DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

Chapter 15

Andy faithfully woke Sharon up every two hours during the night to make sure that she was doing okay. By the time their alarm went off Thursday morning, Andy was already up and in the shower. Sharon woke up and heard the water running in the bathroom. She stretched in bed and turned the annoying beeping alarm off. Her headache had gone away and she was grateful for that fact. She stood up from the bed and walked over to their bathroom. Andy heard Sharon come in and poked his head out through the glass door. "Hi" she said to him as she got undressed. "Hello" he said to her as he held the door open for her to join him which she did. He held onto her and looked at her eyes. He saw that her pupils were back to normal. "How are you feeling?" Andy whispered to her. "Much better" she said to him as they showered together. "How is your jaw?" she said to him as she examined it closely. It was still a deep purple color. "It's fine" Andy said to her as he turned her around to face the water spray.

After they showered, they both got dressed and Andy went to wake up Matthew while Sharon went downstairs. "Matthew, time to get up" Andy said to the sleeping kid. He mumbled something in his sleep as Moxie wagged his tail and greeted Andy. "Hi Moxie" he said to the dog as he petted him on his head. "Sharon's downstairs already" he said to the dog as he opened the door and Moxie ran down the stairs. Andy walked over to the windows and opened the blinds. "Come on Matthew" Andy said to him as he pulled his covers away. Matthew now lay pretending to be asleep but Andy saw right through it because Matthew had a slight smile on his face. Andy looked at him and shook his head. Andy picked up Matthew's stuffed teddy bear. "Well, Mr. Bear since you are already up, perhaps you can take Matthew's spot at school then" Andy said to the bear and then Matthew got up and pulled the bear from Andy's hands. "Oh look you are awake!" Andy said to Matthew as Matthew giggled. Matthew got out of bed and Andy handed him his clothes for the day. "Come on and get dressed now" Andy said as Matthew stepped in the bathroom.

Once Matthew was all set, both he and Andy headed downstairs and joined Sharon in the kitchen. Moxie was eating his breakfast while Sharon had placed cereal boxes out on the kitchen island for Andy and Matthew to choose. Andy's doctor's appointment for his check-up was at 8:45 giving them plenty of time to drop of both Matthew and Moxie before heading over there. Sharon made sure that Matthew had his backpack packed up with his homework and lunch. Andy gathered their things and handed Sharon her purse as he met them outside in the driveway with Moxie. Andy opened the garage door and once inside the car, pulled out and they drove over to Matthew's school.

Sharon had arranged for not only a patrol car to be parked outside of school but to also have a police officer posted inside the school during school hours today. When they arrived at St. Anne's, Andy parked the car and he joined Sharon and Matthew outside and they all walked in together. Sharon wanted to speak with the Principal again to make sure everything was fine. The Principal was speaking with a bunch of the parents when Sharon and Andy walked in with Matthew. "Captain, can you say something to these parents reassuring them that their children are safe" Principal Gottardo asked Sharon. Andy stood there holding Matthew's hand while Sharon spoke with the parents of other children. She reassured them that everything was fine, their children were safe, and not to worry. Andy was very proud of Sharon at that moment, never faltering with the questions being asked her by the parents. "Okay Matthew, have a good day today" Andy said to Matthew as Matthew went inside his classroom. Sharon was speaking with one of the police officers inside the school when Andy returned to her. They both waved to the Principal and then left the school to drop off Moxie at doggie day care.

After taking Moxie to doggie day care, Andy then drove them to his doctor's appointment. They walked in to the doctor's office and Andy checked in at the receptionist's desk. Sharon took a seat and flipped through a magazine. The nurse called Andy in to a room about five minutes later and Sharon followed him inside. The nurse took Andy's blood pressure, weight, and pulse. "We are going to draw some blood this morning as well, Mr. Flynn" the nurse said to him as he sat on the exam table. She rolled up his sleeve and stuck a needle in his arm. She then collected three vials of blood for them to test and placed a bandage on the needle puncture. "The doctor will be in shortly" the nurse said to them as she left the room. "Your blood pressure seemed a little lower than normal when she took it" Sharon said to him as she held his hand. "I'm sure its fine" Andy said back to her squeezing her hand in his. "Besides, you have a calming effect on me" he said to her and she smiled at him. "How bout you?" Andy asked her. She looked at him. "My head is fine, my eyes seem like they are back to normal and I don't have a hard time concentrating anymore" Sharon said to him. "That's good" Andy said as he continued to caress her hand.

The doctor then entered the room. "Hello Andy. How are you doing?" the doctor said and shook Andy's hand. "I'm doing well, Doctor. I've been feeling pretty good, exercising, and keeping up with the diet you gave me" Andy answered the doctor. "That's great to hear!" the doctor said. "So, what happened to your face?" the doctor asked him. "Uh, well it's a long story but I got punched by a suspect last night" Andy answered. The doctor moved forward to take a look at Andy's face. "Well, do you have any pain there?" the doctor asked him. "No, no pain" Andy said. The doctor looked at Andy. "Honestly Doctor" Andy said as he put his hands up. "I ended up chasing after the guy, actually running after him, climbing stairs I might add too" Andy said to the doctor. "How did you feel after that?" the doctor asked him. "I was a little out of breath, but otherwise I felt fine" Andy answered. "Good" the doctor said to him as Andy was taking off his dress shirt. "Alright, let's take a listen to your heart, shall we?" the doctor said to Andy and placed the stethoscope on Andy's chest.

Meanwhile, at Ricky D'Angelo's business office, John was sitting in Ricky D'Angelo's office gathering up some paperwork and making sure that everything was in order. The office door then opens and Ricky D'Angelo walks in with Frankie. "It's all done Mr. D'Angelo. Everything has been burned just like you asked" John said to D'Angelo. "Good, good" D'Angelo said as he patted John's face and then walked to sit at his desk. "You just have legitimate papers showing your businesses now, nothing else" John said to him as he sat back down.

Back at the doctor's office, Andy was being examined by his doctor. "So your heart sounds good. Let me see what was your blood pressure when the nurse took it" the doctor said as they looked at Andy's chart. "Hmm" the doctor said. "Is there a problem, Doctor?" Sharon asked the doctor. The doctor looked over at Sharon. "No, it was just a little lower than normal that's all. I am going to take it again just to see" the doctor said as they placed the blood pressure cuff on Andy's arm to take his blood pressure again. "118 over 78, that's good. You have a good, strong rhythm too" the doctor said to Andy. Sharon was very thankful to hear that from the doctor. "I also want us to take an EKG" the doctor told Andy as they placed the electrodes on Andy's chest and Andy laid down on the exam table. The doctor looked at the print out from the EKG. "Normal sinus rhythm" the doctor said to Andy as the electrodes were removed. Sharon, who was relieved to hear that, looked over at Andy and smiled as the doctor wrote some notes in his chart.

There was a knock on the door and the doctor opened it. The nurse brought in the results from the blood test. The doctor looked over the results. "Okay Andy, it looks like your numbers are in the right range now. Your cholesterol is much improved and your good cholesterol numbers are higher than last time, which is very good" the doctor said to Andy. "So I am going to keep you on your current medications because they seem to be working and stick with the current diet as well. You're doing very well Andy, keep it up" the doctor said to Andy as they stood up from the stool. "I'll see you in three months, unless something comes up before then" the doctor said to Andy and they left the room.

Andy looked at Sharon who was sitting on the chair watching him the whole time during the exam. "See, I told you there was nothing to worry about" Andy said to Sharon as he placed his dress shirt back on. "Yes, I'm glad about that" Sharon said to Andy as he got dressed and handed him his weapon and badge and he placed them back on his belt. They made an appointment for three months from now and then left the doctor's office to head in to work.

When they arrived in the Murder Room, it was bustling with several FBI agents along with the detectives. Sharon walked in and saw Special Agent Morris. She signaled for him to join her in her office and he followed her there. Andy walked over to Provenza's desk. "Well?" Provenza asked him as he knew he had a doctor's appointment this morning. "Doc says I'm doing very well. Likes the numbers and everything. Now I don't see him for three months" Andy explained to Provenza. "That's good to hear Flynn" Provenza said to him.

"Okay Agent Morris, how is everything going this morning?" Sharon asked him as he sat down across from Sharon who was still trying to organize her desk a little bit. "It looks like we will be all set by this afternoon to arrest Ricky D'Angelo. The Assistant United States Attorney is signing off on the arrest warrant this morning after reviewing all of our combined evidence. They are very pleased that will be charging him with a RICO charge" Special Agent Morris stated to Sharon as she sat behind her desk now. "That's good to hear. So we will go over the game plan once everything is set" Sharon said to Special Agent Morris and he agreed. Just then, DDA Hobbs walked in to the Murder Room and headed straight for Sharon's office. She knocked on the open door and walked inside. "Captain, Special Agent Morris, I just wanted to let you know that Mikey pleaded guilty this morning in court to assaulting a police officer. He's currently awaiting sentencing right now, but if the AUSA is truly going to charge D'Angelo with a racketeering and corruption charge, they may also tie in Mikey and Jimmy Caputo as well" Andrea stated to the both of them. "I can let the AUSA notify you once they get the charges and that way you can know what they are going to do" Special Agent Morris said to Andrea. "Thanks, I appreciate it" Andrea said to him.

Sharon's cell phone rang as she was sitting at her desk. She pulled it out of her pocket and saw that it was Emily calling her. "Hi Emily" she said as she answered her phone. "Hi Mom! I just wanted to let you know that we are all set to come to LA for the show" Emily said to her. "Oh great! I cannot wait to see you, honey" Sharon said to her. "Sounds like there is a lot going on over there. Are you guys busy right now?" Emily asked her mother. "Oh, we are currently working a case that involves the mob, but enough about that, how are you doing?" Sharon said to Emily. "The mob, Mom?" Emily said back to her. "Please don't worry, okay?" Sharon said to her. Sharon looked around at the Murder Room and then turned around to face the outside windows. "So when do you fly in?" Sharon asked her daughter. "Saturday morning. We have rehearsals starting that Sunday and then opening night is two weeks, Thursday the 19th. I'm so excited!" Emily said to Sharon. "Oh, honey, me too! Look I got to go now but let me know when you are on your plane Saturday" Sharon said to Emily. "I will Mom, please be careful and tell Andy to be careful as well" Emily said to her. "I will, bye!" Sharon said as she hung up her phone.

Andy knocked on her door and then entered her office. "Everything okay?" he asked her as she stood up to meet him in front of her desk. "Oh yes, everything is fine. Emily called and she is all set with her traveling group to come out to LA for the show" Sharon said to him. "Good, when does she come in?" Andy asked her. "Saturday morning" Sharon said to him as she reached up and smoothed his tie down his shirt. "Remember, we have Cynthia stopping by the house tomorrow morning before we take Matthew to school" Sharon said to him. "Yes, hopefully we can close out this case before then" Andy said as he held on to her hand and then quickly let go of it when Provenza came in to Sharon's office. He cleared his throat. "Uh, Captain?" Provenza said to Sharon as Andy turned around to face his partner. "Don't you knock anymore?" Andy said to him and gave him a quizzical look. Provenza gave Andy a look himself as he came further in to Sharon's office. "I think we should go over these assignments before we actually go to D'Angelo's place of business to arrest him with the FBI" Provenza said to Sharon. "Of course, Lieutenant" Sharon said as she moved away from Andy and followed Provenza out in to the Murder Room. They needed to make sure that they were prepared for the big arrest this afternoon.

TBC