She could hear shots from Atwater's 9mm firing back, two seconds later Lynch was on his feet and firing in the direction of the van but it was too late. It was gone. The only thing she could do was take out her radio to radio into Dispatch.

"Shots fired at plain clothed officers and civilians in Grant Park. Black Van," Hailey said into the radio.

Kevin ran over to her as she was standing up. He shook his head. "No plates. You okay?"

She nodded. "What the fuck was that?"

"Some brazen shooting," Lynch said. "This is now a joint investigation. You have the full resources of the DEA."

Hailey sighed. "Same van, twice in one day and same cop. What the hell are they after?"

Lynch holstered his weapon. "Who'd you piss off, Upton?"

Soon, everyone was on scene. Voight and Lynch shook hands. "We'll take it from here Chris, but thanks."

Lynch nodded. "If you need anything, just call. Upton, we'll talk."

Everyone stood around in a circle. "Two hits in one day. Gotta be personal," Antonio echoed what everyone was thinking.

"That's what I was afraid of," Voight said. "Who have you pissed off lately, Upton?"

She shrugged. "You're not doing you're job as a cop if you haven't pissed off a couple people."

"Humble brag," Ruzek said, lightening the mood a little. A few smiles were shared around the circle.

"I haven't really done any high profile cases lately or even been called to testify on any of the cases. If any criminal knows who I am, I'm impressed," Hailey said.

Kim spoke up. "What about Earl Brown?"

She shook her head. "That man will hate me until the day he dies. My testimony put him behind bars for 25 years and we all heard his name in the media smearing me, but my photo was never shown and he's not capable of pulling this type of heist off."

Jay also shook his head. "I don't think Brown has the creds to pull off a daytime drive by shooting on two cops and a federal agent. That takes guts."

"So we narrow it down to known criminal organizations. You did time in Gangs," Voight said.

"Five months before Robbery/Homicide and that was 3 years ago. Gangs don't have that long of a memory," Upton pointed out.

Voight sighed. "Atwater, call Wilson in Gangs. See what kind of chatter there has been. G-Park Lords, anything. After Montgomery and Halstead's visit this morning, I doubt they are behind this. Burgess, work with Platt and go through all of Upton's high profile, low profile cases that she was the lead detective on. Antonio, Ruzek and Montgomery, stay on the drug case and find out how that dope from San Diego got to Chicago. Find out some hard evidence that Williams' own dad killed him. We need answers on this one. Soon! Before more battery acid cut cocaine ends up here."

Hailey sighed. "And I'm benched."

He rolled his eyes. "You were benched before this and now you're most definitely benched. Halstead is going to take you home and babysit your ass so you don't get shot again!"


Hailey did not have a good night sleep that night, between the pain and wondering who was trying to kill her. She rolled around a lot that night, trying to find a comfortable position but really couldn't find one. She knew she was safe in her own home, between Jay sleeping beside her and Allie in the spare room nobody was going to get to her. There was an undercover car parked down the street. Nobody put a hit out on a Chicago Detective and expected to get away with it. Voight was going to make sure of that.

It was around 6 am when she woke up and decided that she was up for good. She went to go make coffee and the smell of her Keurig making her coffee, reminded her of the fact that she saw her sister in law working at Starbucks. And how very, very, very odd that was. Hannah was a stay at home mom to three kids, not someone who would be working at Starbucks. Unless her and Hailey's brother, Derek, really needed the money. Except the only reason they would need the money, is if Derek was into something stupid. He had a pretty good welding job in the rigs in North Dakota and he made some serious coin.

Hailey quietly went into her bedroom and got her phone from the charger and slipped out before waking Jay. She texted Platt, who would probably be the only one to do her request without asking Hailey too many questions of her method and what she was up to. Can you run by brother, Derek Upton's, financials? Just a quick look.

However, Trudy Platt didn't text her back with what she found out on her fishing expedition, she called her. When Upton's phone buzzed with Platt's name on it, an hour later, Hailey knew that Platt had found something. "Good morning, Trudy," Hailey tried to sound upbeat.

"How many Oxycodone did Will Halstead prescribe you for you to sound this cheery this morning?" Platt shot back.

Hailey laughed. "None, and I'm guessing from this phone call that I'm not going to like what you found on this little drive-by either?"

Trudy Platt sighed. "Nope. Your brother is deep in debt. Just took out a second mortgage on the house, last week. That's all I could really do without getting a warrant on the financials. No reason for a second mortgage, the income from the oilfield is the same and it looks like there is an income coming in from Starbucks."

"Fuck," Hailey said. "This isn't good."

Platt sighed. "I'm guessing this has to do with the drive by shooting and not just to one up your brother?"

"You'd be correct. Let me devise a plan with Jay and Allie and I'll let Voight know what is going on."

"Sounds good, stay safe," Trudy said and hung up.

Jay came into the kitchen at that moment. "Devise a plan?" He put his own coffee cup into the Keurig to make a coffee for himself.

"How much did you hear of that conversation?"

Jay shrugged. "Enough to know that the only one to run a drive by on financials this early in the morning is Platt."

Hailey rose on her toes to kiss him. "Nobody said you weren't a good Detective."

He chuckled. "Nice deflection. What is this about?"

"Made Atwater stop at Starbucks yesterday and saw Hannah working there," she said.

Jay raised an eyebrow. He had met Hailey's brother's wife before. "As in Derek's wife, Hannah? Doesn't Derek make a decent living in the oilfield?"

Hailey nodded. "More than enough that Hannah doesn't have to work. Which got me thinking. This hit has to be personal. So I had Platt do a look see on their financials. Took out a second mortgage on their house last week."

Jay groaned. "Derek's in over his head on something."

Allie also came into the kitchen to make some coffee. "Derek's in over his head? Oh gee, imagine that."

"Good morning to you too," Hailey said, smiling though. No love was lost between Derek and Allie. Allie Montgomery had been a fixture at all holiday events since the day that Hailey and Allie had met at freshman orientation in University. Allie was straight from Florida and had no family in the Chicago area at the time and the Upton's, as dysfunctional as they were, took her in. However, Allie and Derek never really saw eye to eye on many subjects, and one of those major subjects was Allie's divorce.

Allie rolled her eyes. "What is this about?"

"Just a theory."

"I think we need to pay your brother a visit this morning," Jay said.

Allie held up her hands. "I'm out. Definitely out."

Hailey shook her head. "I need you as backup."

The brunette shook her head. "I love you, I love your family but I have had my fair share of Upton drama and dysfunction to last me a lifetime, thank you very much. I do not need to overflow my quota."

Hailey laughed. All of what Allie said was true so she didn't try and deny it. "Speaking of drama, your ex-husband texted me. You were by the other night. That somehow got left out. Logan's, the pub that you shouldn't have been at and then Adam's. Wow, Allie, you did fucking good."


Hailey, Jay, Allie and Adam met at Derek Upton's welding shop not long after she got off the phone with Platt. She had let Voight know what was going on, it was just a simple conversation with Derek. Adam was to remain in the car and make sure nothing was happening outside that shouldn't be happening and to catch anyone going to make a run for it. Allie was going to poke around the shop a little bit. Said ex-husband was a welder that had worked with Derek in the past so she knew her way around welding tools and could poke around safely. Jay and Hailey were going to go question Derek and see what the hell was going on.

Before they walked inside, Hailey gave her gun to Jay. "So I don't do anything stupid."

Jay raised an eyebrow. "I don't like the fact that you're not armed."

She rolled her eyes. She wasn't using the sling that April had gave her either, despite the fact that it was barely 24 hours after the shooting. "I have my backup on my ankle, like I always do."

He seemed satisfied with that answer so he took her gun at put it in his back waist as they walked towards where Derek's office was.

Hailey knocked on the door where Derek was on the phone and when he saw his little sister and her partner at the doorstep, he quickly got off the phone. He didn't stand up to greet them but he did smile. "Well, this is a surprise."

"It certainly is," she said, very frostily.

Derek was taken aback at her tone and got the memo that this wasn't a social visit, this was something way more serious than that. "What the fuck is going on for you to be visiting me during work hours? Especially with him?"

Hailey and Jay took a seat in the chairs across the desk from where Derek was sitting. She knew that this meeting was not going to go well and this might put her brother in prison, but that was a bridge she was going to cross later. She just wanted to know who wanted her dead at this moment. "I saw Hannah yesterday."

Derek shrugged. "So? She didn't mention anything."

"Working at Starbucks."

The dots started to connect for Derek, as he was not a dumb individual. "Oh."

"Made me wonder. Why my sister in law is working at Starbucks when I know what you make in a year. Definitely enough for her not to be working there in the middle of the day while your kids are at school, that's for sure," Hailey said.

Jay sighed. "We know you took a second mortgage out on the house last week."

"And somebody has tried to kill me twice in the two days," Hailey said. "And somehow I think this all leads back to you which I can't imagine that my straight laced brother would be messed up in something like this, but here we are, having this conversation."

Allie and Ruzek appeared in the doorway and all Hailey could think of was that she found something. She swallowed hard and made eye contact with Hailey and Jay before she spoke. Derek saw her in the doorway though.

"Stand up, Derek. You're under arrest. Put your hands behind your back," Allie ordered, as she walked over to him and put the handcuffs on his wrists, behind his back. "I haven't had to say this in a really long time, but you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney and if an attorney can't be provided, one will be appointed for you."


AN: Sorry I've been MIA. I've been working TONS and when everything was going wrong in my life, the answer to my problems was a plane ticket so I've been hiding out. But I'm back, somewhat. So here's a chapter for you!