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Frank reluctantly knocked on his son's door.

"Frank!" Eddie exclaimed when she opened the door. " Come in!" she pressed.

"Thanks" Frank smiled.

"Can I get you anything coffee, tea?" Eddie asked walking over to the counter.

"No, I'm fine." Frank answered. "Is Jamie in?"

"Yeah, but he's napping." Eddie replied. "I can wake him if you want?"

"No!" Frank protested. "I can wait, if you are okay with that."

"Sure." Eddie shrugged.

Frank observed that when Eddie was walking around she rested her hand on her growing baby bump. He smiled, he couldn't wait for the newest members of the Reagan family to arrive.

"How are the twins?" Frank questioned sitting at the table after Eddie took her seat back in front of her laptop.

"Moving like crazy." Eddie replied. "They keep using my bladder as a trampoline."

Frank laughed.

"Have you and Jamie thought about names?" Frank inquired.

"We have thought about a few, we have two we really like." Eddie answered.

"Can I hear them?"

"No, not yet." Eddie said with a smile. "We want them to be a surprise."

"Understandable." Frank nodded.

"Can I ask what brings you to our apartment in the middle of the day?" Eddie inquired.

Frank sighed. "My DCPI thinks.." Frank hesitated, he didn't want to do this but Garrett had told him he had to.

"Thinks what?" Eddie questioned.

"He thinks you shouldn't be testifying for the defense of Amanda Kellar. He thinks that will be bad for the department." Frank explained.

Eddie was silent. She was in shock. Her job as a cop was to help bring justice, by testifying in the Kellar case she was doing what she was supposed to.

"But she was acting under duress,Sydney can't prove that without my testimony." Eddie protested trying to keep her emotions calm.

"Eddie, this is your choice." Frank assured. "You have the right to testify if you want to."

"Then why are you telling me that you think it's a bad idea?" Eddie demanded, her emotions getting the best of her.

"I didn't." Frank said calmly. He understood that Eddie would be upset and the fact that she was pregnant wouldn't help.

"That's not what it sounds like." Eddie snapped.

"What I said was, my DCPI believes it is the best choice. Not what I think is best." Frank responded.

Eddie took a deep breath. "What do you think I should do?" Eddie asked trying to calm her nerves.

"I think you should do what you think is best. You were there, you know what was going on. If you believe your testimony will help in getting a just verdict, than testify." Frank answered.

"I think it can. Amanda didn't want to hurt people but her husband made her!" Eddie answered. "I don't want her to suffer anymore than she already has, she may never be able to walk again."

"Well you seem to have made up you mind." Frank remarked.

"Yes, please tell DCPI Moore I considered his opinion but I am going to testify." Eddie replied.

"I will do that." Frank said with a wink. Eddie smiled. She was beginning to understand Frank better. He said the things he had to but he gave you an out when he agreed with you.

"So do you have something to talk to Jamie about?" Eddie questioned.

"Yeah." Frank sighed, yet again.

"What?" Eddie asked. She didn't like Frank's tone, almost like he knew that what he had to say would likely turn into a fight.

"DCPI Moore wants me to convince Jamie to talk to Sydney and convince her to have Amanda take the plea deal the DA's office.

Eddie scoffed.

"The deal the DA's office offered is a joke!" She exclaimed. "Five years with a chance of parole after three," Eddie shook her head. "That is a terrible deal."

"I didn't say agreed with Garrett on this one either." Frank defended.

"Don't talk to Jamie about this. His answer will be no, he doesn't really want anything to do with Sydney." Eddie answered. "It will be better for everyone."

"You are probably right, but Garrett won't let it rest till he gets the answer he wants from me." Frank said regretfully.

Eddie thought about the problem.

"I'll talk to Jamie about it. He might take it better from me." Eddie proposed.

"Would you?" Frank questioned. Everyday he was liking Eddie more an dmore.

"Yeah, of course!" Eddie replied.


Jamie rolled over in bed and winched. His abdomen ached, he hated the feeling of stitches in his stomach. He was about to try to fall back to sleep when he heard voices. One he knew to be Eddie's, the other he thought was his father. He sat up and made his way to the chair and wheeled himself into the kitchen. He saw an interesting sight. His dad and Eddie sitting on the same sofa. Eddie's feet where tucked under her and Frank was turning the pages of an old family album.

"This was Jamie at his eighth birthday party." Frank was saying.

Eddie was doing her best to stifle the laugh that wanted to burst out of her chest.

"Dad. why are you showing those pictures to Eddie?" Jamie asked indignantly.

"Oh don't worry love." Eddie assured with a smile. "I just want to see what our children are going to look like and I think we should be hoping they get my looks."

"Hey!" Jamie protested. "I was a cute baby!"

"Yeah, but your teen years…" Eddie sassed holding up an unflattering picture of Jamie from his teenage years.

"Dad, you just ruined my chance with this one." Jamie groaned.

"Aww don't say that!" Eddie protested lightly. "You have an amazing ugly duckling to swan story."

Frank couldn't contain his laughter and he burst out in his jolly deep laugh. Eddie soon joined in, Jamie couldn't help but join. They had to stop for breath but they all felt better.


Hope you guys liked that chapter. How do you think Jamie is going to react to being asked to try and get Sydney to take the plea deal?

Love you guys!

Eliza