Ch 10
It was late at night and Alice was sitting by her mom's grave, she had been sitting there for several hours. A few days had passed since Jian had been arrested. "Oh Mom," she sighed. "I wish you were here…. Dad's great…but I need you….. I don't know where you are out there…but I refuse to believe that you're just lying in that hole in the ground….but if you can hear me, wherever you are…. I hope that Nellie is with you….she needs you mom….but so do I…." tears rolled down her pale cheeks. "Mom….I'm so scared…. I think I'm pregnant….I don't know how to deal with this…! Why did you have to die…?"
"Alice…?" Rossi said quietly, "What do you mean….you might be pregnant…?"
"Dad!" Alice said, jumping up. She had no idea that he had been standing there listening to her. "What are you doing here?"
"The team was taken off of the case…some new evidence put it in the jurisdiction of a different division…" he said. "But Alice...are you…pregnant?" Rossi was just getting used to the idea of having a daughter…he wasn't sure if he was ready to be a grandfather. More importantly though, Alice was only 16; was she ready to be a mother? Alice told him what had been going on with her and how she had gotten a positive result. He didn't know what to say so he just held her close. She hugged him back. "Alice…whatever you decide to do…I will support you, and I will help you in any way possible."
"Thank you…" she said quietly. Rossi walked her back to his car. "Dad…" she said halfway home. "I'm going to keep it. It's the right thing to do….it's what mom would have done…"
"Alice are you sure you're ready for this..?" he asked her.
"No…" she admitted. "But I'm going through with it."
"I'm proud of you honey," he said. He reached over and squeezed her hand gently; it was cold and trembling slightly. "Everything will be alright."
"I hope so…" she said. "I really… really hope so…"