A month had passed. Gabby was showing a little. She was still hard at work at Manhattan Slasher case but that was now her second priority. Her first priority was taking care of her baby. She and John were getting married tomorrow. They already had the appointment at City Hall. They were both taking the day off work. Gabby was in the squad room. It was around lunchtime.
"Did you ever think you'd be getting married again?" Dolph asked.
"Not a chance." "Or having a baby."
"You're gonna be a great mother." "I'm really happy for you."
"Thanks." John came into the squad room. "Hey John."
"Hi." John said. "Can you take your lunch break right now?"
"Yeah."
"I just saw a house and I liked it." "If you like it I wanna put an offer on it."
"Ok let's go."
The house was only twenty minutes away from where they lived now. It looked big from the outside. It was a light tan color. They went inside. It was huge it had hardwood floors throughout. Light blue walls in the living room.
"There's an office down that hallway." John said pointing to the right. "The upstairs has three bedrooms plus the master bedroom." They went into the kitchen. Off the kitchen led out to the patio. That had a view of a big backyard. "Wouldn't it be great to watch the kids play in that backyard?"
"Yeah that would be nice."
"Come on I wanna show you the upstairs." They went upstairs. They were standing outside of a room. "This is what really sold me on this place." "I think you'll feel the same way." He opened the door they went inside. It was a fully finished nursery.
"It's beautiful."
"Yeah." "Whoever decorated it did a great job." "So?" "What do you think?"
"I say let's make an offer."
"Great."
"Honey are you sure we can afford this?"
"Yes." "What about you hmm?" He said kneeling down by her stomach. "Would you like this to be your room?"
Gabby and John had made an offer to the realtor. They were just waiting to hear back. It was the next morning. They went down to City Hall. They were in front of the judge.
"Gabby do you take this man to be your husband?" He asked.
"I do." She said.
"John do you take this woman to be your wife?"
"I do." He said.
"I now pronounce you man and wife." "You may kiss the bride." They kissed.
When they got back to the apartment John carried her inside. They went into the bedroom. He laid her down on the bed. They were making out on the bed. John's shirt was halfway unbuttoned. His cell phone started to ring.
"Honey you should get that." She mumbled against his lips.
"They'll call back."
"What if it's the realtor?" He broke the kiss and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He said. "Yes." "Ok." "Thank you. He hung up and looked down at Gabby. "That was the realtor." "They accepted our offer." "We can move in whenever we feel like it."
"This is great." "I love you."
"I love you too, Mrs. Cena." They kissed.
Two weeks had passed. Almost everything was in boxes. Gabby and John were moving into the new house very soon. They were in bed asleep. It was seven in the morning. Gabby's cell phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She said. "I'll be right there." She hung up. "Shit." She got up. That woke John up. He looked at her. She started to get dressed. "I have to go John."
"Another murder?"
"Yeah."
"That same guy?"
"I think so."
"Please promise me you won't work to late." "That's not good for you or the baby."
"I promise." "I'll be home by nine, ten at the latest."
"Ok." She went over to him. They kissed. "I love you Gabby."
"I love you too John bye."
"Bye."
What Gabby didn't know was John hadn't been sleeping at all. He uncovered himself and went into the bathroom. He had a tied piece of paper towel around his hand. There was blood on it. He took off the piece of paper towel. He turned his hand over and looked at his palm. He had a deep slit in his palm going all the way acrossed. It was still bleeding.
"Fuck." He thought. "What am I gonna do?" "I can't let Gabby see this." "She'll ask questions." "I can't lose her." "I really do love her." "I know that was never my original plan." "Now I love her more then anything in the world." "She's having my baby." "I'm gonna be a daddy." "I can finally be normal." "I want to be." "A good husband, a good father." "If she knew who I was she couldn't handle it." He got the first aid kit and started giving himself stitches. "Ahhhh!" He screamed out in pain. "Ow fuck it hurts!"