Frank said to his youngest.
All the color drained from Jamie's face as he connected the dots quickly.
"How did you-" Jamie started.
"Neither of you will make detective anytime soon if you don't check your surroundings better before you start talking." Frank reminded him and walked out.
Jamie's face went red as he remembered his conversation outside his dad' study. Well that's one way for him to find out.
"You're not going to say anything to anyone, are you?" Jamie said slowly to his dad.
"Like I said. I expect to hear all about your NEW partner when Officer Janko wraps up this case." Frank said. He walked into the kitchen leaving Jamie speechless.
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I'm going to be out of town for the week so I won't be updating this or my other story (Blue Love) for a bit. So sorry, hope you enjoyed this chapter! I wanted to throw in some of the family but Danny and Eddie will be back on the case in the next chapter!