23 weeks: the dangers of life
"Dinner's almost done," Erin said in the kitchen with Eddie and Nicky.
"Kay," they responded from the den as they were all watching the ending of the Jets game.
Eddie finished cutting up the cucumbers and placed them in the salad bowl. "Did Jamie text back yet?" Erin asked. He was still at work and was supposed to meet her here a half hour ago.
Eddie dried her hands with the towel next to her and clicked on her phone. Still no response. "No," she sighed, "nothing yet."
"I wonder where he is," Nicky questioned.
Eddie started to mix the salad, "he probably got a collar right when he was leaving, and filling out paperwork," she said calmly, but she knew that wasn't the reason. When they had to process a collar, it wouldn't take that long, besides they would have them clock back to the house 20 minutes before their shift was over just for that reason.
Danny, Frank, and Henry were heard yelling at the T.V. when the news popped up on the bottom. "Are you kidding me?" Danny yelled at the T.V. and the girls heard it through the kitchen and laughed.
"Something must have happened," Nicky laughed at her uncle.
Danny busted through the door to the kitchen and immediately signaled for Erin. He took her to the side. "Keep Eddie in the kitchen." He said quickly.
Erin turned around and watched Eddie and Nicky talking. "why, what's going on,"
Danny looked back at Frank on the phone, "nothing, just keep her in the kitchen," he said nervously.
Erin stared him down, "you can't expect me to keep her in the kitchen without an explanation. What's going on, Danny," she interrogated.
"Jamie's in the middle of a robbery, he's heading in, I need you to keep her calm. We don't need anything to happen to her or the baby." He said seriously.
"Yeah, yeah," Erin sighed. "How do you know about this?"
Danny looked back over at the T.V. "the news came up and Jamie was running inside," he sighed.
"What's dad doing?" Erin asked.
"Trying to get a hold of him, just keep her in the kitchen," he directed.
"Okay," she said and looked back at him.
Erin was keeping small talk with Eddie in the kitchen, keeping her distracted until she heard anything else from Danny. All of the sudden everyone's phone's binged once.
Breaking news:
Bank robbery on the corner of 8th and 9th Street. Officers from the 2-9 responded first to the scene.
Eddie's heart dropped into her stomach, "oh my god," her heart was beating quick.
Erin could see the panic look in her eyes, "Eddie, Eddie," she calmed as she watched her face go pale and she looked like she going to be sick.
Eddie didn't even look at her, she quickly ran out of the kitchen and into the den where she watched Jamie going into the building with the SWAT team. "Frank?" She panicked.
"He's going to be fine," Frank tried to calm.
"Frank, he's running into the building!" she yelled and tried to dial his number.
Danny came up behind her and put his hand on her back, "Eddie you need to try to calm down."
Eddie moved away from him, "that man on the screen is my husband who is running into danger. Danny, I am 5 months pregnant, I cannot do this alone, so you don't get to tell me to calm down." She stated with her eyes closed.
"Eddie," Frank said as she put on her shoes.
She grabbed her phone and walked out the door out to her car. "Maya, where are you?"
Eddie stopped at the robbery and ran straight to the scene, she flashed her badge and made her way to Maya. "where is he?"
"He's inside, you shouldn't be here, it isn't safe." she started towards her as she focused on the monitor.
Jamie kept trying to talk to him and calm him down, but he seemed too nervous. "Do you really want to risk your life on this stupid mistake?" Jamie tried.
"Why not, if I try to escape, I will have a better chance at life then coming with you and going to jail for the rest of my life" The man shook the gun in his direction.
"You don't want to do this," Jamie said again.
The gunman didn't respond, Jamie's phone binged from the last time Eddie called reminding him to check his messages.
"Turn that off," He yelled at Jamie.
Jamie looked down at his phone and saw another missed call from Eddie. "I can't," he replied to him.
"What do you mean you can't turn it off," he trembled and kept the gun pointing in Jamie's direction.
"I can't turn it off because that sound is my wife. My wife who is five months pregnant, watching me outside these doors, scared that I won't come out alive," Jamie explained as the gunman started to settle down. "I have a baby on the way, so if you hurt me, you hurt my family, my wife, and my baby all at once, is that what you want!" Jamie yelled at him.
"I just needed money," he cried out, "if you would have let me get it, nobody would be getting hurt, and nobody would be worried about their families."
Jamie knew he was running out of time. The phone to the bank started to ring, he picked it up an answered slowly. The gunman knew exactly what was going on, they were trying to distract him while the sniper would shot him. He saw the sniper on the top of the building and his eyes went straight to Jamie, he pulled back the trigger and aimed his gun right at his chest.
Jamie flew back by the pressure of the bullet and the gunman inside was shot dead. SWAT came in and pulled Jamie out and placed him on the gurney.
"JAMIE!" he heard Eddie's yell and saw her running towards him, "baby, look at me, you're fine." she cried as they brought him towards the ambulance and ripped off his vest.
He wasn't bleeding, "I'm okay," he coughed and squeezed her hand, "the vest got it." Eddie started crying uncontrollably as he sat up in the gurney, "I'm okay baby, I'm okay." He could feel her legs shaking against his body and held onto her head and placed in his chest. Eddie heard the sound of his heartbeat and immediately started to calm down.
"I could have lost you today," she whimpered against him.
Jamie wrapped his arms tight against her, "I promise you, I'm not going anywhere,"He said and took in her scent, "I refuse to go anywhere."
Well, this was an unexpected chapter that I did not think would end like this...oops. I hope you liked it, I'll be back!