Hey guys,
Here is chapter 6. I will warn you in these next few chapters,
things get rather tense between Tom and Margo. Just remember, a good
fight means an even better make-up scene. I just couldn't see
writing this story without everything that happens here. I think it
would be what a real married couple would go through durring
something like this.
Amanda
P.S. Pleeeeeeeeeeease feedback. I really enjoy reading everyone's
comments: the good and the bad.
Chapter 6
Tom left his office thinking about the call he just got. Who
could that have been and who were they talking about? Someone from
Vietnam? 'No,' he thought. It couldn't be that. But the only other
person he killed was... Elroy Nevins. Margo was right. Someone was
coming after them because of anger over Nevin's death. Great, he
thought. This is just what he and Margo needed right now.
Margo was sitting at her desk staring at a mountain of
paperwork that she was supposed to catch up on when Jack walked up to
her. "Margo, I just got an email from a Detective Goldman from
Chicago PD. He saw the composite drawing we sent through the
Internet and said our serial rapist is wanted there as well. They
couldn't keep him because of a lack of evidence but now it looks like
with the charges here and there, there will be enough
evidence." "Wow, that's great," Margo said before Jack was
finished. "There's more. This David Jones we have. Apparently,
that's his alias. Detective Goldman said it sounded like a man named
Richard Nevins," Jack explained.
Margo turned her head up and looked at Jack like she had been
shot. "Hey, what's the matter?" Jack asked. "What was that name
again?" Margo asked certain she had heard it wrong. "Richard
Nevins. Someone you know?" Jack asked confused about her reaction.
Margo started getting angry, certain it was a sick joke. "Is that
supposed to be a joke," she said her voice getting louder as she
continued, "Because I don't find that funny, Jack!"
Numerous thoughts started swimming in Margo's head all at
once. She was sure he said "Nevins," but it couldn't be. It had to
be a coincidence, but at the same time it would explain everything
that went on in the past month. The gut feelings she had, the sense
of deja-vu she felt when she took the descriptions of the man those
three women said raped them. It all started to make
sense. "Margo?" Jack asked, trying to snap her out of her daze.
Just then, Tom walked in wanting to tell Margo about the
phone call he got, "Hey guys," he said and then stopped when he
noticed the tension in the room. "What's going on?" Tom asked.
Margo took a deep breath and filled him in on what Jack just told
her. Tom sat down and let out a sigh, this was far from what he was
expecting. Jack broke the silence, when he said, "Ok, obviously, you
two know something that I don't. You want to fill me in?" "I'm
sorry, Jack, it just took me by surprise," Margo explained. She
looked into Tom's eyes for a minute to give her the courage to go
on, "Ordinarily, I'd say this was a coincidence, but with everything
that's been going on the past month, we can't write if off. Jack, as
we have talked about, I was raped twelve years ago, and that's why I
ended up contracting Hepatitis C and needing surgery." Jack had
known that since he met her; he had read up on her when he first
came to town, not to mention people still talked about it. "I'm
still confused," Jack said and waited for Margo to finish.
"The rapist was a man by the name of Elroy Nevins." Jack
understood now. "Oh, boy," he said, "So, you're thinking this is the
same guy, that the detective just got the name wrong or something?"
Margo continued to explain, "No, it can't be the same guy. When we
found out that Nevins was HIV positive, we charged him with attempted
murder and he was sent to prison. Later, he started sending another
woman he had raped along with myself some threatening notes. It
wasn't long after that, he escaped from prison. We sent the kids to
their grandparents just in case and that night, he came to our house."
Tom took over and said, "I thought I heard something so I got
Margo's gun and went downstairs. That's when I saw him. I got angry
and asked him what he was doing in my house when I saw him reach for
something. I assumed it was a gun and I wasn't going to let him hurt
my family again, so I shot him. Twice. He died at the scene."
Margo reached over, took his hand, and tried to comfort him with the
soft look in her eyes. Even after all these years, it was still hard
for him to talk about.
A few minutes later, Margo went down to the basement of the
station pull the file they had on Elroy Nevins. She was determined
that she was going to look through everything they had to see if he
had any known relatives. She was going to find this bastard or die
trying. Once she got all the dust off of Nevins' file and had a
chance to look at it, sure enough, she found what she was looking for
and went back upstairs to tell Jack and Tom.
"I've got it!" Margo said as soon as she saw Jack and Tom in
the squad room. "Look, right here," she said as she pointed to the
information in the file. "It says he has a brother, Richard. This
Richard Nevins is our guy." "Great!" Jack said, "Now we just have to
haul him in. Good work, Margo!"
"Yeah, about that, Jack," Margo said, "I have a really bad
idea about how to catch him."
"What's that?" Tom asked. "Well," Margo began hesitantly, "What if
we give him what we think he wants."
"And what would that be?" Tom asked.
"Well, Tom. Jack and I have discussed this briefly." Margo
explained. Tom knew she was stalling and pushed her to
continue, "Margo, just tell me, what is this plan you have thought
up?" he said impatiently.
Margo braced herself for her husband and partner's reaction and then
said, "Me."
Here is chapter 6. I will warn you in these next few chapters,
things get rather tense between Tom and Margo. Just remember, a good
fight means an even better make-up scene. I just couldn't see
writing this story without everything that happens here. I think it
would be what a real married couple would go through durring
something like this.
Amanda
P.S. Pleeeeeeeeeeease feedback. I really enjoy reading everyone's
comments: the good and the bad.
Chapter 6
Tom left his office thinking about the call he just got. Who
could that have been and who were they talking about? Someone from
Vietnam? 'No,' he thought. It couldn't be that. But the only other
person he killed was... Elroy Nevins. Margo was right. Someone was
coming after them because of anger over Nevin's death. Great, he
thought. This is just what he and Margo needed right now.
Margo was sitting at her desk staring at a mountain of
paperwork that she was supposed to catch up on when Jack walked up to
her. "Margo, I just got an email from a Detective Goldman from
Chicago PD. He saw the composite drawing we sent through the
Internet and said our serial rapist is wanted there as well. They
couldn't keep him because of a lack of evidence but now it looks like
with the charges here and there, there will be enough
evidence." "Wow, that's great," Margo said before Jack was
finished. "There's more. This David Jones we have. Apparently,
that's his alias. Detective Goldman said it sounded like a man named
Richard Nevins," Jack explained.
Margo turned her head up and looked at Jack like she had been
shot. "Hey, what's the matter?" Jack asked. "What was that name
again?" Margo asked certain she had heard it wrong. "Richard
Nevins. Someone you know?" Jack asked confused about her reaction.
Margo started getting angry, certain it was a sick joke. "Is that
supposed to be a joke," she said her voice getting louder as she
continued, "Because I don't find that funny, Jack!"
Numerous thoughts started swimming in Margo's head all at
once. She was sure he said "Nevins," but it couldn't be. It had to
be a coincidence, but at the same time it would explain everything
that went on in the past month. The gut feelings she had, the sense
of deja-vu she felt when she took the descriptions of the man those
three women said raped them. It all started to make
sense. "Margo?" Jack asked, trying to snap her out of her daze.
Just then, Tom walked in wanting to tell Margo about the
phone call he got, "Hey guys," he said and then stopped when he
noticed the tension in the room. "What's going on?" Tom asked.
Margo took a deep breath and filled him in on what Jack just told
her. Tom sat down and let out a sigh, this was far from what he was
expecting. Jack broke the silence, when he said, "Ok, obviously, you
two know something that I don't. You want to fill me in?" "I'm
sorry, Jack, it just took me by surprise," Margo explained. She
looked into Tom's eyes for a minute to give her the courage to go
on, "Ordinarily, I'd say this was a coincidence, but with everything
that's been going on the past month, we can't write if off. Jack, as
we have talked about, I was raped twelve years ago, and that's why I
ended up contracting Hepatitis C and needing surgery." Jack had
known that since he met her; he had read up on her when he first
came to town, not to mention people still talked about it. "I'm
still confused," Jack said and waited for Margo to finish.
"The rapist was a man by the name of Elroy Nevins." Jack
understood now. "Oh, boy," he said, "So, you're thinking this is the
same guy, that the detective just got the name wrong or something?"
Margo continued to explain, "No, it can't be the same guy. When we
found out that Nevins was HIV positive, we charged him with attempted
murder and he was sent to prison. Later, he started sending another
woman he had raped along with myself some threatening notes. It
wasn't long after that, he escaped from prison. We sent the kids to
their grandparents just in case and that night, he came to our house."
Tom took over and said, "I thought I heard something so I got
Margo's gun and went downstairs. That's when I saw him. I got angry
and asked him what he was doing in my house when I saw him reach for
something. I assumed it was a gun and I wasn't going to let him hurt
my family again, so I shot him. Twice. He died at the scene."
Margo reached over, took his hand, and tried to comfort him with the
soft look in her eyes. Even after all these years, it was still hard
for him to talk about.
A few minutes later, Margo went down to the basement of the
station pull the file they had on Elroy Nevins. She was determined
that she was going to look through everything they had to see if he
had any known relatives. She was going to find this bastard or die
trying. Once she got all the dust off of Nevins' file and had a
chance to look at it, sure enough, she found what she was looking for
and went back upstairs to tell Jack and Tom.
"I've got it!" Margo said as soon as she saw Jack and Tom in
the squad room. "Look, right here," she said as she pointed to the
information in the file. "It says he has a brother, Richard. This
Richard Nevins is our guy." "Great!" Jack said, "Now we just have to
haul him in. Good work, Margo!"
"Yeah, about that, Jack," Margo said, "I have a really bad
idea about how to catch him."
"What's that?" Tom asked. "Well," Margo began hesitantly, "What if
we give him what we think he wants."
"And what would that be?" Tom asked.
"Well, Tom. Jack and I have discussed this briefly." Margo
explained. Tom knew she was stalling and pushed her to
continue, "Margo, just tell me, what is this plan you have thought
up?" he said impatiently.
Margo braced herself for her husband and partner's reaction and then
said, "Me."
