Secrets of the Past
Two days ago…
"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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Now
"Mommy," Adam heard from the bathroom when he arrived to pick Kenzie up for work. "Someone's at the door."
With that the door opened and Adam looked down to see a familiar little boy with dark brown hair and deep blue eyes staring up at him.
"Hey David," Adam said as he looked at the boy. "Is your mom home?"
"Yeah Adam, Mommy's home. You taking her to work?" David asked and Adam nodded. That little boy was too smart for his own good.
"David, what have I told you about answering the door without an adult with you?" Kenzie asked as she stepped towards the boy. Then she said as if an after thought. "Hey Adam, come on in."
"Thanks," Adam said as he looked at the little boy who grabbed his hand and pulled him in. Adam allowed himself to be led in.
"No prob," she said as she grabbed for her purse but it spilt. "Man."
He smiled. He'd noticed she never cussed around little David, no matter how tempting it was.
"Here, let me help," Adam said as he leaned over to help. Adam saw David was watching him helping her so he joined in.
"Thank you," Kenzie said as they finished.
"You ready?" he asked looking at her and she put up one finger before turning to David.
"I need to go now baby," she began when the boy yelled.
"Don't go mommy, please don't go," David cried and Adam felt his heart break at the desperate tone in the boy's voice.
"I have to go to work, but I'll be back. I always come back," Kenzie promised and the boy looked at her as tears glistened in his young eyes. "And, I promise, if I'm not home by bedtime I'll tuck you in over the phone."
The boy seemed to think about it for a moment then nodded contently.
"Okay, just try and be home mommy," David said before giving her a peck on the cheek. Then David turned to Adam and his face got serious. "You keep my mommy safe, Adam."
Adam had to keep from laughing at the serious tone the boy spoke in. "I promise, I'll do my best," Adam reassured the child. The boy nodded before jogging to his bed room.
"Bye Mommy, Bye Adam," David called before he closed the door.
The two walked out of the apartment to his vehicle waiting downstairs. Adam usually left it in the garage but they had to get to work today and she needed a car to drive so he had loaned it out to her.
She dropped him off and he watched as she drove quickly to the crime scene. He watched his jeep till it was out of sight then headed inside.
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Kenzie was excited. It was another day on the field. She knew it was only temporary, really temporary. The doctor had cleared Lindsey Monroe yesterday and in less than two weeks the field detective would be returning so she had to make every field day count.
She turned on one of the streets and pulled up to the crime scene, a few minutes late.
"Where have you been?" Mac demanded and she sighed. He was in one of those moods. Sometimes she wondered if the man went through PMS like a chick.
"I have responsibilities at home you know, plus, I had to drop Adam off at the lab," Kenzie informed him before she began to busy herself with the evidence.
Finally, she got done with the crime scene and headed back to analyze the evidence. She arrived in plenty of time and her first stop was Adam's lab. She began doing her job when another call came out.
She drove off, not really seeing much of Mac or Adam, which one she was happy about, the other not so much. Mac didn't seem to like her, probably because she was more of an instinctual person, though she usually was right. She trusted her instincts to take her to the truth which she always got from the evidence Mac loved so much.
With a sigh she headed to the crime scene. It was an arson that had killed a woman. When she pulled up she found she was the person to arrive on the scene. She went inside and spoke with the fire department to make sure the scene was stable enough for her to enter.
When she had confirmation it was she went inside. She traveled through charred debris up the creaky stairs to a room that had once been a bedroom. Kenzie found the body of a young female in what appeared to be the charred remains of a spring mattress.
Kenzie began bagging evidence and had the whole scene pretty much swept when a creaking sound was heard under her feet. She'd been hearing that since she'd walked in but this one was different. It was louder, it shifted the floor beneath her.
Before she knew what was happening the floor was giving beneath her and with a scream she began to fall.