co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo
John woke up the next morning in Amanda's bed and smiled as he realized where he was. He moved a little and saw Amanda sleeping. He moved over and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the cheek. They had spent the night making love. He couldn't believe that it had happened so fast. But he felt something with her and it wasn't anything he had felt before.
He felt her shift a little. "Good morning." He whispered to her.
"Good morning." She smiled as she turned in his arms. "That was an incredible night."
"Yes it was." He smiled before kissing her. "I know it happened fast."
"Not that fast." She laughed.
He laughed too. "You know what I mean."
"I know." She said sitting up a little bit. "John, it happened and it was wonderful. It can mean whatever we want. There are no rules. We make them."
"I hope it means you will have dinner with me again and maybe some other dates too."
She smiled and this time she leaned in to kiss him. "I would like that."
"Good. I believe you said you'd cook for me?" She smiled.
"Come back tonight around six. I'll have a dinner cooked that will knock your socks off."
"You don't have to cook to do that."
"Oh I know that." She smiled and kissed him. "Now, don't you have work and I do too?"
"Yeah." He whined. "But I don't want to leave."
She laughed as she got up. "Yeah but you have too." She got her robe and headed toward the bathroom. "But you can join me." He smiled and followed her in.
Leah woke up and headed downstairs to make breakfast. She hoped to hear from the judge about the petition. And she hoped to hear from John about his date. She hoped they'd hit it off and something developed between them. They were perfect for each other.
"You look deep in thought." Adam said walking in the kitchen.
"Just hoping I hear about the petition." She smiled and kissed him. "I hope pancakes and bacon are okay for breakfast."
"Sounds good. Have you heard from John yet?"
"No and I really want to know about his date."
"You're meddling."
"I simply introduced them." She replied.
"Yeah because you knew John and apparently Amanda too, can move fast in something."
"I didn't know that." She pouted. "I just wanted my two friends happy and if they are happy with each other, all the better."
"Right." Adam laughed.
Amanda arrived at work and headed in. She and John had a nice breakfast before both headed to their jobs. She hoped she could help him get to the bottom of his brother's death. Once Leah got the order to exhume the body, Amanda hoped she could find something. But it had been twenty something years, would there be anything still left to test? Even if there wasn't much tissue, she could examine what was left and examine the bones. She just hoped she could find something to help John.
"Amanda, new body came last night." Justin Gabriel, the assistant ME, said.
"Thanks." Amanda walked over to the table and pulled back the sheet. She was shocked to see it was the body of the former ME, Paul Heyman. "Justin, do we have a cause of death?"
"They think it was a robbery gone bad. He was shot once in the back. A kill shot."
"Thanks." Amanda sighed. What would this do to the case? "Can you take this one?"
"Yeah, sure. Oh and you have flowers on your desk." Justin said smiling. "Are you dating again?"
"Aren't you just a little nosy?"
"I haven't been on a date in months either. Let me live vicariously through you."
"You need a girlfriend." She laughed as she headed into her office leaving Justin to do the autopsy on Paul Heyman. She smiled when she saw the flowers. They were yellow roses. She took the card and smiled when she read it. 'Just thinking about you, John.'
She moved them out of the way and sat down at her desk. She picked up the file from the police on Paul Heyman. They believe it was a robbery as his stuff stolen and he was shot in the back. She had just read over when her phone rang.
"Dr. Rollins." She said when she answered.
"Hey, Amanda. I have that information for you." Stephen said.
"Great. What did it say?"
"Well the case of Joey Lauranitits was closed due to lack of evidence. The detective on the case was John Laurantitis's brother in law."
"His brother in law? There is so much wrong with this case. Leah filed the paperwork to exhume the body. I'm more convinced than ever that this is a big cover up."
"I think you might be right. I talked to my bosses and unfortunately they won't reopen the case without evidence."
Amanda sighed. "Alright. I will let you know if the exhumation is a go."
"Alright. Amanda, you get proper evidence and I will make sure my bosses open the case back up."
"Thanks." She said hanging up. She was glad he was on her side
Leah arrived at her office and headed in. She hoped the judge would call soon. She picked up a file and started looking at it when the phone rang.
"Leah Copeland." She said when she picked up.
"Ms. Copeland, this is Sarah at Judge Lawler's court."
"Yes, Sarah?" Leah asked.
"I just wanted to let you know that the judge has agreed to hear your petition this afternoon at one."
"Thank you. I will be there."
She picked up the phone and called John.
"Hello?"
"Who is the greatest lawyer in the world?"
"I'm guessing you?"
"Judge Lawler will hear our petition at one today."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. So, hopefully he will rule in our favor." She replied.
"Do we need Amanda for this?"
Leah smiled. "No, I have her statement in the petition so the judge will read it."
"Okay, then I will see you at the court house?"
"Yes, at one o'clock." She said before hanging up. She looked over the file and started making notes for the case.
Amanda looked over the autopsy preliminary report that Justin had done on Paul Heyman. He was shot in the back at close range and it was a kill shot. There were no defensive wounds on him so he had to know who shot him. It had to be someone he trusted.
"I finished the autopsy." Justin said walking in.
"Kill shot in the back right?"
"Yep."
"Anything else?"
"Well, I did find this in his mouth which unless you knew it was there, you wouldn't look for it." Justin said handing her a piece of paper.
She unfolded it. "It was murder." Was all it said. "This could be pertaining to his death. Maybe he had time to write something. Did he die instantly?"
"No. He bleed out for at least ten minutes. The person who shot him probably thought he died immediately."
"Call the police and get it to them." He nodded and took the paper.
She sighed. There was more to this but it wasn't her place to investigate. That was the police. It was her job to say if it was murder and how he died. She just hoped the police could find out. It was odd that he died right before the body of his nephew might be exhumed. It just continued the mystery surrounding the case.
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