Chapter 4

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Brenda was at her desk, her head leaning back against her chair…eyes closed. They had been at it since 11pm the previous night and they were all exhausted. Her eyes snapped open when she heard her office door opening and she saw Fritz standing there.

"Fritzy…what are you doin' here?" She asked, getting up and kissing her Husband.

"Well I got worried when I woke up this morning and notice your side of the bed hadn't been slept in."

"Oh I'm sorry Fritzy, I forgot to call you…everything got so hectic down here."

"Why…what happened?"

"Oh hunni, late last night….someone shot Captain Raydor."

"Jesus…..she's not dead, is she."

"No she's not dead, they got her into surgery and fixed her up. She'll recover…thank god."

"Wow."

"What?"

"Did I just witness a small hint of compassion for the wicked witch."

Brenda looked up at him and a small grin appeared on her face and she leaned in and kissed him.

"Well I guess she's not all that bad."

"Hey….she was just doing her job, you know that."

"I do now, oh Fritzy….seein' her like that at the Hospital, she just looked so vulnerable, you know."

"Well at least she's alive, that's what matters."

"When I find the person who did this, their lives won't be worth livin'.

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Andy was at the vending machine grabbing a coffee when he looked up to see Louie walking towards him. He offered the man a smile but he looked to be in no mood for pleasantries.

"Provenza, what are you doing here….it's 8am?"

"Yeah well we're still working, aren't we…trying to find the nutter that shot the Captain."

"What's up with you, you seem pissed."

"I am..at you."

"Me…why?"

"I thought we were Friends… not just Partners but Friends?"

"We are."

"Oh really, then perhaps you wouldn't mind telling me when you were planning on telling me that you were in a relationship with Captain Raydor."

"Ahhhh."

"Ahhhhh….is that all you have to say, ahhhh."

"Look, I was gonna tell you…all of you."

"Then why didn't you?"

"There was just never a right time."

"Well that's a load of crap and you know it."

"Okay fine, she's not stupid…she knows how you all feel about her after the F.I.D investigation."

"Oh, but if we knew about you two then we would have a least pretended to like the Woman."

"You see, right there."

"What."

"Pretend to like her…for me. I don't want you to pretend to like her Provenza…I want you to genuinely like her. Sharon is a nice person, you can't let what happened at work reflect the kind of person she is outside of work."

"You're getting awfully defensive about this Flynn."

"Well I tend to get that way when people treat the Woman I love like crap."

"Love….you're telling me you love this Woman?"

"I'm crazy about her."

Provenza took a seat as Andy emptied some excess water from his coffee cup.

"Sorry Flynn, I had no idea. You're still an ass for not telling me right away." Louie grumbled.

"I'm sorry too, I should have trusted you to keep it quiet."

"Yeah you should have, how's she doin' anyway."

"The Doc's quite pleased with how well she's doing, she's desperate to get home."

"Home, she was shot last night…it's a bit soon. I can't see the Doctor letting her leave so soon."

"No neither can I, but I told her I'd try. How's things progressing at the station anyway."

"We're still going through the cctv footage of the Captain's building and we're waiting for finger print results."

"Hopefully we'll get something from it."

"I'll let you know if we do."

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Andy walked back in to Sharon's room a little while later to see her sitting up in bed, looking a lot better than she had the previous night.

"Hey, you're awake." He smiled, walking over to her and kissing her.

"I am…you stayed all night."

"I said I would, didn't I."

"Where were you?"

"I was just grabbing a coffee and Provenza dropped by."

"Everything alright?"

"He knows….about us I mean."

"Oh, he's not happy for us then. What am I saying….of course he's not. I don't suppose any of them will be, you are dating the wicked witch after all….."

"Hey don't, don't talk like that. He was more pissed off about me not telling him first more than anything but I explained how much I love you and he seemed to accept that." He smiled.

"Have you asked the Doctor yet, about my going home?"

"No yet, Sharon…don't you think it might be a good idea to spend a few more days here, just for your own safety."

"Andy, I hate it here. I'd much prefer to be in my own home, with you looking after me."

"I'll do my best."

"Thank you." She smiled, as she kissed him.

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To Be Continued…