Complicated Ch.13
I disclaim
Guys, this story has taken on a life of it's own, I had thoughts of putting Georgie and Luck together when I first thought of this story, but when I outlined it I took it out, because I thought with the Courtney and Jason, that I had enough unusual couples. So no one was more shocked then me, when I began writing Friday night, and Lucky and Georgie poured onto to my screen. I'm rambling, my point is that I gone of the path I was traveling with this story, and I hope that you guys can stick with me while I try to figure out what's happening.
Thanks Cole
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PCPDJagger stood outside the door of Mac's office hesitant, but designed to his fate. Emily had been right, seven hours after they're 'conversation', she did it deed, walk out of the precinct, with her client grinning behind her. He lifted his hand to knock when he heard the raised voices inside, and decided to wait before interrupting.
Mac's Office" This is probably the reason she keep it a secret." Felicia
said as she watched her husband pace in front of the window, he face was red,
and he kept reaching for his service revolver. " Look at yourself, you're
fuming, and you've haven't even spoken to her yet, we're just going off a
partially heard conversation."
Mac stopped, and looked down at his desk, afraid to meet her eyes, some days he when he looked at her all he could see was her in Luke Spencer's arm, and right now he needed a clear head. " I have no problem with Lucky, you know that." " What does bother me is that for the past few weeks, I haven't seen Lucky no more then two feet away from Emily Quartermaine, and if you're telling me that his been seeing Georgie, cause it sounds like he either cheating on one of them or stringing them both along, and neither makes me very worried."
" True, and that's not even getting into the whole Maxie thing."
He sat down and grimaced, he oldest stepdaughter crush was going strong after ten years, nothing seemed to discourage. Not his engagement to Liz Webber, or his countless other girlfriends, not even her own pregnancy, and he was sure, that finding out about her crush, and her younger sister, was only going to set the girl off again. " What are the chances that she's really interested in Dillon Hornsby, not just using him to make Lucky jealous."
" Slim and none." Felicia gave a bitter laugh." Who have thought, that we'd be wishing our child interest in one of Tracey's kids."
" If anyone's interested in my opinion." Husband and Wife turned toward the third voice, and rolled their eyes." I for think that…
" Who cares?" Mac stared at Frisco with blatant disgust." I don't think Maxie or Georgie want you interfering in this."
" Which was what I was about to say, they're both legal, why can't they make this decisions on their own, and I'm sure that Georgie can handle the complications this will bring, she's a very conscientious of things like this." Frisco moved form the couch, and stepped in front of Mac's desk, smiling at the way the police commissioner narrowed his eyes.
" That's another thing." Felicia, pushed back her ex, and focused on both men. " Lucky said something, abut Georgie pushing herself, taking on too much, and not be able to sleep." Both men, remained quiet, and she nodding guessing their feelings." Yeah, I think we've all been so glad that things we're some what normal that none of us ever really stopped to consider how it happened, or who's been keeping things that way."
" This is just great." Mac meets his wife's eyes, understands the guilt. " We've been allowing her to fix things, and the only person she could turn to was Lucky Spencer."
" I think I should go see Georgie, let her know that I'm on her side." Frisco nodded to both, before heading out the door.
" He got the right idea, maybe I should swing by Maxie's." Mac starts to speak, but she stops him, with a wave of her hand." Just to talk to her about Georgie, I know that if she learns about her little sister overdoing it, that she'll clean up her act."
Mac runs a hand through his hair, before nodding." Yeah, here's to hoping."
" I'll see you later."
" Yeah, see ya at home."
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" EMILY!" Alexis, yelled out, as she walked into the office, it was only noon, and the office was already closed for lunch, but they was a light on under her partners door." EMILY."
" Alexis, stop yelling." The younger woman, looked like she had a rough night, her eyes, was red, and she her hair was mussed." I'm right here, what do you need?"
" I need to know that you're okay." Alexis stepped into the office, and paled at the sight, papers were scattered everywhere, the place looked more like her office, then her neat freak partners. " Jason and Lucky have been looking for you all morning." " The family some how got wind that you were missing, and have frantic, Edward has threatened my life no less then six times." " Where have you been?"
Emily walked back to her chair, and sank down, turning the chair looking out the window, trying to decided how much of the truth she wanted to tell her friend." You want the truth or the version I'm giving to the family."
" The truth…no wait… no the truth." Alexis said as she pulled up the extra chair, and stared at Emily. Being with Ned for as long as she had, she was use to the two versions of things, the second was merely invented to keep the family from flipping out and usually didn't include half of what really happened, which meant the first was going to turn her hair gray.
" Okay, while I was gong to the crime scene when I realized my jeep was missing."
" Why was it missing?"
" Because Jason, took it to get it fixed, he called because he was suppose to drive me to work, so I' abut to call a cab, when Det. Cates offers me a ride, since he was going to the same place."
" Det. Cates, that's 'the jerk', right?"
Emily glares at the woman. " You have to sop interrupting if you want me to finish, but yes he is 'the jerk'. " " Anyway, we're on our way when his car just died, right there on highway 11, so we decided to run to a deserted cabin.
" There's a cabin out by Highway 11?"
" Seriously shut up." Emily moved form her seat and started pacing, wishing she had just given her the Quartermaine version. " So we're in the cabin, and it happened again, except this time it REALLY happened, then we were rescued, and I got Carlos bail and came here."
Alexis's eye followed Emily back and fourth across her office, and dropped her jaw, Emily sat down, seemingly finished with her tale." You can't stop there, you didn't tell me what happened?"
Emily leaned over her desk and motioned for the older women to come closer. " I slept with Jagger Cates."
She fell back into her seat, her eyes wide, but then nagging lawyer in her begged an answer. " Again?"
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" Cates."
Jagger gave a brief smile to Felicia as he passed her, and walked into his bosses office." Good morning Commissioner Scorpio." He folded his hands n front of him, and stared at the man's desk.
" Save it, can you tell me why Carlos Gomez is out on bail?"
" A very good lawyer." Jagger shifted nervously, before adding. " She got the judge to believe we were targeting her client."
Mac groaned, and shook his head; this was just another thing he didn't even need. The victim of the mugging was alive, but in a coma, and there was no telling when he would wake, that coupled with Scott Baldwin making a reelection bid, and new crime bosses making waves, and he was under heavy fire, to get someone. " Tell me the truth Cates, do you think Gomez did it?"
" Truthfully, no, the kids got a pregnant girlfriend, and a good job, I can't see him risking it all for the chump change he could get robbing people." "But I'm got evidence that links him to it, and no fancy lawyer, like Emily, is going to get me to back off until I got the mugger."
" Miss Quartermaine, giving you problems Cates?"
" You have no idea, sir." Jagger shook closed his eyes, and took a deep breath; Emily was nothing but a problem with long legs.
Mac motions for the young man to sit down, and relaxes in his chair." Look Jagger, I know I've been hard on you, I'm sorry but Emily Quartermaine and Alexis Davis are…' He looked for words, to properly describe the women. " Their good people and their great lawyers, but they try to save people that don't deserve it, and they frequently win at it, but I'm also want you to know that you have my full support." " If you're having any problems I want you to know that you can come to me, trust I know, I've been on the receiving end of several of Alexis's quick worded jabs they hurt like hell, and I know that if she half the lawyer her partner is and one one hundredth of a Quartermaine, that Emily just as dangerous is not more so. "He stands and moves around to lean against the side of his desk, giving the detective a sympathetic smile." So come on don't think of me as your boss, but as a friend, what's going on?"
Jagger gathered up his courage, and looked at his boss." Hypothetically, how stupid would it be to sleep with a perps lawyer?"
Mac looked at the younger man with a blank stare, repeating the words in he head slowly to make sure he heard correctly, before broke out into a loud laughter.
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" I can't…. I have no words." Alexis stared at her partner too stunned to speak; it must be the Quartermaine in her. Not even here a full month and already embroiled in a love-triangle. Definitely a Quartermaine thing. " What are you going to do?"
" That's why I'm telling you, so you can give advice using your years of knowledge."
" I'm not old enough to know that answer to this."
" Then what am I going to do, we both have several reasons why we need to forget what happened happened, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. " " Not to mention Lucky…"
" What about Lucky?"
Both women turned toward the third voice, and froze. Poised in doorway was Lucky Spencer.