Chapter Ten
It has been 24 weeks since Roscoe called Curtis about the security breach favor and Jordan finding out that she is 8 weeks pregnant with baby number two. Curtis just out of training and has been assigned a top notch drug case in the city. Someone has started to distribute street narcotics around the low income schools and recruiting young kids to deal them. This case was personal because it reminded Curtis of his environment in Baltimore. The next events would call into question Curtis' character, heart and determination to be the man that does the right thing.
Jordan had begun her new job as a legal assistant after she gained her certification. While she worked at the firm, the baby was in school. One day, it happened to be the start of July 4th weekend and Jordan got to leave early. She got a message that Thomas' class were having a summer jam party, that transportation will be provided home and Jordan said it was fine. Her plan was to have a romantic dinner set up for Curtis when he got off at 6 with steak, mashed potatoes and sautéed asparagus. As she prepped the meal, there was a knock on the door; it was Roscoe.
Roscoe came to see if Curtis was there and Jordan said no but he should be in a little bit. She asked, "What business do you have with my husband?" Roscoe responded, "I am returning a favor I promised him but can I come in to wait?" Jordan let Roscoe in while she tended to the food cooking. As soon as she turned her back, Roscoe a gun pointed to her. Jordan dropped the wooden spoon and held her hands up. Roscoe wanted her to sit in the chair while he pulled duct tape and rope to tie her body including feet and mouth. They are going to continue to wait on Curtis to finish their business.
Curtis was just getting off of work, called Jordan to make sure she was relaxing and did not get an answer. He panicked and caught the next thing smokin' to get to her because he knew she was in trouble. As he got to the penthouse door, he busted it down and saw Jordan tied up and gagged. He asked, "Who did this to you?" Roscoe appears from the other room and professed that they have to settle the debt. Jordan is screaming through the tape and starts feeling sharp pains in her stomach; Curtis asks that he not hurt Jordan because his whole life is sitting in that chair. Curtis just wants to get Jordan help and suggests that they can go on with hashing out their situation. Roscoe said, "The only way you are leaving here in a body bag (the both of you)." Curtis wrestles with Roscoe's gun, it goes off, misses Jordan's shoulder by an inch and Curtis was able to overpower Roscoe and handcuff him until the police showed up.
Meanwhile, Curtis had to untie and un gag Jordan to check on her. Once the tape was removed from her mouth, she let Curtis know she was hurting badly and her water broke. Curtis said, "but you still have two months before delivery." Jordan said, "it looks like the baby is on the way and get me to the hospital quickly." On the way to the hospital, Jordan passed out and was unresponsive until she was in the maternity ward. Her OB/GYN examined Jordan and discovered that her blood was starting to clot, the baby was in fetal distress and if an emergency C-section was not performed as soon as possible, Jordan and the baby would not survive.