I am taking a temporary hiatus. It should only last a few weeks. please don't kill me... this decision affects all four of my stories, so if you are an avid reader of mine, I apologize. I will be back soon!

You can still message me, and I will still be checking my reviews. I just won't be posting for a while.

I truly am sorry.

Disclaimer : I do not own VA or any of the characters

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Dimitri POV

I had just gotten out of the shower when my phone started ringing. I checked the caller ID, only to realize it was a number that I didn't recognize. I answered.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Dimitri Belikov?" a male voice asked me. He sounded somewhat nervous, so I was wary of answering him yet.

"May I ask who is calling?"

"My name is Eddie Castile. I'm a detective working out of Las Vegas. Is this Dimitri Belikov?" He asked again. I quickly made my way over to my computer, eager to find out if 'Eddie' was who he said he was.

"Yes, this is Belikov. What can I do for you, detective?" I replied as I typed his name into the search bar. Several links popped up, I clicked on the first one. It was an article about a detective named Edison Castile who received an honor for solving some case that no one else could solve.

"I just have a few questions that I need you to answer about the weekend you spent in Vegas." His statement caught my attention. My mind drifted to the weekend in Vegas that ultimately led to meeting Rose. Did something happen the night that neither one of us could remember?

"Okay. What do you want to know?" I turned my attention back to the computer. I clicked on another link; this one was the Las Vegas police department website. It had a few pictures of 'Edison Castile' as well as a few sentences about the detective's career. Satisfied that the detective on the phone is who he says he is, I turn my attention to the phone call.

"Do you remember the dates that you spent in Vegas?"

"I arrived on Friday, June 19th, and I left the following Sunday. I was there for personal reasons." I said, hoping that he wouldn't ask more about the reason I was there; I didn't want to talk about my ex when things were going so well with Rose.

"Okay. Do you know a Rosemarie Hathaway?" He asked. I didn't know what to say. What had Rose and I done that night?

"Am I in trouble?" I asked instead of answering.

"Yes and no. You are in no danger of being arrested or anything, but I believe that you have been roped into the fraud case that I am investigating." The detective told me. I sighed. What does this have to do with Rose?

"Yes, I know Rose. I met her my first night in Vegas. What is the fraud case about? What does it have to do with Rose?"

"I would like to discuss that in person. Rose was also roped into the same fraud case. I spoke to her not long ago. She told me that she could come in Thursday. Could you please set it up so that the two of you come in together?"

"Uhm, yeah. I can set that up. Does Rose have the information for the meeting place?" I asked. If she did, I'd just get it from her.

"I don't think so." He paused, sounding nervous again. "I tried to give it to her, but she cut me off before I could give her the information. She abruptly told me that she had to go before she dropped the phone." He paused again, and fury filled me. This bastard is just now telling me about this?

"What happened?" I heard myself asking.

"I listened for a moment, and it sounded like someone was throwing up. As soon as it stopped, the phone hung up. I immediately called a friend of mine, another detective that works in her area, and he is going to check on her as we speak." I let out a sigh of relief. Maybe this guy isn't quite as much of a bastard as I thought. He didn't know that I would have wanted to know about Roza's condition.

"Thank you. Could you let me know when your detective friend finds out what is going on?"

He agreed, and gave me the information that Rose and I would need to meet with him Thursday. After I got off of the phone with him, I started wondering why Rose would be throwing up. Immediately, I realized what I should have realized the moment he mentioned that she was throwing up. She was experiencing morning sickness.

Roza is pregnant with my child.