I know I said I would update every other day, but I think it will probably be more like once a week! I hope you guys like this chapter, and I hope you like the overall story. There is a Linstead moment in here that I hope you will LOVE!
Erin went about the rest of her day unfocused and nervous. Voight called her into his office at about 7 that night.
"Erin, we have to take him down."
Erin nodded her head, "But what if we can do it from the inside out?" She had given her plan a lot of thought.
"Like send someone in? I bet Olinsky would do it-"
"No. I would." Erin cut Voight off.
Voight started shaking his head right away, "No way. You are not going in there with him. You will be exposed to your past, is that something you can handle? Because from what I've seen lately, you can't handle much."
"What are you trying to say?"
"I'm saying that maybe before the accident you could have done this, but like I said, lately you don't have your shit together."
"Is this you talking as my boss or someone who cares about me?"
"Someone who loves you, Erin."
Erin was taken back by Voight's affection, "You need to trust me. I need you to trust me."
"I do. I just don't trust everyone else. Who's to say that Liam won't try something with you?"
"Voight-"
"No, let me finish. He clearly still cares for you in some weird way."
"It isn't weird."
Voight nodded his head, "What's that supposed to mean, Erin?"
"What if I still care about him?" Erin crossed her arms across her chest.
"Do you?"
Erin shrugged, "Maybe."
Voight nodded his head again, "What does he have on you? Why wont you tell me?"
Erin shook her head, "He doesn't have anything on me."
"You're lying." Voight was serious.
Erin couldn't hold back her tears, "I cant tell you. If I tell you and you don't arrest me then you can get in some much trouble, and I am not willing to do that to you."
Voight pulled Erin into a hug, "Erin, I would kill someone for you, and you know that. Nothing you tell me would make me turn you in."
Erin kept sobbing and Voight could feel her shaking her head. Erin wasn't going to tell him, not yet, and he knew that. He couldn't force it out of her, he wanted her to tell him willingly.
"You can do it."
Erin stepped back and wiped her tears, "What?"
"I think you should go in undercover."
"I wouldn't be undercover."
"You could be looking to slip into your old life and you need Liam to help you. Tell him how much you love him and all that shit."
Erin nodded her head and smiled a little, "Thank you." Erin was going to get what she wanted, revenge.
Voight had told the rest of the team the plan. Erin was going to be on the streets for as long as it took to take Liam down from the inside out. She wouldn't be in the station anymore.
"You can't be serious!" Jay yelled at Erin when they were in the cage alone.
"Jay, please-"
"No! No! You cannot be going in there! Voight told you Liam was no good for you, why won't you listen to him?"
Erin knew Voight would never tell Jay that, "Did Voight tell you that?"
Jay hesitated, "Yes."
"No he didn't. I know Voight wouldn't tell you, of all people, that Liam is no good for me. You read my texts didn't you? You went that far to invade my privacy. I can't believe you Jay!" Erin did feel betrayed by Jay, just not as much as she was acting. She wanted to make him feel bad.
"I didn't mean to I-"
"What do you mean 'you didn't mean to'?! You didn't mean to unlock my phone and you didn't mean to go right to my conversation with Voight and you didn't mean to read it all? That's complete bullshit and you know it Jay!"
Jay rubbed his forehead, there was literally like no way to get out of this, "Yes I read it, okay? I did it because I care about you Erin! God damn it, why can't you see that?!"
"I do! But I cant care about you!"
"Why not?"
Erin shook her head, "Because Voight takes away everyone I care about. He took away my mom when she came after me, he took away my father, he took away Charlie, and he took away Liam. I can't lose you Jay. Why don't you get that?"
"Erin-" Jay was cut off by Voight and the rest of the team coming down. It was time for Erin to leave, not matter how long it took.
Voight hugged her first, "I'm paying for your apartment so when you come home, you will still have a place to go. You're phone will still work, but you will have a burner to use, got it?" Erin nodded and Voight continued, "Don't get yourself killed out there. You have to be smarter than they are, okay?"
"I will be. I was out there before even without you."
The rest of the team said their goodbyes to her. The last one was Jay. He pulled her into a tight hug and he never wanted to let her go, "I love you." He heard Erin whisper before she pulled away. That hit Jay hard. He couldn't let her go, what if she died out there? He knew she would have a gun and all that, but he didn't trust Liam.
"Alright, let's go!" Voight yelled.
Erin nodded and wiped a tear from her eye, she did love Jay. He had to know that before she left. Erin got in the car next to Voight. He was going to let her off a few blocks from Liam's apartment and she was just going to show up on his doorstep. She grabbed her bag from the trunk and said goodbye to Voight again.
She knocked on Liam's door hoping he wouldn't turn her away.
"What are you doing, Erin?" Liam seemed tired.
"I want back in." Erin said.
Liam smiled, "They always come back. How do I know this is legit?"
Erin shrugged, "I'll do whatever you want to prove it to you." She knew she shouldn't have said that.
