Erin was completely stunned when she heard those words coming from Annie.
-Annie where is Charlie now? Erin asked.
-I don't know, he came to me earlier I had to leave Chicago or he would have killed me if I said anything. Annie replied.
-Anything about what? Where are you?
Before Annie could reply Erin heard a scream then the phone went out, she rushed back inside to see Voight and Antonio talking while each man held a cup of hot coffee. When Antonio saw one of his partners rushing back he got concerned.
"Erin what's wrong?" Antonio asked.
"I know why Annie wanted me to call her back". Erin said quickly.
"Why".
She then looked at her surrogate father. "Charlie's back in Chicago".
21st Precedent
Jay had just came back from meeting his CIs, everyone else was quiet and sat at their desks without having anything to go on for the time being.
"How'd it go out there?" Kevin asked.
"Nothing". Jay answered.
"Same here".
"We gotta think about it, who did Voight piss off that someone would go this far to get at him?" Adam chimes in.
"That's a very long list, it could be anyone who we put away, who Voight could have put away. He's been at this a very long time". Olinsky said.
Just then Jay's phone rang it was one of his CIs.
-Halstead. Jay answered.
-Jay it's Doug I talked to my crew like I said I would. Doug responded.
-What'd you find out?
-We didn't get a name but one of my boys seen what the guy looks like.
-What did this guy look like?
Jay had gotten a pen and began writing.
-He had dark shoulder length hair, brown eyes, he had a little goatee.
-That's all he got?
-Yeah.
-Alright thanks.
Jay hung up as the others looked on.
"Who was that?" Olinsky asked.
"One of my CIs, he didn't get a name but got a description. Dark shoulder length hair, brown eyes, and a goatee". Jay says reading from his list.
"That should narrow it down to about half of the city". Adam said.
Adam's phone then rang with Antonio's number.
-Hey Antonio what's the word. Adam answered.
-Put an APB out for Charlie Pugliese, he's back in Chicago. Antonio replied.
The young detective then put his phone on speaker.
-Antonio it's Jay what's going on. Jay spoke.
-Charlie Pugliese is back in Chicago.
Jay then went back to see his notepad and read the descriptions over again.
-One of my CIs gave a description of dark shoulder length hair, brown eyes, and a goatee. Do you think it's him?
-For now he's a suspect.
-How's Jo doing? Kevin asked.
-You guys should get down here.
-Everything ok? Olinsky asked, concerned for his goddaughter.
-Just get down here as fast as you all can.
With that said all the men including Mouse left heading out back to the hospital.
Chicago Med
Erin was still with Voight after Antonio finished he went back to see Jordan. When Voight heard the words, 'Charlie's back in Chicago' he felt anger wash all over him.
"Hank what if Charlie did this? Could that be why Bunny's lying?" Erin asked.
"I don't know but he's now a suspect but I swear if he did this he will be dealing with me". Voight said.
"Annie told me if she said anything to me Charlie would have her killed. What could it be?"
"You're guess is as good as mine kid".
All of a sudden the guys had came in rushing up to Erin and Voight.
"Mouse I need a favor". Erin spoke first.
"What is it". The tech replied.
"I need you to trace an outgoing call from my phone to this number". She handed him the piece of paper.
"I'll get started".
He then got on his laptop and began tracing the number, Olinsky then approached his friend.
"Hank what's going on?" Olinsky asked.
"Jo has leukemia" Voight answered.
The men were stunned, Olinsky had tears in his eyes as he looked through the window to see his goddaughter. To hear she has cancer it killed him, he remembered when he and his daughter Lexi were just little girls playing in the backyard everyday after school. He thought of Jordan as his other daughter.
"When does she start treatment?"
"In the morning so she'll be here another day".
"Boss if there's anything we can do let us know". Kevin said.
"I will Kevin".
Mouse was still running the trace and Erin couldn't help but think, Could Charlie have done this? Is Bunny involved with him? What happened to Annie? Her mind kept roaming until Mouse finished the trace.
"Erin I got it". Mouse said.
He showed her the computer and it showed Annie was at her house.
"Annie said she had to leave the city, why would that say she's at home?" Erin asked.
"Could have ditched the phone after the call". Mouse said.
"No before she could answer me...she screamed and then the phone went out".
When she couldn't take it anymore she got up going to Voight. "Hank I'm going to check on Annie after I called her I got a really bad feeling".
"Go and take Halstead with you".
Erin then got her partner and left the hospital the whole time her stomach kept twisting in knots.
Meanwhile
Charlie was in Annie's house, he was holding a bloody knife as Annie was on the floor holding her stomach as she was slowly bleeding out. She had lost a lot of blood and she was now fading in and out.
"All you had to do was leave and keep your mouth shut. Not that hard". Charlie said.
"Y-you'll p-pay for w-what you did". Annie struggled to get out.
"I'm sorry Annie you gave me no choice".
He plunged the knife in her chest forcefully and watched as she took her last breath then shut her eyes. He left the knife in her chest and left the house going back to Bunny's bar.
About ten minutes later Erin and Jay pulled up to Annie's house, they exited the car and when they went up to the door they saw it ajared. The partners pulled their guns and went inside.
"Chicago PD!" Jay called out.
The two searched the house when Jay went to the living room and saw Annie's body and the floor covered in blood. He went to check for a pulse but there wasn't one. Erin was coming back towards the living room when she saw Jay standing there.
"House is clear".
When she saw her partner's face she got concerned then went to look in the living room, her face dropped in sadness. She saw her best friend lying on the floor dead with blood around her.
"No please no". Erin cried. She ran to her friend's side and picked her up hugging her, she kept crying. "No no no no this can't be happening".
"Erin I'm so sorry".
Jay then went to help his partner but she refused as she held onto Annie's lifeless body, blood then began to cover her clothes, face, and hands. While Erin was grieving over her friend Jay had put a call in for the CSU and the ME, he tried once again to pull Erin away but she kept fighting till he pulled her into his arms.
"We'll get him Erin I promise we will".
Erin was too upset to speak so she continued to sob into Jay's chest, the CSU and ME had arrived and began conducting their investigation. Jay had taken his distressed partner outside so she could calm down, the ME had brought Annie's body out on the gurney and a new round of tears came out of Erin's eyes. She went to the car just as Jay approached the ME.
"Do you have a cause of death?" Jay asked, his voice was quiet but loud enough to be heard.
"The victim was stabbed twice, once in the abdomen and once in the chest. She also lost a lot of the blood".
"Anything else".
"No".
"Thank you".
The ME loaded up his van and drove back to the morgue, Jay went to see Erin who was in the car. She had dried tear streaking down her cheeks, her makeup was smudging, her eyes were full of complete anger and fury.
"Hey you alright?" Jay asked.
"He's gonna pay for this Jay, Charlie will pay for what he's done". Erin said, her voice was dark and cold.
"Do you know it was Charlie?"
"She told me that she had to leave the city and if she said anything to me he would kill her. What if what she was trying to tell me is that Charlie was the one who shot Jo?"
"How would she know something like that?"
"You would be surprised what she knows".
"Alright let's clean up and head back to Med".
"No".
"What?"
"I said no, I'm not going back when Charlie is in the wind after he killed my best friend and shot my sister!"
"Erin you need to calm down and think before you do anything".
"Calm down? Jay that man just killed my friend and shot my little sister! How do you expect me to calm down?"
"We need to talk to Voight before we do anything".
No I don't wanna talk. I won't stop until Charlie is either dead or behind bars".
While
Charlie has arrived at Bunny's bar, he got some of the blood off his hands but not all of it. The bar was slightly busy after Bunny finished pouring a drink she looked over to see Charlie but noticed his hands had some blood on them.
"What did you do?" Bunny asked, her voice was quiet but was laced with fear.
"I did what I had to do. Now since the last person had a hard time listening I'm gonna make this perfectly clear". He leaned in and whispered in her ear. "If you snitch you're next".
He then pulled back and looked as her eyes widen in horror. What had she gotten herself into? She only wanted Hank to suffer but didn't expect it to go this far.
"Remember I go down I'm bringing you down with me. Am I clear?"
"Crystal clear".
What was she gonna do? If she said anything about Charlie it could either land her in jail or dead. Bunny knew one thing for sure, she was screwed.