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Chapter 7

Provenza noticed that Andy had been in the Commander's office for a while now. 'Maybe they're discussing Matthew?' he thought to himself as he knew that Matthew was seeing Doctor Joe today. Andy had told him that when they broke for lunch earlier.

"Fine, I'll tell you, but I don't want you jumping to conclusions right now," Andy gave in to her as he sat looking at her nameplate on her desk. "We traced the account to a Rocco's Construction company here in LA," Andy told her. "So, what's the big deal about that?" she asked him. "They're located in the same place as D'Angelo's business was located," he told her but before she could speak he kept going.

"Now, that doesn't mean that he's involved in this, I mean, he's still in jail, Sharon, under solitary confinement," he stated and heard silence on the other end. "I know, I know, but I didn't think I would hear his name again," Sharon sighed as she rubbed her temple with her free hand. "I'll tell you more when I get home tonight, okay?" Andy asked, not giving her an option anymore. "Fine," she took a deep breath and then glanced at her watch.

"Matthew should be done soon. I was kind of hoping we could go out to dinner as a family tonight, if you don't think you'll be late?" Sharon asked him as she made her way back towards Doctor Joe's office. Andy turned around in the chair he was sitting in, seeing everyone sitting at their desks. "Uh, Chief Mason hasn't authorized overtime for this investigation, Provenza couldn't convince him, so I think we should be done at a decent time," he told her, smiling at the end.

"Good, see you in a bit then," Sharon said and hung up her phone. Sharon then stepped back inside the waiting area and sat down next to Emily. Emily looked up at her mom as she had a worried look on her face now. "Mom? You okay?" she asked her. "Yes, um, when we are done here, we are going to stop by the office and wait for Andy to be finished, then we are going to go out for dinner together," she brushed her hand through Emily's hair.

Emily was a bit skeptical what her mother had just told her but she figured if she had just spoken to Andy, which she was pretty sure her mother just did, then it must be okay to stop by the office.

"Matthew?" Doctor Joe waited until Matthew sat up. He needed him to open up about what was really bothering him. He had scratched the surface when Matthew stated that he was afraid Andy and Sharon would leave him like his birth mother did, but he knew something else was there. He decided to try playing a game to get him to open up more.

"Do you play chess like your brother Rusty?" he asked him as he moved the chess board over to the table. "Not really, Rusty tried teaching me one day but I couldn't get the hang of it," Matthew shrugged his shoulders. "Okay," Doctor Joe looked around the room for something else. "Hmm, how about Connect Four?" he suggested as he brought that over to them.

Matthew looked at the game as Doctor Joe sat down across from him. "Do you know how to play this?" Doctor Joe asked as he placed the bag of red and black checkers on the table. Matthew shook his head no. "Well, it's simple, you place the checkers inside the yellow square, like tic-tac-toe, except you want four in a row," Doctor Joe explained.

"How about we play a practice game first?" he suggested and Matthew moved closer to the table. "Okay," Matthew muttered and picked up the black checkers. "Alright, place your checker in whatever slot you want to start off with," Doctor Joe told him and Matthew did. They both placed their checkers in the slots and Doctor Joe ended up winning the practice game.

"Do you get the hang of it?" he asked Matthew as he dumped the checkers out of the board and got ready to play a new game. Matthew nodded and now looked determined to win the next game. "So how about each time you place a checker in the slot, you tell me something that I don't know about you?" Doctor Joe hoped that this would help Matthew.

Matthew placed the first checker in the slot. "I like baseball," he muttered as it was now Doctor Joe's turn. "Oh, I like baseball too, what's your favorite team?" Doctor Joe asked him as he placed his checker in the slot. "The Dodgers," Matthew answered as he placed another checker in a different slot. "Hmm, that's a good team, but I was always partial to the Yankees," he told Matthew.

They played the rest of the game, each time Matthew saying something to Doctor Joe until Doctor Joe placed the last checker in the slot to connect four of his checkers and winning the game. Matthew sat there, and sighed. He really wasn't liking this game too much anymore. "We can play one more game before you leave today," Doctor Joe told him as he dumped out the checkers from the board and set everything up again.

Matthew sat there as Doctor Joe arranged the game one more time. "I want to be red now," he thought if he changed colors it would bring him better luck. "Okay, here you go," Doctor Joe gave him the pile of red checkers. "But this time, I start off," Doctor Joe added, giving Matthew a quizzical look to see what he would do on the defense.

They played the game again, and Doctor Joe won a third time. This left Matthew upset and a little mad. "Matthew, I really enjoyed our session this afternoon and I would like to see you tomorrow after school if that's okay with you," he told him as Matthew placed the checkers back in the bag. "Please don't be upset about this game, with a little more practice, I'm sure you will be beating me at the game in no time," he assured Matthew as they both stood up and walked over to the door.

Matthew stepped out into the waiting area and saw Emily and Sharon waiting for him just like she promised. Matthew walked over to Sharon with his head down. Sharon tilted her head to catch his eyes as he walked over to her. "Everything okay?" she asked him quietly. Matthew nodded but didn't say anything.

Sharon looked at Doctor Joe. "We're making some progress but I'd like to see him again tomorrow afternoon, same time if that's alright with you," Doctor Joe informed Sharon, not divulging any other information to her. "Um, yes, that's fine with me. Is that okay with you, Matthew?" she turned to ask the boy. Matthew nodded and then stepped back so that Sharon could stand up.

"Thank you," Sharon told Doctor Joe as Emily started for the door with Matthew. "No problem, Bye Matthew! I'm looking forward to our talk tomorrow!" he waved as Matthew left and Sharon walked behind the two.

Sharon watched Matthew walk slightly ahead of her with Emily as they headed down the hallway to the elevators. "So, was it okay?" Sharon asked him once they got inside the elevator. "Can we buy the game Connect Four?" he asked her as the elevator made its way to the ground floor. Sharon thought that was a strange request.

"Why do you want to buy that game?" she asked him as the elevator slowed down. "Because Doctor Joe and I played it at the end and he won three times," Matthew grabbed Sharon's hand as they all stepped off the elevator. "Huh, how many times did the two of you play that game?" Emily asked as they made their way outside of the building. "Three times," Matthew muttered.

"Well, we can certainly stop on the way home and purchase that game if you'd like," Sharon smiled at him as they started to walk back towards the parking garage of the PAB. "But, first, I'd like to stop by the office and check on a few things," she said and Emily looked at her mother.

"You can't be serious?" Emily protested as they walked down the block. "The team is in the office, working on the current investigation, and all I would be doing is sitting down at my desk just for a briefing that's all," Sharon quickly tried to smooth things with her daughter's objection. Emily narrowed her eyes as she looked at her mother while they were waiting to cross the street.

"Does Andy know you are stopping by?" she asked her as the light changed and they started walking again. "I spoke with him earlier, and I suggested that when we were done at Doctor Joe's office, that we all go out to dinner as a family, I told him we would see him in a little bit. I don't think there will be any harm if we wait for him to be done up in my office," she informed Emily as they made their way to the front of the PAB building.

Emily held the door open for Sharon and Matthew to walk inside. Sharon then took her ID out of her purse and flashed it to the police officer at the front where the special entry was for law enforcement. She then turned to Emily and Matthew and saw they were both behind her. "These are my children, they're with me," Sharon informed the officer. "Sure thing, Commander," the officer said and waved to both Emily and Matthew.

"Hello," Emily was polite enough to the officer but she was really having her patience tried by her mother at the moment. "So you also just conveniently happen to have your work ID as well with you?" she asked her as they stood by the elevators. "I always carry my ID with me," Sharon smiled as they stepped inside the elevator. Emily rolled her eyes as Matthew pressed the button for the ninth floor.

The elevator doors opened on the ninth floor and Sharon made her way towards the office, stopping before she got to the door. She turned and looked at Emily and Matthew. "Matthew, if you want to get a snack in the break room, you are more than welcome to. Emily can go with you," she said to them and Emily shook her head. She knew her mother wanted the both of them far away if there was fallout from Andy once he saw her step into the office.

Emily huffed and took Matthew towards the break room. Sharon watched them walk down the hallway before she opened the door and stepped back inside the Murder Room. As she walked in, she saw Provenza sitting at his desk reading over a file, while Andy sat at his desk looking at his computer screen. Mike and Buzz were discussing something over at Mike's desk as she made her way towards the center of the room.

Andy happened to look up at the same time Sharon made her way closer to the middle. "Sharon?!" he said in a loud manner, and stood up from his desk, which then got the attention of everyone else there. "Commander! What brings you in here so soon?" Provenza asked her and then glared over at Andy, who looked equally surprised and mad at the same time.

"We were down the street at Doctor Joe's office and I thought I would stop by and see how everyone was doing," she informed them, trying to ignore the glare directed at her from Andy. "Oh, fine, just as long as you are not here to work, I mean, that would be against your doctor's orders, as you're not cleared yet," Provenza reminded her.

Andy walked over to Sharon. "I thought you were going home after Matthew's session was over?" he asked her, quietly. "We were, but then I thought we could stop by here, and wait for you to be done, and then go to dinner together," Sharon told him and then played with his tie, which he had loosened during the day.

"I knew this was a bad idea compromising with you," he muttered as she turned away from him and walked into her office. Andy followed her inside with Provenza close on his heels. "Where's Emily and Matthew?" Andy wondered as he walked over to the front of her desk. "Break room, getting Matthew a snack," she answered him as she sat down on her chair.

"Look, I'm not here to work, I just want to know what's been going on with this case so far," she started to say to both Provenza and Andy. "Now, I asked Andy to keep me in the loop and he has been telling me little pieces here and there," she added and Andy hung his head when she said that to Provenza. "Oh really?" Provenza shot his glance to Andy.

"What? It's not against the rules!" Andy defended himself. "Look, Lieutenant Provenza, while I'm here waiting for the team to wrap up tonight, just think of me as a sounding board. Run ideas past me and I'll tell you what I think," Sharon looked at Provenza and then at Andy. She wasn't sure if the two of them would buy that. The truth was she had been itching to get out of the house and go somewhere other than Matthew's school. When they drove Matthew to Doctor Joe's office, she had come up with this idea in her head.

"You're not officially here," Provenza reminded her. "Of course not, Lieutenant," she smiled and leaned back in her chair. Provenza stood there and thought about something before he started to speak. "I will allow this because you allowed Flynn here to act as a liaison when he was recovering from his dust up with that car two years ago, but mark my word, Commander, if I for one instance see that being here is detrimental to your health, I will send you home!" Provenza informed her.

"Don't worry about that, Lieutenant, I have my own watchdog on that assignment already," she glanced at Andy who gave her a scowled look. "So, please, tell me what has been going on so far," she gestured for her two Lieutenants to have a seat in front of her desk and they reluctantly did.

Andy sat there staring at Sharon as Provenza explained what they had discovered so far with this latest case. "And Chief Mason won't budge on the overtime cap, something about a budget crisis!" Provenza added and Sharon smiled. "Why Lieutenant, are you not enjoying being in charge of this team during my medical absence?" she questioned as she hid her laugh with her hand in front of her face.

"In charge, yes, but speaking with the boss to discuss budgets and caseloads, no, that's not what I enjoy doing," Provenza grumbled. Andy was being quiet during the briefing and Sharon knew why. "Did you notify next of kin? The coach who reported him missing?" Sharon asked them. "No, not yet. I wanted to make sure we had a positive ID before we started notifying everyone," Provenza answered her.

"Well, since you do, I suggest you start notifications, starting with his parents. Where do they live?" Sharon asked. Provenza looked at Andy and when he didn't say anything, he tapped his arm with the back of his hand. "Sacramento," Andy cleared his throat. "Call the local police, have them do the notification," Sharon suggested. "The hockey team is from Ontario. We can drive up there tomorrow morning, interview the coaching staff and the rest of the team, see if anything stands out," she added.

"We?" Andy, hung up on the word Sharon accidently used. Sharon sighed. "I meant you guys, or whoever you want to send, Lieutenant," she corrected herself. "Now, I want to know more about D'Angelo's possible involvement," Sharon waited for her Lieutenants to tell her more.

"Alright, we don't know if he is directly involved, but we were able to trace back the account that deposited the money into the account of the hockey player. It goes to a Rocco Construction, which is located in the same building as D'Angelo's business. Now, I thought that the feds would have closed that building down so that other businesses couldn't be housed inside," Andy informed her.

Sharon stretched her neck to get a kink out. "Did you notify the FBI and ask them?" she asked. Andy and Provenza glanced at each other. "No," Provenza mumbled. "Well, how are we going to find out about this?" Sharon asked them with a little more anger in her voice. "We didn't want the feds involvement yet, because since sports gambling is both and state and federal crime, they're could take over and then we'd lose everything we've found so far!" Andy told Sharon and she closed her eyes for a brief moment.

"Fine," she said after a minute and opened her eyes. "Any other players involved on the team?" she asked as she leaned back in her chair. "Buzz is running that as we speak," Provenza informed her. Just then, Mike knocked on her door and then opened it. "Commander, nice to see you," he greeted her before showing Provenza what he discovered.

"What is it?" she asked them. Mike looked at Provenza and he nodded to him. "The partial print that we found on the broken clock at the house where the body was discovered came back to a match to William Genovese, aka "Billy"," Mike stated and handed Andy the fingerprint report. "He's got a rap sheet for possession, money laundering, mob action," Andy read and then looked across the desk at Sharon.

"Do we have a last known address?" Sharon asked them. "1337 Crenshaw Boulevard, it's a townhouse," Mike answered her. "I'll secure a warrant, you guys go see if Billy is home," Sharon said to them. Provenza and Andy stood up and Provenza followed Mike out the door. "What about dinner plans?" Andy asked her. "It's fine, I'll go get Emily and Matthew, and we'll bring something home and then you can eat it when you get home later," she smiled, standing up and moving in front of him.

"Just be careful," she whispered to him and fixed his tie. He leaned down and kissed her lips. "We'll discuss this later," he told her and she nodded, watching him leave her office and then watching her whole team leave the Murder Room to pick up this Billy person. She picked up her phone and dialed Judge Grove's office for the warrant.

Within ten minutes, the warrant was being faxed to her office and she took a picture of it, sending it to Andy on his phone. She gathered her purse and walked out of her office, placing the hard copy of the warrant on Provenza's desk and exited the office. She walked down to the breakroom and saw Matthew doing his homework, while Emily was talking on her phone.

She opened the door and stepped inside. "Change of plans, I'm afraid," Sharon spoke to her children and ran her hand through Matthew's hair. "Let's pick up something and bring it home," she stated and Matthew started packing up his backpack. "Daddy's not joining us?" he asked her. "No, sweetie, he's going to be working a little later than planned," Sharon told him and then kissed his forehead.

"Can we still stop at the store and buy that game?" Matthew asked Sharon as they walked down the hallway to the elevators. "Of course we can," she told him as they stepped onto the elevator and went down to the parking garage where her car was located.

TBC