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Andy woke two hours later, curled in Sam's arms. As soon as he realized she was awake, Sam turned the TV on mute and looked at her. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I was stabbed yesterday."
Sam laughed. "Andy, that's not an answer."
"A little sore. What's on?"
Instead of answering, Sam turned up the volume.
"…the officer who was wounded yesterday is said to be recovering nicely. No details have been released as to a name of the officer or where the officer was taken but the Police Chief is scheduled to give a statement later today…"
As the anchor turned to other news, Andy looked at Sam. She knew police protocol. "Why haven't they released my name and the hospital? And why are you in uniform?" She was beginning to panic.
Sam pulled her close. "Andy, breathe." He waited for her to relax against him. "Your questions are connected. They did not release your name yesterday or the hospital because they are afraid that Readago has some followers that might have tried to finish the job. That is why I am in uniform."
"What's different about today?" Andy's voice trembled.
"They were able to track all of the mail from Readago back to the senders. There were not many and the hospital security has been given pictures of all of them while they trace the people. Now they can release your name."
Andy buried her head in Sam's chest. She didn't want people knowing but that was a part of being a cop. She figured Sam must have called Frank Best while she was asleep and gotten all of the information he just gave her. "Sam? If you knew all of this, why were you watching the news?"
Sam chuckled. "Nothing gets past you, does it?" He kissed Andy's forehead. "I'm waiting for news about the thing that I was working on yesterday."
"Oh. Sam?"
"Full of questions, aren't you?"
"Why has no one else come?"
Sam kissed her again. He had almost lost her yesterday and needed to remind himself that she was still there. "Frank spoke to the doctor. You are supposed to be resting today. Besides for Oliver, Noelle, Frank, and Luke, no one knows which hospital you were brought to." Oliver probably told Zoe not to stop by, at least he hoped so.
"Luke?" Everyone else she understood.
Sam nodded. "He called someone here and told them to send a doctor with the ambulance. I don't know if you remember but Monica was at the scene yesterday."
Andy nodded. "And where's my dad?"
Sam sighed. "Last night I called him and he was here with you for a while. Before he left I gave him a sleeping pill. I'm assuming he took it. I left him a message this morning after you woke up."
"Oh." She wrapped an arm around him and he pulled her closer, careful not to touch her where she had stitches from surgery.
Half an hour later, Andy touched Sam's cheek. He was half asleep and the TV was on mute. Now that she was awake, he found himself relaxing. Even if someone got into the room, his gun was within reach and Andy could wield it, even with drugs running through her system, if he fell asleep. "Hmm," his eyes flew open and he searched her face "what's wrong?"
"Sam, the TV just flashed 'breaking news'. Maybe you should turn the volume up."
Sam turned the volume up. "…just in. Anton Hill has been arrested. No comments as to what the charges are. The police chief is expected to give a statement in half an hour. Stay tuned…" Sam turned the TV off.
Andy kissed his cheek. "Your white whale is off the streets" she referenced back to their first day on the job when she found Moby Dick on tape.
Sam smiled. "Yep! Today was going to be a perfect day."
Andy looked at him. "I don't get it. Wasn't your undercover from the Drug Squad?"
Sam smiled. "Perceptive. It was. After Jerry blew my cover" Andy giggled at Sam's admission (finally) that it really wasn't her and Sam kissed her forehead before continuing "the Drug Squad could not get an undercover in to last more than two weeks. When I was undercover, I noticed that Hill's henchmen had guns with scratched out bar codes. The Drug Squad contacted Guns and Gangs. You know how it is sometimes between departments – people owing each other favors.
"Guns and Gangs has been working the case from the gun angle. The person Hill was buying his guns from has been a person of interest for a while.
"To make a long story short, Guns and Gangs arrested their person of interest a few months back. The undercover had already worked his way up in Hill's organization and was gathering evidence. He is a genius with a computer which Hill thought was a huge asset.
"A month ago, Hill handed him a steel key USB drive and asked him to open it. Naturally, the undercover passed this information to his handler. The Drug Squad was eventually contacted and told Guns and Gangs to call me.
"I told them the whole story, I just left out your name because I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing and I didn't want you getting into trouble. They asked me to get them in touch with Emily."
Andy smiled. "So she's coming back?"
Sam grinned. "Yeah. They convinced her it would be worth her while and Hill would go away for a long time."
Andy shifted positions and eventually curled into him again. "I'd be a willow" she murmured.
Sam was startled for a second. "What?" Then the conversation from their first day together on the job came back to him:
"Ok, alright, I'm Emily. Where would I hide something of value?"
"McNally, we don't have time to play 'what kind of tree would you be'. Let's, let's go."
Sam laughed. "Sorry about that. You were great that day."
Andy was silent for a minute. "Sam?"
"What's wrong?"
"You said today was going to be a perfect day. How?"
A.N. Yes, its mean, I know its mean but I had to break up the chapter somewhere. The next chapter is still in the editing stage and the more reviews I get, the more likely I am to post the next chapter later today. Please review and let me know what you think.