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Chapter Twenty-One: From Bad to Worse.

"How has he been?" Erin asked stepping into the room where Jay was, her eyes quickly finding Will who was seated next to the bed; he didn't look like he had gotten any sleep since Jay had been admitted into the hospital. The last twenty-four hours had been for lack of better word, a nightmare, and they were no closer to finding Edward or Caitlyn after what had happened; it was like they'd disappeared without a trace.

"Connor says he should wake up soon. Surgery went well and the bullet missed anything vital and he'd been lucky, the main issue had been the bleeding since they couldn't find the bullet when he'd been admitted. Will didn't know what he would have done if his brother had died, he'd planned on asking him to be his best man at his wedding to Natalie. Their father had been notified but as expected Pat Halstead hadn't seemed to care and had been rather gruff with Will when he'd phoned to tell him that Jay was in hospital after being shot.

"I can sit with him for a bit if you need to stretch your legs, go grab a shower or something," Erin offered with a weak smile, she was sure that Will would like the break and it could not have been easy to see his brother this way. Whatever issues Jay and Will had in the past, there was no denying that they always had each other's backs and looked out for one another; they had grown close again once Will had moved back to Chicago.

Nodding his head, Will got to his feet and stretched offering a glance at his brother before heading out of the room; he'd been with him all night and hadn't really left the room. Taking the seat that Will had just occupied, Erin sat down and looked around the room not sure what to do; even after everything that they had been through this was the worst thing that had happened.

A part of her wanted to blame Caitlyn, if Jay had stayed away from her then he wouldn't be here now; but after hearing what Alvin and Hank had said then she knew that the fault didn't completely lie with Caitlyn. It wasn't her fault that her biological father was a psychopath and had decided that the best way to play happy families was to abduct her. Her eyes snapped towards Jay unsure if she had just saw him move, her eyes focused on him and she leant forward taking his hand; before she heard him mumble something that she didn't quite understand.

"I'm here. It's okay, you're okay," Erin told him leaning closer, her heart pounding in her chest that he was waking up now while she was here with him; perhaps it meant that her feelings were still returned despite his interest in Caitlyn. If asked then she would deny the fact that it had stung to see him with Caitlyn, she was sure that in spite of everything that they had been through that the could work this out.

"Caitlyn," Jay mumbled making Erin drop his hand, she shot up from her seat and turned away from him; a lump in her throat as she realised that he was calling for the other woman. A part of her knew that she shouldn't be surprised and that she should have seen it coming, but it hurt a lot more than she though it would; she moved to leave the room only to bump into Natalie.

"Are you okay?" Will's fiancée asked seeing the look on Erin's face, the entire situation had come as a shock and Natalie was certain that things would turn around soon. She'd just arrived for her shift and had brought Will some fresh clothes so that he could get changed since she'd had to go home to look after Owen; the little boy had been rather upset that Will hadn't come home with her.

The sound of her phone going off made Erin jump and she was almost grateful for the distraction; she glanced down at it to see an urgent message from Antonio. Erin stared down at the message before looking up at a concerned Natalie, she quickly pocketed it knowing that she had to get moving apparently Edward had played his next hand and it wasn't a good thing.

"Yer. I've got to go," Erin stated quickly before hurrying away, she didn't want to deal with this right now and she knew that she had no right to be upset; she didn't look back at the concerned Natalie who headed into Jay's room. Natalie sighed and set down the bag that she had brought for Will before moving over to the empty seat, she knew it wouldn't be long before Jay woke up.


Arriving at the crime scene, Erin took a moment to compose herself in her car before she climbed out knowing that now wasn't the time to think about the fact that Jay was clearly in love with another. It wasn't like they were dating or anything, in fact Erin had been quite happy to see other people until recently but seeing how he was with Caitlyn made her wish that maybe they'd given things a proper go.

Flashing her badge as she entered the crime scene, Erin walked over to where Alvin and Hank were talking; their conversation was quiet and the look on Alvin's face almost filled her with dread. The sight that greeted her when she reached them made her stomach turn, she swallowed turning to look at Alvin who couldn't seem to look anywhere but at the body that had been discovered.

"Is that who I think it is?" Erin said turning to Hank, her voice low knowing that the picture on the board had told her enough about this woman; now here she was and it looked like she'd been dead awhile. Alvin turned away from the sight, he didn't wish to talk about it anymore and he feared that the next body that would turn up was Caitlyn's if she wasn't dead already.

"Laura Jones. Found this morning by the garbage collectors," Hank stated shaking his head, he had truly hoped that it wouldn't end this way and that maybe they'd be able to talk some sense into Edward. Whatever was going through his head right now, it was clear that his decision to kill Laura was only the beginning; it raised the stakes if they wanted to get Caitlyn back alive.

"Looks like she was strangled to death," the coroner stated checking out the body before it was moved, they looked up at Hank knowing that such an act was a crime of passion; it was impossible to ignore the marks around her neck. Hank nodded not knowing what to say, he'd known Laura for years and to see her in such a way after everything that had happened was something that he couldn't wrap his head around the fact that she was gone.

Turning away from the body, Hank moved across the street wondering just what Edward's play would be now; he couldn't play happy families now that Laura was gone nor could he imagine that Caitlyn was safe wherever she was being held. If he had killed Laura then it would only be a matter of time before Edward would unravel completely and Caitlyn became his next victim; they needed to find her before that happened.


The sound of the door opening made Caitlyn look up from the floor, she'd been left alone since he had taken her mother away and she had no doubts that he had decided to dump the body before coming back for her. Every time that she closed her eyes, Caitlyn couldn't shake the image of watching her mother being strangled to death; even if she had survived then she doubted that Edward would have left her that way.

Edward didn't look her way as he hurried into the room, he hurried to start packing a bag knowing that they could not stay here now; the death of Laura marked the place and he had another where they'd be safe. It was the house where he'd planned for them to be a family, it was miles away from everyone and in the middle of nowhere; they could live without being disturbed.

Marching across the room, he reached for Caitlyn to tie her from the post; he didn't speak as she struggled against him, she swore and kicked trying to break free from his hold. Caitlyn felt tears of frustration roll down her cheeks, no matter what she did she couldn't bring his hold on her and before she knew it; she was being dragged from where she had been held back towards the car.

Stuffed into the boot, Edward paid her no mind and slammed the door down on her before making his way over to the car; they were leaving Chicago behind and he knew that it was for the best. He was hopeful now that without her mother's influence that Caitlyn would become more amendable for what he had planned; she would see his way and learn to love the life that he was giving them.

Caitlyn banged her fists into the lid of the boot, she cried out wishing that someone would hear her; she cried unable to stop herself fearing just what would happen to her now that her mother was gone and she was stuck with Edward without anyone to help her.


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