Morning After Ch15
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Morning After Ch15: Thursday
Nick didn't sleep at all, he would walk around the house doing patrols making
sure no one was inside. He was making sure all the doors and windows were lock and his state of the art alarm system was working.
8:47am...
"hey babe" Wendy says stretching.
"hey how'd you sleep?"
"good..." she said laughing "your face is really bruised, you need to not be so clumsy... You look like you were jumped"
"oh geez" Nick said looking in the mirror, he felt bad for lying to her, he knew that the repercussions were going to be bad. He knew she trusted him and it made him feel awful because he was lying to her, his family, and her family.
They heard Nick's parents in the kitchen Roger was watching the news and Jill
was already started preparing dinner.
"I should probably help your mom" Wendy leaving the bed she wore his shirt and pajama pants. "after I have a cup of tea of course" Wendy adds, Nick follows her, he wore a dark thermal top and sweats. He didn't want his parents to see anymore bruises he still didn't tell them about the fight.
They all worked together in preparing by all of them it was just Wendy and Jill, Nick and Roger would come over to help. If a jar needed to be open or they couldn't reach something.
"Nicky can you bring this out, honey can you start the grill" Jill asks giving Nick some salads and Roger the ribs. They were a slow cook Texas family recipe.
Wendy was trying to find something to wear, everyone was dressed. She found a
floral sundress that was perfect.
"you dressed?" Nick asks opening the door "Wow..."
"is it bad?"
"no you look great" Nick said smiling, he flopped on the bed Wendy laid next to him and rubbed his head.
"how are you feeling?"
"I'm just tired"
"you should rest, you need rest or your concussion will get worst" Wendy said
kissing Nick's cut, Nick immediately fell asleep on the bed. Wendy walked out to help finish Jill with preparing the barbecue.
"where is Nicholas?" Jill asks while making Sweet Tea.
"he is really tired, he needs to rest... I can help you" Wendy said.
"is he asleep?"
"he was out like a light"
"he's got a lot on his mind... He tries to be all big bad and tough then sleeps like a baby he gets it from his father, Roger is the same way" she said giggling, Wendy smiles. "this is Nicky's favorite; hopefully it takes his mind off of things"
"hopefully"
"how has he been?"
"good, he's a great man"
"he's alright, in here?" she says pointing to her head.
"besides his concussion, he's alright"
"last time we heard from Nicky it was after he was buried alive he was pretty
traumatized still to say the least" she says allowing the sweet tea to cool in the fridge "but he's doing better now?"
"yes," Wendy says sitting down on a stool, she thinks of a way to change the
conversation. She didn't feel comfortable talking about him.
"Nicky, told me you have a big family"
"yes my parents are adoptive parents, they adopt children... I have five
siblings coming"
"that's why Nicky bought so much food... Are you adopted?"
"No, after I left for college my parents started adopting children"
"well, what are their names? Tell Mama Stokes" she says sitting across from Wendy lightly touching her knee.
"Rose is 3, Alice is 6 in a half, John is 8, Jose and Tyson are both 15, there are others but those are the ones who are coming tonight,"
"oh jeez, do you want to do that as well?"
"I'm not sure"
"Nick is a great man, I'm sure he would go for it. Kids just love him, he's
really good around" she says.
1:32pm… A couple hours later, one hour till the family barbecue... Wendy scans the yard and wobbles toward the pool. She didn't like that it was very deep in one section, it was a fairly large pool it would be perfect size wise. She was just wary of the deepness.
"Wendy, Hun the phone is ringing" Jill says holding the phone at the screen door. Wendy wobbles over, Nick had a large home it was a family home.
"Hello?" she says seeing the caller ID.
"Hey it's Catherine, is Nick around?" Catherine says the urgency in her voice.
"yea... Hold on" Wendy goes to the bedroom; Nick is sprawled across the bed. His one arm hangs off the bed his other hand in his shirt showing his tone stomach as he breathes. "hold on one second" Wendy slides next to him, she kisses his arm and gently shakes him a little. "Nick... Nicky" she whispers in his ear he opens his eyes lazily.
"hey, are you folks here?" he says sitting up a little; she gently scratches his bare stomach.
"no, no Catherine is on the phone" she handed the phone.
"Stokes?" he says lying back down pulling Wendy close "you're kidding me... Ahh! Damn give me twenty minutes" he hung up the phone.
"What is going on?"
"there is an emergency hearing in the Davidson case... I got to go" he says
angered while undressing "I should only be gone for an hour maybe two, I have to go or this guy will..." she kisses him.
"go"
"I'll hurry back, I promise" he said putting black dress slacks on and a white shirt with dark blue stripes he put the tie on his shoulders and the matching jacket. He puts his gun belt on and looks for his father. "Cisco, I have to go..."
"where are..."
"listen I have to go to work, don't tell ma but someone has been following me
and it has gotten violent. I don't want this creep to come here while I leave" Nick unloaded on his father, Roger went to speak but Nick cuts him off shocking Roger "Listen, if you thought I was crazy before you don't even want to know what will happen if anything happens to her or my child. I'm sorry to do this to you pa, but in the end table by my bed I have an extra glock. Use it if you need too"
"don't worry about it son, I'll take care of her... Hurry back" Roger said
padding Nick on the arm, with new and more respect for his son.
Nick left for the courthouse. He arrived shortly later.
Catherine was on the staircase waiting, she grimaced at Nick's face. She fixes his tie.
"read this" she hands him a paper, it was an email. It was from Hodges sent to everyone in the lab.
'Hello, many of you know me as the annoying trace tech. There is a lot you don't know about me though, and due to recent circumstances in my life beyond my control I have not been myself. My mother has passed on, and I have not dealt with it well or in the correct manner. I have found in awful places, I am using this suspension to do soul searching. I have dealt with problems concerning my physical and mental health in the past and unfortunately those problems have resurfaced. Furthermore, I want to sincerely apologize to Nick and Wendy for all the drama I have caused. I wish them the best of luck with their baby and hopefully one day we can have a friendly relationship again.
Hodges' Nick feels sick to his stomach.
"what time did you get this?"
"at the end of shift, yesterday"
"Catherine he's following me"
"what do you mean, is he here?"
"no yesterday at the airport he was there, my folk's plane can in after this
email was sent... It a load of horseshit!" Nick yells throwing away the email, the Courthouse 'waiting room' quiets immediately. Catherine takes Nick's hand and leads him into a different section of the courthouse.
"I had a feeling you were going to say that... But it is out of my hands day
shift has your case. Hodges is all buddy-buddy with Ecklie and everyone else in the lab"
"Catherine what can I do?"
"you have to tell Wendy, she can't hear it from a Day shift tech and Just be
careful and protect your family just in case this is going to get worst" it
wasn't the answer he wants to hear but it was all Catherine ha to offer.
"Catherine if he hurts her I'll kill him"