Wow guys, I have never seen five reviews come in so quickly! As promised, here is chapter 7!
Chicago PD
"Hi son," Benny said looking at Kelly.
"Dad, what's going on?"
"It's just a little misunderstanding."
"What misunderstanding."
Kelly looked around at all of the officers but no one would look him in the eye.
"Someone better tell me what the hell is going on," Kelly said fuming.
"Kelly, we should step into my office," Voight said motioning to the open doorway.
"No, screw that. Start talking."
"Lieutenant, my office now," Voight repeated, this time screaming to get Kelly to appreciate the seriousness in his words.
Kelly felt Dina's arm on his and he turned to her. "Go talk to them. I'll be waiting outside."
Nodding, he entered the detective's office and sat down. "Why is my father in handcuffs?"
The security footage from the shop across the street shows your dad entering the station right after you all were called out on the job. It shows him leaving a while later, presumably after the damage was done."
"There has to be some kind of mistake, my father wouldn't do this."
"With all due respect Lieutenant, how can you know that for sure?"
"I would be very careful what you say right now," Kelly said narrowing his eyes.
"The man ran out on you and your mom. He had other kids, one of which is a daughter you didn't know about until recently. He disappears for months at a time and then pops back up again at any sign of trouble at the firehouse. None of this seems suspicious to you?"
"Yes the guy has made mistakes in his life. Yes he is a royal fuck up in the father department but he's not a killer."
"We have him interviewing with a few detectives now. But you need to prepare yourself for the idea that your father is in fact linked to these fires and the murder of Heather Darden."
Firehouse 51
The men were all crowed around the main lounge area of the firehouse, waiting on Chief to come in and tell them why they had been called in on their day off.
Rumors and speculation flew until chief walked in and the room fell silent. "As some of you may have heard on the news, they apprehended a suspect in what they are now calling the 'Darden Case'."
Glasses were thrown to everyone in the room but they all looked equally clueless.
"Who was it chief?" Mills asked.
"They brought in Benny Severide."
A uniform gasp resonated throughout the room. Suddenly everyone started yelling at once.
"Benny?"
"Why would they think that?"
"I knew that man was shady!"
Chief had to take control of the situation. "Listen!" he yelled. "What we need to do is be here for our fellow man. Kelly is at the station now. I think we should all go down there to support him."
Everyone nodded and followed the Chief out of the firehouse.
Matt/Gaby House
Matt, Gaby, and the boys were just sitting down to breakfast when his phone rang. Matt left the room to answer it and came back in a rush.
"We have to go," he said throwing the plates of uneaten pancakes in the sink.
"Hey I worked hard on those," Gaby said confused.
"Yeah and I'm hungry," Griffin added.
"We'll stop and get donuts on the way," Matt said pulling four coats out of the closet.
"Where are we going?" Gaby asked taking her coat from him.
"They arrested Benny Severide. We have to get to the station."
"Kelly's dad killed my mom?" Ben asked.
"No I don't think so, but he may know who did. So we have to go."
The boys pulled on their coats and started to the door before Ben stopped suddenly. "Oh Matt?"
"Yeah buddy," Matt said spinning back around.
"I like sprinkles on my donuts."
Matt could only laugh. "Okay I think we can do that."
Chicago PD
Detectives Dawson and Lindsey were in the interrogation room while Voight and the others watched from behind the window.
"Why were you at the firehouse Benny?" Dawson asked. They had been using the classic good-cop, bad-cop routine and he was stuck as the bad-cop.
"Who says I was there?" Benny asked putting on the innocent act.
Lindsey pulled out stills from the surveillance tape and lined them up before him. "The shop across the street caught you on camera entering and leaving the firehouse during the window of the crime."
"So, I'll ask again," Antonio said more sternly. "What were you doing there?"
"I came to see my son. When I got there, I found out that he was out on the job and I left."
"An hour later?" Lindsey asked pointing to the time stamps on the pictures.
"I didn't keep track of the time."
"Now here is the funny thing Benny," Antonio continued. "We know that you aren't working alone, but nobody ever came to help you destroy the firehouse. Why is that Benny? Why did you have to do the damage all by yourself?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Benny said still playing innocent. "Kelly told me about what has been going on. I just wanted to see if I could help in any way."
Lindsey looked at the mirror as if she could see Voight's face on the other side. They were getting nowhere.
Chicago PD – Intelligence Department
Kelly was sitting in a seat with his head in his hands when the firemen came in like a Calvary. When he saw them, Kelly stood.
"You guys didn't have to come all the way down here."
"Sure we did," Hermann said. "We're a family."
Matt, Gaby, and the boys walked in a few seconds later. When the boys saw Kelly than ran to hug him.
"Did you guys see Dina when you came in?" Kelly asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"I'll go get her," Shay said heading back down the stairs.
"What do you know?" Matt asked.
"Not much, he is in with detectives now. I just cant believe my father would do something like this."
"Maybe he's clean. Maybe it was all just a misunderstanding."
"It's not. He had the combination to my locker. He used to be a fireman. Who better to pull this off."
Shay came running in with a panicked look on her face.
"Shay, what's wrong?"
"Kelly, Dina wasn't out there, but I found this." She held up a maroon purse. "Please tell me this isn't hers."
Kelly didn't answer her. Instead he ran outside, anxiously scanning up and down the street.
Dina was nowhere to be found.
I cannot believe how quickly you all jumped on and reviewed. As a reward, I am already releasing chapter 7. As promised, more reviews leads to Chapter 8 being written sooner! So, READ AND REVIEW! Until next time, ~Savy
