Author's note: Hello everyone! I hope you still appreciate this story, I doubt a little, but anyway here's a new chapter!
I apologize for some grammatical errors or conjugations, I do my best.
Hope you'll enjoy reading this new chapter!
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Gaëlle
GABBY'S POV
I am in a total state of shock, I cannot move anymore and I just stood by the window, my phone in hands while Kelly runs outside trying to see somebody or something, even a small detail which could help us to understand what has just happened.
When he returns inside the apartment, I don't even turn around. I murmur simply: "Tell me that you saw something..."
He approaches behind me, puts his hands on my shoulders before telling me what I don't want to hear: "I am sorry, I saw nothing, nor heard anything…" He squeezes me briefly in his arms before leaving to his bedroom to look his phone: "We have to call your brother and Matt, and we have to do it NOW." And before I can say anything, he adds: "And this is non-negotiable, I warn you!"
While Kelly tries to call my brother or Matt, I leave to get changed. I put on a jogging pant and one of Matt's CFD pullovers. I look around me in the bedroom, everything seems to be in its place and yet something seems strange to me.
Kelly, not seeing me returning into the living room, joins me: "Gabby, are you OK?" he asks me. I don't answer; I am looking intensely to the French doors giving onto our bedroom since the small inner courtyard. "Gabby, what's going on?" Kelly asks me then, crouching by my side.
"I think that somebody broke into the apartment by our bedroom… Curtains were not on their usual place, and look at this small brightness... It's seems like the work of a professional, but I am sure that someone is currently observing us..." I tell him, standing up to look for a camera or something that could have been settled in our bedroom and in the whole apartment.
"Gabby, this is insane!" Kelly follows me in the bathroom and calms down immediately when he sees what I just found: a small camera has been installed above the shower.
"Did you reach anyone?" I ask him.
"No, they're both on voicemail…" he answers me, down in the mouth.
"Let's go around the apartment to see if we can find something else…" I tell him.
"Gabby, maybe it's safer to let the police do its job… Why don't we just stay back and keep out of more trouble? Maybe we should go to District 21 and talk to someone who is aware about the entire story…" he says.
"Do you mean Voight for example?" I ask him, perplexed, and he nods. "Come on, I can't show those texts and pictures to Voight, are you out of your mind?" I yell a little bit.
"Gabby, you have no choice… And I think this problem is too serious to deal with it by ourselves… We need to talk before this becomes irreversible…" he says, grabbing his keys and his jacket. He turns around to me: "So now, either you're coming with me, or I'll drive myself to District 21!" he announces firmly and he grabs my phone away from me.
"Fine…" I say, not convinced this is the best solution to go to Voight. But this is our only option right now to protect us but also Matt and Antonio.
Stilettos
MATT'S POV
We watch Paula leaves with Jack towards his office, and we start to work, acting like we don't know what's going on. Katya and Katerina are still a lot around us, we feel like we're being watched.
"So, you are both really interested in our work?" I ask them by smiling.
"Well, we need to follow Jack's orders. If he tells us to be here, we're here you know…" Katerina answers.
"He told us to remain here the time of his interview with the new girl..." Katya adds.
"Oh, there's a new girl?" Antonio seizes the moment to ask the girls about the latest arrival in the club.
"Yeah, a girl named Paula…" Katerina answers him.
"Apparently, she's from Lithuania… But it's weird we have never heard about her, but usually we know each other from the beginning…" Katya starts explaining, before being slapped on the arm by Katerina.
Antonio looks at them confused, and Katerina explains: "Earning the greasy eye from our boss for idle chatter. That's all, come on Katya, let's go see if we have to do something for Jack!"
As they open the door, I jump into the conversation: "Is everything alright?" I ask them. Katerina simply nods, but I can tell something is wrong with Katya.
"I feel like Katya wants to tell us something or at least talk a little…" Antonio says. "We need to explore this lead more and she seems to appreciate you…" he continues.
"Antonio, come on… We agreed you were the one who will get closer to the girls!" I tell him in a desperate tone.
"Yes, but it seems that I can't compete with the sexy blond lieutenant you are!" he teases me before going back to work.
"Come on, man, you're more comfortable than me with all of this… I don't even know what to ask her!" I complain.
"Well, you'll just have a small meal with her and you just have to talk about your life so she can open to you about hers…" he explains.
"I guess, I don't have the choice…" I say, desperately.
"Exactly!" he answers, laughing.
District 21
GABBY'S POV
With Kelly, we enter the Police Station, pressed. I don't look where I'm going until a familiar voice calls out to me and I jump when he touches my shoulder. He looks at me really confused and says: "Hey Gabby! Is everything ok?" and I turn around to see that Jay Halstead is behind us.
"Oh, yeah… Uh, Hi, Jay!" I salute him.
"What are you doing here? Antonio isn't here, it thought you knew it…" he says.
"Yes, of course, I know. But I really need to talk to Voight!" I explain him, before Kelly adds: "NOW!"
"Wow, can I help you both?" he asks, worried.
"I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but...Do you know something about their current case?" I ask him.
"Yeah, I worked with Voight and your brother on it. I know everything, why? Something's wrong?" he looks at us with big eyes.
"Well, since you're so well-informed, let's talk about it." Kelly just tells him.
"Uh, ok… Follow me upstairs!" Jay says, guiding us to the Intelligent Unit.
Once on the first floor, Halstead guides us to Voight's office and knocks on the door. Once inside his office, he introduces us: "We have some visitors!" and we make our entrance too.
"Gabriela? Lieutenant Severide? What can I do for you?" Voight asks us.
"We need to tell you something…" I say shyly.
"We think Gabby is stalked by someone… She saw someone who threatened her yesterday outside the Firehouse and this morning, she has received some weird texts and pictures…" Kelly explains to him, knowing I'm embarrassed by this situation.
"Thanks Halstead!" Voight says, not allowing Halstead to stay here. While Jay smiles at me leaving the office, Voight invites us to sit down.
"Well, I'm listening!" Voight says with a hoarse voice.
"I'm… Uh, I'm sorry to bother you, but we tried to call Antonio and he never answered. Well, uh… I'm sorry; I don't really know where to start actually…" I say, unsure.
"Tell me what happened yesterday at the firehouse!" he says, giving me a reassuring look I never thought he was capable of.
"Well… I was outside to answer a phone call from Matt, and… Uh, and… I-I saw someone far away, in the dark. He was always looking at me, so I got closer to him... Then my telephone began ringing with a masked number... And I heard a blurred voice which told me to warn Matt that he had to get involved in his own business, and he runs away!" I tell him.
"Can you describe this guy?" Voight asks me, taking some notes.
"It was really dark outside… It was a fairly large man, with a coat and he was smoking. That's all I can say to you, I'm sorry." I answer him.
"Ok, did you talk about it to anyone?" he interrogates me.
"Only to Kelly…" I say, turning my attention to him.
"We wanted to keep it secret not to worry Matt or Antonio, but something else happened this morning…" Kelly explains.
"I'm all ears!" Voight says, waiting for the rest of the events.
"When we come home from shift, I went to my bedroom and take a shower. By going out of the shower, I took my phone and this is at this very moment that I began to receive obscene messages..." I tell Voight, taking my phones to show him the texts. "They totally describe what I was wearing… And when I realized that I must be observed, I shouted and ran to see if there was somebody outside... And... Uh... That's when..." I try to say, but I start to cry.
"That's when she received another text, actually a picture…" Kelly continues to explain, squeezing my hand to try to reassure me. "Uh, a picture of her… Naked… In the shower…" he tells Voight whose now shocked. Kelly takes my phone from Voight's hands and shows him the picture before keeping his explanations: "Gabby started looking around the apartment after, and she founds a little camera above the shower and a damaged side window in her bedroom… We think her phone and our apartment are being watched all the time."
"Do you think this is related to the undercover job?" I finally ask him.
"There's a strong possibility that it's related, yes. But we need to be careful if Jack and his guys have already suspicions…" Voight says, before calling his team in his office.
Stilettos
ANTONIO'S POV
It's almost lunch time and Paula is still in Jack's office. I have to admit I start being worried.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Matt asks me.
"If only I know…" I answer him, as Katya enters the room with a bag of groceries.
"Lunch for the guys!" she announces, smiling.
"Oh, uh, I think I will go lunch outside today… I need to take some fresh air!" I tell her, and she doesn't seem disappointed at all.
"Well, that's not a problem! I will eat with Matt, then!" she says, putting the wine, the cheese and the bread on the small table.
I make a sign of the head for Matt to tell him to be held it in the plan and to reassure him, before going out.
Once outside, I turn on my phone and I see 11 missed calls from Kelly Severide, and a voicemail from Voight. I begin to panic as I start hearing Voight's message: "Dawson, this is Voight. We have a problem; we think your sister is being watched and stalked. She's with us, right now. Call me and be careful!"
My heart starts racing at the simple mention of my younger sister in this story, whether she wants to be or not, she's now in danger... My worst fear. I have to warn Matt, I begin to return towards the club when my telephone rings again. I drop out immediately thinking that this is Voight, but I hear a prerecorded voice: "Do not play games with me, I know who you are!"
I look around me, but no one to be seen. Instinctively, I dial Voight's number, but I'm hanging up immediately, my phone is probably tapped too. I decide to take my car and drive quickly to the District.
MATT'S POV
I sit at the table with Katya, and I don't feel comfortable at all. She feels it and serves me a glass of wine by telling me: "Relax; this is just a meal... "
"Yeah, I know. It's just; we don't know each other so it's weird for me…" I tell her, hoping I can get her to talk.
"Well, what do you want to know about me?" she asks me, seductively and getting closer to me.
"Wow, I agree we talk and get to know each other better, but I just have to tell you I'm not interested…" I say, not wanting to hurt her but I need to put some distances.
"Who are you? You're working at a strip club, you're a firefighter, you're not married and you're not interested with the girl?! It's the first time I see that…" she tells me.
"Well, I will tell you more about me if you talk to me about you first… Why did you leave Europe to come here to do such a job?" I ask her, very clearly and without beating about the bush.
"OK, wow, you're going for this direct thing!" she looks at me, visibly surprised by my question.
"Come on; don't tell me you love working here and being under Jack's orders all day long? I mean, he offers me a great job, but I can definitely see something is strange here… I feel bad, because you seem to be a nice girl…" I tell her, just wanted to help her.
"You know, sometimes you don't have a choice… I used to be a ballerina in my country, I really loved dance and one day, a guy came to see me and took a chance on me. He told me all is better and brighter in the USA, that maybe I could enter one of the best dancing schools of the country… So I followed him… You know, I'm from a poor family and it was my only chance to leave and pursue my dreams… But, it was for sure a rude awakening when I arrive here… Many Eastern Europe's girls were here as well and I quickly understand…" she explains me.
"A prostitution ring?" I ask her, embarrassed.
"Yeah…" she simply answers, visibly ashamed. "They bring the girls in the USA, promising them a brighter future and then, they bring us to this club… And they're discussing extending the business with many more clubs… Unfortunately, it will never stop…" she continues.
"You need to talk to the police!" I tell her.
"And what, they will kill us?" she says, getting up.
"Maybe, we can help you…" I say.
That's when the door is opening and three big guys approach me. One yells: "YOU WANT TO HELP HER?" before punching me.
"IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR FIANCEE AGAIN YOU NEED TO STOP ASKING QUESTIONS AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BUSINESS! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?" Then, I recognize Jake's voice and I shout a "YES!" with only Gabby in my mind, before he punches me again and I fell to the ground unconscious.