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Chapter 16

Everyone was assembled in the Murder Room that was going to participate in the arrest of Ricky D'Angelo. There were FBI Agents mixing in with the Major Crimes squad. Chief Howard and Special Agent Morris were standing in front of the Murder Board when Sharon, Andy, and Provenza walked out of Sharon's office to join them. "While we wait for the warrant to come in Captain, I thought we could go over the game plan, if you will" Special Agent Morris said to Sharon as she came up and leaned on one of the desks closest to the Murder Board. "By all means, Agent Morris" Sharon said back to him. Andy joined Sharon at the desk and Provenza took a seat at his own desk.

Agent Morris turned to the Murder Board and started to draw a makeshift map of D'Angelo's business office. "Okay, we are going to have two entry teams heading in to the building. One team takes the front of the business where the reception desk is and the other team will take the back entrance where the loading dock is located" Agent Morris said as he drew on the board. "Each team will have ten FBI agents assigned and three of your detectives, Captain" Agent Morris said as he looked at everyone and Sharon nodded. "Our main target is D'Angelo and I am going to assume he will be up in his office" Agent Morris said. "We will also have teams waiting outside to assist with the roundup of D'Angelo's associates" he added as he drew their location. "How do we know D'Angelo is still there?" Andy asked Agent Morris. "We have him under surveillance, he's there" Agent Morris answered Andy. Andy looked at Sharon who glanced at him and then back at the Murder Board.

"Agent Morris, how long have you had D'Angelo under surveillance?" Sharon asked him. Agent Morris looked back at Sharon. She was curious to know how long they were watching him. "Last night into this morning, when we knew you had enough evidence combined with ours to arrest him" Agent Morris answered her. Sharon nodded and then folded her arms across her chest. Agent Morris glanced at Chief Howard and then returned to the Murder Board. "We will set up a command post here, Chief Howard will be inside of it along with the FBI" Agent Morris said as he wrote it on the board. "Buzz, you will be in there also" Sharon said as she turned around to where Buzz was sitting and looked at him. "Yes, Captain" Buzz answered. "Julio, you and the Captain, along with Flynn will be heading up with the front entry team" Provenza stated. "Mike, Amy, and myself will be heading in with the back entry team" Provenza added. Everyone nodded in agreement with Provenza. Andy was glad that Provenza had paired Sharon and him up so that he could keep an eye on her in case something went wrong.

An hour later, one of the FBI agents came in to the Murder Room and spoke with Special Agent Morris as she handed him a piece of paper. Andy was sitting at his desk on his computer looking over the current LA Dodgers schedule for this season. He saw that opening day was going to be April 3rd, a Monday against the Padres. He then looked up to see several FBI agents speaking with Special Agent Morris. Provenza glanced up from his crossword puzzle book to see what was going on. Special Agent Morris then walked towards Sharon's office as Andy watched him. He knocked on her door and entered as the door was already opened. "Captain, we have the warrant. The surveillance team says he is still at his business" Special Agent Morris said to Sharon. Sharon was reading an email that Cynthia had sent her regarding some information for Matthew. She cleared her throat. "Okay, let's get going" Sharon said as she stood up from her desk and closed her laptop. She then walked out of her office and glanced at what Andy was looking at on his computer. All she saw was a LA Dodgers logo with a calendar. "Alright, everyone. The FBI has their warrant so we are all set to go. Let's meet over there and please be careful everybody" Sharon said to her team. As everyone stood up from their desks and grabbed their vests, Sharon went back inside her office to do the same.

Andy waited for Sharon to be ready and then they walked out of the Murder Room and towards the elevators. "Are you all set?" he said to her as they entered the elevator. "I think so" Sharon replied to him as Andy grabbed her hand and squeezed it. They rode down in the elevator in silence and then made their way to their vehicle. Before Sharon sat in the car, Andy wanted to make sure her vest was on properly. He stood in front of her and checked the straps of her vest. She laughed at him as he always did this, ever since they went to capture Elliot Chase last year at the Greyson Hotel. "Why are you laughing? I'm trying to have a serious moment here" Andy said to Sharon. "You always check my vest" Sharon said. "Because I want to make sure you're covered" Andy said and then leaned closer to her. "Just in case" he whispered and she nodded. She then climbed in to the car and Andy headed around to the driver's side and got in. They drove out of the parking garage and over to where they were meeting everyone else.

As they pulled up at the meeting spot, Andy shifted the car into park and turned it off. He was about to exit the vehicle when Sharon grabbed his right hand. He looked down at her hand and then up at her, meeting her eyes. "Please be careful, Andy. I don't expect anything to go wrong here, but you never know" Sharon said to him. Andy nodded. "Of course" he said to her and then they both got out of the car to join the rest of the team standing by the command center. Everyone was equipped with a body camera so that it would be easy for Buzz to track the video. "Okay, let's have this go as smooth as possible" Special Agent Morris said to everyone and then they all moved to their positions. Chief Howard and Buzz went in to the command center to oversee everything. Sharon, Andy, and Julio made their way over to the front entrance with Special Agent Morris, along with the other agents from the FBI. Provenza, Mike, and Amy did the same as they headed towards the back entrance.

As Special Agent Morris walked through the front entrance, he was greeted by the security guards at the desk. Special Agent Morris flashed his FBI badge at the guards as Sharon, Andy, and Julio were right behind him. "We have a warrant" Special Agent Morris said to the guards as they made their way inside. The other FBI agents swarmed into the lobby and moved the guards over to another area. Special Agent Morris, Sharon, Andy, Julio, and five other FBI agents made their way through a set of doors. "Hey, you can't be in here!" someone yelled at them as they made their way inside. "Yes we can!" Andy said to the guy as he tried to stop them. Julio escorted the guy out to the lobby. "If you'll just wait right here with these nice people" Julio said to him and then an FBI agent walked over to Julio and showed the person where to go. Julio then went back inside. "LAPD, FBI, we have a warrant for your boss" Andy said as they approached John who was standing in front of a door. Andy recognized it as the conference room they were in two days ago. "Where's D'Angelo?" Special Agent Morris asked John. John didn't respond right away. Andy went up to him. "Where's your boss?" Andy asked him as he stared at him. Sharon didn't like Andy being up in this guy's face. She was about to say something to Andy when another set of doors opened and Ricky D'Angelo walked through them.

"What's all this commotion you are causing here?" D'Angelo asked as he came through the doorway and looked around and spotted Sharon. "Captain, to what do I owe this pleasure to see you again?" D'Angelo said as he walked up to Sharon. Andy stepped in and blocked him from Sharon. "Watch it pal!" Andy said as he went to grab D'Angelo. John started to move towards D'Angelo but Julio stopped him. Andy turned D'Angelo around and had him face the wall. "Mr. D'Angelo, I'm Special Agent Morris with the FBI, and you are under arrest" Special Agent Morris said to D'Angelo as Andy searched him. "Arrest, for what?" D'Angelo said as Andy held D'Angelo's hands on his back and Special Agent Morris placed handcuffs on him. "Captain, I told you this was all a misunderstanding" D'Angelo said to Sharon. "You went after my family, was that a misunderstanding too?" Andy said to him, gritting his teeth, as he turned D'Angelo around. D'Angelo just stood there as they also placed John in handcuffs. He was looking at Sharon. "Captain, surely you must have something better to do than assist these monkeys from the FBI" D'Angelo said to Sharon. Andy held onto D'Angelo as Sharon walked up to him. She glared at him. "No, I can't say that I do" she said to him and then Andy took a hold of him and started to walk him out with Special Agent Morris who started reading D'Angelo his rights. Sharon followed right behind them.

They escorted D'Angelo outside of the building and towards an awaiting car. Andy handed him over to Special Agent Morris who placed him in the backseat of the car and closed the door. Special Agent Morris then shook Andy's hand and walked over to Sharon and shook her hand. "Captain, thank you" Special Agent Morris said to her and then walked around to the other side of the car and got in the backseat with D'Angelo. Another FBI agent drove the car and it left the area. Andy looked at Sharon as she watched the car leave. He walked over to where she was standing. "Nice work, Captain!" he said to her, giving her a wink and his smile. She smiled back at him. "I'm just grateful everything went smoothly" Sharon said as she turned around and they both headed over to where the rest of the team was, standing by the vans as the FBI agents loaded all of D'Angelo's men into them. "Captain, the FBI informs me that every one of D'Angelo's men have been accounted for and that they will be taking them all down to their offices" Provenza said to Sharon as he walked up to talk with her. "They also have their Evidence Response Team handling all of the paperwork discovered in the office building" he added as he spoke with her. "Good, Lieutenant" Sharon looked around. She then spotted the command center and Chief Howard and Buzz exiting it. "We should be done here" Sharon added as Chief Howard came up to where she was standing with Provenza and Andy.

"Good work Captain, and everyone" Chief Howard said to the team as he met up with them. "Thank you, Chief" Sharon said. Chief Howard then moved towards where he parked his vehicle. "Captain, I think we should head back to the office, finish our paperwork, make sure the FBI has everything that they need, and call it a night" Chief Howard said to her as Sharon was walking with him. "Yes sir" Sharon said to him. "Oh, and I know that seeing D'Angelo and knowing that he was behind everything, even trying to pick up Matthew, was difficult for you and for Andy, but I am glad you both handled it professionally" Chief Howard added and then got inside his car and drove back to the PAB. Sharon stood there and then turned around when Andy joined her. "Everything okay?" he asked her. She looked at him. "Yes, everything is fine" Sharon said to him. She then started walking with him towards the rest of the team. "Let's head back everyone" Sharon said to them and they made their way back to their cars and headed over to the PAB.

Andy and Sharon got inside their vehicle and Andy paused a moment when Sharon placed her hand on his arm. Andy looked at her. "What is it?" he asked her as he wondered why she stopped him from starting the car. "Did you really mean what you said earlier to D'Angelo about going after your family? Do you consider Matthew to be our family?" Sharon asked him in all seriousness. Andy looked back at her. "Yes, of course I do" Andy said to Sharon and then took her hand and brought it to his lips to kiss. Sharon smiled at him. "I'm glad to hear that Andy, because I received an email from Cynthia earlier today regarding Matthew" Sharon started to say to Andy. Andy looked over at her with a worried look on his face. "Is everything okay? She's still coming over for a house check tomorrow morning, right?" Andy asked her. "Yes, she is and yes everything is alright. In fact it may be more than alright" Sharon said to him and smiled at his worried look he was giving her. Sharon looked at her and Andy's hands intertwined with each other and took a deep breath.

"How would you feel about officially adopting Matthew?" Sharon said to Andy. Andy was speechless at that moment. He heard what Sharon had just asked him but it took him a minute to process everything. 'Officially adopt' he thought to himself. A big smile then appeared on Andy's face. "I think it's a wonderful idea, Sharon" he said as he whispered to her and closed the gap between them and gave her a kiss. "We would officially have to wait till Matthew has been in the system for 90 days, which will be in another month" Sharon said to Andy. Andy then started their car. "Cynthia would have all of the paperwork ready to go so that when the time came, it would be a smooth transition into adoption" Sharon said to him as they both sat there. "What about possible relatives?" Andy asked her. "That was also in the email she sent to me. There are no relatives anywhere for Matthew" Sharon said back to him. "He could officially be ours in another month!" she said to him all excited. Andy was happy and so was Sharon. He pulled their vehicle out of the spot and started to drive. "We would have to ask Matthew if he wanted to be adopted" Andy said as he drove down the street. "Cynthia will be doing that, the actual asking part, but we will be present for it, in case he has questions" Sharon answered him. "I'm going to be a father again, officially that is" Andy said all happy. He looked over at Sharon as they were at a stop light waiting for the light to change. "You're already a great mom" he said to her and Sharon smiled at him. She was happy that Andy was excited about being an official father for Matthew. She was also excited about being a mother to Matthew. She learned from past experience with Rusty that it will be difficult to transition into adoption, but she knew that they both would help Matthew and each other. The light turned green and they proceeded, driving back to the PAB to meet up with the rest of the team.

TBC