"Hello?" Annie answered the phone.

"Hi Annie, it's Captain Michaels, I need you to come over to Chandler and Roxanne's as soon as you can, please."

"I'll be right over, I just have to help Savannah get her shoes on. What's going on?"

"Roxanne was killed in the line of duty earlier today. Lucy and I are here making the notification. Needless to say Chandler isn't handling it well and Tiff is scared."

"Oh my gosh, poor Chandler, poor Tiffany. I'll be there as soon as I can," Annie said hanging up and heading for the living room where her five-year-old granddaughter was coloring enjoying a day off school. ----------------------

Meanwhile back in the living room with Lucy and Chandler. Finally calming down slightly Chandler pulled back and stared intently at Lucy.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Are you sure you want to know?" she questioned gently.

"Yes, I'm sure." Taking a deep breath Lucy explained what happened.

"She and Captain Michaels pulled this guy over for speeding. When they ran his name through the system, a warrant for his arrest due to drug possession was found. When Roxanne asked him to step out of the car and place his hands behind his back he pulled a gun from the back of his pants and shot her in the chest. Captain Michaels did everything he could but there was nothing he could do. She died instantly."

"D-d-did she suffer?"

"No, Captain Michaels said she died instantly," Lucy assured him.

"How am I going to make it without her? I can't raise Tiffany all by myself. She needs her mom."

"I'll be honest it won't be easy, but you'll do just fine. You have Kevin and I and the rest of my family to help you. You're not alone. You and Tiff are definitely not alone. Just then the doorbell rang. Lucy tried to untangle herself so she could answer it, but Chandler wouldn't let her go.

"I've got it," the captain called as he walked to the door and opened it to allow Annie entry into the house. Giving Captain Michaels a brief hug Annie made her way over to her daughter and Chandler. Sitting down next to them she pulled both of them into a hug simultaneously comforting them.

"I'm so sorry, Chandler," Annie whispered.

"Thank you, Annie. How am I going to tell Tiffany about Roxanne? How am I gonna tell a three-year-old that her mother's dead?"

"Don't worry about Tiffany, I'll take care of telling her. You just concentrate on taking care of yourself," Annie said. Nodding in understanding he gave her a small shaky smile.

"Have you called Kevin yet?" Lucy addressed Captain Michaels through her sniffles.

"No, I wanted to wait until Annie got here. I really need to get back to the station to deal with everything there. I'll call him and tell him he needs to get back as soon as he can, though."

"Okay," Lucy responded. It was as if a switch had been flipped and Chandler jumped to his feet.

"Why weren't you watching her back? Why. Didn't. You. Protect. Her.?" He shouted getting in the captain's face.

"I tried, I did everything I could," Captain Michaels defended.

"Well you didn't try hard enough, if you'd tried hard enough she wouldn't be gone," the younger man shouted as he balled his hand into a fist and swung connecting solidly with the captain's jaw.

"Chandler!" Lucy shouted moving towards the two men and pulling on his arm.

"It's okay, Luce, let him get it out, I'm fine." Hearing his name seemed to snap Chandler back to reality.

"I'm so sorry," Chandler apologized embarrassed looking the captain in the eye. "I know you did everything you could, I'm just angry."

"I know, and to be honest, I am to. I'm so so sorry I couldn't save her, Chandler."

"I know you did, I don't blame you. I'm sorry for hitting you," Chandler apologized once again.

"It's okay, don't worry about it. I'm heading off to the station. I'll have Kevin call you, Lucy."

"Thanks, Captain Michaels," Lucy called as the older man let himself out of the house. The rest of the day was spent with the three of them making arrangements and contacting Roxanne's dad. Annie mainly focused on Tiffany explaining her as best she could about her mother's death. Savannah and Tiffany went off to play leaving the adults to work on all the arrangements.

TBC?

A/n, please read and review.