Next day... Matt's house

Once Sophia arrived at Matt's, she apologized: "I'm so sorry about yesterday, I overreacted. You didn't see, but that kid was out of control, I got hurt, what led me to... you know. Tell me you understand me, please ".

"The girls were frightened by your reaction, Sophia... I've never seen you like that...".

Then she decided to change her strategy and tried to kiss him, but Matt pulled away: "You need to be careful with your words, the boy on the bike was just a child. He didn't mean to hurt you, ...".

Sophia looked a little confused. How did he know about the boy? Who told him? Anna? But she didn't see her there.

"...Anna who told you that? She saw the whole thing and still chose to not support me? I can't believe it, Matt, Anna is a child, you must tell her-".

Matt didn't hide his frustration while listening to his girlfriend, "She saw everything and told me later because I asked her to... you didn't tell me that you were looking at your phone while you were walking and the boy bumped into you...".

She was speechless and tried to control herself because she didn't Matt to break up with her. "You're right, I didn't tell you, I ... I was upset... I will not do it again, okay? I will fix this, next time I'll do better with Anna and Violet...". She got closer to Matt, trying to show him that she was saying the truth.

"You don't need to do this. Just... watch your temper around the girls and other kids... Do you want some tea? I was gonna prepare one for me before you come in...".

Sophia declined his offer and sat on the couch, Matt eyed her for a few seconds and walked up to the kitchen.

...

Antonio's house...

"Sis, all right here?" Antonio asked before sitting down on Gabby's bed. She was reading the book she had taken to the park yesterday.

"Yes, ... oh, I forgot to ask, did you talk to Mr. Casey? He got upset?".

"Yes, no, no, he wasn't upset. He didn't charge his visit to check the apartment... He seems like a nice guy". Antonio didn't like lying to Gabby, but if he had spoken the truth she would never accept that Antonio pays for the repairs. Antonio told Matt, that it would be a surprise for Gabby.

"Gabby, did you know if Bryan owed money to someone".

"No, why you asked?". She was already worried.

"I think Bryan took your money to pay gambling debts".

"He did what? He almost killed me, and now he used my money to pay his debts?". Gabby was in shock. After knowing a man like Bryan that turned into a bad boy, Gabby has trust issues.

"Don't worry! We will find him and Voight will give him a lesson".

"I don't want to see him in front of me, because I don't know what I can do", Antonio hugged her. Antonio's hugs had a way to calm her down, gave her a sense of security, and it was all she needed right now.

...

A few days later... Firehouse 51

"Shay, come on! You will not get away from this. You arranged a trip at the last minute, it's a joke right?" said Severide while taking his breakfast.

"No, it's not a joke, Severide, look at me... I don't make things up, your problem is you don't pay attention to what I say. I won't change my plans". Shay created the trip thing to prevent the boys play a prank on her birthday.

"Are you sure, Shay? You might change your last-minute trip for your goddaughter, who has already bought a present... She is very excited about it..." Casey spoke as looking at the newspaper in his hands.

"Hey, don't put my goddaughter into this, I know what you all are up to, Mr. Casey", she squinted her eyes at him.

"... Anna, she gave up the idea of having a frog?" Hermann asked as he poured himself more coffee. Matt suffered a bit to make her give up on the idea.

"Yeah... she did, now she wants a hamster. That girl is amazing..." said Casey smiling. He looked around to know if Shay were still around and spoke to Hermann and Severide who were close to him: "How about we make a Hawaiian night to Shay?".

Severide thought it was a great idea, he just needed to find out whether or not she lied about the trip.

...

Dawson's Bakery

"Hello? Yes, Gabriella Dawson... I see... this is great! No, no problem. I think I get there in half an hour, okay? Okay, thank you''.

"Laura, guess what?" Gabby was excited about the news. She was helping Laura to prepare some cookies in the family bakery.

"What? What happened?" Laura asked as she took another batch of oven cupcakes.

"They have a spot for me in the Firehouse 87, I start next week, however, they asked me to fill out a few paperwork. It's okay if I leave you for a couple of hours?".

Laura was genuinely happy for Gabby, "Congratulations! You must go... I don't want you to be late. Karen helps me finish here". They hugged one last time before Gabby leaving.

...

Gabby was a few blocks from her destination when she heard a very loud and strong noise. Some people began to get out of their cars and she decided to check what was happening. Gabby watched from afar a big collision of cars at least 15. She locked her car and walked toward the accident, as paramedical she could help some victims while waiting for ambulances. Soon she noticed what might have caused it, the truck driver broke into the wrong side of the road.

Gabby helped some of the victims and led them to a safe area for those who weren't in critical condition and could walk by themselves. There were five people trapped in their vehicles.

It didn't take long for Firehouse 51 and 75 to arrive on the scene and commence the work. The risk of an explosion was imminent, they worked fast to remove victims. The place was filled with onlookers and reporters. The truck guy had some injuries, he would be taken to the hospital, policies will be there to take his testimony.

The truck 81 and squad 3 were working on the wreckage, then Chief Boden called by the radio, "Casey, how's it going?".

Casey pulled away because of the noise of the equipment, "Chief, we doing well, a few more minutes and we release the victims...".

"Okay".

A few meters ahead of Casey was the triage area, and her... brown hair, brown skin...

"The firefighters, they will get him out safely, okay?", Gabby tried to reassure the woman, oblivious to Casey's staring.

"Casey". He looked back at Severide, who was calling him. A million things on his mind as his heart was beating fast, shaking his head, Casey tried to concentrate. It was the second time he had seen her, he believed it wasn't a coincidence. Destiny?