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His worst Nightmare.
CH. 35.
Greenpoint Brooklynn.
They had just finished dinner, when Bobby got the call from his buildings superintendent that his apartment was on fire. He had taken the keys to the Department SUV and she had endured a 15 minute white knuckle ride to Greenpoint a journey that normally took 30 minutes.
As soon as they had skidded to a halt, he had jumped out of the vehicle and raced towards his building.
The Firefighters were just finishing up dousing the flames. In view of the fact that it had been reported very quickly they were able to contain a lot of damage. Bobby had badged his way inside and raced up to his apartment, his partner hot on his heels.
He had to wait until the Firefighters forensic team had finished up with their investigations and taking their pictures of the scene, before he was allowed to enter.
Alex watched him walk into his living room; the most damage had been here. Every single one of his collection of books that he had collected since he was 6 years old now lay in a pile of ashes in the middle of the room, even through all the smoke damaged walls she could see the words that had been written there. It was obvious who had done this, Copa!
All his pictures had been destroyed too. Family heirlooms from his mom and his grandparents and Frank, and after checking his bedroom cupboard he had discovered that his most prized possession was gone his mom's wedding ring.
After all these years of being with him, this was the quietest she had ever seen him, he just stood there staring at the ruins of his life. She wasn't sure if he would listen to her anymore. She walked up to him, his face was unreadable. She pulled him into a hug, it was only then that she could feel the tremble running through his body.
"We are going to get him Bobby, he will pay for this!"
She led him back downstairs and they climbed back into the SUV, she sat herself behind the wheel and pulled away from the sidewalk. He never said a word the entire way back to Inwood, he just stared out of the window.
Mount Sinai Hospital, 5 E 98th St New York.
Nicole had finished her checkup. She was friends with the OB/Gyn in charge of the maternity unit there. So her treatment went without the official paperwork that was normally required. It paid to have people who owed you favors.
She had been having light contractions for the past few days. She placed the blame on the stress, she was currently suffering. They had moved back into the city as soon as she started having the contractions, and now had a nice apartment a few blocks away from the hospital.
She wore a wig and glasses so as no one would recognize her, and even if she must say so herself, she had a convincingly good New York accent now. Since the drive back to the City she hadn't seen Copa again. She had read in the paper about the fire set at one of New York's finest. It didn't take a genius to realize just whose apartment had been set on fire and by whom.
He had texted her that he was on his way to her place, and he was waiting for her once she returned.
She opened the door and he followed her into the apartment. He had become expendable due to the actions he had taken. He was however no fool and very dangerous, she had to go about this very carefully. She had been able to obtain some potassium chloride and a syringe. A method she had used before, it would make him go to sleep and then it would stop his heart.
She would have preferred a more painful method. She had to be very careful due to her pregnancy. She couldn't afford it coming to a struggle. She had prepared them dinner, something she was preparing in a crock pot. He was of Irish heritage so she had promised him an Irish stew. It was of course laced with sleeping pills. She would say she felt sick to get out of eating it with him; it was something he was used to her doing. She excused herself to go and dish up their meal, leaving him in the living room.
He flipped the TV on and started to watch a game. Once he was sure that she had gone into the bathroom, he pulled over the bags she had placed next to the couch, and searched through them. He wasn't shocked to have found the syringe and the bottle of Potassium, for now he would wait until dinner was served. If she made an excuse not to eat with him, then he would know that the Potassium was for him!
He had done a lot of research into Goren after he had been thrown out of the NYPD. He had read up on all of the cases that Goren & Eames had worked on and was familiar with Wallace.
Too many people held him for an idiot; it would prove to be their undoing. Once he had heard that Wallace had escaped it hadn't been difficult for him to get employed by Gavin Haynes. This was something he had planned for a long time. It appalled him that she was carrying Goren's baby, even how she had gone about becoming pregnant had disgusted him. Of course she didn't know that he knew this, she was the next on his list to bring Goren to his knees. He had watched Goren leave his apartment. It pleased him to see the agony that he had caused him. He was going to take everything that Goren cared about. It wasn't about killing Goren that would be too kind, no he wanted him to survive and to suffer.
He heard Wallace fixing the dining table and walked over and sat down once she called him to come and eat. He noticed she hadn't filled her plate with any stew, and instead was eating some crackers.
"What's up, you not feeling hungry?" He asked pointing at the crackers.
Nicole took another nibble.
"Not really these contractions are upsetting my stomach. I hope you like your stew. Made it especially for you, you know. After all the work you have done, you deserve it."
She gave him a big smile, and watched as he pushed his plate to the center of the table. She did not like the expression on his face!
"I want you to eat some, in fact I won't take no for an answer."
He pushed his plate in front of her.
Nicole eyed the plate full of stew nervously; she hadn't calculated that he would be onto her game. She knew he was testing her. With a smile she took a spoon and ate a few bites, then tried to divert his attention.
"You do know that when I start being sick I will make you clean up after me!"
Copa was through with putting on an act. He slammed his fists down onto the table, making the plates jump into the air and startling Nicole.
"You know I take it personal when people think I'm stupid Nicole. I'm through with you and the kid you are carrying."
He stood up and walked towards her. He was amazed at the fight she put up. She had rammed a knife into his arm and his face was full of scratches. He released her throat, when he felt her body go limp.
After ransacking her apartment and taking all the cash she had and the Swiss account online banking passwords. He left the apartment making sure to close the door behind him.
T.B.C…..