Chapter 4: The Accident

"Oh my God, what happened?" Jackie asked hysterically.

"Just get here as soon as you can, I will explain it when you get here." Catherine said, barely able to speak through her tears.

Jackie made it to the lab in no time, she found Catherine and Sara standing together and both of them were crying. Jackie ran to them.

"Catherine, Sara, what happened?" Jackie asked completely in disbelief that this was happening.

"He was with Sara on a case and…" Catherine started but she broke down and couldn't say another word.

Jackie turned to Sara. Sara took a deep breath before she spoke "We were investigating a possible 419 on the side of a deserted road, and out of nowhere this car came roaring down the road going about 80 miles an hour, the car hit Nick, and kept on driving as if nothing happened. Jackie I am so sorry, there was nothing I could do, the car was going so fast, and it hit Nick so hard that he was killed instantly." Tears sprang in Sara's eyes.

Jackie's head was spinning, she felt like she was going to pass out. She was sobbing, "Who could do this?" She asked. Then she continued "oh God, girls, what am I going to do." The two women immediately wrapped their arms around Nick's hysterical wife.

"It's going to be alright." Catherine said.

"He loved you very much." Sara added.

Catherine looked at Sara and asked "Sara, did you manage to get the license plate number?"

"No, I was so busy seeing if I could help Nick, and the car was going so fast that I didn't get a chance to look at the license plate." Sara said shaking her head sadly.

"Did you get a good look at the driver?" Cath asked trying again.

"No, the only thing I can tell you is that it was a red sports car."

Jackie's eyes grew wide in horror "Oh my God Zach, what have you done?" She exclaimed.

Catherine and Sara looked at her.

"What" Sara asked her gently.

Jackie didn't answer.

"Jackie" Cath said.

Still no answer.

"Jackie, Jackie, JACKIE."

Jackie opened her eyes, she was in her living room, it was daylight, and Nick had a hold of her arm. She quickly sat up.

"Nicky, you're alive." She blurted, relief evident in her voice.

"You are very observant." Nick said with a chuckle. Then he asked her "Are you alright, you were thrashing all around and you were talking in your sleep?"

Jackie rubbed her head, she had a headache "Yeah, I'm fine, I just had a horrible nightmare that's all."

"A nightmare about what?" Nick asked, taking a seat on the end of the couch by her feet.

"You don't want to know." She answered.

Nick didn't push it, instead he asked "So did you have a good time last night?"

"Yes, it was fun, we went to dinner and then went dancing."

"Good, I am glad you had a goodtime." He said.

She smiled at him, and he returned the smile, and as usual her husbands' gorgeous smile sent tingles down her spine.

The End