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"About what?" Jamie replied as he inwardly thought, "Please just drop this or else you might learn more than you thought possible and feel how you never thought possible."
"Jamison you know what and no we are not dropping it so don't even ask."
"Fine then let's talk about how you all can just laugh at someone else's pain."
"Are you still talking about that case you heard about in Boston?" Linda asked.
"Yes! You know what I remember form that story there was this young woman who turned to my brothers for help and you guys just dismissed her claim."
"Really that is what this is about Jamie listen yes your brothers can be idiots…" Erin was interrupted by Danny and Joe saying,"Hey wait a minute." However, she continued, "But in this case you have it wrong they investigated and found a black Labrador puppy hiding in the shadows. Joe carried the puppy back while Danny informed the owner that they could not arrest her stalker because it was a stray puppy if I remember right the girl ended up falling in love with the puppy, adopted it and named it Shadow. That is why everyone laughed because it was a cute story. So let's get back to the point at hand what is up with the marks on your chest?"
"Those are nothing I am fine."
"Well obviously, you passed the police academy physical." Henry replied.
"But still when did you get those marks?" Frank asked feeling like it was better to be more direct if he wanted answers.
Jamie sighed and inwardly thought, "There is no getting out of this even if I leave now they will not let this drop why do I have to be from a family of detectives." after a few seconds he replied, "That happened a while ago it doesn't matter I handled it."
"Jamie come on how can you say that? Of course, it matters. What happened to you?"
"It's in the past no need to dredge it up."
"Obviously it's not. Considering the way you reacted. Before you left to get stitched up." Linda remarked.
"Fine it happened two years ago."
"Two years ago! How come we never heard of this? You were in law school we would have been notified if you were in the hospital." Frank asked his voice showcasing his shock and anger at the situation.
"Were you in the hospital or just visit the emergency room?" Erin asked; feeling it was best to get everything straightened out.
"I was in the hospital."
"Wait what? Why didn't you call one of us?" Joe asked clearly shocked and angry with the situation he was just learning about.
"Because for a bit I couldn't and then I just didn't want to disappoint all of you."
"What are you talking about nothing you do could ever disappoint us." Frank stated
"Wait how many times did you require hospitalization?" Linda asked seeing as Jamie was not going to continue on his own.
"I was there once well twice if you count the time I left against medical advice."
"Jamison Reagan why would you do that. You know doctors and nurses have your best intentions at heart." Linda replied Frank was the next to speak, "Better yet why did I not get the bill back then you were on my insurance."
"Linda I know and dad that is complicated" Jamie replied.
"Well come on Jamie in one word simplify it then we will go from there." Danny replied feeling like he was talking to a hostile witness.
"Fine Stalker."
"What?" the detectives at the table replied.
"You heard me correctly Stalker."
"Wait you had a stalker." Danny asked for clarification because he could not believe what he had heard.
"Yes well have if you want to be technical."
"And what the state of Massachusetts could not be bothered?" Joe asked clearly annoyed that no one had informed him of this mess or at least handled it.
"No it's not like that."
"Well then how do you still have a stalker and don't say it is complicated start at the beginning." Frank interjected.
" You know what not until we get one thing straight, I am not one of your witnesses I am your Family could you all just leave the job at the office for once!" Jamie shouted.
Frank looked shocked at his son's outburst but replied," We will try but you have to start filling in some of the blanks."
"Fine, it all started just over two years ago...I was walking with a friend to class when a jerk came out of nowhere and knocked me over it started to become a game every time I saw him he would knock me off balance however what I didn't know was that besides the times he was knocking me over he was following me. One day my friend Spencer told me he wanted me to tell you."
"Why didn't you?" Joe asked.
"Because I couldn't" Jamie shouted still clearly feeling like this was an interrogation.
"When back then or for two years" Danny interjected.
"What happened to this not being an interrogation?" Jamie asked as he got up to leave because this already was something he did not want to do.
Danny's temper got the best of him so he said, "if you want an interrogation we could go down to Joe's and my precinct put you in the box. Besides that's what we should do so you can press charges."
Erin seeing the situation glared at Danny then glanced at her brother seeing the fear of an interrogation with her brothers plastered on his face and considering he was about to run the last five feet to the front door she calmly walked up to him and said," Jamie, No one is going to the police station just tell us what happened we will shut up and listen." As she glance around the room giving everyone a warning glare. As she inwardly thought," we will not go now but latter definitely no one gets away with harming my brother."
Jamie sighed and walked back into the dining room with his sisters hand on his shoulder embracing him in a half hug he did not sit down but started to pace as he continued telling his story, "Okay So after I got back my apartment was broken into and the place was trashed I immediately called the police who came and filled out a report at the time I did not think it was related I postponed my plans to come home and surprise everyone. On the next day on my way out I found a cryptic note rolled up in my door handle that said "Soon you will know your place." I immediately ran to the police station since I was too worked up to drive I was seen by a detective who partially smirked told me it was nothing and I was probably over reacting but when they get a minute they would look into it just in case."
As Jamie was talking, Danny, Joe, Frank and Henry were thinking," I would do the same thing he had nothing."
Jamie continued talking after taking a seat and finishing his glass of wine as he inwardly thought, "Nothing like liquid courage." He then continued," After I left the police station I could not shake the feeling that I had made a big deal out of nothing. I was in no to talk when I noticed both of my brothers called seconds apart so I ignored both of your calls." Jamie said while looking at his two brothers. "When I was a few blocks away by this really great smelling bakery my phone rang again I saw it was Nikki and went to answer the phone however before I could I felt a blinding pain in my back and then all went dark." Jamie had to stop as he could feel the eyes on him. He could not look up so he played with the long cold food on his plate because he saw in his mind the looks of sadness and what he thought was disappointment in his families' eyes. If he looked up he would have seen the looks of shook and sadness that a member of their family was going through this and did not think he could come to one of them.
"So when I woke up, I was laying on a bed in a small room with metal walls. A few seconds after I woke up I realized my hands and legs were restrained to the mattress in soft restraints a second after I realized this the door opened and in walked a man with a ski mask. He said only one sentence and that was, "Soon you will know your place." Then he started a video tape that played a movie that described how you know your place in this world. When the movie stopped, another started, with voices of how parents felt when their kids did not follow their plan of what they wanted. When that one stopped he would come up behind the bed and put a bag over my head while he went around me with strange noises that sounded like they would cause harm. However, he never physically harmed me the only thing he would do would be to sneak around me and sometimes touch my face, back or arms in a hard tight grasp. He would keep me in the dark with that stupid tape running for hours or what felt like hours I had no clue really till after I got away. I had no clue how long I was there but after what felt like a few days I managed to get free and when I opened up the door I saw that it was night and the roads were quite. Having no idea where I was I started to walk towards the busiest road I could find hoping to find someone anyone that could help. I had been walking for a while, when I saw less than a few blocks away a store light across the road. As I was crossing the road a truck out of nowhere struck me head on. The last thing I remembered was a voice saying you better have learned your place or else and remember I will be watching."
Jamie's story was interrupted by a table large sigh and a collective, "Jamie." As inwardly everyone seated at the table thought, "How come just this once he couldn't just be over reacting."
However, Jamie did not hear them for he was entranced almost in a memory so he just continued to talk," After a few seconds I remember a voice saying," if you can hear me an ambulance is on the way. I remember hearing the ambulance in the distance. However, before the ambulance got there I collapsed. Next thing I remember was waking up in the hospital with a scratchy feeling in my throat, an intense pain in my sides. I also remember feeling a tingly feeling in my leg and arm. I tried to remove the scratchy feeling however, I am not sure why but a nurse and doctor showed up out of nowhere and injected something into my iv while saying, "Sir please calm down were trying to help you." Then all I remember was the room going hazy and finally complete darkness. "
Linda could not hold her voice any longer and seeing how the rest of the room had looks of shock on their faces she said," Jamie, how long were you in the hospital?"
Jamie finally realized that he needed to at least meet the eyes of one of his family so he looked straight at Linda and said," I was in the hospital for two weeks."
"Why didn't you call? Better yet how long were you missing and why did no one contact us." Frank asked.
"I couldn't and I am sorry I can't do this I need to go." Everyone was stunned. However, that did not last too long because two seconds after Jamie left the table Joe was on his tale and found him sitting on the back porch. Upon finding Jamie Joe just sat down and pulled his brother in a hug, which he personally needed and knew deep down that his brother needed as well. He was not sure why he was not told or why Jamie hid this and knew with time it would all come out but for now all he could do is be there. After a few minutes Joe spoke and said," Jamie how about we head back inside and get this over with so you never have to mention it again if you don't want to." However, the response he got was different than what he was expecting instead of like the Jamie he knew to just nod and follow his lead Jamie said, "That's not the first time I heard that you detectives like that saying. Honestly Joe all of you think the same way how about you do me a favor and just drop it."
"I can't do that Jamie and I know everyone in your family won't either it is clear this is eating you up."
"So what is your big plan here, interrogate me find out all of my secrets than you, Danny, Pops and Gramps go play the hero?" Joe was too stunned to reply so he just stared ahead at his brother in silence with a shocked look on his face. However, Jamie did not notice instead he continued speaking and said, "You all are missing the point this already was in the past there is no need for you four to play hero or for Erin to get justice for her baby brother it is handled."
This sentence brought Joe out of his funk as he said, "What do you mean it is handled? You just said earlier that you still had a stalker if this guy is still after you it is not handled Jamie just let us in alright we will stay with you while you file the report and through the trial. "
Jamie knew that the easiest way to get this over with was to just tell his family everything and take the punishment of their disgrace for his actions or lack thereof. So instead of replying audibly he let out a loud sigh then walked back into the house and straight to the family dining room with Joe on his heals as he sat down and ate the salad. After a few seconds no one could wait any longer and Danny was the first to speak, "Kid who did all of that to you?"
"It was a fellow college student that went by the name of Dan Smith." Danny nodded in comprehension as he mentally filled away the name so he could pay the guy a visit and fix the massive mess Massachusetts made at his brother's expense. The next question came from Frank, "How long were you held hostage?"
"I later found out I was missing for four days" Jamie replied while still eating even though he was not hungry.
"So why didn't you call?" Erin asked as she was not willing to let her brother off of the hook.
"Because as I said I couldn't and so much for this not being an interrogation." Jamie hotly replied.
"What do you mean you were in a hospital for two weeks and you could not pick up the phone?" Danny asked while ignoring his brother's last comment.
"Exactly for the majority of my stay in the hospital I was heavily medicated."
"Jamie, what was wrong." Linda asked not liking how this was sounding.
"Apparently the truck did more damage than I thought it turned out the reason why I collapses at the scene was because with the impact of the truck head on I managed to collapse both of my lungs since my body was not getting enough air they had to insert two chest tubes and first they had me on oxygen but apparently my oxygen saturation levels were still to low so they placed me on a ventilator after tests were done it was discovered that I needed surgery to repair my one lungs. Since I had no identification of any sort at the scene I was listed as John Doe. Besides the surgery I needed on my one lung they also had to brace my right shoulder because I dislocated my arm. And while I was unconscious they also had to realign my dislocated hip then besides some minor scrapes and scratches from the impact some that required sutures I was fine."
"How can you say you were fine, that is a long list what were you in the ICU?"
"Yes I think so, but I was unconscious. Apparently according to my doctor, they were having trouble controlling my oxygen saturation so I was on the ventilator for a week in a dream state. I was told this was done so I wouldn't fight the intubation. When I was finally stable, I was removed from the ventilator and placed on a different floor. When I awoke I was in that room. A short time later, the doctor entered and introduced himself. After making sure I was stable. He asked if I knew my name when I said yes and told him my name he looked relieved. He then informed me that a detective was waiting to speak with me."
"So wait you didn't have amnesia?" Danny asked for that seemed like the only viable explanation as to why Jamie did not call.
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Jamie however ignored his brother and continued," Once the detective entered he informed me that I was currently a John Doe since they could not figure out my name with my fingerprints. After talking with him and informing him of who I was he said, "Man am I glad it's you because two detectives have been tearing apart this state to find you apparently a friend reported you missing. I will call them right away. After a while I had given my formal statement and the detectives left to go catch the man that did this. Also they placed me under police protection. As I was about to call you a doctor walked in however this guy did not look like my doctor. The man instead of checking my pulse like all the doctors in the hospital liked to do, he pulled out a match book and lite a match. He placed it in a container of sorts he had brought with him after a few seconds he smoldered the flame then I'm not sure how but he secured the container to my face so the heat did not reach me but the smoke did. He managed to do all of this before I could scream for help. He Left me no choice but to breathe in the smoke. The last thing I remember was the blaring of the heart rate monitor then it all went blank. When I woke up later that day I was back on the non re breathable mask because apparently my body was not doing a good job of oxygenating. Once the tube was removed I was informed by the detectives that as I had thought the suspect knocked out the hospital security guard and was long gone. It was then decided that I needed better protection and since this guy knew where I lived I was to after being released placed in hotel down town until this man was caught. They also thought it was clear that this man likely had my phone calls bugged so as a precaution my phone was disabled and I was given a burner. That could only call three local numbers. For safety measures, it was made so that my emails were encoded. I could only send messages no one could reply. This was made to happen for fear the email would be traced."
"Wait you were in so much danger, you had to be placed under protection. Why didn't you call? We could have helped. Or did you forget we are a family that bleeds blue."
"At the time I was informed I was placed under protection, moments later I was having trouble breathing and started to cough. Alarms were going off, the doctors rushed in to stabilize me. Which I quickly learned by the haziness I felt that meant being sedated and placed on the ventilator. When I woke up I learned I had been out for three days while my body fought off the worst of the pneumonia. Even when I was awake for the next few days I was on a non-rebreather oxygen mask. So I could not call anyone I was not able to call." Jamie clarified.
"Once the man was caught I was informed that it was thought he would definitely make bail so I would not be safe until he was locked up and this set up would continue until after the trial."
"Okay so why didn't you tell us when it all ended. Better yet when did it all end?"
"It ended the day you came to visit me." Jamie said making eye contact with his two brothers.
"So that is why your apartment had so many locks your protection detail had them installed as a precaution and all of the dust that was because you hadn't been home in what almost three months."
"Partly the locks came with the apartment but yes that was why there was some dust."
"So why didn't you tell your brothers when they came to visit." Frank asked wanting answers no matter how much Jamie said he did not want to be questioned.
Jamie sighed as he inwardly thought this sounds a lot like a police interrogation but knew deep down he was not going to get out of this so he replied, "Because things got complicated."
"How much more complicated could they get." Danny replied and before Jamie could answer Joe said, "Wait you weren't walking around with a bruise because of a basketball game were you?"
"A bruise why didn't you tell me about that!"
"Dad we thought it was because of a friendly game the exclamation made sense."
"No it wasn't although I did play a basketball game it just was not rough."
"So what you want us to give you credit for burying a lie under fact? Newsflash Jamie you still lied to an officer of the law."
"No it was a lie to my brothers!"
"Just tell us what happened." Erin said.
"Erin just stop this is not court you cannot just move me along to get to the good stuff that will help you win a case."
"Jamie I wasn't trying to do that."
"Fine you know how I was in my pajamas when you came over?" Jamie asked well glancing at Danny and Joe.
"Yeah we called you on it and you said you had a long week."
"Well that was true but the whole truth was that while in court for sentencing he broke free and slammed me head first into the floor. The next thing I remember is waking up at the hospital a few hours later and being informed I had stiches and a concussion."
"Wait stitches how did we not see that."
"You didn't see them because I didn't want you to so I hid them."
"The hat you insisted on wearing. Jamie why didn't you tell us?"
"I didn't tell you because I was fine after a few hours even though the doctor disagreed I knew I was fine and I was not going to let that upset my surprise visit. "
"Wow Jamie you really do have the Reagan men think there invincible gene. But Jamie you are not invincible and I still do not understand why you did not tell them. " Linda replied.
"It is stupid and doesn't matter. Well this was fun, but I need to go." Jamie said the last part sarcastically for this was anything but fun.
