Chapter 7

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Rollins was looking a ghost staring back at her. "Santiago. I heard you didn't survive the shooting. Clearly those reports were wrong." She said as she kept an eye on the gun he had on his hand by his side.

Amanda slid her hand up her back and pulled out her phone and dialed Nick's number holding her hand over speaker so he could hear what was going on.

Nick answered. "Amanda, Amanda, did you re-consider my offer." But she didn't respond instead he heard another voice in the background, someone he didn't recognize. He pulled over and put the phone to his ear and listened closely.

"Yes, they were. I was wounded pretty bad, lost a lot of blood, bullet only just missed my heart. When I came to in the hospital I was asking for you. They said that you had been shot and was taken to another hospital. The police came I was arrested. I asked what happened to you because you weren't there when I woke up and they told me you died, and yet I see you standing here breathing, talking so you can see where I got confused. Oh and you know what here's the kicker not only do I find out you're alive I find out that you're an undercover cop." He said as he paced up and down with his raised.

"Damn" Said Nick who was still listening. He quickly turned around and headed back to Amanda's apartment.

"How did you find out?" She asked

"I have dirt on a lot of people Amanda. Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians, DA'S, Brass. When I went I went looking for you I showed your photo to one of the doctors who had operated on you after you were shot. They told me you were a cop and that you had survived. He called me when you left the hospital he told me that someone had been visiting you. A boyfriend perhaps or the father of your baby.

Amanda knew she had to try and talk her way out of this. Amanda looked up with tears streaming down her face. "The father of my baby is you Santiago."

"Me?" he said with a stutter

"Yes, you I had just found out and I was coming to see you, to tell you about the baby and then the fire fight happened I was shot and you were dead." She said as she cried.

Santiago lowered his gun down and walked over to Amanda. "How can I be sure that this baby is mine Amanda?

Amanda exhaled a breath. "You have a weapon Santiago you're in control here. I wouldn't lie to you I swear on the life of the baby."

"Hmmm, alright." He said as Amanda breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile Nick had arrived back at Amanda's building. He jumped out the car and saw 2 people most likely with the mystery man from Amanda's apartment outside the building. He walked towards the building and took the stairs up to Amanda's apartment. He pressed his ear against the door and could hear Amanda talking in soft tones.

Nick took a chance and knocked on the door. "Ms Rollins. It's your home care nurse. Here to check up on you and to give you your medication, you forgot it when you left the hospital."

"Okay give me a minute." Said Amanda as she turned to Santiago.

"Get rid of him." He said

"If I get rid of him, they'll send an ambulance; they'll assume something has happened.

Santiago thought for a minute. "Alright go, be quick, but if you try anything I will hurt you."

Amanda nodded and opened the door slightly and saw Nick standing there.

"Are you okay" he mouthed

"Yeah" Amanda mouthed back.

"Come in" Said Amanda as she saw Santiago quickly reholster his gun in the small of his back using his shirt to cover it.

"Sorry I didn't realize you had company."

"It's fine. He's a friend." She smiled.

"Okay, sorry do you mind if I borrow Ms Rollins for a moment. I just need to run through a few instructions from her doctors and her medications from the hospital.

"Sure. I'll wait here." He said

"Great, we'll just be in the bathroom" Said Nick as he escorted Amanda into the bathroom.

"Thanks for coming back." She whispered.

"Sure, he armed?"

Amanda nodded.

"Alright, you got a spare weapon hidden around her somewhere?"

Amanda opened up her bathroom cabinet and pulled out another weapon.

Nick smiled. "Do you always keep a gun in the bathroom cupboard?"

Amanda shot Nick a look, which said a million words

"Great come on let's do this."

Nick and Amanda walked back out of the bathroom and into the living room guns drawn. Santiago caught a glimpse of them walking back and fired his weapon in their direction. Nick and Amanda took cover and fired their weapon in return clipping Santiago in the arm as he made his way out of the apartment and down the stairs and into the street. Nick knew he wasn't going to start a firefight in the middle of the street instead he pulled out his phone and called it in.

"This is Detective Nick Amaro, I have a suspect that has shot at 2 Detectives and is currently on foot and has been hit in the arm." He said as he gave them Amanda's address.

Nick turned to Amanda. "Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm good. Thanks for coming back."

"Of course I would. That was your target from your last OP huh."

"Yeah, I thought he was dead."

"Apparently not."

"Yeah."

"You know he's gonna come back for you, you've got a target on your head now."

"I know. I've got to go off the grid now. I've got to disappear."

"You mean we."

"This is my problem Nick."

"You've got it wrong Amanda, it's our problem, and we tackle this together. I'm not leaving you or the baby. Alright pack a bag, we gotta go now."

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