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Chapter 11

"Police! LAPD!" Andy shouted in the house as he entered the living room. Julio went to the left. He motioned to them that he was going up the stairs that led to the second floor. Sharon nodded as she kept her eyes on Andy.

Andy moved through the living room, noticing the empty beer bottles on the coffee table and into the kitchen. Provenza went in back towards the bedroom and bathroom, which were both clear of anyone. Sharon stopped in the kitchen as Andy headed to the back-porch area of the house. It was small and also clear.

Julio made his way down the stairs. "The upstairs is clear, ma'am," he mentioned to Sharon as he joined them in the kitchen area. "Where does this door lead to?" Sharon asked and pointed to the door in front of them.

"The basement, probably," Provenza muttered. Sharon glanced at everyone there as they moved into position. Julio opened the door and turned on the light switch on the wall. Andy started to make his way down the stairs leading into the basement. He saw a workbench and boxes everywhere else. Sharon followed him and Julio followed her, leaving Provenza on the first floor.

"There's no one here," Andy muttered as he looked around the room. He saw Sharon eye the workbench and walked over to it. As she approached the area, she saw cut pipes and other metal objects on the bench.

Andy moved up behind her and he noticed a picture on the wall. It was of Sharon from a news article. "Sharon," his voice barely audible as he swallowed wondering why this dirtbag had a picture of his Sharon on the wall.

Sharon turned her head towards Andy and saw where he was looking. "He's got a thing for you," he mumbled as he placed his gun back in his holster and started to put on black, latex gloves. Sharon shook her head at the thought of this guy having her picture.

Andy removed the picture from the wall. "Bag it as evidence," she told him as she walked around looking at the other pictures Jeffrey had on the wall. One picture she paid attention to was the photo of a man and a woman and a little boy. The man was dressed in a Navy uniform. "I think we may have the connection to the Millers, here," she added and pointed to the two photos next to each other.

Andy walked over to her and saw the photos. The one picture was definitely the Millers, posing with another couple. That couple was the same in the photo with the small boy. "I think Jeffrey's parents knew the Millers," Sharon stated. "Looks like they knew each other from the Navy," Andy added as he bagged those photos as well.

Andy walked back over to the workbench to take a closer look at the items laying on it. He saw a sawdering iron and timers, along with pipes and gas valves. "I think we can tie him into starting that fire as well, looks like he was practicing or something like that," Andy pointed to the objects on the bench.

"Detective, I need Buzz down here now to take videos," Sharon stated to Julio. "Yes ma'am," Julio nodded and trotted up the stairs, leaving Andy and Sharon down there alone.

Andy cleared his throat as he looked at Sharon. Sharon glanced over to him. "Are we going to talk about this?" he asked as he held up the photo of her. Sharon shrugged her shoulders. "What's there to discuss?" she asked, which frustrated Andy even more than usual.

"Sharon, this psycho had a picture of you hanging on his wall," he said in a louder than normal tone. "Andy, it's just a picture. He obviously saw the news report and printed it out," she shrugged it off, even though deep down it bothered her.

"How can you be nonchalant about this?" Andy insisted. "We are not discussing this here," Sharon came back and Andy stared at her. Just then, Buzz came down the stairs. "Excuse me Commander, you wanted me to film things down here," Buzz interrupted them.

"Yes, Buzz, I would like you to film the workbench area, making note of the items located on top. When you are done here, please come upstairs," Sharon informed Buzz and he nodded as she left. He glanced at Andy and saw him looking at the floor. Buzz started to film the area.

"Commander, we need to locate this Jeffrey guy," Provenza said as she came up the stairs from the basement. "Maybe this will help?" Sharon turned around to notice Amy holding up what looked to be a bill from a cold storage facility.

Sharon walked around to the living room and noticed a laptop sitting on the coffee table. "Lieutenant Tao, do you think we can get anything off of his computer that would be useful?" Sharon asked him as he entered the house. "Possibly Commander," Mike pushed his glasses up his nose and walked over to the laptop computer.

"Here's a cell phone bill, maybe we can ping his location, Commander?" Amy handed another bill to Sharon and she nodded in agreement. "Lieutenant Provenza, please notify Patrol and see if they can send some cars out to this location. If Jeffrey comes back here, I want to make sure we have eyes on him," Sharon gave her orders to him.

Andy walked up the stairs to the kitchen and placed the evidence bag on the counter. He glanced at Provenza who had just gotten off the phone with Patrol. "What?" Provenza asked him and Andy handed him the evidence bag. He took a look through it after he placed exam gloves on his hands. "Why is there a picture of the Commander?" Provenza asked.

"This psycho had a picture of Sharon hanging up next to his workbench and she's acting like it's not a big deal," Andy muttered to his friend. Provenza sighed and shook his head. Walking back to where Sharon was standing with Mike, he informed her that patrol cars were on their way over to the house. "Good," she replied and saw Andy was standing in the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey was driving back to his house from the store. As he pulled down his street, he noticed some cars that had not been there before, parked along the curb. He didn't think anything of it and proceeded to pull up to his house.

That's when he noticed his front door was open and then he saw his garage door was open as well. "What the hell?" he muttered out loud to himself as he stepped out of his truck. He proceeded to the front of his house and walked up the two stairs and saw people in his living room.

He ran back down the stairs and hopped back in his truck, starting it and pulling out of the driveway as quickly as he could.

Andy looked out the windows in the living room and saw a black pickup truck pulling out of the driveway. "Hey! Stop LAPD!" he yelled, running out of the house. Julio ran after him, followed by Sharon, who stood on the front porch.

Andy gave chase a couple of houses but slowed down after he saw the truck get further and further away. He pulled up, coughing as he tried to catch his breath. "Lieutenant, are you okay?" Julio stopped with him and saw Andy place his hands on his knees. He waved one of his hands at Julio and then stood up.

"Did you get a good look at the truck, sir?" Julio asked as they stood in the middle of the block. "Just that it was black, Chevy Silverado truck," Andy said, in between taking deep breaths. "Was that our guy?" Julio started to walk with Andy back to the house. "I think so, but I'm not sure," Andy huffed.

Andy saw Sharon standing out on the front porch of the house and she watched him come up closer to her. She noticed he was still huffing a little bit as Julio gave her the information on the truck. "Black, Chevy Silverado pickup, no license plate," Julio told her and walked back into the house.

"Are you okay?" Sharon asked, concerned that Andy was still coughing a little after giving chase to the truck. "That was him, it had to have been," Andy told her, ignoring her other question. "Why did you even chase after him?" she asked. "That psycho had a picture of our Commander up on his wall, not to mention he works at the school Matthew and Nicole's boys attend," he looked at her.

She smirked at the 'Commander' comment and was going to say something else but Provenza interrupted the two. "Uh, Mike found some information on the guy's computer, and Amy found some more information," Provenza had said.

Sharon and Andy walked back inside the house. "Commander, SID is on their way over here to process at least, the garage, at this point," Amy informed her. "Alright, I don't think our suspect will be coming back home anytime soon," Sharon informed the team and noticed that Buzz was done and was in the kitchen.

"Here's the information he had on his truck, license plate and such," Amy handed Sharon a piece of paper with the information. "Lieutenant, put out an APB on this, please," she turned and handed the information to Andy. "Sure," he muttered and pulled out his phone, dialing the number to Central.

"Yeah, Lieutenant Andy Flynn, Major Crimes, I need you to put out an APB on a truck," he spoke to the dispatcher over the phone. Sharon walked over to where Buzz was standing in the kitchen.

"Buzz, did you get everything on tape?" Sharon asked and he nodded. "Yes, Commander," he told her and she nodded in response. "Okay, let's head back to the office," she turned around and informed the rest of the team.

"Julio, can you and Amy stay here until SID gets here," Sharon asked. "Commander, looks like Patrol just pulled up," Provenza looked out the window. "Good," she commented and walked over to greet the officers.

Andy watched as Sharon spoke to the officers that showed up and he hung up his phone. Mike packed up the computer and bagged it as evidence. Amy took all of the bills that she had discovered and placed them in an evidence bag as well, handing them to Mike.

Andy waited for Sharon to be finished before he walked over to their car. Provenza walked to his car and Mike followed him as he was now going in Provenza's car. Buzz opened the back seat and climbed inside as Mike took the front passenger seat.

Sharon gave her instructions to the officers and joined Andy as he waited for her. "SID should be arriving soon, Patrol is going to watch the house," she told him as they walked towards their car. "Central issued an APB on that truck, hopefully someone sees it so we can find this dirtbag," Andy muttered as he opened her car door.

She didn't say anything as he closed her door. As he walked around the back of their car, he took a deep breath. 'Don't pick a fight, don't pick a fight' he repeated as he walked to his door. Andy opened it and sat down behind the wheel. He closed the driver's side door, and felt a twinge in his left shoulder again. He hissed as he sat there.

Sharon turned her head. "Andy?" she sounded worried. "I'm fine," he mumbled as he shook his left arm. "You're so stubborn," she exhaled as she placed her hand on his right arm. "I'm stubborn?" he huffed as he sat there.

"What's wrong?" she asked him. "My shoulder acted up this morning when I woke up but I thought it would go away," he told her. "Is it your heart?" she asked, now very concerned. "No, it's not the same pain as that was," he paused. "It hurts where I got shot," he finally told her. "And I didn't want to worry you," he added.

Sharon shook her head. "Andy, you promised me that you would always tell me when you weren't feeling well," she almost felt like she was scolding him. "Yeah, well," he mumbled. He started the car and before he could drive off, Sharon spoke again.

"Yes, it bothers me that Jeffrey had that picture of me up on his wall," she blurted out. "Was it that hard to say that?" he sighed as he looked at her. "No, but at the same time I wanted to remain professional about it, not letting emotions get the best of me while we were down there," she told him.

Andy started to drive them back to the office. "I felt like I did when we found those pictures in Wade Weller's basement. He had kept tabs on us and we didn't even know who he was at that time," she reminded him. He remembered how she felt then, he was worried about her because at that time, he knew she would put her life in front of Rusty, to keep him safe.

"Andy," she simply said which brought his thoughts to the present. They had been stopped at a red light and he didn't realize that the light had changed until Sharon said his name. He pressed on the gas pedal and started to drive again.

"Did you take anything this morning for your shoulder?" she asked, turning her head towards him. He didn't say anything as they went towards the on ramp of the freeway. Sharon rolled her eyes and looked out her window.

Meanwhile, across town, Ricky and Matthew were enjoying the Zoo. They had walked over to the Giraffe's as soon as they arrived because they were one of Matthew's favorite animals here at the Zoo. Ricky and Matthew were watching the Giraffes eat when a younger woman walked over to them with another child around Matthew's age.

Ricky noticed her right away and was surprised she started talking to him. "Do you bring your son her often?" she asked. "Oh, uh, he's not my son," Ricky corrected her but then she had a confused look on her face. "He's my little brother," he told her. "Oh, that's nice of you to bring him here," she smiled.

"I bring my niece here every chance I get. She loves animals and has told me several times she wants to take care of them," she continued their conversation. Ricky smiled. "I'm Ricky, uh Richard, but people call me Ricky," he held out his hand towards her.

She smiled and shook his hand. "I'm Jane, that's my niece Ana," she introduced them to him. "My brother's name is Matthew," he told her. "Nice to meet you, Jane," Ricky smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Ricky," she told him.

"So, uh did you two just get here?" he asked but then he started talking to himself. "That's stupid, of course you just got here, I mean the park just opened, and," he started to ramble which made Jane laugh. "You're cute when you get flustered," she told him and he laughed.

TBC