Evidence

"Ok, what is going on?" Punk questioned, taking Cassie into the living room with AJ whilst they left Chase in the kitchen with his ice-cream, safe and sound.

"It's this shit Theo is looking into. This drug circle." Cassie shook her head, "They left one of… one of Chase's little toys outside our house. Clearly they've been inside our house, right? And… And if they're taking one of his toys that can only be a warning." Cassie paced a little.

"Ok just… just calm down. Take a deep breath." AJ nodded to Cassie who paused, taking a deep breath and running her hand through her hair.

"That's what these people do, right? If it's Theo they want to spook then they're gonna go after Chase or me." Cassie nodded.

"Where did Theo go?" Punk asked angrily.

"I don't know." Cassie shook her head worriedly, "I know we're cops and I know that… things like this can happen but… it's never been bad like this and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do." She panicked.

"Ok, baby. Calm down." AJ nodded to her, "You and Chase are fine. You're safe." AJ assured her.

"I'm going to see Vincent." Punk spat angrily, having heard enough of this.

"Phil, wait a second." AJ scolded.

"No, fuck this bullshit." Punk shook his head, storming out of the living room as AJ rolled her eyes.

"Dad, don't!" Cassie yelled, walking after him.

"Just stay here with your mom." Punk told her, leaving the house as Cassie sighed, walking back into the living room where her mother was.

"I know I signed up for a lot when I became a cop and… so did Theo but… this wasn't it." Cassie shook her head.

"Of course it wasn't. This isn't right. Whoever this is needs arrested right now. Surely Theo has enough evidence." AJ shook her head.

"He says he doesn't. He's got a lot on them. He showed me some things earlier. But he doesn't know who it is who's pulling the strings. He's not able to figure out who owns the car dealership." Cassie said.

"That's where they run the business from?" AJ asked.

"Yeah." Cassie nodded, "They left one of Chase's little toy aeroplanes on our front step. It's one of his favourites." Cassie said with a quivering lip, "And it had a note attached to it saying quit whilst you're ahead." She said, "I just… I thought of the worst."

"That's only natural." AJ sighed, "He's safe. He's right in there enjoying his ice-cream." AJ nodded, rubbing her arm softly.

"I have no idea where Theo has gone to." Cassie sighed.

"He won't put himself in danger. I know you trust him." AJ nodded.

"Is that even enough right now? It doesn't matter if I trust him. These people have their backs against the wall and they want him off their backs. They're gonna do whatever it takes. I mean you know how this works." Cassie said as AJ nodded.

"Is there a chance that Theo could just make moves early? He's clearly got enough proof that the business is being run out of the dealership." AJ said.

"I don't know… I don't know how it works." Cassie shook her head nervously. Although she'd been a fully-qualified cop for four years, there were still times where she questioned her job. Theo had been a cop for a few years longer, and he specified in this area.

"Ok, just take a seat." AJ nodded, "I'm sure wherever Theo has gone, he'll be back here soon." She said, trying to comfort her worried daughter in any way she could.

"Open this fucking door!" Punk yelled, banging on Vincent's apartment door, "Come on!" Punk yelled angrily, repeatedly knocking the door.

"Alright alright." Vincent eventually opened up the door, "Not you again."

"I fucking warned you to stay away from my girls." Punk pointed, stepping into the apartment.

"Hey, you need to calm down. I'm doing your family a favour here. If I didn't warn Thea your youngest would end up a widow. I'm trying to do something good." Vincent assured him as Punk slammed the door close.

"Then you tell me what the fuck it is you're doing and who it is you're working for." Punk said, "Because if Theo is in real danger, so is my daughter and grandson. Don't you act like I don't know how this all works. I'm old but I'm not that old." Punk said.

"I'm just a dealer, man. Like we were for Rio. I don't know shit about what's going on. I just heard from another supplier that this cop was getting close, found out it was Theo and I wanted to… I wanted to warn him somehow without getting into it with you. I like you, believe it or not. I like your family."

"Why are you even doing this? We got rid of Rio together. We got those shackles off and you've come running straight back to it all." Punk said.

"What else have I got?" Vincent asked, "You've always had your family."

"Oh, don't give me that crap." Punk shook his head, "You better start talking. I know for damn sure you know who it is you're working for. We know the business is going through a car dealership. So who owns that?" He asked Vincent.

"You don't know him." Vincent said.

"I don't care if I don't know him. I still wanna know." Punk said as Vincent looked across at him.

"A guy named Drew Taylor." Vincent nodded, "He owns the dealership. Calls the shots. It's an easy way to wash the money and… sparks as less illegal activity as possible. Not like us running around with bags of cash back in the day. Dealers get a full salary at the end of every month. It's like a god damn cooperate business." He shook his head.

"He our age?" Punk asked.

"Little bit younger." Vincent said, "He's rarely seen around the dealership despite being in charge."

"Well his ass is going to prison." Punk nodded, "And I'm warning your ass… stay away from Thea." He warned.

"You're practically a cop." Vincent chuckled a little, "Didn't see this swerve coming."

"I'm not anything. I just try do the right thing from time to time. I spent a long time doing the wrong thing." Punk nodded, "And I'll do anything to make sure my kids and their families are safe." He said.

"Yeah, don't I know." Vincent nodded, "I just hope you're all careful. This guy has an empire working for him."

"Yeah, so does every drug gang." Punk shook his head, "Stay away from Thea." He warned, "And I'd start looking for another job if I were you." He said, walking out of the apartment and slamming the door shut behind him.

"This is my family, Jake!" Theo yelled, standing in Jake's office, the commissioner of the precinct.

"I understand that Theo." Jake assured him.

"I don't think you do." Theo shook his head.

"Look we can't make any arrest until you show me that the money in that dealership is being washed with drug money-"

"It could take me years to prove that!" Theo yelled, "The problem is it's being washed. I got dealers I can arrest. Let me arrest them, they'll start talking-"

"That'll never work." Jake said.

"Then you gotta give me something." Theo shook his head, "I think they've been in my house. They had one of my son's toys." He said, "Cassie's freaking out and I… I can't expect her not to. This is bullshit."

"It's only bullshit because you have a family now." Jake said, "The same stuff was going on when you were in Puerto Rico."

"Yeah well now I do have a family. That's the reality. And they come before any of this. I'm sorry if that doesn't make me your best cop anymore but I don't give a shit. I'll leave this job before I let anything happen to Cass or Chase." Theo said, "If these bastards think they can use my son as bait they got another thing coming."

"No one is gonna use Chase as bait." Jake shook his head calmly.

"They already are." Theo gritted his teeth.

"Just calm down." Jake nodded, "We're gonna get them. Just like we always do. But I need to know who owns that dealership. I need… documentations. Something to show me."

"How about I just give you my word that there's shady business going on there and we need to shut the whole thing down now?" Theo asked, "I've busted my ass off getting as much on these fuckers as I can. I even… I even had to sit down and ask Cassie's dad about things just to… give me some insight. I'm doing my best here and in return I'm getting threatened and my son is also getting threatened." Theo said.

"I know you're angry but we're close as hell, Theo and I think-"

"Hey, Jake you got a minute?" Mark, another cop walked into the office.

"He's busy." Theo said bluntly.

"It'll just take two seconds." Mark said.

"We're in the middle of something." Theo stared at him angrily, "Get out." He nodded as Mark looked over at Jake.

"I'll catch up with you later, Mark." Jake said as Mark just nodded, backing out of the office as Theo turned to Jake.

"I want this shit finished." Theo said, placing his hands on the desk, "I want it done. Otherwise take me off the case. I don't want part in anything that's gonna have Chase or Cass in danger." He said as Jake looked across at him.

"Ok." Jake nodded to him, "Then find out who owns that dealership." He told him with authority as Theo straightened up.

"You're a cold-hearted bastard sometimes, you know that." Theo pointed.

"I'm not your counsellor." Jake said, "I'm your boss. You work for me."

"Yeah, God forbid I ever needed to talk to you about something serious." Theo nodded, walking out of the office and banging the door shut, walking through the precinct and heading out to the main entrance where he spotted Punk entering.

"I got a name for you." Punk approached him.

"Hey, I'm home." Jude announced, getting home later on after staying late at meetings for her organization she worked with through her teaching.

"Hey." Sean called from the kitchen as Jude walked through, picking up the mail on the floor on the way in.

"Did you just walk over this when you got home earlier?" Jude chuckled, holding some of their mail.

"Must have." Sean laughed, kissing her hello, "How are you?"

"I'm ok. You?" Jude rubbed his back, dumping her purse down.

"I'm all good." Sean nodded, "Girls are in bed. They missed you at bedtime." He said as Jude frowned.

"I hate getting home late but my meeting ran on and I… I had to stay." Jude frowned, "I hope you don't mind getting the girls down on your own."

"Hey, it's fine. Don't worry about it." Sean shook his head, "Leela went out like a light. Day care said she never had her nap today so I figured she'd go down easy. Mirren insisted on a story. She's really getting into books, you know."

"My little book worm." Jude smiled as Sean nodded.

"You ate? I was gonna make some spaghetti." Sean said.

"No, I'd love some." Jude nodded, "I felt like today was never ending." She shook her head, "I taught seminars all morning and afternoon and then I had so many meetings." She shook her head, "The good news we managed to get this charity called Safe Horizon come to the university next week. What's better than one non-profit advocating? Two." She nodded to herself as Sean smiled.

"That's great. You can learn from each other. Share different things. Peer assessment is always the best." Sean said as she nodded.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it." Jude smiled, opening up the mail as she stood at the table, tossing the first few letters over which was to do with their mortgage and difference insurance.

She then opened up the last one where a few things fell out of the envelope, "What the hell…" Jude whispered to herself with confusion, picking it up from the ground, pausing as she got eyes on what she was holding.

"I'm waiting on my car insurance sending out some documents. Is that it?" Sean asked her as Jude didn't reply.

She was in shock. She couldn't move. She felt paralysed from the neck down. She opened her mouth but nothing could come out. It was hard to process what she was staring at.

"Babe?" Sean looked over, noticing she was standing still, "Jude?" He walked over to her, looking on at what she was holding, "W-What… what is that?" He couldn't quite understand, suddenly realising what it was he was actually staring at.

Photographs. Photographs that belonged in evidence from when she was raped. Photographs she'd never seen from the night she was attacked.