Robert

Warren, Gibson, Vic, Ruiz, Montgomery, Emmett, Miller, Maya, and Carina were in here.

Most of our phones dinged.

It was a notification about Maya losing her job.

"This is you." Andy told me.

I stammered over my words.

"You did this."

"What happened?" Vic questioned.

"Captain Bishop has been relieved of her duties." I answered.

Carina and Maya were leaving.

Vic joined them.

McCallister

My office door was opened abruptly.

"Bishop. Are you in a Wedding dress?"

Bishop had Hughes and another woman with her.

I knew the third one wasn't a Firefighter.

"Yes, sir. I am in a Wedding dress because I came here from my Wedding. I married this extraordinary woman and it was the happiest moment of my life and then I got your absurdly sexist e-mail and it threatened to ruin my night but I didn't let it, sir. I came here instead, but-"

"Bishop, you were suspended for insubordination and breaking protocols. If you think that you can get out of that by crying sexism, you got another thing co-"

"I'm not crying sexism, sir. I am shining a light on it in the hopes of creating real change."

"All due respect, Chief, our former Captain, Pruitt Herrera, was written up for insubordination on several occasions but he was never relieved of his duty." Hughes pointed out.

"That's not pertinent to this-"

"I- I am speaking." She told me, putting her hand out.

"Oh."

"I can list off a dozen male fire Captains I know personally who stepped out of line and stepped on toes everyday of their career and they never even got written up."

"She refused a direct order."

"Yes, sir, but the alternative was to let an injured child die on the street." Hughes argued.

"Yeah, and that child, by the way, lived-"

"This is not how we do things at the SFD, Bishop."

"But it is, sir. At SFD, we fight for what's right. It's how Captain Herrera raised me. It's how he raised every Firefighter at Station 19."

"My team won't accept my demotion, sir. I don't accept it. I work too hard for my job and I am too damn good at it. Plus, it is my Wedding day so you don't get to steal my job or my joy, at least not without a fight."

"Okay. Okay."

I sat on the edge of my desk.

"You can keep 19, Bishop. Hughes, I'm reassigning you to 23, effective immediately."

"What?"

"Bishop, if your entire team..."

"Sir. No." Hughes tried to defend herself.

"Is incapable of respecting the chain of command, then they need a reminder about how this department works. I'll have all of them reassigned within a week. Including Herrera!"

"Sir, I-"

"Or-"

Her Wife stopped Hughes from walking out.

"Or you can step down..."

"Mm!"

"And I'll appoint a new Captain pending completion of the investigation of your insubordination and protocol defiance."

Bishop's Wife was standing in front of Hughes.

"And just for the record, I am glad that kid lived, but if he had died on your engine, the lawsuit could have put the whole Station out of business."

Her Wife and Hughes looked over at her.

I was waiting for Bishop's answer.

"I'll step down pending investigation, sir."

"Good call. Congratulations on your nuptials."

She shook her head.

"You know, sir, if I may, Herrera would be the best interim Captain at 19."

"I agree a 100%. Herrera will be interim Captain of 19 pending the investigation."

"Hughes is reporting for duty at 23 Monday morning."

"Sir-"

"What?" Bishop questioned.

"Hughes, you are a good Firefighter but as long as you keep invoking Captain Herrera's name, you will never get out of his shadow. This move will be good for you. My decision's final."

Bishop and her Wife walked out.

Hughes walked out.

Robert

Maya, Carina, and Vic entered.

"It was a misguided decision to storm the Chief's office. Um... So, yeah. But that does not mean that he gets to steal our joy. A very capable person is interim Captain."

Vic was upset.

"What happened?" I questioned Vic.

"I was trying to tell you not to go into his office."

"I tried to undo what you did. And instead, I got transferred."

"What?"

"Yeah. I got transferred. I no longer work at 19. But you know what? My best friend just got married tonight and she's trying to salvage her Wedding,"

She took her heels off.

"So, I'm gonna dance because unlike you, I care about people other than myself."

"I tried to tell you not to go."

"Yeah, but you know what? It's for the best. Because... I don't want to work with you anymore."