Ch 2
Next Day.
Jimmy came strolling into the firehouse with a big smile on his face in a great mood. He had just returned that morning from his honeymoon with Brooke in the Bahamas.
"Jimmy! We just got done cleaning up the flowers from the wake," joked D.K.
"What wake is that?" asked Jimmy, alarmed at who may have passed away while he was gone.
"The one for your bachelorhood. All the neighborhood women showed up. What a mess. Tears everywhere," D.K. finished as the whole squad started laughing, including Jimmy.
Doc and Carlos were just returning from a run and walked into the kitchen. They greeted Jimmy and Carlos shook his hand. "So, details. I need details, Doherty," said Carlos.
"Carlos, you couldn't handle the details," Jimmy replied as he followed Doc out into the TV room.
"Doc, hold up," called Jimmy. Doc turned around and Jimmy said, "I've been trying to reach Kimmy since I got home this morning to say hi to Joey. I'm getting a message that her phone is no longer in service. Do you know what's going on?"
Doc looked at him with a surprised look on his face. "What? You mean she didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what, Doc?" asked Jimmy, becoming somewhat annoyed.
"Jimmy, Kim quit. She quit without giving notice and the last I heard was that she was moving," Doc told him.
"Quit?! Moving?! You're kidding me right Doc?" asked Jimmy, not believing what Doc was saying.
"No I'm not kidding, Doherty. She left me in the lurch with no one to fill her position," answered Doc.
"What the..?" said Jimmy as he quickly left the room. "D.K., tell the boss that I've gotta take some personal time. Dan, can you cover me for a couple of hours?" he said to Dan Jones who was just getting off his shift. Dan looked at Jimmy's face and knew something important was going down.
"Sure Jimmy. No problem," Dan answered.
"Thanks," called Jimmy as he ran out of the firehouse.
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A banging on her front door startled Catherine Zambrano. She walked over and looked through the peephole to see an angry Jimmy Doherty on her front steps.
"Here we go," she sighed to herself as she opened the door. "Jimmy! Welcome back. How was your trip?" she asked trying to delay the inevitable.
"Catherine, don't start with me. Where is she?" demanded Jimmy.
"She's gone Jimmy," answered Catherine.
"Gone where? Don't mess around here, Catherine. I want to know where Joey is," he said, raising his voice.
"I don't know where she went," Catherine lied. "But, I know that Joey is okay."
"How could you let this happen?" Jimmy said to her.
"Me!? Me let this happen!?" exclaimed Catherine. "I'm not the one who made her think things were going to work out between the two of you. I'm not the one that slept with her and then married Brooke anyway! You have only yourself to blame for this Jimmy Doherty. Only yourself!" she answered him angrily.
"Wait here," she said as she walked down the hall to Kim's old bedroom. She got an envelope out of the dresser drawer and returned to the living room with it, handing it to Jimmy. "She left this for you. I didn't read it," she added as an afterthought.
Jimmy opened the envelope and read the letter. His eyes filled with tears as he realized that he might never see his son again. He looked up at Catherine and said, his voice shaky, "Catherine. She can't do this. She can't take my son away from me. I never meant to do anything to hurt her. Things just happened," he said, trying to convince himself more than Kim's mother. A tear escaped down his cheek and Catherine started to usher him to the door.
"Please, Catherine. You have to convince her to come back with Joey. I can't not be a part of his life," he pleaded.
"Jimmy, I'll only tell you that I'll talk to her when she calls. I don't know when that will be, but I will let you know how Joey is," she assured him as he stepped out and she shut the door. She turned and leaned back against the door, not able to look through the window to see how devastated Jimmy was. Whatever else, he was a good father to Joey and she knew that it was killing him that he may never see the boy again. She didn't totally agree with what Kim was doing, but she could understand it also.
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Jimmy went by Kim's apartment and found that her sister Melanie was now living there. After grilling her, he realized that she didn't know where Kim was either.
He returned to the firehouse and found Bobby in the back of the rig restocking supplies.
"Bobby," Jimmy said. Bobby turned around recognizing Jimmy's voice.
"Where is she?" Jimmy asked him, sounding defeated.
"Jimmy, I don't know. I swear. She just left me a note saying that she was leaving and not to worry about her. I tried to find out from Melanie and her mom, but they said they didn't know," he said sadly.
"She can't take Joey away from me," Jimmy said simply. "She can't do it."
Bobby put a hand on Jimmy's shoulder in a show of sympathy. He didn't agree with everything that Jimmy did, but he was basically a good person and he knew that he loved his son. "I'm hoping she calls me. If she does, I'll try to talk to her, Jimmy," he said as Jimmy walked back into the firehouse to call Brooke.
Next Day.
Jimmy came strolling into the firehouse with a big smile on his face in a great mood. He had just returned that morning from his honeymoon with Brooke in the Bahamas.
"Jimmy! We just got done cleaning up the flowers from the wake," joked D.K.
"What wake is that?" asked Jimmy, alarmed at who may have passed away while he was gone.
"The one for your bachelorhood. All the neighborhood women showed up. What a mess. Tears everywhere," D.K. finished as the whole squad started laughing, including Jimmy.
Doc and Carlos were just returning from a run and walked into the kitchen. They greeted Jimmy and Carlos shook his hand. "So, details. I need details, Doherty," said Carlos.
"Carlos, you couldn't handle the details," Jimmy replied as he followed Doc out into the TV room.
"Doc, hold up," called Jimmy. Doc turned around and Jimmy said, "I've been trying to reach Kimmy since I got home this morning to say hi to Joey. I'm getting a message that her phone is no longer in service. Do you know what's going on?"
Doc looked at him with a surprised look on his face. "What? You mean she didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what, Doc?" asked Jimmy, becoming somewhat annoyed.
"Jimmy, Kim quit. She quit without giving notice and the last I heard was that she was moving," Doc told him.
"Quit?! Moving?! You're kidding me right Doc?" asked Jimmy, not believing what Doc was saying.
"No I'm not kidding, Doherty. She left me in the lurch with no one to fill her position," answered Doc.
"What the..?" said Jimmy as he quickly left the room. "D.K., tell the boss that I've gotta take some personal time. Dan, can you cover me for a couple of hours?" he said to Dan Jones who was just getting off his shift. Dan looked at Jimmy's face and knew something important was going down.
"Sure Jimmy. No problem," Dan answered.
"Thanks," called Jimmy as he ran out of the firehouse.
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A banging on her front door startled Catherine Zambrano. She walked over and looked through the peephole to see an angry Jimmy Doherty on her front steps.
"Here we go," she sighed to herself as she opened the door. "Jimmy! Welcome back. How was your trip?" she asked trying to delay the inevitable.
"Catherine, don't start with me. Where is she?" demanded Jimmy.
"She's gone Jimmy," answered Catherine.
"Gone where? Don't mess around here, Catherine. I want to know where Joey is," he said, raising his voice.
"I don't know where she went," Catherine lied. "But, I know that Joey is okay."
"How could you let this happen?" Jimmy said to her.
"Me!? Me let this happen!?" exclaimed Catherine. "I'm not the one who made her think things were going to work out between the two of you. I'm not the one that slept with her and then married Brooke anyway! You have only yourself to blame for this Jimmy Doherty. Only yourself!" she answered him angrily.
"Wait here," she said as she walked down the hall to Kim's old bedroom. She got an envelope out of the dresser drawer and returned to the living room with it, handing it to Jimmy. "She left this for you. I didn't read it," she added as an afterthought.
Jimmy opened the envelope and read the letter. His eyes filled with tears as he realized that he might never see his son again. He looked up at Catherine and said, his voice shaky, "Catherine. She can't do this. She can't take my son away from me. I never meant to do anything to hurt her. Things just happened," he said, trying to convince himself more than Kim's mother. A tear escaped down his cheek and Catherine started to usher him to the door.
"Please, Catherine. You have to convince her to come back with Joey. I can't not be a part of his life," he pleaded.
"Jimmy, I'll only tell you that I'll talk to her when she calls. I don't know when that will be, but I will let you know how Joey is," she assured him as he stepped out and she shut the door. She turned and leaned back against the door, not able to look through the window to see how devastated Jimmy was. Whatever else, he was a good father to Joey and she knew that it was killing him that he may never see the boy again. She didn't totally agree with what Kim was doing, but she could understand it also.
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Jimmy went by Kim's apartment and found that her sister Melanie was now living there. After grilling her, he realized that she didn't know where Kim was either.
He returned to the firehouse and found Bobby in the back of the rig restocking supplies.
"Bobby," Jimmy said. Bobby turned around recognizing Jimmy's voice.
"Where is she?" Jimmy asked him, sounding defeated.
"Jimmy, I don't know. I swear. She just left me a note saying that she was leaving and not to worry about her. I tried to find out from Melanie and her mom, but they said they didn't know," he said sadly.
"She can't take Joey away from me," Jimmy said simply. "She can't do it."
Bobby put a hand on Jimmy's shoulder in a show of sympathy. He didn't agree with everything that Jimmy did, but he was basically a good person and he knew that he loved his son. "I'm hoping she calls me. If she does, I'll try to talk to her, Jimmy," he said as Jimmy walked back into the firehouse to call Brooke.