Mr. MONK takes a BREAK
Part 4:
Adrian Monk was busy scrubbing his counter top down when he heard knocking on the door. He rolled his eyes in frustration and called to Natalie to get the door.
"Natalie, get it!" He demanded.
Natalie, who was sitting in the other room, also rolled her eyes. "Yes, sir!"
Adrian heard the door open, and before anybody could say anything, Adrian shouted. "Do you want some coffee, Captain?"
"No thanks, Monk," He shouted back, though not as sarcastic. "What's wrong with him?" He whispered to Natalie.
"He just doesn't seem like he's not in a good mood." She whispered back.
Adrian appeared in the doorway holding a washcloth and wearing a sour and tired look on his face. Natalie and Leland smiled.
Adrian, who suspected something, narrowed his eyes before he returned the smile the best he could.
"Morning, Monk." Stottlemeyer said, holding out his hand. Adrian took it reluctantly; thinking 'Wasn't a smile good enough'?
Automatically, Natalie reached into her handbag for a Lever 2000 hand wipe, but Adrian rapidly shoved her hand out of the way and grabbed the wipe himself. Natalie and Leland raised their eyebrows at him as Adrian scrubbed furiously at his hand. When he was finished, he took one last look at Stottlemeyer and walked into the kitchen to throw the wipe away.
Leland stared after him. Natalie shrugged. "Don't worry it will pass quickly."
"Do you know what's wrong?"
Natalie shook her head. "Nope. I have no idea."
They shrugged it off. Adrian appeared in the doorway and yawned loudly. "Are we going to see her body now?"
"Yes." Stottlemeyer said, turning towards the door.
"Wait! I have to get Julie first." Natalie left the room and reappeared back a few minutes later with Julie.
They left the house and separated. Natalie and Julie went into their car, and Monk went with Stottlemeyer in his car.
When they arrived on the highway, Leland turned to Adrian who was counting the cars that passed them.
He sighed as he asked the question Monk wanted him to ask. "Adrian, what doesn't make since?"
Adrian immediately stopped counting and turned to his captain. "Well, the killer turned off the lights and the alarm clock."
"So?"
"Well, I believe that was an accident," Stottlemeyer stared. "As in, that was not supposed to happen…"
"I know what an accident is, Monk."
"There were two light switches. The killer obviously didn't know which light to turn off, so he turned off both. I don't think the husband did it."
"I knew you were going to say that Monk,"
Adrian smiled.
"Maybe he tried to throw us a curveball." Stottlemeyer sighed.
Adrian blinked. "A curveball."
"Yes, Monk! A curveball. Or maybe Stephan did it on accident."
"I meant that another person did it on accident, leaving behind a clue." Adrian said.
"I know what you meant. But it's possible right?"
"Yes, it's possible." Adrian said reluctantly. Suddenly he reached over and tugged on Stottlemeyer's seatbelt.
"Hey! Monk, what are you doing?" He exclaimed, trying to keep his eyes on the road.
"Seatbelt check." Adrian explained.
Stottlemeyer rolled his eyes. "Sit back, relax. We will be there in a minute."
Adrian nodded and went to open the glove box, but Leland's hand shot out, landed on Adrian's shoulder. He shoved his companion back into the seat.
"Relax!" He repeated, impatiently.
Adrian nodded and continued to patiently count the cars.
Finally, they pulled into the hospital parking lot. To Adrian's much dislike, Stottlemeyer parked in the middle of two old cars, so he had to re-park between two new cars.
"The cars were filthy," Adrian explained as Natalie and Julie were added to the group. "You'll thank me later."
"No, I won't." Stottlemeyer mumbled.
The four of them walked inside the hospital. As though Adrian was some kind of unstoppable machine, he immediately walked up to the crooked paintings and began to straighten them. As Natalie tried to get him to stop, Leland was asking where the morgue was. He showed the secretary his badge, called his companions and began to walk to the basement.
Adrian suddenly stopped and turned around to straighten pens on the secretary's desk. Natalie pulled him away from the staring woman.
"I'm so sorry." She said apologetically.
The secretary smiled. "It's no problem." She said kindly.
They walked away quickly.
Adrian snapped his fingers. "Wipe."
"Why should I?" Natalie asked stubbornly.
"Because I touched those pens. That woman was picking her nose when we walked in here."
"You should have thought about that before you touched the stupid pens, Adrian!"
"Well, I didn't. Please. Wipe." He begged.
Natalie huffed and began to rummage through her purse. Adrian held out his hand, and Natalie shoved a wipe into his hand. He scrubbed at his hand, and gave it back to Natalie. She threw it a way, just as they arrived at the main door of the morgue.
Stottlemeyer sighed. "Okay. Here we are," He said darkly. Everyone shivered.
Leland turned to Julie. "You might wanna stay out here, kiddo,"
She responded by folding her arms. "Fine, Have it your way." Leland answered.
Adrian quickly raised his hand.
"What is it, Monk?"
"I don't mind staying out here," He pointed to the floor. "Out here…" He repeated.
Everyone stared at him. "Monk, you said you wanted to see her body."
"Well, not anymore. Let's go!" He yelled, heading for the exit. Natalie, who grabbed onto his arm gently, stopped him. He looked down at her with fear in his eyes. She smiled at him, and he returned it, weakly.
"Don't worry, Adrian. I'll be right here."
Adrian wasn't convinced. "But…I know…alright."
They walked into the room. It was cold. Everyone shivered again. Stottlemeyer began to search the room for Kathy.
Natalie tried to get Adrian to move, but he refused to budge, so Natalie clung on tighter to him. Surprisingly, he did not object. But maybe that was because he could scarcely even feel himself. Beside Natalie, Julie was staring around with her eyes wide open, and he mouth was gaping.
"I found her." Stottlemeyer suddenly said.
Natalie had to force-drag Adrian over to her body. His eyes snapped shut.
"Adrian, open your eyes." Natalie demanded.
He shook his head, quickly.
Natalie nudged Adrian in the ribs.
"Ooof." Was his reply. He slowly began to open his eyes.
"Don't worry, Mr. Monk. You can't see her nakedness." Julie said.
Adrian's eyes were open now, but hardly. He was still squinting. He looked at the body of Kathy for a total of 2 seconds, and then his eyes snapped shut yet again.
"It's was murder. Can we go now?" Adrian whispered. Adrian looked faint, and he could hardly breath, so Stottlemeyer covered her face, and they left quickly.
When they were out, Adrian collapsed onto the nearest bench. The other three respectfully left him alone, while he was lost in his thoughts.
"What about the baby?" Adrian said suddenly, looking up.
Stottlemeyer's eyes shifted about the room.
"I said…" Monk started, but he was cut off.
"She was in intensive care. It's all really a miracle that she lived. Nobody knows how she survived."
"Where is she now?"
"She's in the maternity room. Why?"
A pause. Adrian seemed to be thinking hard on something. "Can I see her?"
"What does this have to do with anything, Monk?"
He shrugged. "I just want to see the baby." He said innocently.
Stottlemeyer nodded. "Okay. Let's go."
They all walked upstairs to the maternity room. Adrian began to even up a few pictures with Natalie asked about the baby. The woman smiled and walked into the room and picked up a tiny baby with a pink cap on that was too big for her. She brought the infant up to the window.
"Adrian!" Natalie called.
Adrian turned around and his eyes fell on the baby. They four of them smiled at the small bundle.
Adrian's smile was the broadest. He slowly reached up and touched the glass. He obviously wanted to hold the baby. He tilted his head and his heart jumped when the baby looked right at him and smiled.
"I'm sorry about your mother, little one. But don't worry, you will be with you dad and your big brother soon." He told the baby through the soundproof glass.
Leland shook his head.
Adrian nodded, signaling he was finished looking. The woman put the girl back into her individual crib and walked back out of the room.
"Thank you." Adrian said, waving goodbye.
"Your welcome. See you later." The baby handler said.
Adrian smiled and nodded. "Definitely." He whispered.
When they were back outside, Leland decided to ask the question everyone was thinking.
"You looked at Kathy for a total of two seconds. We all figured it was murder, but how did you know 100 percent sure when you hardly looked at her?"
Adrian immediately began to answer. "Would a person who is committing suicide by hanging scratch at the belt? I don't think so. There were scratches on her neck and bits of skin missing. There were also scratch marks on that belt. There was a struggle."
"Maybe she changed her mind." Stottlemeyer suggested.
Adrian stopped walking. "Changed her mind?"
"Yeah, Monk. It happens."
"Not this time." Adrian argued cautiously. He began to walk again.
Stottlemeyer raised his eyebrows. Monk always amazed him.
"Good job." Was all he could say.
"Thank you. Can I see that room again?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"You can look at it tomorrow."
Natalie looked at Adrian. "I can drop you off at your house."
"Okay."
"See you later, Monk" Stottlemeyer said, striding over to his car.
"Bye." He called after him.
Leland disappeared into his car, and drove off. The other three got into Natalie's car and drove to Adrian's place.
Natalie stopped in front and looked at Adrian. "Thanks for letting us stay over, Adrian."
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Monk." Julie agreed
"Your welcome," Adrian said, taking his seat belt off and opening the door. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye." Natalie said. Adrian closed the car door and watched Natalie drive away. Then he walked up to his door, unlocked it, walked inside and finished the day eating and cleaning.
A/N: guys…I have to say something…I miss Sharona! cries. Okay…on to the reviews…cause I love you all.
Monker: Chapter 1: Thank you for reading my story. It means so much to me! I think It's really cool that you wanna be a director! And I guess that I can assume that you mention this because you can actually see yourself directing this? Am I right? I tried to make everything detailed enough so everyone can see stuff going through their head, I'm glad you mentioned it! Thanks! Glad you like the theme song part. ;)
Chapter 2: I took your idea about giving the chapters names…I just have a bit of trouble with it sometimes though…
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Amymimi: Chapter 1: Thanks to you also for being a new reviewer to my story! Glad you like the theme song put in…yeah…I'm trying to make my story seem episode-like.
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