Helen watched the brown haired girl sleeping in her husband's arms. He had his arms wrapped around her in a protective embrace and she was cuddling in to his chest. Just then a knock came at the door. "Lin, Mai, wake up." Helen disappeared
Lin groaned in frustration, "Come in Naru." Lin rolled on to his back and sat up. Naru came in to the room. "Whisper. Mai is having a peaceful sleep." Lin told him.
"My father got a hold of the emergency call that Helen's husband supposedly made… It turns out that he did make the call and that his lover's brother might have hidden the call… The police questioned the brother and sister and they confessed… The brother went over to the home of Helen and Emma Cummings, choked them to death and then forced poison down their throat after the sister tried to get Johnathon to divorce his wife and runaway with her, but he refused…
She got angry and took it out on Helen and Emma. The sister said that they got in her way of something she really wanted and she wanted Johnathon, not the money… The brother and sister are now in custody and the police are working on the release Johnathon Cummings." Naru explained.
Helen and Emma listened to what the boy in the blue pyjamas said, with a wide smile, they looked like they are crying. They hugged each other and screamed in happiness. Naru and Lin looked around the room. "I think they heard…" Lin said. Mai jumped up in fright at the scream. She frantically looked around the bedroom but only saw Naru.
"Shhh, it's okay, Mai… Naru just told us that the police caught the real killers of Helen and Emma and the police are working on the release of Johnathon Cummings, and the spirits of Helen and Emma overheard and they screamed in joy." Lin explained Mai smiled and went back to sleep.
The next morning they called on Helen and Emma and they came willingly. "Thank you for everything." Helen said. "Is there anything you want to say to Johnathon?" Mai asked holding a recorder out. "Be happy my Darling. Everybody makes mistakes. I forgive you. Forgive yourself. We will all be together again soon." Helen's voice was a whisper.
"Love you Daddy." Emma said before they moved in to the light. Mai felt a happy feeling wash over her, she raised her head and smiled, trying to bathe herself in the light. "They are gone." She said. Then her smile turned upside down and she burst in to tears.
Houshou caught Mai in to a hug. "Johnathon…" She whispered.
Martin went to the police station where Johnathon was being held until his release. "Johnathon." Martin said when he entered the holding cell. Johnathon looked up. "Thank you for everything." Johnathon said frantically.
"There is something else…" Martin replayed the tape of Helen and Emma. Johnathon cried as he listened to the recording. "Love you Daddy." When Johnathon heard that he screamed even harder.
An hour later Martin returned back to Lin's home and went up to his wife and engulfed her in to his arms and just held her. "Are you alright honey?" Luella asked as she hugged him back. "I'm just fine." He replied in her hair.
Mai had finally calmed down, but she wouldn't leave Lin's side. "One case down, one more to go." She whispered. Masako went with Houshou to look around the house once again. "Naru, I can't sense anything… They must've gone in to the light…" Masako's voice came.
"Lin, play back everything." Naru said.
Lin pressed the play button and then wrapped his arm back around Mai.
"Where is my baby? Where is my baby?" A voice asked. "Where is-?" The voice stopped talking for a minute and then the voice said in a happy excited tone. "My baby girl." And then she vanished.
"So the woman who wants her baby back is gone…" Ayako said. When the recordings stopped. "She must've seen a baby in the light." Mai whispered.
"So there are there anymore spirits in my house?" Hiro asked. "There are, but they are harmless. They only want to protect you." Masako replied.
"We need to stay one more day to make sure though." Naru said. "No worries." Hiro smiled.
The house felt lighter, and more peaceful. "Hiro-san, I think it's safe to continue working on the house." Naru said.
"How is Johnathon taking it?" Hiro asked. "Well being in prison for ten years for a crime he didn't commit, and the murder of his wife and daughter. He will never be a free man not really." Ayako replied.
"We helped him clear his name for the murder. Helen's family are with him right now along with his family. My father stayed with him until they came." Naru added. "Everyone go and rest." Naru told his team.
Mai went back to bed, while Lin stayed with Naru to go over the footage. "Mai did very well on this case… I believe her powers are growing." Naru said. Just then a scream came from the bedroom above them. Naru and Lin bolted up the stairs. In the bedroom Hiro was playing with his daughter, he was chasing her around the room, roaring with his arms up. Naru grinned and went back down stairs.
Lin watched the father and daughter play. An image came in to his mind…
Lin was chasing his daughter around the house, trying to get her to have a bath. Just then Mai came out of the laundry room and scooped up the screaming little girl and handed her over to her father. "Come on cheeky monster." Lin said, carrying his daughter over his shoulder. "Papa!" The baby girl squealed.
Then another image came in to his head…
Mai was in a hospital bed holding their little boy… Just hours old. Mai looked up and smiled at him and held out his baby boy to him and Lin took the baby in his arms.
Lin shook his head and then went back to the base. "Go and rest Lin. I'm going out with Madoka. I'll be back in an hour or so." Naru said and with that he left. Lin was about to go upstairs to Mai but when he turned around Mai was coming in with two cups of coffee. "I couldn't sleep." She said as she walked in. She handed him a hot mug. Lin took the hot mug and sat down on the long sofa. He patted the seat next to him and she sat down next to him. She rested her back against his chest as she put her feet up. Lin lifted her chin up gently with his hand turned her head to his face and he lightly kissed her lips. Mai deepened the kiss as she turned her body to face him.
Lin groaned in pleasure when she ran her hands up his belly to his chest back again. "Hey Lin, have you seen Ayako?" Houshou asked as he walked in to the base. Lin and Mai sprang apart. Lin gave Houshou are glare. "Sorry, I didn't know…" Houshou stammered and left in a hurry. Once he was gone Lin claimed her lips again, harder this time.
They laid there just kissing, they didn't even hear Naru and Madoka come in. "Let's go and laydown for a while." Madoka flirty tone as she ran a hand up and down his chest. Naru grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs.
Lin was on top of Mai, his hands were under her shirt, stroking her stomach and waist. His shirt was undone, giving Mai a full view of his abs and chest. Mai ran her hands over his stomach and chest. Lin asked his Shiki to watch the door in case someone comes in. "We need to stop." Lin panted out as he pulled away from her mouth. "No one is coming." Mai replied breathless. His lips drifted down her neck.
"No, it's not that…" Lin groaned. Mai had a confused look on her face. "I'll show you why we have to stop." Lin wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her up against him, letting her feel how turned on he is. "Oh…" Mai said. She closed her eyes in pleasure, he felt good.
"Maybe I want to continue." She whispered. Lin looked down at her in surprise.
"Are you sure?" He asked. Mai nodded her head in reply. Lin looked in to her eyes for a minute before bending down and kiss her mouth. His free hand stroked her face. They kissed for a while until Lin rolled on to his side, pulling away from her mouth. "Not here, not yet. I want our first time to be special." Lin panted.
Mai nodded. "Someone is coming." Lin's Shiki told him. "Someone is coming." Lin whispered as he sat up. He buttoned up his shirt again, gave Mai one quick kiss before going back over to the monitors.
John came in to the base to see Mai and Lin at the monitors. Mai was sitting on Lin's lap, his arms wrapped around her. "Has anything else happened?" John asked. To save the young priest any embarrassment Mai hid her flushing face. Lin controlled the grin that was threating to show. "No, nothing."
"Well then we can go home again." Naru's voice made Mai and John jump. Madoka, Ayako, Houshou, Masako, Yasu were behind him. "I'll go and tell Hiro-san." Mai jumping up from Lin's lap.
"Thank you Mai." Naru said as she passed him.
Mai found Hiro in his office. She knocked on the door. Hiro looked up and smiled at her. "Come in- I'm sorry, is it Taniyama-san or Lin-san?" Hiro asked uncertain. "Lin." She replied with a smile holding her left hand showing him her forth finger and the gold band on it.
"My apologies Mrs Lin. What can I do for you?" Hiro asked.
"There has been no more activity so we are packing to go home." Mai replied with a smile. Hiro nodded and put down his pen and stood up. He followed her back to the base and shook Naru's hand. "Thank you for your help. Thank you and your team." Hiro said.
"I'm glad we were able to sort it all out before your daughter got hurt." Naru replied.
Once the equipment was packed and they said goodbye to Hiro and his daughter they were on the road. Mai was in the van with Lin. Naru is with Madoka and Yasu (You wouldn't want to be in that car). Houshou was driving with Ayako in the passenger side and Masako and John in the back.
Lin and Mai drove in silence, until Lin broke the silence. "Mai, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." Mai replied.
"Would you like to have children one day?" He asked in one breath.
"Yes, one day… Why are you asking?" Mai replied.
"Earlier today Naru and I were in the base going over the footage when we heard a scream. We raced up the stairs only to find Hiro-san playing with his daughter and I pictured myself playing with my daughter-our daughter. Your eyes, my hair, your personality…" Lin explained.
Mai smiled as the image came in to her head. "And I'm not getting any older… And the truth is, I never thought of myself being married. Now that I'm married to a wonderful woman… I want everything. I've never felt complete for some reason. But then I fell in love with you. And I didn't fall in love with you when we got married, I fell in love with you long before that. That is why…"
"That is why you offered to be my husband." Mai finished for him.
"Yes. I didn't want you to leave SPR and I didn't want you to be with anyone else but me."
"Koujo…" Mai whispered and kissed his cheek. Lin pulled her in to his side as he drove. Just then Mai's phone went off. It is a message from Yasu…
Mai chuckled when she read the message. "What did does it say?" Lin asked.
"It's from Yasu. Naru kicked him out of the car and now he is stranded at the gas station back there." Mai replied.
Lin turned the van around and went back to get Yasu. When they got to the gas station Yasu climbed in to the van. "Why did Naru kick you out of his car?" Mai asked. "You were teasing him and Madoka." Lin answered for Yasu.
Yasu nodded his head. "Yeah."
"If you say one thing about my marriage to Mai, I will throw you out as well." Lin warned.
Yasu nodded. "So Mai…" Yasu began. Lin gave him a warning glare. Yasu gulped and asked, "How is school going?"
Mai giggled and replied. "Fine. I'm in the middle of exams." Mai replied. "And then it's off to college. Naru is going to help me with that." Mai added.
"Don't you have another year of high school left?" Yasu asked in a confused expression on his face.
"I skip a year back in junior high. The students get tested to see how their IQs are. Some students had to go back another year, I went up another year." Mai replied.
Lin was smiling… He couldn't be more proud of his wife.
They dropped Yasu home and then went home. "Martin? Luella?" Lin called out when they made back to their apartment. Mai went in to the kitchen to make some tea when she found a note by the kettle.
Lin, Mai,
We are just over at Naru's, and then we are going to explore Japan this weekend. See you on Monday. Have a nice weekend.
Martin.
"We are alone." Mai said to Lin as he came in to the kitchen. "Good." Lin whispered and he pulled her up against his body and kissed her hard. Mai instantly responded to the kiss. Lin pushed her up against the wall and his body was holding her up with his body.
Mai started to undo his shirt and Lin pulled her shirt over her head and attacked her neck with his mouth. He sucked on the smooth skin, causing Mai to scream out in pleasure. "You are sensitive aren't you?" Lin teased.
"I want you." Mai panted. Lin pulled away from her neck and asked. "Are you sure?" Mai nodded her head. Lin wrapped her legs around his waist and carried her to their bedroom. He laid her on the bed and he crawled up to her. He kissed her softly and gently.
"I love you." Lin whispered against her lips.
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