Will looked at the clock on the night table and was trying to figure out who was banging down his door at 5:30 in the morning. After a couple of minutes the banging died down and once again it was calm and quiet. Not even thirty seconds had passed and Will was trying to go back to sleep when his bedroom door flew open and Will saw Jay was standing there all beaten up looking really pissed. Will was able to put all the pieces together and he knew that he was screwed.
Jay: What the hell did you tell Hank?
Will: Good Morning to you to brother
Jay: Good Morning?! Good Morning?! Really Will my life is ruined i tell you its ruined its over and you tell me good morning.
Will: I'm sorry bro, I didn't mean anything by it i'm sorry.
Jay: So what did you tell Voight? He was really pissed by whatever you told him.
Will: He came in to Med yesterday with a medical question and eventually he started asking me questions about you.
Jay: What did he ask?
Will: Jay do we really have to go into this now? Its not even 6 AM I worked 12 hours yesterday and i'm exhausted can we talk about this later?
Jay: Not in your life are you getting out of this. Tell me what Hank asked you.
Will: So he asked me how serious you are about Erin. He told me he gave you his blessing to marry her but he was still nervous so he wanted my opinion.
Jay: So what did you tell him? Because whatever you said he was really angry about it.
Will: I told him you were really crazy about her and that you really loved her. Voight asked me how I knew for sure. So I told him about last time.
Jay: You told him about Abby?
Will: Jay, I had no choice.
Jay: So what did you say?
Will: I told him exactly what happened. You met her in Vegas one night. Decided to get married and a couple of months later you signed the divorce papers.
Jay: So why was he mad about that? That was all true. I don't even know why I married her, I was stupid and young. I still don't understand though why he was so mad about this.
Will: Jay, Hank called me after Erin had already gone to meet you and he was really pissed. Apparently he decided to do a back ground check on this Abby girl and it seams like you are still married to her.
Jay: What do you mean still married to her? I signed those divorce papers over 5 years ago.
Will: I know but apparently she never signed them. Legally Jay you are still married. That's why Voight was angry.
Jay: Do you know what Erin knows about all this?
Will: I have no idea what he told Erin, but forgetting about Erin, it doesn't seam like Voight is going to forgive you very fast for wanting to marry his daughter while you are still married to someone else.
Jay: Will what should I do now? I can't loose her. I love her Will. She means the world to me. I can't believe this is happening to me.
Will: I hate to break it to you bro, but you already lost question is if you lost her forever or if you can somehow win her back.
Jay: How do I do that?
Will: The first step should be to track down Abby and get your divorce finalized.
Jay: I can't believe she didn't sign the papers. What good does it do her to still be married to me.
Will: I don't know Jay, I'm sorry. If you need any help let me know, but please can I go back to sleep I have to be back at work for the night shift.
Jay: Yeah, I'm sorry. I was just really confused and hurt. I'll keep you posted okay.
Will: Good luck Jay. Once again I'm sorry it didn't work out with Erin.
Jay: Oh it will, I know it will.
Will: For your sake Jay, I hop you are right.
Jay: I'm always right aren't I?
Will: Of course now please get out of my room.
Jay: Bye.
Jay walked out of Will's apartment and the first thing he did was call mouse who Jay knew would already be at the precinct.
Mouse: Jay, why are you up this early?
Jay: Can you do me a huge favor and track someone down for me?
Mouse: Yeah sure, how do you want me to find?
Jay: Her name is Abby McSweeny
Mouse: Wait, you mean Abby, the girl from the rangers the one you married in Vegas
Jay: Yup that Abby.
Mouse: Why do you want me to find her? Weren't you supposed to propose to Erin last night?
Jay: Don't ask, Mouse can you please find her for me.
Mouse: Once I'm looking do you want me to just tell you where she is, or do you want me to dig up dirt on her?
Jay: Dig up whatever you can and send me that information as soon as possible.
Not even 10 minutes later Jay heard his phone ding signaling an incoming email. Jay looked at his phone and saw that it was from Mouse when his phone rang.
Jay: Mouse, i got the emails
Mouse: Jay, I'm not sure why you want to find Abby but after finding out somethings about her, I have a pretty decent idea. I sent you the documents do you want me to tell you what it said or do you want to read it yourself.
Jay: It's fine you can just tell me.
Mouse: Basically there were about 7 guys who put in complaints against her, i looked into it and apparently she married these guys said she was going to divorce them never signed the papers and then when they came asking for a divorce so they could get remarried she only signed the papers if they gave her all of their money. Please don't tell me you wanted to find her because you are still married to her.
Jay: I can't believe she did this Mouse. What am I supposed to do now? Will told Hank about Abby and now he wont let me anywhere near Erin. How in the world am I going to fix this. Hank will never help me, but I cant give Abby all of my money. This is just crazy.
Mouse: Look, I sent you her current information, why don't you take a couple of minutes to think about what your next step will be, but you have to be smart. Look Voight just got into the office I have to go. Good Luck, you will be needing it.
Jay slouched down in his couch. He stared at the address in his phone and wondered what he wanted to do about it. He knew if he went to Los Angeles he would come back a single man but he would also be broke, and he knew that wasn't fair for Erin. But on the other hand if he didn't get the divorce papers signed he would never be able to marry Erin. He had no idea what he was going to do and as he sat there on the couch thinking the exhaustion got the better of him and he finally fell into a very disturbed sleep.
Erin had slept for another couple of hours and when she felt refreshed enough she got out of bed, showered, got dressed and then went to work. Although she had told Hank she didn't want to see Jay a part of her was hoping Jay would have come in to work today, therefore she was extremely disappointed to see his desk empty.
She was hurt by yesterday's events but she knew she loved him and although she felt like she wanted to be angry with him forever she knew that she at least owed him a chance to explain. Erin made up her mind and decided that as soon as work was over for the day she would go back to the apartment and talk to Jay. She at least owed herself some closure.
Hank had offered Erin to take the day off and for a minute she contemplated taking him up on the offer to go see Jay but in the end she decided against it. Erin stayed at work for the rest of the day and as soon as she was done she closed her computer organized her desk and left the bull pen. She said good night to Sargent Platt on the the way out of the precinct got in her car and drove off.
Erin kept debating weather to tell Halstead she was coming over or not, but she didn't want to ruin whatever chances they still had left. Erin knew Hank had been angry at Jay and she was afraid of what Hank had said to him. She realized though that if she knew Jay well enough nothing Voight did or said to him would make him lover her any less, which only made her love him more.
After pulling into the driveway, Erin parked her car behind Jay's car so she knew he was home she got out of her car and took a deep breath and knocked on the front door. Usually she just used her key as they did share the apartment, but after not having come home last night she figured she would let Jay take the lead on the situation. After several minutes and no answer Erin decided to use her key and go inside. She was shocked when she found the appartment earily empty. She walked into the bedroom and saw that the place was a disaster and that most of Jay's things were gone.
Confused and scared Erin called his cell phone but it just went straight to voicemail. Erin quickly called Mouse.
Erin: Mouse, it's Erin can you track Jay's phone for me, I'm at the apartment and it looks like he's gone.
Mouse: His phone is currently off so I can't give you his location but I think I might know where he might be
Erin: And where do you think he is?
Mouse: I think he might have gone to L.A.
Erin: L.A.? Why in the world would he be going there.
Mouse: It's not my place to tell you, you have to speak to him.
Erin: I came to talk to him and he's gone. Tell me why he went there or I will have Voight get it out of you.
Mouse: Okay but you didn't hear this from me you got it.
Erin: Got it.
Mouse: He went to ask his wife to sign the divorce papers.
Erin: What the hell are you talking about?
