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Chapter 5
The team arrived back at the office and headed into the Murder Room. Andy and Sharon were walking in with Tommy and they made their way over to the conference room. "Lieutenant, I would like us to interview Tommy's father again" Sharon whispered to Provenza so that Tommy didn't hear anything. "Sure, Captain" Provenza said back to her as he made his way with Mike to the interview room that Dan Miller was sitting in. Sharon made her way in the conference room and Amanda stood up along with her mother and sister. "Captain, have you heard anything? Did you find Tommy?" Amanda said to Sharon. Sharon smiled back at her. "Yes, we found Tommy" Sharon said to her and Andy then walked in with Tommy. Tommy ran to his mom and Amanda was completely overjoyed. "Oh my god, Tommy!" she said as she hugged him. "Mommy!" Tommy said as he hugged her back. She looked at him to make sure he was okay. "Do you feel okay?" she asked him. "I'm still coughing but I'm okay" Tommy said back to her. Sharon and Andy smiled at the reunion as they stood there watching. "If you will excuse us. You can take your time here, but before you leave please let me know, okay?" Sharon said to Amanda. "Of course, thank you Captain, Lieutenant" Amanda said back to them.
Sharon closed the door behind them and nodded to the patrol officer outside as they made their way to electronics to see how Provenza and Mike were doing with Dan Miller. Sharon looked at the screen with Provenza and Mike on it and she was also glad to see Amy and Julio in the other interview room speaking to Jimmy's sister. "How is Jimmy doing?" Sharon asked Buzz as he was adjusting all of the monitors. "He seems to be fine, just sitting there. Patrol is still inside with him" Buzz answered her. They then listened to what Mike and Provenza were saying to Dan. "So Dan, we heard that you owed money to Mr. D'Angelo and that's why he threatened you, because you wouldn't pay him back" Provenza said to Dan. Dan looked up at him. "What? That's a lie. I don't owe him any money" Dan said and Mike checked the financials they ran earlier on him. "Your financials say otherwise, Dan" Mike said as he handed the paper to Provenza. Provenza took a look at the paper. "Woah! Dan, it looks like you owe a lot of money according to this!" Provenza said to Dan. "Look, I don't know what that paper says but I do not owe him money. The only payment I make is child support every month to my ex-wife, that's it" Dan said to Provenza and Mike. "Did you find Tommy yet?" Dan asked them. "Yes we did, and we reunited him with his mother. Now, tell me Dan, the real reason why someone like D'Angelo would tell one of his workers to kidnap your son and hold him" Provenza asked Dan.
Meanwhile, Amy and Julio were getting a statement from Jimmy's sister. "We just need you to write down everything that Jimmy told you this morning, regarding the little boy that he brought to your house" Amy explained to the woman and handed her a pad of paper and a pen. "Okay" the woman said to them and started writing everything down. "Do I need to get Jimmy a lawyer or something?" the woman asked them. Amy and Julio looked at each other. "Uh, ma'am he didn't ask for a lawyer when we read him his rights" Julio said to her. The woman nodded. "Do you think I should get him a lawyer?" she asked again. "We can't provide any legal advice to you ma'am" Amy said to her. The woman stopped writing and then pulled out her phone. "I think I should get him a lawyer" she said as she dialed a number on her cell phone. Amy looked back at the camera. "Okay, so Jimmy's sister is asking for a lawyer for her brother. We will wait until the lawyer gets here for him before we head back in the room to speak with him" Sharon said to Andy and to Buzz as she got up from the chair in the electronics room. Andrea Hobbs opened the door to electronics and saw the three of them inside. "So, did you find the missing kid yet?" Hobbs asked them. "Yes, Andrea, we did. He's with his mother right now in our conference room" Sharon said to her. "Oh, thank god. Now what's this about the mob being involved?" Andrea asked Sharon and Andy as she closed the door behind her.
Provenza looked across the table at Dan who was just sitting there. Dan was trying to think about the answer to the question. "I already told you the reason. D'Angelo wanted me to fix his books so that it looked like his business did a legitimate transaction a couple of months ago but I told him no. He then got his guys to come after me and harass me, threatening me but I still refused to do it" Dan said to them. "You don't just refuse someone, especially if they are tied to the mob" Mike said to Dan. "As long as Tommy is safe, and you found him, that's all that matters" Dan said back. "So, you're saying that you don't owe D'Angelo any money, that he came after you and kidnapped your son because you refused to fix his books?" Provenza said to him. "Yes" Dan said to him. "The DA's office may need you to testify to that in court" Mike said to Dan. Dan got nervous. "Uh, no, I'm not testifying to anything" Dan said as he was now fidgeting in his seat. "D'Angelo kidnapped your son, Dan. He had one of his people do the dirty work" Provenza explained to him. Dan shook his head. "No, I'm not testifying to anything. Tommy is back with his mom, he's safe now" Dan said back to them. Provenza sat back in his chair and looked up at the camera.
"If Dan is refusing to testify in a court room, then I will be forced to only charge Jimmy Caputo in this case" Andrea said to Sharon and Andy in the electronics room. The phone rang inside the room. "Electronics, this is Buzz Watson" Buzz said as he answered the phone. "Yes, I'll tell her" Buzz said as he hung up. "Jimmy's lawyer is here" Buzz said to them. Sharon took a deep breath and left the room to meet the lawyer outside in the Murder Room. Both Andy and Andrea joined her. "Hello Captain" Linda Rothman said to Sharon as she entered the room. "Wow Linda, I didn't know that you had dealings with the mob in LA" Andrea said to her as she gathered around the desk they were standing by. "I have certain clients, DDA Hobbs, that retain me and I do my best to bring justice for them" Linda said back to her. Andrea just looked at her in disgust. Andy didn't say anything to Linda Rothman as she came up to them. "Now, Captain, where is my client?" Linda asked Sharon. "Right this way" Sharon said back to her as she showed her what room Jimmy was in. Sharon opened the door and spoke to Jimmy, signaling for the patrol officers to come and wait outside. "Jimmy, your sister called a lawyer for you" Sharon said to Jimmy as Linda walked in the room. "Thank you Captain" Linda said to Sharon as she made her way to the table in the room. Sharon then closed the door so that Jimmy and his lawyer could speak to one another.
"Linda Rothman just happens to be the lawyer that Jimmy's sister calls? Come on" Andy said to Sharon when she returned to where he and Andrea where still standing. "Something's not right here" Sharon said to Andy as she headed back to her office. Provenza exited the interview room he was in and made his way to Sharon's office. The door was opened so Provenza walked right in. "Captain, what do you want me to do with the ex-husband?" Provenza said to Sharon and then glanced over at the reunion that was still going on in the conference room. "Do you think he was involved in the kidnapping of his son in any way?" Sharon asked Provenza as she sat in her chair. Provenza looked back at her. "No" he said as he shook his head. "Then release him" Sharon told him. "Jimmy's sister called for a lawyer to represent Jimmy" Sharon said to Provenza as he was leaving her office. "Who'd she get, Jack?" he asked. She looked back at him. "No" she said. "Linda Rothman" she added. "Oh, it's worse" Provenza said in response. He then went back to the interview room and informed Mike they were going to release Dan. "Okay Dan, you are free to go. But, if you do run into trouble with the mob, don't say we didn't warn you" Provenza said to Dan and then opened the door and Dan walked out.
Dan saw Tommy and Amanda, his ex-wife, in the conference room and started to walk over to them. Andy stood up from his desk and stopped him. "Where do you think you're going?" Andy asked him as he put his hand up to stop Dan. "I wanted to see Tommy, make sure he is alright" Dan said to Andy as Sharon came out of her office. "Mr. Miller, your ex-wife has full custody of Tommy and right now you see him how often?" Sharon said to Dan. "Every three weeks" Dan answered her. "I just want to see him" Dan pleaded with Sharon. Sharon looked at him and then turned around and walked towards the conference room. Andy kept Dan where he was until he got a signal from Sharon. Sharon knocked on the door to the conference room and walked in. "Sorry to interrupt but your ex-husband was asking if he could see Tommy. We are releasing him and as he was leaving he made that request to us. Now it is totally up to you, Amanda" Sharon started to explain to her. "That's fine. He can see him for a little bit" Amanda answered. Sharon nodded and then stepped out of the conference room and gave a little wave to Andy. Andy then walked with Dan over to the conference room and Dan walked in. Tommy turned around. "Dad!" he said as he went up to him and gave him a hug. "Hey kiddo" Dan said back to him as he hugged him. Dan stayed with them for about five minutes and then he left. "Thank you for finding my son, Captain" Dan said to Sharon and then he walked out of the Murder Room.
Sharon turned around to Amanda. "You are free to leave Amanda, we can give you a ride home if you'd like. I'm afraid your car is still in our custody" Sharon said to her. "Oh, how long do you think that is going to take?" Amanda asked Sharon. "We could probably return it to you in a couple of days" Sharon said as she looked at Andy who just shrugged his shoulders. "Um, that's fine" Amanda said back to her. "We are going to take them home, but thank you Captain" Amanda's mother said to Sharon. "We will have a patrol car outside your place just as a precaution" Andy said to the group. "Thank you" Amanda said back. "Good bye Tommy" Andy said to Tommy as he was walking out of the room. Tommy waved to him and then stopped. "Matthew was right when we were discussing heroes at school. He told me that his foster parents were both super heroes. I laughed at him, but he was right. You both are because you saved me" Tommy said to Andy and then he hugged him. Andy didn't know what to say to the child so he just stood there while Sharon looked at them. Sharon cleared her throat as she approached them. "Maybe one day, you could have Tommy come over and play with Matthew since they seem to be such good friends at school" Sharon said to Amanda. "Yeah, we'll see. Thank you again. I don't know how to repay you" Amanda said and then they left the Murder Room.
"It seems like Matthew is doing a lot of talking about us at school" Andy said to Sharon as they both walked to her office. "He's made a lot of improvements since we found him. I'm glad he's making new friends" Sharon said to him. "We are going to have to tell him about what happened today, because you know Tommy is probably going to tell him tomorrow when he goes back to school" Andy said to Sharon and gave her a little chuckle. Sharon looked back at Andy and smiled. She glanced up at the clock. It was 2:30 in the afternoon. "Hopefully Linda Rothman is ready and we can proceed with closing this case out" Sharon said to Andy as they joined Provenza and Mike in electronics. Andrea then walked in behind them. "Are you ready, Captain?" she asked Sharon. "Let's do this" Sharon said as she joined Andrea in the interview room with Jimmy and his lawyer. "This should be interesting" Provenza said as he sat back in his chair ready to watch what was going to unfold before them.
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