19. Follow me, or not…
Zach said across the table with Brennan and another woman. Booth told her that she would take Prue and Parker to the zoo. That gave her the time to look for a lawyer and get to Zach. She was sitting across Zach, next to her there was a woman.
"Hello, Zach. This is Sharon Mckay, she's going t be your lawyer." Temperance said "You're process is in a month. Prue said Hi to you. And I want to let you know, that Melinda is getting crazy in that hospital."
Zach smiled. "Nice to meet you." He said "So where's my little girl?"
"Prue, Booth took her to the zoo. He has Parker for the weekend, and he asked Prue if she wanted to tag along. And Prue liked that."
"I wish you took her." Zach said
"I said you went on a digging." Brennan said, "I didn't know what to tell her, I couldn't say what was going on. She is only three, she is very bright. But she couldn't understand why you did it."
"I understand" Zach said "Very good."
"So what chance do we got?" Brennan asked the girl next to her. "What chance is there that Zach won't get convicted? I mean he did protect his wife."
"Yes, that's true." the woman said, "I have good hopes in it, and most of all because he saved you all when you got abducted. That proves the fact that he tried to protect you. I am very sure we will win this case. And we can convict the killer. Which always helps."
"You here, Zach!" Brennan said, "You're going to get out of here!"
Melinda was lying in her bed. The monitors beeped. Her hands were on the sheets pulling them back to her. What was she going to do here, for another month, even longer. Staring at the same sealing. Not knowing what was happening to Zach right now. She turned her head to the window.
"This is me, I'm exactly were I'm supose to be." The Disney channel sang, Camp rock was on the screen. Melinda took the remote and zapped true the channel. Brennan promised to come over, and to bring the lawyer who was going to bring Zach's case.
"Knock, knock." Cam entered the room followed by Dana Scully.
"How are you sweetie?" Scully asked her when she sat down next to her.
"Bored" Melinda replied very honest. "And you Dana? Cam?"
"Fine, fine." Scully said.
"I'm good too." Cam gave her a bag. "I didn't want to give you anything that said get well soon, so I just got you something for the baby, as you won't have a shower."
"Thank you." She opened the bag, to find a little dress and a little jeans and shirt.
"Zach told me, you were getting one of each." Cam said, "It just looks cute, it makes me want to have a baby."
"I got you something too." Dana said, "It's something stupid probably. I saw it in a store, and I thought you mind love it."
She got two shirts out off the bag. The inscription said: 'ready for you first flying lessons'
"I thought it was cute."
"It is." Melinda smiled "I did not get to ask you and Mulder yet,"
"Ask us what?" Dana sat down next to her. Cam sat down next to her feet.
"Do you and Mulder want to be my daughters godmother and godfather?" Melinda looked at Scully, she was crying. "I'm asking Booth and Brennan to be godmother and godfather off our sun."
"Yes." Dana said "I would love it, I was actually about to ask you the same thing. You alone, do you want to be godfather of one of our babies."
"Sure Dana." Cam and Scully sat down in the chair next to her bed.
"So what's going on with Zach?" Melinda asked "He can't come visit me, some rule in the institution."
"Well," Scully replied "The last time I checked he was fine"
There was a light knock on the door. Brennan came in, a small person followed behind her.
"This Sharon Mckay" the woman stared walking towards her "Sharon, this is Melinda Ryan."
"Melinda?" Sharon walked up to her "Is that really you?"
"Do you guys know each other?" Scully looked at both of them.
"She was my adoptive sister; it's been a long time, Sharon." Melinda watched her close
"Eveline's funeral, I believe. You were graduating collage." Sharon reacted "And now you're having a baby. First one?"
"Actually, Twins, second and third." Sharon watched her with a wide-open mouth. "So how's mum?"
"She's…." Sharon paused "She died 4 years ago, she had a car crash."
"I'm Sorry." Melinda said, "It must have been hard on you, after loosing Eveline, loose mum too."
"It was hard, but I got over it." Sharon sat down next to her "Mum didn't stop talking about you; she said she was proud of you, graduating from university."
"Yeah, if she was so proud, why didn't she get me out of the foster system?" Melinda watched her for a couple seconds. "I spent 3 frigging years in the system. My grandparents got me out."
"What happened to dad?" Sharon asked
"He died, when I was seven. Gillian and he died in a car accident. I thought you knew." Melinda touched her hand in an act to support her.
"I didn't know." Sharon stood up "What happened to Eveline? Where did she go?"
"His grandparents" She replied, "She was taken in by her grandparents from his side. I was not; they thought I was not their responsibility."
"I'm sorry." Sharon said
"Let's just leave this behind us." Melinda said "I'm not planning to get the past bide me in the ass again. Not everything that happened between us in the past. All you are here for is being Zach's lawyer. I want to leave the past behind me; I do not want to be reminded of what happened to Eveline and Selina. What's in the past is in the past."
Sharon stood up. "Well, I believe we can win this case. The jury will love the fact he protected his family. If we can twist that to our ends, we can get him out. Then there is the fact Zach saved the life of four people. In addition, you caught the guy that actually killed all those people. Technically, he was the one that was guilty. He gave Zach orders to kill him."
"What if you're wrong?" Scully asked, "What if they convict him, with first degree murder. The give him a lethal injection. What if the other party wants him to pay for what he did?"
"Is it possible they'll convict Zach for first degree murder?" Cam stood up "I mean technically the best thing they can do is second degree murder"
"Technically he did know who to kill, so that counts as first degree." Brennan said "But how can they kill a guy that is about to be a daddy. Every guy would do the same right?"
"Mulder would" Scully replied, "Well, first he would try to kick his ass, but yeah, kill him. Yes, Mulder definitely would do that. Every guy who loves his family would."
"Booth to" Brennan said, "He would kill the guy. He would do anything to keep me safe. Even if we were not going out yet."
"This kind of things could us help convince the jury." Sharon said "Brennan you'll be a witness at the trial."
"No, I won't." Brennan said, "I won't be the reason for my best friend to get convicted."
"When is the trial?" Melinda asked
"This Wednesday" Sharon said, "you should find a way to be there."
"You know she can't be there." Scully replied, "She has to stay in the hospital. The doctors warned her about complications."
Sharon left the room with her map under her arm. Sharon stood there watching out of the window. Brennan stepped behind her.
"Do you think you'll get him out?" She asked "Melinda and Prue can't take another bad thing in their life."
"You didn't do the autopsy on the victim. I haven't gotten that information yet." Sharon shared "Probaly they will be said in court tomorrow"
Next day in court
"I swear to tell the truth. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help me god." The woman said with her hand on the bible. Brennan recognized her as Dr. Daisy Wick. Dr. Daisy Wick was one of Melinda's graduate students. Probably the one she heard the most about. Positive stuff and most decently negative once. Melinda used to tell her that Daisy always got very nervous, and destroyed case evidence. Melinda was always able to restore the damage. But in the end, Melinda was able to make her relax. And she made her in to a great forensic anthropologist. Brennan was sure, Melinda would like to be here today, to see her graduate student, but she knew that she could not.
If Daisy had been her graduate student, she would give up hope at the first day. She would have told to girl to fin herself another major. However, she knew that Melinda was not like that. Infect, most of her graduate student learned to be amazing anthropologist. Brennan knew that was because of Melinda's great teaching skills.
"Mrs. Wick, the victim was stabbed, is that correct?" Caroline asked
"Well, yes and no." Brennan was confused. Daisy pointed at the X-ray. "You see here clear evidence from the damage the stabbing did. However, this was made post mortal. Our victim was already dead when he gotten the stab wound. Toxicology showed our victim was poisoned."
Brennan wanted to jump up and down. This evidence meant that Zach did not kill him; he didn't give him the fatal blow. Gormagon killed the victim.
"No more questions." Caroline sat down. While Sharon got up.
"So could this mean that my client did not kill the victim?" Sharon asked,"That's true." Daisy told, "Your client simply gave him a post mortal stab, it didn't kill him. It didn't do him any damage."
"Could you tell us how long the victim was dead, when my client stabbed him?" Sharon asked
"He was dead for 2 hours." Daisy said
The rest of the testimony was less memorable. The told some kind of thing, Sweets told the jury that Zach was not a bad person. And pulsed to what the jury would do. He saw that they were watching him. "Dear jury." Sharon got up after Sweets was done. "This man is a good man. He's a great man. He would do anything to save his family. Are you going to punish him for that? Are you going to put this man in jail? He did help Gormagon, but in his case, wouldn't you do the same. He knew what he did was wrong, but he did it out of love."
Brennan recognized the words out of the video; her mother had taken the same words in her mouth. That she did it to them because she loved them. Because she loved them more then anything in this world and she was right. She loved them."
A woman in the jury was crying. She understood the words that Sharon had just spoken. Zach was watching them, at the same time he wanted to be in the hospital, at his girlfriend's side. That was impossible; he was not a free man. The jury walked out of the room, talking about what would be his punishment. It took a half hour for them. They walked out. The woman that had been crying was still crying. And she looked at Zach. Zach did not know why she was until crying. The head of the jury stood up. It was a rather young woman, with brown hear.
"We, the jury say that Zach Addy is not guilty of Murder. We also say he is not guilty of as accessory to murder. We the jury charges the man with nothing. He's free to go."
Zach smiled when he hearted an stood up. The woman that had been crying stood behind him. She was watching him. "I would have done the same." She said, "I would have protected my family to." She looked at him and turned around. Zach looked at Dr. Brennan, who was ready to hug her. Sharon was feeling glad, not only had that she won the case. However, that she had given her adoptive sister the ultimate gift. She gave her back her husband. Now she would walk away.
"I'm free." Zach said when he released Brennan. "I'm free, Where's Prue?""She's with Booth." Brennan told, "I believe they're watching reruns of Hannah Montana. When I left, they where watching something about Achy breaky something." Zach smiled. "That's my Prue."
"Yeah, I believe we should go tell Melinda. She really would like to know. Zach and Brennan got in the car. He was glad to see Melinda back. He had not seen her in two week, and it was killing him. He did not want to be apart of her that long. The car ride did not go fast enough go him. When they arrived at the hospital, he got out of the car, and followed Brennan. When Brennan opened the door. Scully and Melinda was watching grey's anatomy.
"Oh, that McDreamy is god damn dreamy." Scully said "Oh, Meredith is such a great girlfriend for him. Not that stupid Rose!" Melinda yelled
"Dump Rose, you Mcbastard" Scully yelled when she wanted to throw part of her pizza to the TV.
"Did the doctor say you could eat pizza?" Zach walked trough the door. Melinda was happy to seem him. She knew that he was free.
"No he did not." Scully said "But we just can not watch Grey's anatomy without a very greasy pizza. And Dr. McDreamy off course." "Who's Dr. McDreamy?" Brennan was rather confused
"Come sit with us." Zach and Brennan sat down. Zach sat down in the chair next to Melinda's bed, and Brennan joined Scully at the end of the hospital bed.
"See that guy." Brennan nodded at Scully. "That is Dr. Sheppard aka, McDreamy. The blond girl is Meredith Grey, she is his ex girlfriend. And that dark hair tramp, is Rose. Alsoo know as McRebound."
"I don't get how you guys can watch this." Brennan reacted "What is so interesting about it? I mean the guy is hot.""Come don't be such a McBastard!" Zach yelled
"Well, he watches it too." Melinda reacted. And Brennan reacted that she would try it. And she started watching the show.
"Who's that Chinese girl?" Brennan asked
"Aka Christina Yang!" Scully replied. "And she's actually Korean. And that girl next to her is Lexie Grey, Meredith's half sister. And she's sleeping with McSteamy!" "Who's McSteamy?" Brennan asked
"That guy." Melinda yelled "And that girl next to him is, Dr. Callie Torres, who just turned out be a lesbian. She' s dating Dr. Hanh.""No" Scully said, "She is dating Arizona."
"Actually" Zach replied, "She's dating neither of them anymore, I believe she broke up with both of them."
"Doesn't matter," Brennan took a piece of pizza "This is fun!"
"Told ya." Scully replied "Grey's anatomy + pizza equals fun."
Angela walked in when she saw that they were all watching. The next thing she saw was Zach. She started jumping up and down.
"Zach's free, and you're watching Grey's anatomy." She sat down next to Scully on the bed.
"So what is happening?" She asked Scully.
"Dr. McDreamy is still with nurse McRebound." Scully reacted "But we have a good feeling that Meredith is going to sweep in, and steal him away."
Melinda all of the sudden felled a pain in her abdomen. She looked at Scully. And she knew what was going on.
"Oh my God. Melinda is going in labor." Scully yelled when all three girls got of the bed. "Oh my god the babies are going to be born."
Scully pressed the bell. The nurses got to the room. "I'm going to call Booth." Brennan said, "He has to bring Prue to the hospital to meet her brother and sister.""You go dot that." Angela replied with a half eye on the TV, still watching
"Oh my god, is Merdith dating a shrink?" Angela put of the TV. "We'll just watch again tomorrow." Melinda smiled at Angela, in a way that mad her happy. She did not mind it was 3 week early, she knew that most twins came early. And she had come over the boundary of 8 months. The doctor walked in.
"Previous check everything was okay." The doctor said, "The babies are ready to be born. We do believe a natural child birth will be possible, but we want to tell you now, that if it is needed we will go over to a c-section."
Melinda nodded her head, she was okay with that. She wanted the best thing for the baby, and not the thing that made her feels the best.
Zach was pacing in the deliver room; the screaming made him feel uncomfortable. However, he was there holding her hand. He heard nothing. And he did not hear them yell push to his girlfriend. He was just concentrating on making Melinda feel good.
"It's a girl!" The doctor yelled, "Do you guys have name yet?"
"Selina Evancha Addy." Melinda replied "After my sister."
"The boy is coming to." The doctor siad. Zach was holding the baby, and keeping it close so Melinda could see her. It did not take long before he heard another crying baby. The docter was holding the baby boy. Zach gave the girl to his wife, and took the boy in his hand.
"Ruben Pattrick Addy." Zach said while taking the baby and handing it to his girlfriend. "After my dad Ruben Pattrick Addy."
Melinda was crying. After a half hour, they drove them out of the deliver room. She saw that Brennan was standing there. "You want to see you god child?" Melinda asked. Brennan stepped to the little girl and watched her. She had tears in her eyes. Booth was entering the hospital to see this image. And couldn't help but smile.
"Come here Booth." Zach said "Don't you want to take a look at your god daughter. Booth stepped towards the baby. Prue was following them.
"My brother and sister" She was jumping up and down "baby brother. Baby sister." However, she couldn't reach them.
Scully was standing close to Zach watching her god sun. "He's so perfect." Scully replied and rubbing her stomach. "I can't wait to give birth."
Melinda gave Scully a small smile. Zach sat down next to Prue and showed her baby brother. Prue at the other hand didn't seem to want the baby brother.
"Can you switch him?" the little girl asked, "I want another sister." "There's your sister Selina, sweetie." Prue sat down next to her mum in the baby bed. And they were driven to their room.
Zach stood up and kneeled down next to Melinda. He got a ring out of his pocket. "I love you, Melinda Ryan more then anything in this world. Because you are the world to me, you make me laugh whe I'm down. You make me happy. You are the most rationaly, emotional, trusted woman I've ever met. Will you marry me?"
Zach was waiting for her answer. She was watching him. Melinda was speachless.
"Zach, you are a good person." Melinda said "You are the one person I can be me with, Afcourse I want to marrie you."
They were married a year later, Scully gave birth to two daugthers 'Emily Jr.' and Samantha. She pregnant after that and had given birth to a sun, William. Brennan and Booth were not married, but bought a house together and were discusting the pro & contra of having a child. And Prue turned in to a beautiful 4 year old, who still watched Hannah Montana.