Rookie Blue: End of an Era chapter 24

My skin felt like it was on fire I was glad that the interview was over. Once I had calmed down I decided to go and find Andy; I figured that she had enough time to calm down after what happened earlier. I didn't mean to upset her; although I don't think I was entirely to blame for that, Boyd caused so much grief for Andy the last time we encountered him. I checked each of the places she likes to go to when she is upset. I checked the locker room first; I walked in and looked around the lockers and the shower stalls, she wasn't there, so I decided to try the break room I asked another officer if Andy had been in here; they shook their head, I started to panic as I knew that she couldn't have left the station without someone telling me. I then decided to check my office; I thought that she might have been at my desk waiting for me. I made my way to my office, hoping that she would be there and that we could talk about this Boyd situation.

I spotted Epstein "Hey, you seen McNally?" he looked at me "No not since we brought Boyd in" I nodded "Yeah, she wasn't too happy about that" he nodded "Do you blame her, I mean no offence Swarek; the guy nearly got you killed and he killed a rookie, so it's not a shock that Andy freaked out, she hates the guy" I shook my head "Any idea as to where she might be?" he replied "Have you checked the locker room, the break room or the roof?" I nodded "Yeah I checked the first two, why would she go up to the roof?" he looked like he had just revealed a dark secret. He looked at me "Andy loved going to the roof when we were rookies, she loved looking at the skyline of the city she told me that it helped her think when things got tough" I smiled "Thanks Epstein, great work today" he nodded and went to his desk.

I made my way to the back entrance of the station, I kept thinking of a way to explain to Andy that nothing was gonna happen to us; that Boyd wouldn't be able to hurt anyone for a long time, I made my way around the side of the station and climbed the ladder leading to the roof, and just like Epstein told me Andy was standing against the wall of the old roof entrance, I made my way over to her; I cleared my throat, she jumped and looked up "God Sam, you scared the hell outta me" I smiled "Sorry sweetheart, what are you doing up here?" she looked at me "Just thinking" I nodded "You wanna tell me what you are thinking about?" she shook her head "Nothing, it's stupid" I shook my head "Andy, it's not stupid, c'mon tell me" she took a deep breath "Fine, do you want to know what I was thinking about? I was thinking about that time that he nearly got you killed, you know when you were kidnapped and Jamie Brennan tortured you and water boarded you… well it made me think that he knew that Davidson was a rookie, and that she would be an easy target and he knew that you would be the one to track him down. It's bad enough that he is a disgraced cop with a vendetta against you and possibly against me too, since he clearly doesn't give a fuck about who he kills or hurts as long as he can taunt you he is never going to stop, and who knows once he's in jail he might get someone on the outside to hurt you. I can't lose you Sam, not now, not ever ok" I nodded.

I looked at her "Sweetheart, listen to me, Boyd is going away for a very long time; and it is possible that he knew about Davidson's first day and that might have made her an easy target, and who else would have tracked him down, he is a disgraced cop because he nearly got me killed and yeah he does have a vendetta against the both of us. The reason being is because we both got off lightly whereas he was kicked off the force, he is a low life Andy. Always looking for a thrill, but he picked the wrong division to mess with, they won't let anyone near me without a fight, you are not going to lose me Andy, I'm always going to be here" she smiled and hugged me. I hugged her "Now can we get off this roof? I mean a woman in your condition shouldn't be climbing ladders and standing on a roof" she laughed "I know, but it was the only place I could be alone to think" I nodded understanding "Yeah we all need our place to think, but next time find somewhere on the ground, or in the station ok? I hate heights Andy, why do you think I won't go skydiving?" she laughed "Ok next time I will pick a spot in the station" we made our way down the ladder and back into the station. Our work was done for today, so Andy went and got changed and then we headed home. Now we can relax, since we caught the killer, everything will go back to the way it was.