Secrets of the Past
As they left Adam was surprised by how fast that girl could move. She weaved in and out of people on that crowded street, which determined look on her face. He had to run to keep up with her pace yet she didn't seem to notice.
It took no more than five minutes to get to the last place he'd expected to arrive at and he stopped. They were standing at a park and on the opposite end of the park he saw a paramedic fighting with a struggling boy who was bleeding from a head wound.
What got Adam was the first word the boy cried when he looked in their direction.
"Mommy!" the little boy cried before his struggling got worse. Adam froze. Had he really just called Kenzie Mommy? Nah. That would have made her a teen when the boy was born.
Then his world was spun when Kenzie sprinted off towards the boy. Adam glanced back and forth before deciding to chase after her. When she arrived she went to him.
"How is he?" Kenzie asked and the paramedic turned to her.
"He's okay, the wound doesn't look to deep but we'd still like to bandage it up if he'd stop struggling," the paramedic said. The look in the young woman's eyes was kind, scared, yet determined. It was a look of love he'd never seen there and he realized like everyone this woman had baggage.
"Baby," Kenzie said kneeling before the boy. "I need you to stop fighting this nice doctor so that he can make your pain go away."
Adam noticed that unlike most mothers she didn't use little words but spoke to him in the tone she would if it were a normal conversation, not a conversation with a child.
"Okay, Mommy, I'll let the doctor care for me," the boy said before turning to the doctor.
"Good boy," Kenzie whispered before she spoke to the boy. "I'll be right back baby. I'm going to go talk to a friend of mine really fast. Is that okay?"
She waited before the boy nodded and she smiled. Then he felt her grab his arm and drag him a little ways away.
"How old is he?" Adam asked before he could stop himself. She smiled.
"Four, yes, I was sixteen when he was born. No, I'm not my biological mother, one of my sisters is. She couldn't care for him, seeing as she had her own…" she hesitated before continuing. "Issues. The biggest one is Meth. She couldn't care for a baby so instead of seeing David go into foster care my other sister and I raised him, both of us advanced for our ages."
"How old are your sisters, now," he asked and he felt left out of some joke when she started laughing.
"We're all twenty. My mom gave birth to identical triplets, as crazy as that sounds," she laughed before reaching in her back pocket to pull out a picture of three identical teens, no older than twelve. Behind them was a beautiful brunette with wavy hair and stunning aqua eyes. Next to her was an elderly woman who was obviously related to everyone else in the picture. Then something struck him, there was no father figure in the picture.
"That picture was taken before my mom had her accident. When she died my granny took us in and Mckayla went off the deep-end," she said as he noticed tears gathering in the corner of her eyes. That's when she stiffened up and began laughing. "Look at me, the first time I open up to someone I work with and I start to become a ball baby."
"Can I ask you something," Adam asked and she smiled at him mischievously.
"You just did," she said and he smiled at her sarcasm.
"I noticed your dad isn't in this picture of you guys. Where is he?" Adam asked and her smile got small and sad.
"I don't know where he is or who he is. That is one secret my mom took with her to her grave," Kenzie said.
He was about to say something else when a little voice interrupted.
"All done Mommy," the little boy called and Kenzie had an instant smile break out on her face.
"Coming," she called before looking at the boy. She walked to him without a second hesitation.
"All done, to bad that nanny of his couldn't get the same job done as fast as you just did," the paramedic said and Adam froze. Nanny, that explained where he was whenever she was in work.
"Where is that little nanny," Kenzie asked, irritation in her voice.
"Here, sorry, I was dealing with car problems, they tried towing my car," a woman with fire red hair called as she ran up.
"Ever leave him alone again and you'll never be able to get a job with children again in New York, got that," Kenzie asked, very serious.
"Understood boss," the red head said glancing at him. "Jesse Blake, Child care provider."
"Adam Ross, CSI," he said shaking her hand.
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"Mommy, why did you bring your friend," David asked in a whisper and Mackenzie glanced at Adam.
"He was with me when Jesse called to tell me you were hurt. He wanted to make sure I got here okay to be with you," Kenzie whispered back as she felt a twinge of jealousy as Jesse flirted with Adam.
"Mommy, is he a good friend," David asked and she looked at her son in his big blue eyes, an obvious trait from each of her sisters.
"Yeah, a very good friend," Kenzie said. "I'll introduce you."
"In-ta-doos?" David asked and she thought for a moment.
"Introduce, allow you to meet him," she said and he nodded. "Now, let me introduce you two to each other."
With that she picked the four-year-old up in her arms and carried her over to one of her only friends in the city.
"Adam Ross, this is David Storm. David, I'd like to introduce you to Adam. He works with me," she said and David began to smile that big, contagious, smile that only children seemed capable of.
"Hi David," Adam said hesitantly. His eyes went back and forth between her and David's face. As she looked at him she noticed he still had the picture of her and her sisters. David noticed it too.
"Mama Kay, Aunt Maddy," he said looking at it. "Why do you have a picture of them?"
"Oh, your mom was letting me look at it," Adam explained as he handed it to David. "But I'm sure you'd like it back."
David took it and smiled. "You're my mommy's friend. Are you a cop?"
Before Adam could respond she jumped in. "Yeah, he is. He works with me in the labs," Kenzie said. As if on cue her cell began to ring. She looked at David. "Would you go to Adam for a moment, I need to answer this."
David hesitated before nodding. Adam held out his arms and David crawled into them.
She answered her phone. "Storm," she said.
"We've got a case, I need you to get out on the field, pronto. Oh, and get Adam back to the lab, I don't want to have to give you two a lecture on fraternization," Mac said his tone severe.
"Adam and I are just getting food…" she said when a thought occurred to her. It was late, what the hell was Jesse and David doing at the park at seven forty-three at night. "We'll be back to the lab in about twenty-five minutes," she said giving time for a blow up.
"Fine," Mac said, his voice irritated. The phone line went dead and she turned to Jesse.
"What the hell are you doing at the park at night," Kenzie yelled looking at the nanny.
"He was restless so we went out for a walk. We stopped by here and I allowed him to play around a little, what's the big deal, he's already eaten and we were getting ready to go home when the accident occurred. He would have been bed at eight o'clock and you would have been receiving that nightly call of yours if he wouldn't have fallen," Jesse said and Kenzie felt like smacking the bitch.
"Do you realize that you could have gotten yourself, as well as my son, killed with this stunt. After dark the city isn't some place you want to go walking around in, alone. Especially not a young woman with a child and definitely not a park," Kenzie spat and she saw Adam flinch at her tone.
"You are so paranoid," Jesse muttered. Before Kenzie had a chance to retort Adam stepped forward to her defense.
"If you saw the things that came into our lab you'd understand. People die for stupid reasons everyday, you have to be prepared, be on guard at all times because you could be the next victim to come into our morgue," Adam stated and Jesse just huffed.
"We need to get back to work. Jesse, take him home and get him ready for bed. This conversation is not over," Kenzie said before turning to the little boy. "I've got to go back to work baby, but you'll call me before bed."
"Okay mommy," David said before kissing her cheek. "I love you mommy."
"I love you too baby," Kenzie whispered before she turned to Adam. He handed the boy over to Jesse who took a hold of him.
David seemed almost hesitant to leave Adam's arms for some reason but eventually he gave and went to Jesse.
They walked away in silence, the boy still on her mind. Finally, after a block she grabbed Adam's arm.
"Please don't tell anyone about David," Kenzie said as they stood there.
"I won't, he's your son, you should tell about him when you feel comfortable, not because someone else told your secret," Adam said and she couldn't help but smile. That was one thing you could count on when it came to Adam. He never gossiped, well, almost never. She just prayed this wasn't one of those times.
"Let's get to work before Mac skins us alive," she said smiling and Adam smiled back.
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[End of chapter. I know, the ending sucked and I apologize. I promise to post more soon. Adam still hasn't figured out where he recognizes her from, Mac's presence, as will Stella's, will become more important to the story line soon. Oh, and Thank You for all the reviews. Oh, and the elusive sisters of Miss Kenzie Storm will enter the story later… I know, I'm wicked. Thanks again. TVGirl09]