Marty called Tea as she drove to the police station. She filled Tea in on Todd's arrest and told her that she would meet her at the station.
Marty slammed her car door when she got out. She was tired, frustrated and angry as hell and she was determined to give John a piece of her mind.
"John, what the hell do you think you are doing?" Marty asked as she stormed into his office.
"Manning's guilty...I think we both know that and he deserves to pay for all the shit that he's pulled. What I want to know is how could you sleep with him after all the shit he's done to you?"
"My relationship with Todd is none of your business John."
"You will always be my business and I need you to tell me the truth about what happened to Eddie so that I can make sure that Todd doesn't continue to hurt you."
"I'm sorry John, but I can't help you. I can't be forced to testify against my husband."
"What? You married him after he's raped you twice? What the hell is wrong with you?" John asked as he grabbed her roughly by the arms and shook her.
Marty let out a pained cry as images of Eddie bombarded her mind.
"Let her go detective before I file a law suit against this whole department," Tea said as she entered his office.
"I'm sorry Marty. i didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just so frustrated. Why would you marry him?"
"Because I love him," Marty whispered as she tried to calm her nerves.
"Detective, I just found out that all of the evidence in this case has been compromised and without Marty's statement you have nothing. I suggest that you release my client," Tea ordered.
As much as John hated it, he knew that Tea was right. "We won't be pressing any charges. Your client can go home."
"Thank you detective," Tea stated.
XOXOXO
"Thanks for everything you did to get me released Marty," Todd said as soon as they had gotten into the car.
"I want to take you out and celebrate. Will you...will you go out with me?" Todd asked Marty.
"Of course I will," Marty said.
Todd drove Marty to the palace hotel and they ate dinner over candlelight.
"Marty...I just wanted to tell you that having you in my corner means the world to me. I know that it couldn't have been easy for you to marry me after all of the pain that I've caused you, but you did and I will never forget all that you sacrificed to help me."
"It wasn't a sacrifice Todd. I'm exactly where I want to be and I want you to know that I don't regret marrying you."
"Will you dance with me?" Todd asked as soft orchestral music continued to play in the background.
"Yes...I want to dance with you. I'll try," Marty said as she stood up and placed her hand in Todd's.
He placed his hands around Marty's waist. He could feel her trembling as she laid her head on his chest as they swayed to the music.
"Let's go home," Todd whispered after they had shared a couple of dances with one another.
When they got home Todd carried her to their bedroom and climbed into bed wrapping his arms around her. He described their dream place as they drifted off to sleep.
XOXOXO
Marty heard the faint crying of a baby...her baby coming from the nursery. She could sense that something wasn't right as she opened up the nursery door. She looked in the bassinet but there was nothing and she was filled with dread as she tried to listen for the baby's cries. She looked up when she heard the bedroom door slam shut and saw Eddie carrying her baby boy. "Get away from him," Marty cried out. "It's too late, I've already tainted his soul. He's evil inside like me and when he grows up he will rape some innocent girl just the way that I did you," he said as he smiled at her. "Please just go away..." Marty pleaded. "I can't...I'm the boys father and as long as he is with you, then I will be with you," Eddie said as he placed the baby in the cradle. Marty tried to open the door, but it was locked. "Where do you think you're going...I'm not done with you yet," he said as he grabbed her roughly and planted a kiss of poison on her.
Marty woke up...she was covered in sweat and was trembling. Eddie was right...she would never be free of him as long as she carried his baby inside of her.
She slowly lifted Todd's arms off of her and got out of bed. She quietly dressed in the dark and went downstairs.
She pulled up abortion clinics on the computer and jotted down the address and left. She needed to do this before she changed her mind. It was the only way that she would ever be free of the nightmares.
XOXOXO
"Natalie, it's John open up the door, I need to talk to you," he slurred as he banged on the door with his fists.
"John, it's four in the morning. Are you drunk?" She asked him as he staggered into her apartment.
"Not enough."
"John go home and sleep it off."
"Not until we have this out."
"Have what out?"
"I know that you doctored the evidence to make it look like Marty was guilty. We have proof that your uncle Todd was the killer but because of you we can't use it. He's out there free to hurt Marty because of your actions and I want to know why Natalie? Why would you try to incriminate her?"
"She kidnapped Liam and she never had to pay for that. She's a dangerous, psychotic woman, but despite everything that she did to hurt me...you still love her."
"She was sick Natalie...she had a nervous breakdown. I left her so that I could be with you after she lost our child. That was the worst decision that I've ever made so if you want to blame anybody for Liam's kidnapping then you blame me and leave Marty out of it."
"So Martyr's always going to get a pass from you?"
"Yeah she is because I love her and you...I don't even know you anymore. You make me sick and I promise that you're going to pay for sabotaging my investigation."
"What are you going to do John? Does Nora know what I did?"
"Yeah, I'm not sure if she's going to press charges against you, but either way you'll be out of the job. I hope that it was worth it," John stated as he left slamming the door behind him.
XOXOXO
John stumbled into Rodi's and saw Tea Delgado sitting at the bar knocking back shot after shot of Tequila.
"Rough morning Counselor? Or are you out celebrating Todd's freedom?" John asked as he sat next to her.
"I was just doing my job John, but celebrating is the last thing that I feel like doing especially since Marty is sharing Todd's bed," Tea said in-between hiccups and then she downed another shot of Tequila.
"Don't...Marty and Todd are not sleeping together," John said as he winced in pain at the thought. He picked up one of Tea's shot glasses and downed it as fast as he could wanting to get the image of Marty out of his head and out of his heart.
"It doesn't matter if they're sleeping together or not. He loves her and will always put her first. I don't even know why I thought that I had a chance with Todd it will always be Marty for him."
"Who cares about how Todd feels for her...he's poison to her."
"She loves him too...you know that don't you? She wouldn't have sacrificed so much to defend him if there wasn't a part of her that didn't love him," Tea explained.
"I know...that's what makes this so hard. I love her and I messed things up with her and now she's given her heart to Todd and I've lost her," John said as he picked up another shot glass and drank it.
"Why don't you walk me home John and I'll help you forget all about Marty and you can help me forget about Todd?" Tea offered.
"I'm not sure that it will work, but it's worth a shot," John said as he threw some money on the Bar table, grabbed Tea's hand and walked out with her.
XOXOXO
Todd woke up and realized that Marty wasn't next to him.
"Marty," he called out but there was no response.
He went to the bathroom so that he could pee when he saw a pregnancy stick in the garbage.
"Oh god..," he said to himself as he realized that Marty was pregnant.
He finished going to the bathroom and then went downstairs to see if Marty had taken his car.
"Damnit, Marty.. Where did you go?" He asked as he saw that his car keys were gone.
He headed into his office so that he could find the phone number for the limo service that he used from time to time. He paused when he saw the list of abortion clinics.
*Please let me find Marty in time* Todd thought to himself as he called for a limo driver.
XOXOXO
"Do you have any questions before we get started?" The doctor asked as he came into the room.
"No, just get it over with," Marty whispered as she turned her head away so that he wouldn't see her crying.
