Ok, you've waited long enough. Even though four guesses wasn't the five I asked for…I will still update. I really hope you like this chapter. I really liked writing it!
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Adrian reached out and grabbed the small stack that he had been holding earlier. He flipped through the daily reports to retrieve the one that had caught his eye. He found it and his smile greweven wider. He placed the file in front of Captain Stottlemeyer. Leland picked it up and started reading as Monk began to explain his theory.
"That was filed by Officer Marc Sackets. Most of it is routine, neighbors complained of loud noises, Sackets checked it out, found nothing. BUT…right there," Monk said as he reached out his finger and pointed to a spot on the paper, "under where it says 'other', Sackets tells how he could have possibly heard something in the basement. What ever it was must have stopped for some reason because when he went down to check it…he found nothing there."
"What does that have to do with Chicken?" Stottlemeyer asked.
"Look right here," Randy said as he also pointed to the paper after reading something that caught his eye, "Marc also says that there was unusual splatters of coleslaw and mashed potatoes on the wall, and under that, on the floor, were two chicken wings."
Stottlemeyer looked up at a grinning Adrian Monk who was still leaning over the desk, pointing at the paper. "How sure are you about this, Monk?"
"95 percent."
"That's good enough for me." Stottlemeyer said as he grabbed his jacket off the back of his chair and put it on.
Natalie squealed with haplessness. She jumped from her seat and gave Adrian a swift (and firm) kiss on his cheek. Two seconds later, she was out the door and headed for her car.
Leland and Randy smiled at Natalie's actions. Stottlemeyer, still grinning, walked over to Adrian, reached in his (Adrian's)jacket, pulled out Monk's white handkerchief, and handed it to Monk. Adrian gave a smile, very similar to that of a little boy, as he wiped the mark on his cheek (made by the lipstick) off while he walked towards the door.
"See?" Randy asked. "She didn't apologies! What was wrong Monk?" Disher asked, referring to a conversation that he and the Captain had had earlier with Monk.
Stottlemeyer looked at Randy and laughed. "Do you even dare to ask that question?" Leland smiled.
Randy nodded, "You're right," he said, "I never asked it."
Stottlemeyer and Randy both laughed as they too started quickly walking to their cars.
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"Hey Rachel!" Bob yelled as he came down the stairs.
"Yeah?" Julie responded. She had once again been securely fastened to the pillar that she was quickly becoming accustomed to. "What is it?" she asked.
"I'm out of beer, I'm gonna run to the gas station to get some. Do you want something? Candy bar? Somethin' like that?"
"I don't care." Julie said in a very gloomy sort of way.
"Ok, fine then…I'll be back in a jiff." Bob said as he disappeared through the door at the top of the stairs.
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Randy drove as fast as he could towards the location given to him by Officer Sackets. Monk, who was sitting next to him, was yelling out instructions on vehicle transportation safety. Lt. Disher was lucky; the blaring sirens on the top of the vehicle were tuning out most of Monk's madness.
Stottlemeyer was sitting in the back with an arm around Natalie, trying his best to comfort her. Natalie was crying softly though she did not know why, this should be a happy moment for her…right?
They reached the address and Disher slammed on the brakes, causing the car to come to a screeching halt.
Monk was sitting in the passengers seat with both of his hands clenched to what ever he had in reach. "Oh my word, I'm dead I know I am. I'm dead. I'm gone. I'm dead."
Randy reached across and shook Adrian's shoulder. "Monk! You're not dead."
Adrian opened his eyes. "I'm not?"
"No," Randy said, "We're here. Come on."
Monk, Disher, and Stottlemeyer got out of the car. Natalie was about to follow them but was stopped by Stottlemeyer's had in front of her. "You cant come, Natalie." Stottlemeyer said.
"Why not? That's my kid in there!" She argued.
Monk stepped in front of Leland and bent down to where he was eye level with Natalie, who was still in the car. "Stay here Natalie. Its dangerous in there. He could be armed."
"Adrian you don't understand." Natalie began.
Monk grabbed her hand and brought it to his mouth for a pleading kiss. "Please Natalie," he begged, "I don't want him to hurt you."
Natalie slowly nodded her head while tears gently slid down her face.
"Thank you." Adrian said as he reached out and gently touched her, starting with a single finger on her cheekbone and sliding it all the way down to the bottom of her chin. Monk then rose and followed Stottlemeyer and Disher up the small set of steps and up to the front door.
Natalie watched from the car as Randy and the Captain both drew their guns and kicked open the door. As Randy, Stottlemeyer, and Monk (along with other police men) all vanished into the house, Natalie said a quick prayer for the out come.
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Julie's head popped up as she heard a loud crash and the sound of a familiar voice shouting, "Police! Come out with your hands up!"
"Lt. Disher!" She yelled as loud as she could.
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Monk's head snapped in the direction of where he had heard Julie's voice coming from. He threw open the door, not caring that their might be someone with a gun on the other side."
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Julie saw a man standing at the top of the stairs. She could not tell who it was yet, but she was pretty certain that it wasn't Bob. The man quickly walked down the stairs. "Julie." He said as he knelt before her. Now she was certain who it was.
"Mr. Monk!" she said as he walked around her to undo that which had her bound. "I knew you'd come. I've been waiting for you."
Monk smiled as he undid the knots. "Sorry for the wait. You're a hard one to track down." He said as he finished untying her and returned to the front of her. He once again knelt down before her. "I'm sorry Julie." Monk said with sincere eyes. "I'm so sorry you had to go through this."
"I don't care about that now. All I care about is that it's over." Julie sat up and hugged him. She quickly gasped and pulled herself away. She grabbed her stomach in pain.
Up until now, Monk hadn't noticed the large gash across Julie's stomach. "Oh Julie! What did he do?"
"I made him mad."
Monk's heart broke as Julie pulled the napkins away to show the wound. Monk let out a large sigh. He felt so responsible. "I'm so sorry, Julie." Then an even more terrifying thought came to his mind. "Julie?"
"Yeah?"
"Did he…did he hurt you? I mean…did he do anything else to you? Did he…I mean…he didn't…? Did he?"
Julie patted Monk on his shoulder. "No Mr. Monk, he didn't."
"Oh good." Adrian said after sighing a huge sigh of relief. "Come on Julie, Your moms waiting for you."
Adrian picked up Julie and carried her up the stairs.
Stottlemeyer and Randy saw as Monk appeared through a door, carrying Julie. They watched as he carried her out of the house.
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Natalie watched as her dream came true. Monk looked like an angle as he carried her daughter to her. He was finally keeping this promise that he made over and over again for the past week and a half.
Monk smiled as he saw Natalie getting out of the car and running towards him.
"Mom!" Julie said as Monk gently set her down so that she could run to her mother, which is exactly what she did.
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Bob drove to his house but kept driving when he saw the four squad cars in front of it. He saw as Rachel ran towards a woman who he assumed to be her mother. He sunk down in his chair and quickly drove past. Luckily, he was not seen.
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Monk smiled as he saw Natalie and Julie hug the living daylights out of each other. Natalie kept whispering the words "I love you", over and over and over again into her daughter's ear.
Soon afterward, Julie was taken to the hospital. Once they arrived some nurses took Julie to be treated. Natalie was left to wait in the lobby with Monk.
"Adrian?" Natalie asked as she approached Monk.
He looked up at her a smirked.
"I really cant thank you enou-" Natalie stopped as she saw Monk hold up his hand.
He waved his hand as if to dismiss the suggestion. "I don't need to be thanked."
"If it weren't for you…I might not have my daughter right now. So I have to thank you."
"…………Your welcome." Monk said as he took a step towards her and grabbed the side of her face.
Natalie wrapped her arms around his neck and just held him like that for a moment. Then she pulled him in and kissed him.
Monk gladly draped his arms across her back and held her to him. The kiss continued for roughly 20 seconds. Once the kiss ended, Monk concluded it with four more kisses, two on each of Natalie's cheeks.
Monk held Natalie in a hug until they were told that they could go into the room with Julie.
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There ya go. He solved it. BUT WAIT! THERES MORE! There is still a little bit of story left, it doesn't end there.
Ok…I'm sorry if that seemed like a lame way of having Monk solve the case. But that's really all I could think of.
PLEASE tell me what you thought about this chapter