Next chapter takes place as soon as Woody walked out the door in the previous chapter. Begins with Jordan's POV. This chapter will also be the LAST real chapter! The next will be an epilogue. Thanks to all who have reviewed. Still do not own anything Crossing Jordan even if I would like to.
As soon as he had walked out the door, Jordan began to formulate a plan. She couldn't let Woody do this! If he were to get involved with the Martinez brothers, she knew she would lose him forever. And not just in the he might die kind of way. She was almost more afraid of the alternative. If Woody was forced into doing criminal activities, he would never be the same man that she loved again. She couldn't take losing him again, not after everything that they had been through over the last four years.
She quickly dressed and grabbed her cell phone along with the number for Cal's FBI contact that was laying on the nightstand. She followed Woody out, keeping a safe distance between them so that she wouldn't be spotted. She was able to catch a cab that would take her back within walking distance of the warehouse.
On the ride, she thought about what would happen to Woody if he was forced into doing criminal activities. The first thought was terrifying, it would literally kill him. The second seemed even scarier than the first, if that was even possible. If he didn't die helping them, it would destroy the man she knew and loved. Woody would not be able to live with himself if he had to do the kinds of things she was sure that they had in store for him. Jordan could not let either one of those things happen to him, not after they had come this far. Not when they had a real chance to be together.
She made the cab driver pull over when they reached an old and abandoned gas station not too far from the warehouse. She paid the driver with the small amount of money she had left and walked alongside the building looking for a way in. Not finding one, she kicked the glass in the front door and it shattered. She reached in and unlocked the door and went inside. Grabbing her cell, she punched in the international cell number no longer caring if she was being traced through the phone. This time a man answered the phone instead of voicemail picking up like earlier.
"Franklin" he said on the other end of the line.
"This is Jordan Cavanaugh. I'm with the Boston Medical Examiner's office. I'm calling on behalf of Woody and Calvin Hoyt. I know about Cal's deal. His cover has been blown and the Martinez brothers are torturing him for information."
"How do you know his cover has been blown?"
"Ramon Martinez contacted Woody Hoyt this morning and told him so. He then instructed Woody to meet him where we were held prisoner yesterday so that they could work out an agreement. Woody left and is headed over there now. We need to pick them up and get them out of there before something happens to either one of them."
As he was talking to Jordan he had run a trace on the cell and voice analysis on her voice and concluded this was definitely Jordan Cavanaugh and not an imposter.
"Stay on the line with for 30 more seconds and we should be able to lock onto your coordinates. We can send a team in to where you are. Once we are there, we can get the location from you and send the team in to take Det. Hoyt and his brother out of the situation."
She held and Franklin was able to get what he needed from the trace. He was sending his team in and would be there within twenty minutes. It was the longest twenty minutes of her life.
Franklin's team arrived covertly and before the time he had promised her. There were not as many agents as she thought would be there in order to take down as large an operation as Ramon and Jorge's was. Only about 7 men, including Franklin. Franklin assured her that his men were the best and that Woody and Cal would make it out safely.
"What about Cal, does he get his deal if this falls through?"
"No, I'm sorry Dr. Cavanaugh, if we can't arrest the brothers then there is no deal and Calvin will have to serve some jail time."
"I can't let that happen. There has to be a way to get the evidence you need to arrest them! Let me go in there and wear a wire, I'm sure there has to be a way to get them to say something incriminating."
"Are you sure you want to do that? They are very dangerous men as I'm sure you remember from yesterday." As he said that Jordan remembered the wound on her cheek and all the injuries Woody and Cal had sustained.
"I'm sure" she said.
Jordan was hooked up with a very small camera that was invisible to the naked eye. It would record visual and audio feed and transmit back to Franklin's monitor.
He instructed her to act like she was trying to sneak in and break Woody out. Then allow herself to be captured. Once inside, she would have to make Ramon or Jorge incriminate themselves and hopefully get visual confirmation of all the suspects and their illegal doings.
By the time she had reached the warehouse, her heart felt like it was practically beating out of her chest. Adrenaline surged through her body and every inch of her felt on edge. She snuck through the back door and pretended to hide behind boxes in the storage room. When she got closer to the door that led to the main part of the building, she stayed there a moment and let their cameras pick up her image on tape. The men working security saw her right away and sent men to pick her up.
After alerting Ramon of her presence, she was searched for weapons. Thankfully, her little camera was not discovered. They found the gun the Franklin had given help her keep her story of trying to rescue the Hoyt brothers. She was then taken to the room that Ramon, Woody and Cal were in.
"I thought you might try to make an appearance. Trying to save your friends, huh?" asked Ramon.
She didn't say anything in response and just stood there, glaring at him. Then glancing around the room, she noticed the terrible state Cal was in. They had really raked him over the coals. Jordan was impressed and stunned that he had been able to stay silent about his involvement with the FBI. This was a new Cal unlike the man she had seen before working with the mob. Then she noticed the death stare that Woody was giving her. She tried her best to ignore him. She hoped he would understand later why she had to do this.
"Well, I guess since she is going to find out soon the rest of what we are up to she can stay. Dr. Cavanaugh, Detective Hoyt has agreed to our deal. He will help us run our business and make sure we are not busted and that the business runs smoothly in Boston in exchange for Calvin's and your safety. He will be paid well enough to be able to take care of you for the rest of your lives. Doesn't that sound great?"
Jordan knew that was the information Franklin needed to bust Ramon. It would only be a matter of minutes before they were all free.
At that moment Franklin's team was assembling to go in and bust the Martinez brothers. They made their way to the warehouse and assembled before the door, guns armed at ready to fire if need be. They burst in and easily overtook the security guarding that entrance. The team stormed through the warehouse searching room to room before finding the one that they were all gathered in.
"Ramon Martinez we have you surrounded. Lift your hands up and place them on your head. Then slowly drop to your knees." Ramon did as he was asked. Jorge who had been watching the scene from the other side of the room took his gun, aimed it at his head and pulled the trigger. He collapsed to the floor, dead.
"No!" shouted his brother and wished he had done the same. He would be going to prison for a very long time and it would be absolutely unbearable. Franklin placed Ramon under arrest as the rest of his team did the same to the Ramon and Jorge's other employees.
"We need medical help over here" shouted Jordan motioning to Cal, who was barely conscious. One of Franklin's men got on the phone and ordered medical help to be sent out.
Woody made his way across the now crowded room to Jordan. He reached out to her and she practically flew into his arms. They embraced and didn't say anything for a few moments. Both reveled in the fact that they had made it out okay. The chaos swirled around them as the medical help for Cal arrived and the suspects were led out.
"I'm sorry Woody" she said, tears forming in the corners of her amber eyes. "I couldn't let you take the fall for this. I hope you can forgive me for not listening to you. I did hear what you said back at the motel, and I wanted to listen, but something told me you wouldn't come back to me if I didn't do something."
"Of course I can forgive you. Jordan, I love you. Ramon told me if I brought anyone with me, he would kill Cal and then you. They had followed us yesterday, Jordan. They knew where we were the whole night. I was just trying to protect you. You do have a lot of explaining to do though."
"I'll explain everything. Think of it this way, we'll have a really interesting vacation story to tell everyone when we get back."
"Only you would choose to look on this situation like that Jordan."
They kissed for a few moments before walking back out of the room, arms still entwined around each other.
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