January 8th, 2006
The New Year was going to be great. Lily and Bug knew it. They had two wonderful kids and a perfect marriage. They had stable jobs and a wonderful home.
"Bug, I think I want another one." Lily said.
"Another what?" He asked sipping his coffee in the lounge.
"A baby." She said. He looked up at her.
"What?" Bug cleared his throat. "Taj is still little." Lily began to giggle. She shook her head. "What?"
"I was totally kidding you." She said filling her coffee up again, "but it's nice to know where you are."
"Thanks." Bug smiled getting up. "I have a case to do. Want to have lunch?" Lily nodded.
"I'll be waiting." She said walking to her office. Jordan grabbed her arm. "You scared the hell out of me."
"Sorry." Jordan murmured. Lily looked at her best friend.
"That's okay, Mrs. Hoyt." She said, "You look very pale..."
"I don't feel too well." Jordan said. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Of course. Is it a hallway talk or office talk?" Lily asked.
"Office." Jordan whispered. Lily nodded slowly. This couldn't be good. The women walked into the office. Lily sat at her desk and Jordan sat across from her.
"Is everything is going well with you and Woody?" She asked.
"Yes, but there's something else." Jordan said.
"What? I promise I won't tell anyone." Lily said. Jordan took in a deep breath.
"I think I'm having a miscarriage." She said. Lily froze. "I um, used one of our ultrasounds and I didn't see anything anymore."
"Jordan..." She whispered, "I'm so sorry."
"I just...I don't know what to so." She said. Lily reached over and touched her best friend's hand, "We wanted a baby so badly."
"You need to go home and rest, Jordan." Lily said.
"I can't face him.' She said.
"You can and you will." Lily squeezed her hand tightly. "Woody won't blame you. He will hold you up. He will hold you tight." Jordan smiled weakly.
"I just wanted this baby." Jordan said.
"You will always have this baby." Lily said, "He or She will be in Heaven watching over you and woody. You will have a child to hold in your arms soon enough. I can just feel it in my bones."
"I need to go home." Jordan said as she got up.
"I'll talk with Garret about it." Lily said following her friend. Jordan turned and looked at Lily.
"Thank you so much." She whispered walking to the elevators.
"Where does she think she's going?" Garret walked up behind Lily.
"She's gone for the day. Don't count on her coming in tomorrow either." Lily said. Garret stared at her blankly.
"She had four bodies she needs to do today." he said.
"Give them to bug and Peter." She said.
"I need Jordan." Garret said.
"She's going to the hospital, Garret. She really needs to not have work stresses for the next few days." Lily told him as she walked away. She glanced at the elevators. A miscarriage. Lily couldn't imagine the pain. Here she was joking about having another baby with Bug this morning and Jordan was loosing her first.
January 22nd, 2006
Bug stared at the computer screen. He needed to go home and sleep.
"Bug." Garrett walked up to him, "Woodys on Newbury Street with a body."
"and?" Bug asked.
"I want you to go and check it out." Garrett said. Bug nodded going to get his equipment. It had been awhile since Bug had gotten a good case. Good case. he shouldn't think like that. Any dead body was a sad case. Their family members always thought so.
The cold Boston air bit at his skin as he walked up to Woody.
"What have you got?" Bug asked. A smile came across Woody's face.
"A body." Woody said.
"Everyone's a bloody comedian today." Bug said staring at the body.
"I think he jumped off of the building." Woody smiled. Bug glanced up at the building and then back at the body.
"You figured that all by yourself?" He asked as he began to examine the body.
"Yeah, I did." Woody grinned. Bug shook his head. "What's T.O.D.?"
"Um, I'd say between two and four hours." He said standing back up.
"okay. Sounds good." Woody said writing it in his notebook.
"How's Jordan doing?" bug asked. Woody's smile faded.
"She's okay. She's been sleeping a lot lately." He said.
"I understand. We miss her at work." bug told him. "If you guys needs anything at all, please don't hesitate to call."
"We'll be fine. Thanks a lot, Bug." Woody smiled looking at the body, "What are we going to do with him?"
"It's take your corpse to work day." Bug winked.
Garrett walked into the examining room. He clapped his hands
"Okay, give it to me, bug." He said. bug nodded.
"Well, his name is Steven Roth. We thought he fell out of the window, but help me flip him." bug said. Garret took hold of the man's shoulders and helped Bug turn him. "Look at the bruise." Bug showed Garret the mark that looked like a foot print.
"Wow. Good find." Garret said. "Let Woody know."
"He's going to be here soon." Bug said. Garret nodded.
"Good work." he winked walking out of the room. Bug smiled. he always loved getting praised by Garret. Lily walked into the morgue.
"Hey, you about ready to go?" She asked.
"I'm waiting for Woody to take this case over." Bug said pushing the body into the case. Lily nodded. He looked at his wife and smiled. When he got home, he planned and curling up and snuggling with her. That was what he needed tonight.
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