DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters. They belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.
A/N: Thank you everyone for the kind reviews. I appreciate them so much. This is chapter 9, and it may get a little bumpy from here.
Chapter 9
Sunday morning came too soon for Sharon's liking. She was up early and could not fall back asleep. She had a terrible dream, but luckily her fussing did not wake Andy. The sun was starting to rise and its rays were starting to creep into their bedroom. Sharon watched Andy sleep. He had one arm over his head and his other arm wrapped loosely around her waist. She propped herself up on her elbow, and smiled to herself. Should she wake him up, she thought.
Just then he stirred and opened his eyes to see her eyes looking back at him. She shifted her weight as he pulled her close. "Good Morning beautiful" he smiled to her. "Morning" she said back to him and kissed him. Andy looked around the room and saw the sun was starting to come up. Sharon leaned back down and her legs were now entangled with his. She rested her head on his chest as he rubbed her arm back and forth soothingly. "That smells like pancakes and bacon" Andy whispered to her. "I think your kids are up" he added. Sharon just hummed and thought that this was nice just to lay here in his arms, where she felt safe.
There was a knock at their door. Sharon groaned. "Who is it?" she asked. "Mom and Andy, breakfast is ready if you want some" Ricky said behind the door. Andy quickly got up and threw on his robe. Sharon did the same. "They made us breakfast!" Andy said to her excitedly. "Don't get your hopes up Andy, you are still going to eat healthy remember?" Sharon said, almost scolding him. He hung his head down and just shook it. She picked his chin up, gave him a kiss, and headed out towards the kitchen. He followed her out.
Emily and Rusty were sitting at the table eating when Sharon and Andy walked into the kitchen. "Good morning everyone" Sharon said as she walked over to the table. Andy stopped at the kitchen counter and poured a glass of orange juice for him and Sharon. "Something smells good" he said to Ricky as Ricky was flipping more pancakes. "Oh, I made heart healthy pancakes over here for you Andy" Ricky said as he pointed to the plate. "Thanks" Andy said as he walked over to the table to bring Sharon her juice and set his glass down. He then walked back over to the plate and brought that over as well.
There was fresh fruit sitting in a bowl along with two types of pancakes and bacon. "This all looks really good" Sharon said as she fixed a plate for Andy and then placed it in front of him. There seemed to be more fruit than pancakes on his plate, but he knew he needed to continue to stay on his heart diet so he didn't complain. Ricky joined them after he was done cooking and they all enjoyed breakfast together.
After breakfast was done, Andy then stepped out onto the balcony to call Nicole and tell her that they were back in town, and what had happened. He also told her that Sharon and him were getting married tomorrow morning. "Oh Dad, I will definitely be there to see this" Nicole said and then they both hung up. Nicole was going to call Emily later on that morning for some more details.
Andy helped Ricky and Rusty clean up the kitchen while Sharon went to go get dressed. Emily had followed her into the bedroom. "So, tell me, did you and Andy pick a date yet for your wedding?" Emily asked her mom. "Oh, yes, we did" Sharon said to her as she continued to pick out some clothes. "So, when is it?" Emily asked inquisitively. "Tomorrow morning, after his doctor's appointment" Sharon answered. Emily was shocked! "Tomorrow?" she said. "Yes, Andy and I are going to the courthouse tomorrow after his appointment and we are getting married" Sharon simply said to Emily and then went into the bathroom to get ready for work. Emily just stood there in awe. Where was her mother's sense of occasion?
Emily passed Andy in the hallway and just smiled at him. He smiled back at her and continued to walk into the bedroom. "So, what did you find out?" Ricky asked her quietly so only the three of them could hear. "Tomorrow morning at the courthouse" Emily said. "That doesn't leave us much time to plan something" Ricky said as he looked at Rusty and Emily. "Um, I don't think we should plan anything since they are going to be working on that case for who knows how long" Emily stated to her brothers. "I agree" Rusty said. "We should wait" he added. "We can at least bring cake to the Murder Room afterwards" Ricky concluded. "We should call Andrea" Rusty said. "She had the mayor marry Provenza and Patrice last year, maybe she would have some ideas" he added as he texted her number.
Andrea Hobbs knew that Andy had proposed to Sharon after he was released from the hospital. Sharon was happy when she called her to tell her the news back then. She was shocked that they were going to get married in a courthouse tomorrow morning but worked on a few ideas with Sharon's kids. She was told to keep everything hushed which she would. Andrea had texted Sharon after speaking with her children just to see how everything was. She was shocked to hear what had happened up in Monterey and that Stroh showed up there. Sharon told her what happened and that there may be someone in LA connected. 'Let me know if you need a DDA' Andrea texted back and went about working some magic for the two of them tomorrow. She immediately texted Gavin to let him in on this news.
When Sharon and Andy showed back up in the Murder Room, the Murder board was up and full of information. Andy walked over to his desk as Sharon walked into her office to place her bag down at her desk. Buzz walked in with coffee and some pastries. Andy took one look at the pastries and of course wanted one. "Don't you dare" Sharon said to him as she made her way out to the Murder board. Andy just looked at her as she passed him by and shook his head. He followed her over to the board.
Julio stood up from his desk. "Ma'am, I called in a favor that two of my buddies from SWAT owe me" he said to Sharon. Sharon looked at him as he continued to speak. "They are currently outside your condo keeping an eye on things" Julio said to her in a low voice. "Thank you Julio" Sharon said as she lightly tapped her arm.
"Okay, do we have any new information to go on?" Sharon asked her team. "Forensics came back with a handwriting match to the notes" Mike said as he handed the report to Sharon. "The notes and the letter that was intercepted by the postal inspectors yesterday all match, it's definitely the same person" Mike stated and circled the three things written on the board.
"Anything else?" Sharon asked them. "We went through all acquaintances that Stroh had from clients he worked with to partners in his law firm and wrote all names that begin with a C or a G on the board" Julio said as he pointed to the list. Sharon turned around and saw about close to 20 names listed. "We don't even know if C or G represents a name. It could mean something else?" Sharon had said. "We are going to have to go with name on this Captain" Andy said. "Let's see if we have any names on this list that we know" Andy said as he walked over to the list on the board, circled a name, and turned around. "Peter Goldman" Provenza said as he looked back at Sharon.
TBC
