A/N: I hope you all enjoyed Blackmail (Part One). As you'll see in Part Two, everything isn't as it always seems. Enjoy!


FLASHBACK (2 WEEKS AGO)

JAY'S P.O.V.

"Halstead. In my office now!" I heard Hank yell from his desk. It was a Friday afternoon and I was just finishing up paperwork on the latest case we had just closed. "Doesn't sound like he's happy with you. How did you manage to fuck up this time, Halstead?" I heard Burgess say, in that voice. That voice that made me cringe. That voice that was filled with disgust, blame and distrust. Everyone knew she held me responsible for Christine extending her trip in Ireland. It's been almost a month and a half since she and the twins have been gone. "Burgess..." Ruzek said, trying to keep the peace. I ignored everyone and headed into Voight's office. I started to close the door behind me but before I could he yelled "Burgess! You too! In here now!" I sat down in one of the chairs across from Voight's desk as Burgess walked in slamming the door shut behind her. She took a seat, looked at Hank, then looked at me and the both of us grinned at each other.

"So, it's definitely apparent to everyone that Kim hates me. Good job Burgess. You have been a little brutal tho, so if you could reign it in slightly I would appreciate it. I don't know how much more I can take of being the bad guy." I said, smiling at her. "Hell no! If I let it up now it would mean I've gone soft and people would start to think I'm now on your side. Which I am but I'm not at the same time. I mean I am kinda mad at you but I know that it's not completely your fault Christine and the twins are still gone. I just wish we had something more to go on at this point." Burgess said looking at me and then at Voight. "Burgess, tonight is your weekly girl's night with Erin, right? See if you can get her to let you into her apartment. I'd like to get a bug planted in there. Just a small listening device. I truly believe someone is using her to get to Jay and Christine. Breaking apart their family is just part of the plan. I'm afraid it's going to lead to something bigger...something dangerous for everyone involved. Jay, you're still spending Sunday's with her...so let's turn this Sunday into a family dinner at my house. Maybe if we get her into another element, a place where she has always felt safe, then she will come clean. I know it's not easy for the two of you, most of the time, to pretend you really dislike each other but I don't want this operation known to anyone else. Especially anyone else in the Unit. The last thing I need is for all of you to be out getting a little drunk one night at Molly's and someone letting it slip. Burgess, check in with me tomorrow and let me know how tonight goes. Here's the device I want you to plant." Hank said, handing her the device before turning to me. "Jay, call her now. Set up Sunday dinner. Tell her it's mandatory every Sunday from now on. Let her know that I've accepted the two of you as a couple and want to mend fences. I expect to see the two of you at 5:00pm on Sunday." He said as he got up from his desk. He opened the door, and to keep up pretenses, said "That's it. I'm expecting the two of you to get your shit together. If you can't manage to work together then I will cut BOTH of you from this Unit and send you BOTH back down to patrol."

KIM'S P.O.V.

I walked out of Hank's office and went to the Ladies Room. The great thing about currently being the only female in the Unit was most of the time there was no one else in the Ladies Room. I could finally smile as the door closed behind me. Even though we had worked on a difficult case for the past two weeks it has been a lot of fun to pretend to be at odds with Jay. I mean yes, I'm mad at him for calling Erin to begin with but I feel bad because of what he has been going through. I felt so bad the morning after the twins' welcome home party. He knocked on my door at 7:30am, after he found Christine in bed with Kelly Severide. Thankfully Adam had an early meeting with a C.I. and wasn't home. I looked at Jay and reminded him that if he kept pushing Christine away she was going to end up with Kelly.

Jay needed someone to talk to that day and he told me everything start to finish from the time he first contacted Erin to what she told him during lunch the day before. I was surprised he even told me about the video of him and Erin having sex. It was only the second time I've ever seen Jay cry. The first time was when we found Christine unconscious after she had been kidnapped...when we thought she was dying.

Christine called Jay after she woke up to explain that they did not have sex, but he was too hurt at first to hear it. Then after he and I finished talking, we decided to call Voight. There was something seriously wrong with Erin for her to be pulling shit like this. I left Adam a note saying I went for a run before heading to Voight's with Jay. The three of us came to the decision to not tell Christine what was going on. It was weird...whoever was behind what's going on with Erin had her move into Christine's old apartment. Hank, Jay and I couldn't figure out what was going on but Erin definitely hadn't been herself since showing up in Chicago. In case this was blowback from Christine's dealings with the Irish Mob or if it was blowback from the Italian Mafia we wanted to keep her safe. And safe, unfortunately, meant Jay had to hurt her enough to cause her to extend her stay in Ireland. With O'Malley and Luis watching over her I had no doubt that she and the twins would be safe. Not only that but I know Kelly had already been over there for ten days and would be going back over again for Thanksgiving.

I walked out of the restroom and texted Erin confirming girl's night. She said that we were still on and I suggested heading over to her place with Chinese Food and a couple of bottles of wine. I told her that it had been a long week and I wasn't 100% up for a night out at Molly's or any of our other local hangouts. She said that was fine and told me any time after 7:00pm worked for her. Erin was halfway through a bottle of Jameson when I showed up at 7:30pm. That's how I knew there was something definitely wrong with her. I asked her if she needed to talk about anything...I led her to believe that I thought she and Jay had a fight and that's why she was upset. She said no. She eventually excused herself after we ate and went to the bathroom. That's when I got to work and planted the bug Voight had given me.

I texted Hank the next morning to let him know the device had been planted in her living room. I attached it to the back of the tv and it was small enough that it shouldn't be seen. He told me that he appreciated it and to remember we were helping Erin, Jay and Christine so I wasn't betraying anyone. It was almost as if he knew I felt guilty about keeping all of this from Christine and being part of what was causing her so much pain.

HANK'S P.O.V.

After Halstead and Burgess walked out of my office and the rest of the Unit left for the weekend I pulled out the bottle of whiskey I had in the credenza behind my desk and a glass. As I was pouring the glass, Al walked in. "So, what's the deal with you, Burgess and Halstead? I know that something is going on. It's not like you to tell me, Hank." he said as he sat down. I grabbed another glass out of the credenza and poured him two fingers of whiskey. I filled him in and he was just as confused as I was. Neither one of us could understand why Erin wouldn't have come to me. She has come to me with everything since she was a teenager. I told him my plan of having Halstead and Erin over to dinner on Sunday's from now on, hoping that in a safe environment she will open up to us. "Al, I need to get this fixed before Christine comes back from Ireland. Which, in the last Skype call we had, she said it might not be before the end of the year. God, I miss her and those two kids. I can tell they're getting big. They need to be back here with their father...with their family...with the people who love them. Christine doesn't look good either. She looks like she's lost more weight and there are major bags under her eyes. I'm thinking about having Connor reach out to her thru Skype so he can get a look at her as well. I really don't know how to help anyone at this point."

PRESENT DAY

JAY'S P.O.V.

"Hey. Jay. You have a visitor." I heard Sean Roman say to me. I was pissed at him and the world in general, but specifically with him because he lost a suspect we were chasing this morning. As a result, it was going to extend this case another week or so. Without looking up and in probably what was an ornery tone, I replied "I thought I told you it's Detective Halstead." I noticed the bullpen went really quiet as everyone else looked up to see who was standing next to Roman. "I don't know kids. I don't think we came to visit Daddy on the best day. He sounds kind of grumpy." I heard a voice say. A voice that was my favorite voice in the world. I looked up in disbelief to see Christine holding the twins at the top of the stairs.

"Hi." she said walking over to me. "Which one do you want first?" she asked. "How do I choose?" I asked her in return, extremely unsure of what to do. I've had very little up close and personal interaction with the twins, other than over Skype, since they left the hospital over two and a half months ago. "Well thankfully, our children are pretty smart and at only 4 ½ months they will kind of hold their arms out to you. Just say want to come to Daddy and see which one puts their arms out. My guess is it will be Quinn." she told me. I followed her suggestion and she was right. Quinn, smiled and put her arms out to me. My little girl looked just like her Mother. Her mother, the woman I loved, whose forgiveness I wanted to beg right then and there. But I couldn't...there was too much riding on what we've been trying to accomplish in order to keep Christine safe. However, I didn't think she would ever forgive me when she asked Hank and I over for a family dinner on Sunday and Erin announced her presence. Shit, not sure how this one was going to play out. Christine's face looked like she was about to cry. I didn't want that. I didn't want to be the reason she ever cried again.

CHRISTINE'S P.O.V.

I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I heard Erin's voice coming from behind me. What the fuck, was all I could think. It never occurred to me she would still be in Chicago two months later. Before anyone could say a word, Hank handed Quinn over to Kim and took me into his office closing the door behind me. "Why didn't you tell me Hank? Why wouldn't Kim have told me? Why didn't anyone tell me? I feel like such an idiot. Here I was ready to beg Jay for forgiveness and Erin is still here and he wants to bring her to dinner at my house?" I asked, agitation evident in my voice. He didn't answer my question but instead turned around in his chair and opened the bottom right drawer of his credenza to pull out a bottle of whiskey and a glass. He poured a glass and pushed it across the desk in my direction, but I shook my head as tears rolled down my face. "I can't." I whispered. I reached into my bag, pulled out the pregnancy test and held it in the palm of my hand. He looked at me, looked at the test and then asked "How far along?" "I think just about ten weeks. I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. It's not Kelly's, if that's what you're thinking." I said. "I never would have assumed it was Severide's. He actually called me this morning to tell me you were back and let me know that he was concerned about you. He planned on dragging you to see a doctor if I couldn't convince you to go on your own. He hasn't always been my favorite person, but he loves you, and although he knows you don't feel the same way he is still ready to go above and beyond for you." Hank told me. Before we could say anything else, the door opened and Jay walked in with Kim right behind him.

JAY'S P.O.V.

I really wanted to be open and honest with Christine. Before anyone could say a word, Hank grabbed Christine by the elbow and lead her into his office leaving the twins in the care of Kim and Ruzek. Probably because he thought if I had one of my children in my arms that would give Erin access to them and that would cause Christine to freak the fuck out. Not that I could blame her. I sat there for a few minutes, not knowing what to do. I got up from my desk, went and picked up Aiden out of Ruzek's arms and told Kim, who was still holding Quinn, to follow me. I was putting an end to this right now. Kim silently followed me into Voight's office and shut the door.

I looked to see Christine's beautiful eyes filled with tears and a stick sitting in her open palm. A stick that looked like a pregnancy test. A stick that, I could tell from where I was standing, showed two pink lines. Christine was pregnant. It had been so long since we had sex I automatically assumed that Severide was the father. Jesus, I was too late. I've made such a mess of my life and hers. Because I've been so stupid and have gone about everything the wrong way she made a decision about her future and apparently that future included Severide. "You're pregnant? I guess I should be offering you and Severide all my best and saying congrats, but I can't do that." I said turning to walk out the door. Before I took two steps her voice, barely above a whisper, said "The baby isn't Kelly's. I've never had sex with him Jay. By all calculations I'm ten weeks pregnant. That would make you the father. I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for my first appointment."

"Holy shit!" Kim exclaimed. "Sorry, forgot there were little ones in the room. Uh, maybe I should just take them into the bullpen, for now? Or down to see Platt?" she asked looking at Voight. After covering the stick with a piece of paper, Voight opened the door. He called Ruzek to come into the office. "I want the two of you to take the twins down to see Platt. Keep them down there until either Jay, Christine or I come down. Not a word to anyone. No one but the two of you and Platt is to go near those kids. Understand? Good, now go." he instructed.

I sat down in shock, looking at the test and looking at Christine. Our twins weren't even 5 months old and she was pregnant again? With my child? I wasn't sure what to think...what to believe...how to protect her...how to protect the twins and our unborn child. If it really was my child. I can't help but think it might be Severide's. It just seems that Christine coming back from Ireland, pregnant, is a little too neatly wrapped up in a bow. I don't know if I can really demand a DNA test. I don't know what to do, but I do know that she needs to know the truth. She needs to know what Hank, Kim and I have been working on. "Hank, we need to tell her the truth." I said.


A/N: S**t's about to really hit the fan in the next chapter when decisions need to be made and sides need to be taken. Will Jay, Kim & Hank's actions send Christine and the twins back to Ireland? What's going to happen when complications with the pregnancy arise? Will Erin finally come clean about why she has been acting like her crazy-ass mother? Stay tuned to find out! As always, remember to follow the story so you receive alerts when I post a new chapter.