Chapter 14

Jill stared at her husband with a disgusted look. As much as she loved him it was killing her that he refused to share any information about what he knew with her. She crossed her arms in front of her and leaned back in the chair, watching as he slept on, completely unaware of what his wife was sitting there thinking.

Maxine could tell that Lana wanted an answer immediately but for some reason she couldn't bring herself to answer that simple question. She wanted to be able to let her know whether or not Kenny was the father of the baby she carried but Max was also aware that the kidnapper could be listening in and she didn't want him to know that information for some reason.

Kenny stared at the letter that had been delivered to the station for him. He frowned as he realized that this meant he really was the target after all. He put the letter down after he finished reading it and had to struggle with himself to make sure he didn't crush it into little pieces. He glanced up when he heard someone knock on his door and frowned when he saw the new deputy standing there. He had been avoiding her as much as possible because he couldn't stand seeing her pout that way she always did when he turned her down for a date. This was a time he wished Max were here, she would have taken care of this situation for him.

"Can I help you with something?" Kenny asked politely. He was going to really try to discourage her but remain friends for the simple fact that after everything they would still have to work together.

"Well yes actually you can. Everyone has been telling me that you're in love with this other deputy, Maxine Stewart. Is it true?" She asked him seriously, cocking one eyebrow. She had this look on her face as if to say she didn't believe it.

"Yes. I even think that when I get her back we will end up getting married." Kenny said, surprising even himself with that one. The truth was marriage hadn't really crossed his mind but it didn't really scare him.

"Marriage?" She asked with her eyes practically popping out of her head. "Wow even around here has told me that you're not the type to head to the altar."

"I wasn't, until now." Kenny said with a grin. He finally realized something that was right in front of his face all along, Maxine was his destiny and the only person that he wanted. He knew at that moment he would give anything just to have her back safe and sound.

As he watched his captors Lana and Max together something finally clicked. He was about to make sure that Kenny was faced with the toughest decision of his life. He was going to have to choose between Lana and Max, and the one he didn't chose was going to pay with their life.

Kenny looked down at the crime scene and sucked in a deep breath. Another pregnant woman was found dead and this time it was even more horrific than the last one. She was sliced and diced and she was missing some body parts, but the worst thing was that her baby was missing from the womb.

"I don't think I want to stand here much longer." Kenny said sucking in a deep breath. Knowing that there was a possibility that Max was pregnant and looking at these bodies, he just couldn't handle it anymore.

"Kenny you have seen so much worse than this." Carter said frowning at him.

"Yeah well I have a lot on my mind. I can't block this one out right now is all." Kenny said turning his back to the body and trying not to throw up. "I'm gonna head over to the hospital and talk to Jimmy, maybe he might have some input on this."

Jill looked up when she heard the door to Jimmy's room open and smiled when she saw Kim standing there. She frowned immediately when she realized something was wrong and got up slowly to walk over to her.

"Kim?" She asked slowly.

"My mom called. She said that she really needed to see me and she wants me to fly out to Hawaii where she is vacationing." Kim said biting her lower lip. "I told her now wasn't a good time and all but she said it's an emergency."

"Kim I need you to watch Zack and Matt. Look your mom exaggerates sometimes; did you tell her you would talk it over with me first?" Jill asked upset that she would be pulling this.

"Yeah. Look I didn't expect to be able to go but I promised my mom I would talk to you about it so I had to bring it up." Kim said putting her hands on her hips.

He puts his plan into action as he laughs to himself. He doesn't know why he does everything that he does but it makes him feel good. He looks at the two sleeping women, both of them hold a place in Kenny's heart. He feels his smile fade away as he thinks about everything that Kenny's family took away from his. He put his fist through the wall as he pictured Kenny's face and then smiled again as he realized he didn't need to lay a hand on him to make him hurt.

Max woke up with a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach, a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen. She bit her bottom lip nervously as she looked over at Lana who was sleeping peacefully, unaware that something was about to happen. She thought back and mentally reviewed all of her police training, she would have to find a way out of this mess.

Kenny sat in his living room thinking about Max and what he had said earlier. He felt something pinch his gut and he realized immediately what it was. Something really bad was about to happen in Rome and he had a feeling it was going to happen to someone that he knew.