DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

Chapter 2

Sharon was sitting at the kitchen table speaking with Doctor Joe and asking him if he had any available appointments for Matthew to come talk to him. "Well, let's see, I can see him tomorrow afternoon, around 3:30, would that work?" Doctor Joe asked. "Yes, that would be fine," Sharon replied as she marked it down on her calendar.

"I heard you got shot, how are you recovering?" he asked her over the phone. "Oh, well I'm not released from my Doctor yet to return to work but I'm doing better," she said, which was the truth, her doctor didn't release her yet and she was better than a couple of days ago. "Good, well I look forward to seeing Matthew tomorrow afternoon. Take care!" Doctor Joe said and then they hung up the phone.

Emily walked back into the kitchen after Sharon hung up her phone. She was now on her computer, continuing the search she had started that morning when Matthew came to visit her. "So, you got Matthew an appointment tomorrow after school?" she asked her. "Yes, I did," Sharon continued to look at her computer.

"What are you working on?" Emily inquired. "Andy was called out this morning and the body they discovered was completely frozen. I was just looking up a couple of things to maybe aid in the investigation," Sharon told her as she continued to type.

"Mom, you're not supposed to be working!" Emily scoffed at her. Sharon looked up from her computer and leaned back in her chair. "I'm just trying to keep myself busy as to not go stir crazy sitting at home while my team is investigating a new case," she told her as she brushed some of her hair out of her eyes. "Oh, and what would Andy say to you if he found out that you were doing research on this frozen body?" Emily asked her, knowing that he would say the same thing she just told her.

"When Andy had to stay home due to his dust up with the car, he told me the same thing, that if I could have him work on field cards, he could do that while he sat in front of the TV relaxing," Sharon thought back to that memory. "So, that's exactly what I'm trying to do now, although the rest of the team doesn't know that, yet," she muttered the last few words as Emily shook her head and let out a slight laugh. "Mom, getting your rest and not worrying about work means exactly that!" she told her.

"Let me put it to you this way, when you dance, you enjoy it right? You want to do it for hours and hours and never get tired, correct?" Sharon asked her daughter. "Yes, of course," Emily hated when she was right. "So, that's just like me, I love my job, and I would do it and keep doing it until I physically can't anymore," Sharon paused for a moment. "I can still physically help my team out," she added hoping Emily would see that working on a computer while sitting at home put her in no danger.

"Mom, I want you to be okay. Your spleen is enlarged and while you are at home you are supposed to be on rest so that your spleen has time to heal properly. Plus, you're still in some pain. I know two weeks of this is hard, but if it means that health wise, you get better, than I think it would be worth it," Emily pleaded with her and Sharon understood where her daughter was coming from. Sharon held her arms out and Emily walked over to her and gave her a hug.

"Just give me an hour, and then we can relax and watch any movie you want," Sharon told her as she hugged her daughter. "Mom," Emily let out a sigh, shook her head, and then walked away from her and tended to the dishes from breakfast this morning that were still in the sink. Sharon watched her daughter for a brief moment before returning to her laptop.

Back at the office, it was 10 o'clock and they still hadn't received any word from Doctor Morales on the progress of trying to get the fingerprints on their victim's body. They were investigating all five potential victims as being the body that was discovered in the pool. It had seemed they were at a standstill on all avenues.

"Those fingerprints that I picked up off of the fence area in the backyard of the house did not come back to anyone with a previous record," Mike stated to the team as everyone still sat at their desks. Andy sighed as he leaned back in his chair. He turned his head to look at Sharon's office. He wondered how she was doing this morning after taking Matthew to school with Emily. He stood up and walked into her office and closed the door behind him.

Provenza looked up from his desk along with everyone else and watched Andy as he sat down on the couch inside her office. Andy pulled out his phone and dialed her number. Sharon was still sitting at the kitchen table when her phone rang. She looked at the screen and saw Andy's picture on it. She smiled as she answered her phone.

"Are you calling to check up on me?" she stated to him as she sat there. "Uh, yes I am and I just wanted to tell you that I miss you a lot," Andy was caught off guard by her answering the phone like that. "Oh, you do?" she teased him. "So, how are you doing?" he asked her. "I'm okay, just sitting here at the kitchen table, with my laptop," she answered him.

"You're not working are you, Commander?" he asked her in a low voice as he sat there, imagining what she was wearing even though he knew it was something appropriate. "Well, Lieutenant, I was just looking up some information regarding frozen bodies because my team picked up a new case earlier this morning," she told him. She could hear him sigh over the phone. "Sharon," he mumbled and shook his head.

"What? I was just looking up some information to keep me busy and I told Emily in about an hour that we can rest and relax in front of the TV and watch movies the rest of the day," she informed him. "Fine," he said to her which shocked her how easily he gave in to her at that moment. "I've been up for eight hours so far, you have me at a disadvantage right now, and I would rather not argue with my wife," Andy told her as he ran his hand over his face.

"I just called to say that I missed you and wanted to know how you were doing," he added, trying to change the subject back to how she was feeling and not what she was doing. "I feel okay, I took my medication this morning, I didn't feel dizzy like I did yesterday, so far," she said as she knocked on the wooden table. "Well, that's good," he answered her. "Did you talk to the principal like you were hoping to?" he asked.

"Yes, we had a nice conversation and then when we got back home, I called Doctor Joe and spoke to him about Matthew. He has an opening tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 so when Emily and I pick him up from school, we will go right over there for his appointment," Sharon told him. "Good, that's good to hear, at least we got that ball rolling," Andy sighed.

"How are things going with the case?" Sharon asked as she could tell Andy was getting frustrated. "Uh, we seem to be at a stand-still right now. Morales hasn't called back, Mike lifted fingerprints from the fence area where it looked like it was broken in to but they didn't come back to anyone with a record, and we have five potential victims that match the description of the body that was discovered," Andy told her, even though he was reluctant at first.

"I'm sorry," she ran her hand against her temple and got an idea. "You know, if you miss me, I could come in and sit in my office, looking over things or writing field cards, something light-duty-ish?" Sharon tried persuading him but she knew he wasn't going to give in. "Uh no Sharon, sorry but the Doctor told you to rest and no work. In fact, you shouldn't even be on your laptop looking up things and I shouldn't be telling you that we are at a stand-still here," Andy pleaded with her.

"Okay, okay," she sighed into the phone. Andy stood up from her couch and started to make his way towards the door. That's when he saw Morales walk into the Murder Room. "I'm going to let you go now, please get some rest and relax, I'll see you later tonight," he smiled into the phone. "Okay, I love you," she told him. "Love you too," he said and hung up his phone. He opened the door and stepped out of her office.

"Flynn, the good doctor here was just about to tell us what he's found out in our frozen body case," Provenza said and Andy walked over to the rest of the team. He eyed him as he walked out of Sharon's office but wasn't going to address that until later, perhaps. "So, everyone, I was able to thaw out a portion of the right hand for you to get a possible match to one of your victims here on your board," Doctor Morales stated as he looked at the Murder Board.

Doctor Morales looked down at his paperwork he was holding and then back up at the Murder Board. "And we have a match," he said as he pulled Michael Anderson's picture off of the board and handed it to Provenza. "The hockey player?" Mike asked as he looked at Andy who gave a quizzical look. "Unfortunately I won't have a cause of death until I can do the autopsy, which will be in 48 hours give or take," Doctor Morales informed everyone.

"How were you able to get an ID through the fingerprints, it's not like hockey players are registered like bank employees or other professions," Andy asked Morales. "Ah, yes, glad you asked Lieutenant. If you see further down on the report, his parents registered his fingerprints when he was ten years old as part of the National Child Identification Program," Doctor Morales informed them.

"Wonder why they did that?" Provenza mumbled as the team stood there. "A lot of parents registered their kids in that program, sir," Julio stated to Provenza. "In case they're kidnapped," Andy added. "Should we notify his next of kin, sir?" Amy asked Provenza. "No, not yet," he answered her and then turned his head to Doctor Morales.

"We need to be 100% on this identification, Doctor," Provenza told him. "Fingerprints don't lie, Lieutenant, but if you want, I could contact the team's dentist and have them send dental records over to my office, and then once he's thawed out, I can compare the dental records to the body," Doctor Morales stated. "Do that," Provenza pointed at him. "But don't confirm the ID with the team," he added and then Doctor Morales left the Murder Room.

Provenza turned around and looked at the board and the rest of the missing persons. "Amy, please return the rest of the possible victims to Missing Persons, and tell Robby O'Derno that we are taking over the case of Michael Anderson," Provenza gave her an order. "Yes sir," she stood up and began to take down what was on the board, placing them back in their respective folders.

"Who would have anything against a hockey player?" Mike asked. "We're about to find out," Provenza muttered. "Flynn, I want his financials pulled," Provenza told him. "On it," Andy stated and then returned to his desk. "Mike, give me everything on this hockey team, coaches, teammates, I want to know who he was," Provenza told Mike and he nodded.

"Julio and Buzz, I need more information on the people that discovered the body. I want to know who they are, what they do for a living, you know the drill," Provenza told them. "Yes sir," Buzz and Julio said in unison and sat down at their desks.

A couple hours had passed and Sharon and Emily were sitting in the family room watching another movie on the Hallmark Channel. "See, I knew you'd be hooked on these movies," Sharon said to her as they sat there watching the ending and seeing that the boy did get the girl in the end. "Oh Mom," Emily laughed as the credits rolled.

Sharon stood up and walked towards the kitchen. "Where are you going?" Emily asked her. "I just want to see something," Sharon told her and then a minute later Emily heard something fall on the kitchen floor. "Mom?" she called out as she rushed into the kitchen.

She saw Sharon sitting on the floor by the table and rushed over to her side. "Mom!" Emily cried out. "I'm fine, really, I just got a little dizzy and thought I was able to sit down on the chair," Sharon huffed as Emily helped her stand up. "I'm going to call Andy," she said as she helped her sit down on the chair. "No!" Sharon told her. "He's busy with a case. I'm fine," she pleaded with her daughter.

"Andy said if anything happened to you to give him a call, regardless of what he is doing," Emily stated to her. "You've been pretty dizzy lately. Do you think it has anything to do with the medication you're on?" Emily asked her as she sat there. "I don't know, maybe?" Sharon answered and then Emily went over to where the prescription bottles were on the counter and looked at them.

She then pulled out her phone and looked up the pain killer, tramadol, to see what side effects it had. "Tramadol may cause dizziness, it says so on the bottle here," she told her mother. "Maybe that's why the doctor wants you to rest while you are on it?" Emily stood there with her hands on her hips looking at her mother and she started to dial a number.

"Who are you calling?" Sharon asked her. "I told you, Andy," Emily stated and waited for him to pick up the phone.

Andy looked at his phone on his desk and saw that Emily was calling him. He answered the phone right away. "Emily, is everything okay?" he asked her, not wanting to panic yet. "Mom got dizzy and fell on the floor, but she's sitting at the kitchen table now, not wanting me to call you," Emily told him as he swiveled in his chair to face the windows. "Put her on," he told her.

Emily handed the phone to Sharon and she cleared her throat before speaking. "Andy I'm fine, honestly," Sharon told him. "Did you hurt yourself? Are you in pain anywhere?" Andy asked her. "No, I'm not in pain and I didn't hurt myself," Sharon assured him and he sighed in the phone. "What happened?" he asked her. "I walked into the kitchen because I wanted to get my laptop and I felt a little dizzy so I went to sit down on the chair and I missed," Sharon told him and he shook his head.

"Please call up the Doctor's nurse and speak to her. Tell her that you're feeling dizzy. I thought it was just a onetime thing but if you're saying that you're dizzy more times than none, maybe it's the medication you're on?" Andy told her. Sharon was silent for a few seconds before she spoke. "Fine, I will do that," she told him. "Good," Andy replied.

"How's the case coming along?" Sharon asked him, hoping he would let her know something. "We may have ID'd our victim but that's all I'm going to say for now," Andy told her. He swiveled his chair back around and Provenza was looking over at his direction. "I want to make sure you're okay," Andy told her. "I am, I'm not dizzy anymore, and I will call the nurse after I hang up with you," she told him as she eyed Emily. "Please let me know what the nurse says," he said to her and released his breath he didn't know he was holding. "I will Andy, see you tonight," she said and then they both hung up their phones.

Andy rubbed his hand over his face and placed his phone back on his desk. Provenza walked over to Andy's desk. "Everything okay with the Commander?" he asked him, knowing that that's who he was talking to on the phone. "She's been getting dizzy sometimes and she fell down, but Emily got her to sit in a chair in the kitchen," Andy told him. "Huh, sounds like how you were with your blood clot," Provenza told him and Andy shook his head at him.

"I told her to call the nurse and tell her about her dizziness. She told me she would and would let me know what they say," Andy added, worried written all over his face. "She's going to be okay, Flynn," he mumbled to him and placed his hand on his shoulder. Provenza then returned to his desk.

TBC