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Chapter 10

"Peter Goldman was Philip Stroh's colleague and the federal lawsuit that he filed against then Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson included Stroh" Sharon stated to everyone. "Yes, remember him being in our conference room where he was taunting Chief Johnson, he was a weasel back then" Provenza said. "He still is a weasel" Andy added to the mix. "Okay gentlemen, let's get back on track here" Sharon said to the two of them.

"We need to be extra careful as I don't want Goldman claiming that we are harassing him." Sharon continued as she moved in front of the Murder board to have a closer look. "We all know that he loves to file his lawsuits against the LAPD" Provenza added and looked at some paperwork that had crossed his desk. "I want to know when was the last time that Peter Goldman had any contact with Stroh that we know about" Sharon said to the team and then made her way back to her office. Andy looked at everyone and then he went to sit down at his desk.

She came out of her office to speak to Andy. "Andy, can you get me a list of all private investigators that Goldman uses in his cases?" she said to him. Andy nodded "Uh, I thought I wasn't cleared to go out into the field yet?" he asked her. "You're not, you are going to sit at your desk and do some research that way" she said in an almost annoyed voice and then turned around, went into her office, and closed her door. Andy sat at his desk thinking that he should not have said anything to her. He didn't want to be in the dog house, especially less than 24 hours before they were getting married. Provenza looked up at the direction of Andy's desk and just shook his head.

Meanwhile as Sharon was in her office going through some old files regarding Stroh, her phone alerted her to a text message. She looked at her phone to see that the message was from Gavin. 'So I hear you are getting married tomorrow. You'd think I would know firsthand about it' it said. She put the phone back down on her desk and placed her head in her hands. Sharon really wasn't amused as what had seem to be a simple weekend getaway suddenly was blowing into a full scale investigation.

All she wanted to do was turn back time to her and Andy's first night at the cottage when they were dancing and he was singing to her, and that she wishes she would have never of seen Stroh there, and then her life would be okay. Instead she is trying to find some sort of accomplice now, but would that person really be considered an accomplice? They didn't help Stroh murder those women in Monterey. All this person did was take pictures of her, Rusty, and Andy and send them to Stroh. They probably could only be charged with a privacy violation and possibly aiding an escaped felon, since they knew where Stroh was living.

Sharon decided to text Gavin back. 'I was going to tell you but then this whole Stroh thing came back into our lives' she texted him. He wrote back right away stating 'I heard from Andrea what happened, is your lieutenant okay?' She smiled and returned his text. 'Yes, he is. He protected us both.' she wrote as she looked up to see Andy still at his desk working. She will have to apologize later for snapping at him earlier.

'Can I help with anything?' Gavin replied back to her. She thought about it for a second. I'm sure Gavin would love to jump on the offense against Goldman again, but she thought better. 'Are you helping my kids plan something with Andrea for tomorrow?' Sharon sent instead. 'Now, why would I do that?' was sent back from him with an emoji that had heart eyes. 'Just keep it simple whatever you two are planning' Sharon said back to him. 'I'll see you tomorrow XO' Gavin wrote back to her. Sharon closed her phone.

She walked out of her office and as she past Andy, she gently squeezed his arm. Andy smiled. "Is there anything concrete that we can bring Peter Goldman in for questioning?" Sharon asked Mike as she walked over to his desk. Mike popped up from his chair and walked over to the fax machine to retrieve the fax that had just come in. He placed a nickel in Provenza's jar. "Looks like there might be a partial print on the envelop and on one of the letters that match" Mike said as he handed the fax to Sharon.

Sharon looked at the report and then over to Mike's computer where the two images popped up. "Can we run these prints Mike?" she asked him. "Yes, currently running them" he said to her "but it may take a while to get a match" he added. As soon as he said that, his computer screen started to beep and he turned around to look at it. "Holy crap!" he said out loud. "We got a match in the system" and pointed to the screen. Everyone looked over to his computer and saw Peter Goldman's face on the screen.

"I want him here now" Sharon calmly said to Provenza, Julio, and Amy. They all nodded and left the Murder Room to go pick up Peter Goldman. Mike and Andy stayed behind as Mike was still working on some information. Sharon walked back into her office and Andy followed her in there. He shut the door behind him. "Captain, I have a list of the private investigators that Goldman uses. It's just one firm" Andy says as he hands her the paperwork. Sharon sits down at her desk and looks at it. "Good" she tells him as she places it on top of Stroh's file.

"Uh look Sharon, about earlier, I shouldn't have questioned what you were asking me" Andy started to apologize. "No Andy, I shouldn't have snapped at you like that" Sharon said as she stood up to stand in front of him. "It's just overwhelming, all of it, seeing Stroh of all places in Monterey when we are supposed to be relaxing and having a romantic time" she started to say as she was playing with his tie now. "To now know that there has been someone here keeping tabs on us for him. And everything is pointing to the one person who I despise more than Jack himself" she said continuing to smooth out his tie and shirt. He pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry" he said quietly to her and held her tight to him.

"I think my kids are planning something tomorrow morning at the courthouse for our wedding" Sharon said to Andy as he was still holding her. "Hmm, Nicole sounded excited when I spoke to her over the phone this morning" Andy said to her. "What makes you think that?" he asked her. "Well, both Andrea and Gavin texted me today asking about tomorrow, I think they may be in on it too" Sharon said. "Well, all I know is that I can't wait to marry you tomorrow and that I am so very happy" Andy said smiling to Sharon. Sharon wanted to kiss him right there but they were standing in the middle of her office so she just smiled back at him and watched him walk back out of her office.

Peter Goldman was certainly turning out to be a thorn in the LAPD's side. From the leak and civil lawsuit against then Deputy Chief Johnson regarding Tyrell Baylor to the federal lawsuit they had ended up dealing with, Not to mention his defense of Reverend Price earlier this year that revealed a lot about himself, Sharon has had her fair share of dealing with him and she was getting tired of it.

About five minutes later, Provenza, Amy, and Julio walked back into the Murder Room with Peter Goldman in tow. Sharon walked out of her office to see them pass her on the way to an interview room. Andy stood up as well and looked at Goldman as he passed him by. Goldman looked at them as he passed them up. Amy and Julio placed him in the interview room and waited there. Buzz and Mike walked into the electronics room to set up some things. Provenza gathered up the evidence that Mike handed to him and proceeded to wait outside the room for the Captain.

Andy turned around to where Sharon was standing next to him. "Are you ready?" he asked her and he placed his arm on her shoulder. Sharon took a deep breath and nodded to him. "Go get him" Andy whispered back to her and gave her a wink. They walked together towards Provenza. Andy went inside the electronics room and Provenza and Sharon went into the interview room. "Mr. Goldman, so nice that you could join us today" Sharon said as she sat down. Provenza closed the door behind them.

TBC