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His Worst Nightmare

Ch. 34

Inwood NY.

Alex and Bobby made themselves comfortable in John Eames's spare bedroom. After their long talk with their Captain it was deemed wiser that they didn't return to either of their homes, and after a brief phone call John Eames had told them that they could stay with him.

They had approached their Captain immediately after they received the letter and the photos from Copa. He had been informed of their engagement and of their plans, when the baby was born.

Hannah wasn't sure what he could do with the Chief, but he promised he would fight for them so there would be no reprimand. They were his best team and their engagement had not interfered with their work in the slightest. He knew of other instances where leniency was showed.

One thing he could not promise was that they would remain as partners and that bothered them the most.

John Eames looked at his daughter and her partner. He had always liked Bobby and treated him like a son, his daughter was safe with him as her partner, and he was looking forward to their marriage. He had won his bet with John Jr. He had always known how they felt towards each other, long before they had realized it.

Providence Rhode Island.

Nicole was furious that Copa had acted without her knowledge or permission. She had done some snooping on his laptop and found the copies of the letters he sent. This once again interfered with her plans.

She felt the kicks and sat herself down; getting worked up was not good for their baby. She rubbed her belly and spoke to her little girl about how it won't take long for her father to realize that he was with the wrong person. She told her, her hopes that she looked like her daddy and inherited their intelligence. She was now approaching 8 months and smiled as she thought of Bobby's constant references to Moby Dick, well now she could definitely say that she resembled a whale.

It annoyed her that Copa kept on trying to find out who the baby's father was, she had realized how dangerous he was and that he had obviously had a run in with Goren. She could get no information out of him though. Well she didn't need for him to tell her anything, she thought to herself as she logged into the NYPD database and typed in his name.

What she found was quite disturbing, he had his own agenda it seemed, and no wonder, Goren had been instrumental in his dismissal from the NYPD. She now fully understood his anger. He was out to kill him. Well she couldn't allow for that now could she? She would have to divert his rage and convince him that there were better ways to make Goren suffer. She could kill two birds with one stone too. She would be rid of Eames and then Bobby would turn to her for comfort. She knew that Copa would be easily talked into her plans.

Underwood Memorial Hospital.

It was the constant beeping sound that had brought him out of his unconsciousness. He was, however, having great difficulty with opening his eyes. He felt as if his head was wrapped in cotton wool and there was something stuck down his throat that was very uncomfortable.

It was then that the pain really hit him; his stomach felt like it was on fire. With the pain came the memory. He had been shot, and now he lay in the hospital. He tried to move but the pain flared in his gut and forced him to groan.

Deborah responded quickly when she heard her brother, she pressed the call button next to his bed and within seconds a nurse appeared. Deborah asked her to get the doctor and gestured towards her awakening brother.

She placed her hands on her brothers shoulders and gently forced him to lay back, letting him know he was going be ok, and that the doctor would soon be removing the tube from his throat.

Within a few minutes the Doctor arrived and she was asked to leave the room briefly so that he could extubate him and help him manage his pain. After he had finished Dexter had fallen back to sleep, he was still very weak. She left his room, feeling relieved that he had regained consciousness, albeit briefly but he was making progress. She went outside the hospital and got out her cell phone and sent Detective Eames a text informing her of her brother's change of condition and that he was asleep, so there was no rush, she would let them know when he next woke up.

Greenpoint Brooklynn.

Copa had followed them to Inwood, after he had made sure that they were staying there, he doubled back to Goren's apartment. He checked out the neighborhood and convinced himself there was no one observing Goren's place.

Once it had gotten dark he followed another tenant into the house, and made his way up to Goren's. It didn't take him long to pick the lock and enter, he made his way into the kitchen and helped himself to a beer from the fridge and then searched through the apartment. Goren had hundreds of books, so he set about destroying them. As soon as he had finished doing that he took Gorens photo's into the bathroom and placed them into the bathtub and doused them with zippo lighter fuel, along with a box that was marked 'Carmel Ridge'. It seemed to be filled with things from his mom and he found a diamond ring, which he placed in his trouser pocket, it was worth a few bucks.

Before he set the stuff on fire in the tub, he went through his apartment and sprayed rat on every wall and then used the rest of the lighter fuel to soak the pile of books in his living room. As soon as he had set both the stuff in his bath tub and the books in the living room on fire, he smiled and left the apartment.

T.B.C…