Chapter 10

Max was sitting at her desk, going over another report that her partner had done, trying to make sure that he hadn't made a mistake that could cost them the case in court when she felt eyes staring at her. She lifted her head and saw her husband watching her closely and she knew why he was going it to. Ever since she had informed him a couple nights ago that she might be expecting again, he had been watching her like a hawk and nagging at her to do a pregnancy test, but Max wasn't ready to do another test and she wasn't ready for anyone else to know that there was a chance that Ella was going to be a big sister soon. Max knew that this new killer had a problem with her, and her main fear was that if he found out that she might be having another baby with Kenny, he might go off the deep end and do something off the charts worse than he had been doing. Max knew that this creepy psycho had a problem and until they figured out who he was or what it was he was really after, she couldn't risk the news of her possibly being pregnant again, getting out.

"Max…" Kenny started but the glare he received shut him up real fast.

"If you even think about bringing that up at work, then the couch will be where you are sleeping." Max said with a sweet smile on her face, one that Kenny recognized as being false and only used when she made promises that went very nice.

"Fine, but when we get home tonight, no more avoiding the issue. I want you to take a test and I want you to talk with me about this whole thing." Kenny said evenly. He hated it when she tried to avoid talking about something important and if she turned out to be expecting, then it would mean that she would need to be extra careful.

"I don't want this to affect my job, Kenny. Not right now with this creep on the loose. You know how this town talks, and the last thing I want is someone to find a test in the trash with the result on it that could cause him to go off the deep end." Max said, making her fears clear.

"We can figure this whole thing out, together." Kenny said softly, giving her a tender smile and making it clear that he loved her and he wanted to be there for her, because that's what a husband did.

Jill was really nervous as she looked around the department. She had decided that she couldn't hold in her news any longer and she wanted to talk to Jimmy. She had meant to tell him the night before, but something had come up and he had ended up working through the night and crashing at the station, like he had done during the last big investigation like this. Jill hated the thought that he wouldn't be happy with her news, well their news, and she hated the thought that his lack of sleep would make him react differently than he usually would. At the same time, she knew that he had enjoyed having Ella around, and that should work in her favor, she hoped.

Jill knocked on his office door and when she heard the shouted come in, she walked inside and closed the door, locking it and lowering the blinds. Jimmy seemed to recognize that she wanted this to be private because he pressed a button on his phone and told someone outside to hold all calls and to leave him alone for a few minutes. His blinds on the windows were already closed and he just leaned back in his chair and stared at her, and Jill knew this was her moment. She had to figure out the best way to tell her husband the news she was so terrified to tell him.

"I want to have another baby; this is something you already know. So I talked to another doctor, a friend of mine and she helped me by running some tests and figuring some things out. Jimmy this is something that is important to me. She ran all the tests and she gave me a script for some special vitamins and stuff that should help get my body ready to conceive and I want you on board with this whole thing." Jill said evenly as she leaned against the door.

"Do you even know if you can conceive naturally now?" Jimmy asked calmly, his eyes clearly showed how much shock he was really in.

"No, which is why I want to do in Vitro." Jill said as she bit her bottom lip. "I mean it is possible that I could have another baby conceived naturally but the odds are slim to none and I need you to be onboard with this, please."

Jimmy stared at her and sighed. "Give me some time to think about it. We can talk when I get home tonight, and I should be home on time tonight unless there is another murder, which we are all hoping there isn't."

"This guy has been silent for a bit too long for your liking, hasn't he?" Jill asked, seeing the worry in her husbands eyes.

"Way too long." Jimmy agreed nodding as he stood up and walked to his wife. He kissed her lightly on the lips and winked at her in their special way before unlocking the door and opening it so she could leave. "I love you."

"I love you to." Jill said as she gave him a quick hug before leaving.

He wasn't sure what was going to happen once he was finished with his new masterpiece but he had decided to kill his latest victim in a different manner. He was going to do something special with this body and he was going to make a statement, one he knew the town of Rome would never forget. But the most important thing about this, was that Max would never forget it and she wouldn't be able to deny that she was the reason he was here, any longer. Max would have to acknowledge him and he would have to be the first and only person she thought about. Maybe she would finally see that Kenny was the wrong man for her, maybe all this hard work he was doing for her would make her see that she didn't belong with him. He wasn't in love with her, maybe he might be, but this was about revenge. This was about getting even and he would find a way to do that, and maybe get what he wanted out of it to. He looked down at his latest victim and smiled the smile he knew scared the women the most. She now knew there was no hope for her getting out of here alive, and he watched the way her eyes lost the light of hope, and become emotionless as she succumbed to the knowledge of what was going to happen to her.