Chapter 37:
A/N: I would just like to say thank you to everyone who read, reviewed, alerted and favorited this story. You have no idea how much it means to me. The response is amazing and makes me want to update that much more. I would also like to say a special thank you to Hailey Egan for allowing me to write this story in the first place. You rock. There are only three more chapters after this one. But there is a sequel in the works. So anyway, on with the story. Enjoy.
Randy paced back and forth in the hall of the waiting room. This was all too familiar. He'd always hated hospitals. They were so cold. And people went in and never left. Jerry walked up with a cup of coffee in his hand and handed it to Randy but it did little to calm the younger man's nerves. He was right back to losing Rosie and their daughter all over again.
"She's going to be alright." Jerry assured him. Randy took a sip of the coffee and nodded. It tasted like motor oil but it was a little bit of a distraction. They'd been here for nearly an hour and no one had come out and told them anything about how K or the baby. He was beginning to get impatient.
The doctor rounded the corner and Randy and Jerry both jumped to attention and walked a few steps to meet the doctor halfway.
"Mr. Orton, Mr. Lawler…..both Ms. Cena and the baby are doing fine. It was just a fainting spell brought on by stress. I recommend that she have as little stress as possible. We want to keep her over night for observation. She is awake and asking to see both of you. If you will just follow me." Randy breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that K and the baby were going to be okay and that was all that mattered. They knocked on the door and she smiled at them sadly.
"How are you feeling?"
"Tired." She answered. She looked up at her father. "Promise me you will find out who did this." Jerry nodded. "I've got John and Mason working on it now. K you know like I do he won't rest until whoever did this." She nodded. She turned her attention to Randy.
"Doc says he wants to keep you overnight for observation. I will stay with you the whole time." She nodded her head.
Dave sat in his car and watched the house with the girl rambling around inside all alone. She was so sweet and caring. He couldn't understand what she saw in the boyfriend of hers. But that would all change when he got her and Keleigh away from them. He'd hook her up with someone a little more suitable. Maybe Adam since he'd proven his loyalty. In just a little over a week, his family would be back together. He started the car and pulled away as the man responsible for his sister's death walked into view and drove away. He couldn't sit there and look at Ted touch her. She was like his little sister. Or she soon would be.
John looked at his watch and rubbed his eyes. He'd been looking over the evidence collected at the scene for almost 16 hours. He picked up the phone and called Eve.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hey Babe. How are you?" he asked
"We're good. I fed Aiden dinner and gave him a bath. How's it going?"
"No real leads. I will swing by and pick us up some dinner and be home in an hour. I love you."
"In love you too." He grabbed his key and his jacket and headed out to his SUV. He was stopped by his new partner, Evan Bourne. He was an ambitious kid with a lot of potential. He'd been assigned to John three weeks before.
"What's up Evan?"
"I was wondering if I could borrow your SUV. I have some things to move for my girlfriend." He smiled at the kid. He was instantly taken back to when he'd helped Keleigh clean out her parents storage unit. He reached in his pocket and tossed the keys to him.
"Just do me a favor and don't scratch the paint." He said. Evan smiled at him and climbed in driver's seat. He closed the door and placed the key in the ignition as John started to walk back to the elevator that led up to the offices. There was a loud blast that shook the whole parking structure and knocked John to the ground. He shifted so that he was lying on his back and watched as the remains of his SUV burned in the parking structure.
Jay sat across from the FBI building and watched the explosion shoot through the parking garage. He smiled to himself. John was dead.
