Chapter 15 - Threats
Lexi hadn't found what she was looking for after reading through the files on the investigation of Trent Lamont, but she knew she was right, her gut was right. She needed more information.
Lexi had given Platt the box back containing all the paperwork, collected what she needed from her car then went back to the Intelligence Unit.
Voight was stood at Atwater's desk looking over his shoulder at his computer. Burgess and Ruzek were busy typing away, Jay was finishing on the phone and Olinsky was getting coffee.
Burgess was the first to notice Lexi, standing in the middle of the room looking nervous, holding a small brown envelope. "Lexi, you okay?"
Lexi took a deep breath and shook her head, no, nothing was okay. Voight approached her. "What's going on?" Lexi walked to her desk and sat on the edge, Voight watched her and called for Olinsky to join them on the main floor as Jay put his phone down.
Lexi took out the photograph that had been in the brown envelope, she held it up for everyone to see, it was a picture of Shay and Lexi outside Molly's a few days before Shay's death. It was clearly a surveillance photo; they hadn't been aware it was being taken. "I found this on my windshield a few hours ago"
Voight snatched it from her and read the message on the back aloud. "I lost my freedom and my brother because of you. He took your sister. It was meant for you. We're not close to being done. See you shortly"
"What the hell" Jay asked standing and taking the photo from Voight and reading it for himself.
"That's a threat" Voight began going in to Detective mode, "you need to tell us everything. Where was your car parked?"
"It was outside Severide's apartment"
"How long had it been there?" Olinsky enquired.
"Forty minutes" Lexi shrugged "an hour tops"
"You recognise the hand writing?" Ruzek joined the interrogation.
"No, but the phrase 'see you shortly', it was always something Calvin Poe would say." Lexi advised.
Jay looked up from the photo at her "from the E.S.C?" Lexi nodded, Calvin was a part of the crew Lexi and Jay had taken down when they first met. "He's in prison, we put him away like 6 years ago" Jay reminder her.
Lexi nodded agreeing with him "I made some calls, he was let out for good behaviour three months ago"
"If it was left on your car, that means they've been watching you" Burgess concluded "following you"
"Right Atwater get on the phone" Voight commanded "I want you to find an address for Calvin Poe. Burgess, Ruzek, I wanna know every friend he's ever had, visitors in prison, cells mates, what he had for breakfast everything! Olinsky and I will look in to Trent Lamont, his family, find the connection to Calvin. Jay, she goes nowhere alone!" Voight told him looking him dead in the eye and pointing at Lexi.
Jay nodded "Understood."
Lexi gave Hank a weak smile, she was grateful for him taking control, putting a plan in motion. Everyone set about their given tasks. "Voight" Lexi began standing and walking to him as he passed her to go to his office "I need the fire reports from 51. There were only partials in the file downstairs"
Voight nodded. "Take Jay be on your guard. Keep me posted"
Jay drove the car to Firehouse 51, Lexi riding shotgun staring out the window, deep in thought. "If I'm right about this…" Lexi began looking down at her hands in her lap, fidgeting with her fingers. "Shay's death was my fault"
Jay shook his head "You can't think like that"
"How can I not? I put Calvin away, I broke his jaw!" She remembered the fight they had in the warehouse after the takedown.
"We put him away" Jay emphasised "and I killed his brother."
"I guess Kelly was right, it should have been me" Lexi determined wiping tears from her face as Jay pulled the car to a stop outside Firehouse 51. Lexi opened the car door and stepped out before the car had come to a complete stop, she didn't want to hear Jay try to convince her what Kelly had said was wrong.
Casey and Severide were sat on the roof of Firehouse 51 smoking cigars. Kelly had told Matt about the morning's activities, his conversation with Lexi, the kiss they had shared, Matt had listened intently then asked, "So what are you going to do?"
Kelly shook his head "I don't know. I want her to be happy, but I don't want her to be happy without me. I know she still loves me"
"But she loves Halstead too." Matt told him blowing out a puff of smoke. "You said it yourself"
"Yeah, she does" Kelly admitted staring out at the passing cars. "So, do I wait around and see how it pans out or do I do everything I can to get her back?"
Matt sighed "I don't know what to tell you buddy, I can't make that decision for you."
Kelly sat forward on his chair, Matt followed his eye line and watched as Lexi and Jay got out of their car. Kelly noted her grave expression and looked at Matt "That doesn't look good."
"No, it doesn't" Matt agreed standing at the same time as Kelly.
By the time they made it down from the roof, Jay and Lexi were sat in the Chief's office with the door closed.
Boden saw them through the window and waved them in, when Kelly entered opening the door Boden called to Connie. "Connie, can you get Dawson in here too"
"What's going on?" Kelly asked looking from Jay to Lexi. Kelly noticed Lexi wouldn't meet his eye, she was making every effort to look elsewhere.
Jay responded "Let's wait for Dawson"
They waited in tense silence. "Why don't you all take a seat?" Boden suggested when Dawson entered and closed the door.
Lexi waited for them all to sit down then stood beside Boden ensuring everyone could see her. "I need all of your reports from the fire that killed Shay and any information about Trent Lamont."
Kelly stood up "What's going on?"
Lexi inhaled deeply, she held her breath, she was close to tears, she didn't want to cry. Jay stood to stand beside her, knowing she was struggling to talk he continued for her. "There's been developments, a threat"
"What kind of a threat" Kelly began to pace in the small space Boden's office offered "against you?" Kelly asked looking at Lexi.
Lexi still wouldn't meet his eye, she exhaled. "We don't know for sure, but we think Lamont was related to someone I put away a long time ago"
"What was the threat?" Matt enquired "a phone call, letter, e-mail?"
"A photo with a note. A photo of me and Shay outside Molly's a couple days before…" Lexi couldn't bring herself to say it.
"What did the note say?" Dawson asked.
"It's not important right now" Jay said glancing at Lexi.
Lexi ignored his glance and answered. "It said it was meant for me" Kelly stopped pacing and his eyes connected with Lexi's, he watched the tears fill her eyes then he couldn't take it, he turned and stormed out of the room.
Lexi went after him. Jay turned to Boden "We're going to need to question Dawson and Severide again and get copies of all the reports"
"Anything you need" Boden confirmed.
Lexi followed Kelly through the firehouse to his office, he slammed through the door with so much force the whole wall shook and rattled. Kelly pushed the contents of his desk on the floor and picked up his chair ready to smash it through the glass partition window.
Lexi reached him mid-lift and put her hand on his arm to stop him. He lowered the chair slowly and put his hand over Lexi's before she pulled him in to her. "I'm sorry" She spoke in to his shoulder "I got her killed, I'm the reason she's dead!" Lexi cried.
Kelly stepped back so he could look at her. "No, no. Lamont is the reason she's dead no one else" Kelly held her face in his hands, wiping her tears with his thumb.
"That's not true. I'm the reason. I became a cop, I went undercover, I put myself in the line of fire, they targeted Shay because of me. Shay died because of me, you cheated because of me, Jay had to kill someone because of me!"
"I cheated because I'm a fool" Kelly admitted "Jay killed a criminal because he was threatening someone's life!"
Lexi took a step back out of his reach, she shook her whole body shaking off her tears. "I wanna see the scene" she told Kelly. "I've never seen it; I need to see it"
Kelly was going to protest but he knew the stern look she wore, there was no changing her mind. "I'll tell Boden"
Lexi nodded her thanks, she smiled weakly "I'll be by the car"
Lexi leant on the passenger door of the car outside of Firehouse 51. She closed her eyes and held her face up to the sun. "You ok?" she heard Jay ask bringing her back down to earth.
"Had better days" she opened her eyes slowly and looked at him.
He held up a file in his hands. "Everything you wanted" he confirmed.
"Great." Lexi told him. "I asked Kelly to take us to where Shay…to the crime scene. I need to see it"
"Are you sure?" Jay asked standing beside her leaning on the car.
Lexi sighed "No but I need see it. Then I need to swing by thirty second on the way back to the district"
"What's on thirty second?"
"I have a viewing for an apartment"
"You're kidding me, right?" Jay asked standing in front of her to look in her eyes.
"I told you me living with you is a temporary arrangement"
"Yeah that was before you had a psycho stalker"
"All the more reason for us to put some distance between us" Lexi told him.
Jay put his hands on the car either side of her head. "You are not moving out!" Jay looked at her and made sure she understood he wasn't letting her move out. "Plus, Voight gave me an order"
Lexi laughed "like you've never disobeyed him"
"Well I happen to agree with him on this one" Jay smiled leaning down to kiss her.
Lexi pulled back "hey, we're on the job!" she smirked.
"I know but I've wanted to do that all day" Jay told her kissing her again.
Kelly cleared his throat behind them. "Boden's given me a couple hours"
Jay stepped back and turned to look at him. "We'll follow you" Jay told him walking around the car to the driver's seat.
Author Note: So I'm finished, I wrote the ending about half an hour ago. I'm officially out of ideas and hopefully when you get to the end you'll hopefully think I wrap it all nicely.
I've spilt it in to 31 chapters but some chapters will be shorter than others.
I will post a new chapter every other day or something until its all uploaded.
Happy reading and please leave a review.