For the past month Gabby and John had been dating. She was the happiest she'd been in a long time. She was falling hard and fast for John. She and John were in his bed asleep. The alarm clock started to go off. John rolled over and shut it off.
"Baby." He said. "Gabby wake up."
"No it's not time already."
"Yeah." She rolled over and opened her eyes. "Morning."
"Morning." They kissed.
Gabby got up and dressed. John walked her to the door in his boxers.
"See honey I told you." Gabby said.
"What?"
"Every time I spend the night we always end up having sex."
"We do not."
"Last night we both agreed we weren't gonna have sex." "Fifteen minutes later what were we doing?"
"Well that was your fault." He said smiling.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"How?"
"You're to sexy not to touch."
"Oh really?"
"Uh-huh."
"I don't buy your story John." She said smiling. "Lying to a police officer is a very serious crime." She put her arms around his neck. "I could arrest you for obstructing justice."
"Do I get to be your prisoner?" "I'll let you strip search me." "Of course you'll have to be naked to." He kissed her. She kissed him back.
"Ok I gotta go."
"I wish you didn't."
"I know." "I wish I didn't to." "You're gonna meet us tonight right?"
"Yeah."
"I can't wait for you to meet him." They kissed. "Bye."
"Bye."
Gabby got ready and went to the precinct she was looking over the flies of the Manhattan Slasher case again. She sighed frustrated.
"Problem Gabby?" Dolph said walking into the squad room.
"Just looking over the Manhattan Slasher case." "If I could just establish a pattern maybe I can catch him but he doesn't seem to have a pattern." "Different races, different times of night." "Never leaves any evidence, meanwhile innocent people are at risk."
"Gabby we'll get him"
"Yeah but how many people have to die before we do?"
"I got you treats." Gabby looked up.
"Let me guess." "Coffee and a banana muffin?"
"Yeah I wasn't at the newsstand today or I would've gotten you People."
"Want me to pay you for the coffee and the muffin?"
"No."
Twenty minutes went by. Gabby was eating her muffin. The captain Stephanie Mcmahon came out of her office and went over by Gabby and Dolph.
"I just got a call." Stephanie said. "Twenty minutes ago a woman committed suicide." "She jumped off the Williamsburg Bridge." "Onlookers say she looked pregnant." "When she jumped she landed on a passing boat." "It killed her instantly." "Which of you wants it?"
"I'll take it captain." Gabby said.
Gabby took a boat out to the boat the body was on. When she saw the body she recognized her. It was Eva Marie. There was blood everywhere.
After identifying Eva to the precinct and notifying her mother Gabby went to Randy's mother's house. She knocked on the door. He answered.
"What now?" He said annoyed. "I didn't do anything."
"Randy it's Eva Marie."
"Why did she call the cops on me this time?"
"Randy I'm sorry." "She's dead."
"Dead?" He said shocked. "What happened?"
"She jumped from the Williamsburg Bridge."
"She killed herself."
"Why?"
"Her mother thinks it's because you refused to help with the baby."
"It wasn't my baby." "I didn't want her to kill herself." He said with tears in his eyes. "I loved her."
"If there's anything I can do-
"No!" He yelled. "Just get the hell out of here!" He slammed the door.
A few hours later Gabby and Dolph went to lunch. They went to a hotdog stand.
"So do I still get to meet prince charming tonight?" Dolph asked.
"Yeah." "He's gonna meet us."
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah it's just with Eva being pregnant and the baby dying to, you know how that gets to me."
"I know." "I'm sorry those bad memories had to stir up again."
"It's just part of the job sometimes."
Later that night Gabby and Dolph were waiting for John at one of their favorite bars. They were sitting at the bar. John walked in.
"Hi honey." Gabby said.
"Hey baby." They kissed.
"John this is Dolph." "Dolph this is John."
"It's nice to meet you." Dolph said.
"It's nice to meet you to." John said. "I've heard a lot about you."
"I've heard a lot about you to."
They all had some drinks and played a couple games of pool. After an hour Gabby and John decided to leave.
"Don't you stay out to late." Gabby said.
"I won't." Dolph said.
"I better not hear that you called in sick tomorrow."
"You won't." "It was nice meeting you John."
"You to Dolph." John said.
"Bye." Gabby said.
"Bye." Dolph said. They left. Dolph rolled his eyes. "Can I have another beer?"
John was walking Gabby to her apartment.
"Gabby are you ok?" John asked.
"Yeah." "It's just a case I worked today is on my mind."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"Today a woman committed suicide." "She was four months pregnant." "Anytime a pregnant woman dies it really upsets me." They stopped outside apartment. "I don't like to talk about this." "Only a handful of people know." "When I was seventeen I found out I was pregnant." "When I told my boyfriend he split." "I decided to keep the baby anyway." "I was afraid to tell my parents." "My stepdad was a horrible man." "I hid the pregnancy until my fourth month." "When I told them my stepdad started beating me." "He must've kicked me in the stomach a hundred times."
"What did your mom do?"
"She just stood there." "She was terrified of him." "For the next few hours I'd never been in so much pain in my life." "I miscarried in the bathroom."
"Come here." He hugged her. She started to cry a little. "What did you do after that?"
"I graduated and never looked back." "I heard he died of cancer and I was glad." "I know that's terrible but I have no sympathy for the man who killed my baby." "My mom died a year after." "That's why I came a cop, to protect people, to help people."
"I'm gonna stay with you tonight." "I don't think you should be alone."
"Ok." She kissed him.
"Thank you."
