13. Migraine

"Stop, Deshawn, I don't want to hear about your conspiracy theories!" Hailey was at her wits end with the gangbanger sitting across from her in interrogation.

Deshawn groaned. "Come on, girl. It's Christmas Eve and I'm in here."

"It's Christmas Eve and I'm here with you!" she replied. "You're giving me a migraine with the conspiracy theories. I don't want to be here either." She truly didn't.

He sat back in the chair. "I don't know where the gun is."

Hailey sighed and pulled at her hair in exasperation but it just made her head hurt. She really was getting a migraine from this guy. "Deshawn, all you need to tell me is where you threw the gun. We have you on surveillance with the gun."

"I didn't commit the murder. I told you that."

She was really done at going twenty rounds with this stupidity sitting across from her. "I already told you that I know you didn't do it. You have an alibi. But you had the murder weapon in your possession and we have you on video. All you need to do is tell me where it is."

"It's Christmas Eve. I didn't do it," he repeated again.

She walked back into the bullpen where it was just Adam and her. Even Jay had gone home to deal with something. Natalie was having a Christmas Eve party and a lot of firefighters and police were invited. Jay had gone to help Will help Natalie. "I can't take it anymore. Please play bad cop."

"He not sayin' anything?" Adam asked.

She sat back in her chair. "Nothing. Just keeps complaining that it's Christmas Eve and we are keeping him."

Adam rolled his eyes and put his gun in the gun safe. "Convenient. I'll be back in five with a confession of where the gun is."

"If you do, bring some motrin back from my migraine that he gave me."

Five minutes later, very promptly, Adam closed the interrogation door. "I see why he gave you a headache. I say we hold him over Christmas."

"County?"

He shrugged. "Up to you. I think we got room down in our lock up."

Hailey sighed. "I hate this guy but I don't hate him enough to put him in county over Christmas. We can hold him for another 44 hours until we have to charge him so put him in our lock up."

"Roger that. Hey, didn't Halstead drive you this morning? How are you getting home?"

Hailey turned to her computer as Adam turned to go deal with Deshawn. "Stella said she'd pick me up on the way to Natalie's party."

"Hailey, you look like shit. Let me deal with this joker and then I'll drive you home and you can get some rest before the party. Plus, nobody should be at the district after 16:00 on Christmas Eve."

Jay pounded on Hailey's door a little after 18:00. Adam had texted him that he had dropped off Hailey and that she looked like shit. So far, texts and calls to her had gone unanswered. Finally he used his key that she had given him.

She was passed out on the couch and finally heard him when he came down the landing stairs. "Oh hey. What the fuck are you doing here?"

He held out his phone. "Five unanswered calls kinda gets me to come over and check on you."

Hailey looked at her phone. "Shit, sorry. I must have been out."

He sat beside her on the couch. "You feelin' okay?"

She put her head on his shoulder. "I will be in a couple minutes."

"We don't have to go."

She gave him a look. "Of course we have to go."

"We don't have to stay long."

She rubbed her head that was still throbbing. "The minute somebody starts singing karaoke, we are leaving."

"Deal." Jay went into her kitchen to grab her more painkillers while she went to go get ready.

She finished getting ready and walked back into the kitchen as Jay was scrolling on his phone and took the Tylenol on the counter. "Let's do this."

"Again, we don't have to stay long. We can come back here the minute you need to go."

She gave him a quizzical look. "Tomorrow's Christmas Jay. I thought you were spending Christmas with your brother."

"I know. But nobody has said anything about spending the night with you, especially Christmas."

She just smiled at him. "Fine by me, Halstead."

Next- N; Nutrition

AN: Can't say the muse is really back but I thought I would write something and see if anything came