Chapter Two: "Memories"
Noah sighed as Savannah came out of Sam's office & shook her head at them, he'd hoped that she might be able to bring him out of his mood, though, deep down he knew it would take more than just talking for Sam to get over losing Catherine, heck, Noah had been through a lot himself, as he sat thinking about what had taken place three months ago, it had all started when Marshal Walsh had gone in to see the doctor as she hadn't been feeling well, the doctor had found something of concern so he sent her a specialist to have some tests run, those tests came back positive as the doctor had feared & she was diagnosed with cancer with no more than four months to live. At first, Catherine had chosen not to tell anyone, especially Sam, until it was apparent that she wouldn't be able to keep it from him forever, Sam had taken it hard, as she'd known he would, Noah would never forget the look on Sam's face when Sam had told the rest of the team the next morning. Sam had taken a leave of absence, with much protesting from Catherine, so that he could be with her every minute & he was, he never left her side for three months & was by her side the night she died, leaving Sam with knowledge of a secret that she had kept from him for years, a secret that was now Noah's secret as well & was, currently, being kept from the rest of the team. Noah thought back to the day Sam had called him into his office & showed him the birth certificate & the adoption papers, he thought back to what a shock it had been, though Noah had always known that he was adopted, his parents were very honest with him on that subject, but he'd never imagined that Sam, his boss, was his father, or that Catherine, Sam's boss, had been his mother, it had been a lot to take in all at once. Sam had asked Noah for the time being not to tell the rest of the team because there would be questions & Sam wasn't really up to answering questions, Noah didn't blame him there, but he also knew that they wouldn't be able to keep it quiet for long, sooner or later, the truth would come out.
"Hey, Newman, you ok over there?" Cosmo whispered jarring Noah from his train of thought, "huh?" Noah asked, "what did you say?", "boy, you were really spaced out, I asked if you were ok" Cosmo said, "oh, yeah I'm fine, was just thinking, that's all" Noah responded,"about?" Cosmo asked,"nothing" Noah answered avoiding his gaze "right kid," Cosmo said, his tone suggesting he didn't believe Noah but before he could question Noah further the door to Sam's office flew open & Sam came storming out "we got a fugitive" he said curtly.