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Chapter 5 – Trust
Alex Eames was sitting on the bench of Central Park.
Bobby was in the car getting the notes from the trial that day. Carver insisted on giving them the paper to give more strategies for more trial to come.
The wind was low and the park was filled with families and couples. She smiled at the thought of being happy. The air smelt like hotdogs and she suddenly realized she was hungry. She looked around to see someone staring at her, it was Zane Callahan. She stood up in fright and wanted to get away from him. Zane came over with a look of concern on his face.
"Detective," he said in a flat tone.
"You got bail?" she murmured, not bothering to make a scene. She didn't want to destroy the bright atmosphere of the park, with children everywhere she didn't want to make their lives in danger of the Callahan's.
"Yep, after your outburst Kelly made me plea again and I got out," Zane told her.
"She can't do that," she said angrily, stepping away from him.
"She can now," he snapped at her. Alex glared at him.
"Whatever you're trying to do, you're not gonna win," she sneered at him.
"That's what I said before you threw me in jail," he shot back. Alex stared at him.
"And you expect to give you sympathy, you deserve to burn in hell along with your whore of a mother," Alex hissed, furiously and turned away from him. Zane started to burn in rage and swung her back around with more force than he wanted to. She struggled but his grasp was like steel.
"Let go," she said firmly, burning into his eyes. Zane eyes were like balls of fire of hatred, he tighten his grip a little more before he let go. Alex was surprise of how much stronger he was since he held her captive. "You got your revenge what the hell else do you want?" she snapped at him angrily.
"You already know," he answered, and walked away, brushing past her. Her eyes filled up with tears, they slid down her face. She looked down and saw a picture of a fetus. She looked back to Zane but he was gone.
Then when she looked back, she saw the writing on the bottom of the picture 'Baby Chrissie' in her writing. Tears filled her eyes more and before she could pick it up a shadow came over her. She looked up to find Bobby staring at her with a questioning.
"What's wrong?" he asked, dropping the files on the grass. He hugged tightly.
"The picture," she murmured in his shirt. He looked down and saw the picture of the fetus. He picked it up carefully and realized he was looking at her fetus. He looked around in anger and his eyes burn in rage.
"Zane? Did he give this to you?" he asked her, firmly. She nodded weakly.
"He's gonna pay for this," he said angrily and started to storm off. Alex grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Don't," she cried out. He looked at her questioning.
"Why not?" he yelled at her angrily. He immediately regretted it, she shrank back and she looked even petite than she already was. He never liked to yell but his frustration took over him, he sounded like his mother when she was drunk.
"Fine! Be an asshole then," she snapped and stormed off. Bobby stared at her. He didn't want to be end up in a fight at this stage of the trial it was too fragile.
"Alex, wait!" he yelled and caught up to her. She was walking a faster pace than he ever seen. He grabbed her by the arm and held her. She ripped her arm out of his grasps, spun around and glared at him. He had never seen her so angry and upset before, he saw stained tears down her face. He wanted to wipe them away but he didn't want to do a wrong turn on her or she might kill him for it.
"Please," he pleaded to her. She stared at him, still studying him. Before he noticed she was in his arms sobbing uncontrollably. He could tell she was breaking. Her soul was breaking so slowly he never realized how hard she was controlling her emotions to try and not to cry in front of anyone. She was a strong woman, he loved that about her but she didn't have to act tough around him to know she was human.
"C'mon lets go home," he whispered to her. She nodded and walked hand in hand with him to the car.
11th Floor, Major Case Squad
"Special news bulletin on the Callahan cases.
Today in court Detective Eames confessed of sleeping with her partner Detective Goren, sources say they have been together for over seven months now. This will jeopardize any justice for the case.
A.D.A. Carver has told sources that the trial is not being fair and wants Lilly Callahan to be prosecuted of murder, kidnapping, assaulting an officer and being a partner in crime with her son.
Lilly Callahan has denied any involvement in any crime and wants Detective Eames to be safe and in good health.
"I just want her to not be scared of my son anymore," she said, sadly in an interview recently. "All I want for her is a normal life with her partner and job."
Detective Goren has been asked to testify tomorrow morning as his partner told the court about them sleeping together. Judge Kelly has informed Captain Deakins about splitting the detectives…"
"Goren…Eames I'm disappointed in you two," Captain Deakins said, firmly, turning off the radio and sitting down at his desk. He leaned in his chair and looked at his detectives. Alex had her head down and Bobby was staring at the wall.
"Sorry Captain," Alex answered, still with her head down.
"You know what this could do to you reputations," Deakins said firmly. "I'm getting grilled by the Chief of D's," he informed them. "I'm gonna gave to split…"
"No," Bobby cut in angrily, standing up.
"Detective."
"We're the best team, Major Case has ever had," he protested, furiously.
"I know that," Deakins yelled back. Alex was sitting quietly, listening to the two men. She was thinking of what to do about the trial, ever since they have seen Lilly everything had gone wrong.
"How do you suppose we keep you two together?"
"I don't know, you have them eating out of your hand because we've solved so many cases together, don't you see. We are great together outside and inside of work," he explained. Alex started to tune in the conversation and had an idea.
"Captain," she interrupted. Deakins and Bobby stopped and looked at her; it was like they realized she was there for the first time. "What if we prove that we can still work together?"
"How?" Deakins queried, raising an eyebrow.
"We prove that Lilly is up to something," she answered, standing up with Bobby.
"How do you know she is?"
"Because she hates us as much as Zane does, she would do anything to ruin our reputation," she told him. Deakins glanced at Bobby, giving her 'do you agree' look.
He nodded. No matter what one of them said they always ended up sticking together, like when they had to catch Henry Talbot, a man that preyed on petite women. Alex agreed without question but looked a little uncomfortable by the end.
Deakins sighed, Alex him those pleading looks at him. They were the best detectives in Major Case.
"Ok," he agreed. Alex and Bobby grinned at each other and headed towards the door. "But one condition," he stopped them. They both turned back.
"Yes?" Bobby asked.
"Don't make out in public," he joked. Alex giggled and rolled her eyes. Bobby smiled, opening the door for Alex and walked away together.
The Bronx, Callahan's Apartment
The Next Morning
Alex and Bobby knocked again for the second time. They glanced at each other. The Callahan's were definitely up to something. The door opened and there stood Lilly Callahan. She looked confused at first then a smile spread across her face.
"Can we talk?" Bobby asked, and pushed his way through without hearing Lilly's answer.
"OK, only if you talk," she answered, slyly. Alex scoffed and bumped past her. Alex knew she wouldn't do anything to her with the trial on the line.
"So, Miss. Callahan, how do you adjust being an eccentric bitch like you are?" Alex asked, looking at the photos on the wall. She realized there was never Zane's father in any pictures. Bobby was checking out something in the kitchen.
"Detectives, don't you need a search warrant for that?" she asked, walking hastily towards Alex.
"We're not searching, so we don't need one," Alex answered, and followed Bobby. He was near the knives of the kitchen. He was playing with a nice sharp one. Lilly looked on the breaking point of nervousness. Alex glanced at Bobby.
"That was nice of you giving the Zane the courage to let out the big secret," Bobby snickered at her. "Well done," he added, lifting up a five inched knife and slamming into the slide.
"Do you want the booby prize for getting us into trouble?" Alex said sarcastically and leaned towards Lilly on the table, lifting an eyebrow on her.
"Nice try detectives," Lilly laughed at them and stepped back. Zane came in and stared at the detectives.
"Am I interrupting something here, mother?" he asked, in a flat tone. The same tone he used on Alex when they met in Central Park by mistake. Alex shivered at the thought the day before.
"No, dear of course not," Lilly replied, smiling at the detectives. Alex glared at him but didn't say anything. Bobby saw the look in her eyes. He cleared his throat and headed towards the door.
"We're done here," Bobby said, firmly and took Alex's hand.
"We might as well talk about the trial since we're all here," Zane suggested, smirking at them. He walked through their hands forcefully so they would break apart.
"Have you told him about it?" Zane asked Alex, putting his head close to ear. She froze and glared at him.
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about, Allie," he snapped at her. She looked at Lilly and then at Zane.
"We kept your secret pretty good, detective," Lilly laughed and glanced at Bobby. Bobby looked confused and kept trying to get Alex's eyes to his. She avoided them.
"Don't believe what they say," Alex told him, hastily.
"What in the fuck are they talking about, Alex?" Bobby almost screamed. Lilly grinned at them. Their plan was working like cooking up a nice birthday cake. Alex almost looked like she was in tears and she started to shake her head at him.
"Don't believe what they say," she pleaded to Bobby. Zane was studying Bobby's reaction.
"Do you want us to tell him, Lex?" Zane suggested to her. Alex turned towards Zane and glared at him. "So, you haven't told him, what a surprise," he laughed at her.
"Tell me what?" Bobby shrieked suddenly. He looked like he was about to break something. Alex tried to move but Zane stepped in her pathway.
"C'mon Lexie, tell him," he teased her, putting his hand under her chin. She glared at him furiously again. "Tell him for your own good," he whispered to her.
Alex nodded and turned towards Bobby, dried tears were already on her face.
"Alexandra, I would formally advise you to do the right thing for once in your lonely life," Lilly sneered at her. Alex gave Bobby eye contact and this time he could see her deep dark secret she had been hiding within her soul. He remembered when he was teenager, he heard someone say in human relations class, the eyes were the window to the soul. He couldn't believe that he could actually see a woman so lost and lonely, a woman that he trusted his instincts with, his mind with, that she could lie to his face and he wouldn't even be able to detect the vibes of nervousness and guilt.
"I'm sorry," Alex whispered, softly.
"Go, on tell him, sweetheart," Lilly ordered, angrily.
"It wasn't my fault, it was Zane's fault," Alex sobbed.
"What the hell did you do?" Bobby yelled, furiously at Zane, stepping angrily towards him. Zane stepped back away, bringing his hands up, almost like surrendering.
"Let your girlfriend explain," he shot back, laughing. He loved the sight of Alex being in between telling a lie or telling the truth. He loved the look on her face when she realized he didn't know. Bobby went to Alex and held her shoulders.
"Its okay, I trust you enough. If it was a mistake I will forgive you," he murmured to her, she started to quiet down a little. She nodded slowly.
"I-I," she stammered, awkwardly and glanced around at Lilly. "It wasn't a mistake. I was once married to Zane Callahan." Bobby looked from Zane to Lilly back to Alex. That was it, he thought.
"She's still paying our taxes for us, eight whole years she's been doing that," Lilly explained to Bobby. Bobby scratched his head and turned to Zane.
"Married?" he asked, half-squealing. Zane shrugged.
"Not a bad kisser I'll say," Zane grinned at him. Bobby glared at him.
"Then why do live here?"
"You don't need to know that," Lilly snapped at him.
"Cover story?" Bobby answered. Zane glanced from his mother to him. Alex started to shrink in the background; she felt she in one of drama cops shows where everything slowly starts to fall into place.
"Are you telling me, most of the basement stuff was an act?"
"No, that was revenge don't worry," Zane answered.
"Bobby lets go," Alex said, quietly.
"No," he snapped at her. He didn't do that often but she could understand that he was getting frustrated by what was going on.
"Is that why you didn't want to testify in the first place?" Bobby asked Alex.
"What? Because I didn't want, I wanted everything to over with that's why," she answered, angrily.
"You didn't want to let our big secret, but you didn't care about ours, right?" Bobby said, meeting her eyes. Her eyes seem to go darker the more he said to her.
"Don't you dare do this? I still care about our secret getting which unfortunately it got out by Zane's lawyer dragging it out of me, that wasn't deliberate," she protested angrily.
"Of course it was," he snapped.
"It wasn't. You said you trusted me," she sobbed.
"The trust has failed, now. It's gone now," he told her and stormed out of the room and slamming the front door.
"Bobby wait!" she screamed at him. Zane grabbed a hold of her waist and pulled her back.
"He's not coming back, just admit he's not coming back," he hissed in her ear. Alex sobbed again and fell to the ground. Lilly watched her break down even more than months ago. She was suffering so bad she couldn't wait to do more to her mentally, as she learned it was definitely better than physically hurting her.
"The trust has gone now, dear," Lilly whispered to her, pushing back a lock of hair out of her face. She saw her eyes, still blood shot from all the crying. "The trust has gone," she repeated to her.
Bobby's Apartment, Queens
Bobby kicked the chair, aiming it at the wall. He walked from the Callahan's apartment and didn't even feel worn out.
He smashed the wall but didn't make a dint. He swore he used enough force to a make a massive dint that the next door neighbors would get cranky at him for making an awful racket. He went to their bedroom and threw the pillows around the room, making sure all his anger got out on the furniture.
Then he saw the laptop on Alex's bedside table. It had the picture of them two at the Thanksgiving party. He sat down on her side of the bed, trying to ignore the smell of her perfume she always wore. He studied the picture carefully; they were both smiling at each other. He remembered how he asked her to dance, she answered by making a sarcastic joke.
"C'mon dance with me," Bobby asked, shyly at his almost one year partner Alex Eames. She gave him one of her 'you're kidding' looks, he was slowly getting used to her sarcasm.
"I can't dance well," she answered, smiling at him.
"I'll teach you," he offered her, placing his hand out to her. She smiled and took his hand. He led her to the dance floor and put his hand on her waist and one on her shoulder. He felt her stiffen a bit. He didn't want to seem like he was throwing himself at her.
"Just follow me," he murmured in her ear. She giggled.
When they started to move he felt her relax. She leaned her head on his shoulder. Bobby kept moving slowly for her, he liked the feeling of a woman leaning on him.
He smiled to himself and saw Deakins smiling at him. Maybe Alex was going to stay for more than a year maybe two years instead. Bobby smiled at himself, some people were staring. They had never seen Bobby so close to someone before. He stopped suddenly and backed away.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked, curiously.
"Nothing," he answered, awkwardly and glanced around. Alex looked around and saw some people pretending to look somewhere other than them. She hated when Bobby was trying not to close to her, it really annoyed her.
"Bobby, please I like dancing with you," she pleaded and grabbed his hand. "I don't care what they think," she whispered to him. Bobby nodded and they went to the same position as before. Alex leaned on him again. She loved the warm comfort of her partner with his hand on her waist. She didn't care if someone thought he was strange person or thought he was had the weirdest interrogation styles in Major Case Squad. He was the best cop on the 11th floor and deserved more respect than anyone; she hated how people judged him so quickly before getting to know him. She respected him so much that every time a case got to him she let him be alone to calm down. Every time he started to let her in on the cases she felt respect even more.
Bobby smiled at the memory of them dancing. He didn't realize that the laptop was still on. He closed the laptop and laid on the bed thinking. His mind started to swirl in questions that he wanted answered, more he thought the more he realized she was telling the truth about the basement torture. That was real, so real that Zane did rape Alex almost right in front of him. He wanted to keep his promise to her, even if she didn't tell him the truth from the start, he still loved her. Loved her so much he would die for her.
A/N: I know it's cheesy at the end! Thanks for reading and remember to review!