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Chapter 3
After the mass, Eddie and Jamie went back to their own apartments to pack what they would need for the forseeable future. Eddie smiled as she packed her clothes, jewelry, off-duty firearm, some pictures of her family, her high school yearbook, and a very special bracelet.
Flashback: "Edit, this is yours. It's from the old country, for when you have a little girl of your own," her ailing grandmother whispered. Eddie, only nine at the time, wiped a tear away and rolled her eyes. "Yeah right, grandma. Thank you...I'll treasure it always." The bracelet sparkled in the light, silver set with tiny sapphires. Eddie's mom coldly whisked her away.
Meanwhile, Jamie was packing some clothes of his own, a few pictures (mostly of Joe and his family, but there was one he threw in of him and Eddie), and a few other things. He wondered how his partner would fare as his wife...and if this assignment could mean something more.
At the precinct, Danny and Baez were getting as much information as they could from Vino Gambini. They picked him up for illegal posession of marijuana, but Danny wanted to pump Vino so he could see what his kid brother would be getting into. Vino was about 6' 2", with jet black hair and a menacing grin marred by a fading scar above his upper lip. Danny threw down pictures of the Gambini's latest victims. "Doris Gonzales, Michelle Jarow, Robert King. Any of them ring a bell?" Vino just sat back in the chair with his hands behind his head. "I ain't got nothin' to do with that, punk." Danny lunged across the table. "Why would you put a hit on these people, huh?" Vino leaned forward. "Sometimes people borrow what they can't pay back." Danny stormed out of the box. "That's gotta count for a confession, right? Something?" Baez sighed. "It's circumstantial. It'll never stand up in court. We can book him for posession and he'll get a fine, but that's it." Danny hit a locker with his fist. "Damnit! I just wanna know what the kid'll be up against."
A few hours later, the Reagans were putting away their guns and shields and trading them in for roast turkey and mashed potatoes. Well, everyone but Jamie and his guest. Frank looked up as the door opened, his mouth gaping wide, reminding everyone at the table of Danny. Jamie had shaved and wore a business suit. Eddie looked the part of the dutiful housewife, with a shoulder-length haircut and in a blue and coral dress with an unmistakable bulge in her midsection. Danny looked up and chuckled. "Well that was fast, Harvard." Danny's comment broke the tension in the room. Eddie rolled her eyes. "It's fake...Renzulli wanted us to look like a young married couple. If I'm pregnant, it throws off more suspicion that we're cops." Jamie laughed and held her hand. Anyone could see she wore two rings: a claddaugh ring and a plain gold band. But what not even Eddie knew was that the gold band was inscribed with a barely discernible "J" and "E".
Nikki moved over so Jamie and Eddie could sit. Jack leaned over to Danny. "Hey dad, where do babies come from?" Henry and Frank laughed. Jamie spit a bit of his water out. "Yeah, Danny. Where?" Linda looked at her husband, interested. "Well, there's this bird that comes. And he has an app on his phone and it tells him where couples live and he gives them a baby. But while the couple waits, the woman eats a lot of chocolate and gets a little chubby." Linda elbowed her husband and Eddie shot him a look. Jamie looked at Eddie, amused. "So this is why you've been eating so much! Now at least you have an excuse!" Everyone laughed, and Eddie looked at Jamie with her eyebrows raised. "You know, you can sleep on the couch this week." Linda looked at Danny. "I like her. She learns fast!" Jamie and Eddie described the assignment to the table, and Danny shared some concerns. "Hey Harvard, just watch it, ok? Vino and his buddies are tricky and they can smell a cop a mile away." Erin looked over at Eddie and Jamie. "Danny, I think they can play the part well."
Eddie and Jamie smiled. They knew they could.