To all of my fantastic readers, I'm glad that you've been enjoying this story and I hope you enjoy this next chapter. And to any of my readers who have gone through cancer, I really hope that I'm writing this correctly. Enjoy!
They both hear the police arrive at the building and Sharon relaxes her grip on Rusty. She then says, "That took a lot out of me. Would you help me up?"
As Rusty stands up from the floor, he wraps one arm around Sharon's waist and takes Sharon's hand in his empty one, helping her up. Once they are both standing, Rusty hesitantly releases his hold on her and then bends down to pick up her gun. He places it on the end table in the living room. He then turns the lights on.
Sharon takes a deep breath and then tries to walk over to the front door, knowing that the police are going to be there any second. Instead, she falters on her first step, too much energy having been drained from her in the struggle. Luckily, Rusty is there to stop her from falling. He catches her around the waist and says, "Sharon, let me help you."
He walks with her to the door and they arrive at the same time that the police begin to pound on it and call in. Rusty supports her around the waist as she opens the door.
Police come rushing in through the door and into their apartment. They find the body on the floor with a pool of blood surrounding it. As Sharon looks out into the hallway, she finds the two security guards dead on the floor as well. She takes a deep breath and then closes the door. She looks over at Rusty and says to him, "I'm fine now, Rusty. You can let go of me."
Rusty tentatively lets go of her and looks at her for any sign of trouble. He sees that she has now slipped into her Captain mask. She slowly makes her way back into the living room and there is a cop waiting to ask her a couple questions.
"Are you Captain Sharon Raydor?"
"Yes, I am. My badge is in my bedroom, do you need to see it?"
"Yes, I do."
"Alright, give me a minute." As Sharon makes her way slowly into her bedroom to get her badge, the officer follows her, not certain about her identity. While Sharon is doing this, Rusty sits down on the couch. Sharon comes back in with her badge and her cell phone and hands her badge to the officer.
"Also, I'm going to need a statement from you and…"
"Rusty Beck. I'm his legal guardian," Sharon says.
Rusty stands up from the couch and makes his way over to Sharon.
"Can you please tell us everything that you remember?"
"I was sleeping in my bedroom and I heard a rattling sound coming from the living room. I left my bedroom and snuck over to Sharon's room and woke her up," Rusty says and then Sharon continues from his stopping point.
"Once he woke me up, I got my gun from my drawer in my bedroom and walked out into the hallway. Rusty stayed in my room after I walked out. Once I got out in the hallway, I looked into the living room and the man's back was facing me. I could tell that he had a knife on him but I could not tell that he had a gun on him. I walked into the living room and announced my presence. I told him to drop the knife and turn around. Instead, he started to turn around but did not drop his knife and he came toward me. The lights were off in the apartment, but there was enough light coming through the window that I could tell that I didn't know who he was. I shot him once in the chest and he went down, dropping the knife. I went over to kick the knife away and he pulled out his gun and took a shot at me. Right as he took a shot at me, Rusty tackled me to the ground. I aimed at him again, shot and missed. I aimed at him a third time, shot and hit him. He went down and was dead. About five minutes later you officers showed up. The bullet that missed me should be somewhere here in the living room and the bullet that missed him should be somewhere in the dining room."
"Thank you. Lieutenants, we have two missing bullets. One should be in the dining room and the other should be in the living room. Please find them."
One of the officers begins to look for a bullet in the dining room and another officer looks for a bullet in the living room. About two minutes later, both bullets are found. One is found in one of the dining room chairs and the other is found in the back of the couch.
Sharon makes her way back over to the body lying on the floor while Rusty returns to his position on the couch. She then turns to Rusty. "Well, I don't think we'll have to worry about receiving any more threats. I think I killed the letter writer." She makes her way over to the couch and then sits down beside Rusty with a sigh. She wraps her arm around his shoulders and brings him close to her body so that she can place a kiss on his forehead. She then calls Lieutenant Provenza.
"Hello Captain," Provenza says in a sleepy voice. "What can I do for you so late in the evening?"
"Well, Rusty and I received a visit from the suspected letter writer about twenty minutes ago."
"Oh…" Provenza groans and then he sits up in bed.
"Just calling to let you know, he's dead."
"How?"
"I shot him, twice." Sharon glances at Rusty when she says this and she sees a proud smile on his face.
"Great job, Captain. But, how did he get past the security guards?"
"He killed them, I'm not sure how at this moment. Two security guards are lying dead outside of my apartment and I have our suspected letter writer lying dead in my dining room."
"Sharon, you did your job and much, much more. You kept your promise to Rusty. Don't have any doubts about what happened tonight."
"Thank you, Lieutenant. But whenever someone gets killed, you always have doubts. I'll see you later in the morning. Get some sleep."
"You too, Captain."
Sharon ends the call and then places her phone on the coffee table. She turns around on the couch and faces the police. "Officers, I believe I know who the victim is. I believe he is the missing suspect that my team has been looking for. We've been trying to find him for a while now. I run the Major Crimes division and I think he is a suspect in one of our undercover operations."
"We'll look into that," the lead detective says. "But to help, could you please send all the files on this man to our office in the morning?" As he is saying this, the medical examiner comes in and takes the body out of the apartment, as well as the two security guards lying dead in the hallway. The blood is cleaned up and taken away.
"I will do that."
"Also, you will need to contact FID and give them your statement as well in the morning. But, this should just be self-defense. I will also need to take your gun so that we can check with ballistics."
"It's on the end table right behind you," Sharon says, and points to the gun. "I will call FID in the morning, thank you for reminding me."
The officer picks up her gun from the end table and places it in a plastic bag. "I think we have all that we need here. Remember to send over those files in the morning."
"I will," Sharon says.
The officer hands her back her badge and then the police leave their apartment. Rusty stands up from the couch and locks the door and then makes his way back over to Sharon. He sits down on the couch and says, "Well, I'm not going back to sleep tonight."
"I'm probably not either. I would say we could stay out here and watch movies but if I fall asleep on the couch, I will not be able to stand up in the morning. Why don't we go in my room and talk?"
"Sure," Rusty says.
Sharon stands up from the couch, picks up her cell phone, and wavers on her feet, the adrenaline from the evening wearing off.
Rusty hurriedly stands up and wraps his arms around her waist. "Sharon, I think you need to lie down," Rusty says, nervous.
They walk over to her bedroom, turning off the lights as they go. Sharon sits down on the bed and places her cell phone on her bedside table. Rusty closes her bedroom door and then lies back on her bed underneath the covers. Sharon slips into the bed and then takes her glasses off. They talk until they both fall asleep.
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