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Chapter 10

The team went into HQ in silence; Sam was walking behind the team with Spike and Wordy by his side. Greg stepped forward to the reception with Ed closer behind the latter signaled the team to hit the locker rooms, they had to deal with Detective Trent first before debriefing Sam that would give them time to have an on call doctor who was waiting already to check him up, someone would say that it was faster to have a doctor from the hospital to do so but as Sam was so stubborn about going to HQ and they had to talk with Detective Trent this seemed like a win/win situation.

"Winnie?" Greg asked the operator

"He is in the debriefing room" she said as she went back to the phone. Both SRU members walked towards the room as they went in they saw the detective standing there looking out the window.

"Detective?" Greg asked, the man turned around and saw the sergeant and Team Leader, he walked quickly closer to them "I am sorry for the delay detective but we were in a pressing matter"

"I know and I am sorry I just came here without an invitation" he said

"No need for an invitation actually we are very happy to see you are here and we are very sorry for your loss" Greg added while Jeff was surprised by the honesty in Greg's words "I am Sergeant Greg Parker and this is Ed Lane our operator told us you are here looking for me?" Jeff was thrown back by the bluntness too, he relaxed a little

"Yes, actually I was looking forward to do so" he added "I came here as soon as I found out that you answered the call when my brother" he stopped as it was difficult for him to say it "The thing is that I hadn't seen my brother in a while and coming to the city to recognize his body was a bit of a shock"

"I get it" Greg said as he walked in to get Jeff to sit, Ed sat silently as he wanted to know where all this thing was going "I still don't get what you want to talk to us"

"I wanted to know if as a courtesy I could check the report, to get a glimpse on what was my brother's last words…I know you might not understand but…"

"Jeff, can I call you Jeff?" Greg asked

"Sure"

"Jeff I would like to do that but SRU reports are not available to be reviewed not without a special clearance" Greg said not wanting to give too much information on the new development that somehow involved this man's brother "What I can tell you is that my team did whatever was possible to help your brother, unfortunately his state of mind was troubled" Jeff knew he was getting as far as he could get with this "in another matter and this is concerning your brother as well, we would like to have your cooperation?" the man nodded as Greg asked him to sit, the three men sat "have you been recently to his house?" Greg asked

"Yeah" he didn't want to lie on this one, there was a reason he was asking "I went there after I went to the morgue, to pick up some things for the funeral home"

"Did you notice anything strange?" Ed asked

"No, I mean the house was pristine but that was Karl" Jeff said

"Is there was anything out of place?"

"No, I just went into his clean clothes in the guest room, that's where he always kept his nice suits" Jeff added "Why are you asking? Does it have anything to do with his behavior that day?"

"We still don't know" Greg added

"One more question" Ed asked "Do you carry your gun?"

"Always"

"Can I see it" even as strange as the request seemed Jeff complied, he handed his gun to Ed, he just saw it.

"Thanks" he said

"I am sorry I ask but I am confused why are you asking all these things?"

"We answered a call to your brother's house today" Ed said "There was a mess all over and a dead body" Jeff was honestly surprised "We believe that your brother might have been involved indirectly with very dangerous people" Greg said "The woman found dead was Theresa Johnson his housekeeper" Jeff was honestly shocked to hear that, he had been in that house a couple of hours before.

"I thought that is was just a quarrel with his girlfriend, Amy?" Jeff added and the two SRU members were surprised "I mean the official police report said it her and Carly he was after that morning, I wouldn't place my brother being acquainted with anyone that dangerous"

"Jeff, I know you want answers about your brother's demise, but this is now an SRU investigation we would really appreciate for you to let us know what you know about Amy and your brother"

"Not much really" Jeff stated "I mean I knew he was really excited, he met her after I left to Vancouver so I never saw her personally, Karl talked about her and also about Carly, he loved that little girl, he sent me pictures of them three, he seemed happy" he said with sorrow "He even told me about marrying her and going to Vancouver so I could live closer to his future family; he said once Amy had suffered a lot and he wanted her to be really happy and to start a new life"

"Did you ever speak about Amy's past?" Greg asked

"No, he only kept saying that she had it bad" Jeff added

"Do you remember anything else about what he told you?" Greg asked

"I remember him telling me once, I think it slipped from him, but he said that it was her ex that made her life pretty bad, but he didn't say who he was" Jeff asked "Do you know where Amy and Carly are?" he asked "They meant so much for Karl and no matter how bad things got at the end I am sure they would like to be at the funeral"

"I am sorry Jeff but currently that will be impossible, they are both part of an ongoing investigation" Ed told the detective

"Could you at least give this to Carly?" he pulled a bag from under the table that made the two officers almost jump, he pulled out a stuffed elephant "Karl said once he took her to the zoo, she loved the elephants" he handed the elephant to them

"I will make sure she gets it" Greg said grabbing the elephant. The three men went outside into the reception area, they stood there as Greg was about to tell him something

"Boss, Sam is waiting, the doctor is done with him" Spike said to the boss

"Thanks Spike, Ed why don't you go ahead"

"Is that the man who tried to save my brother?" Greg looked at him with certain protectiveness "I am sorry I have been asking around"

"Detective, I am not the one to tell you how to mourn your loss but I am sure that I don't want anybody asking the wrong questions in regards of this case, I need you to go to your hotel room, I don't have to remind you that you have no jurisdiction in Toronto and that we will handle the investigation in concern of this case, make sure you have your phone at any time if we need you" Jeff sighed and stood tall after Greg's request. Greg saw in that moment a glimpse of the real Jeff Trent "Now if you excuse me I have to go see some things" Jeff turned around and went to the door. Greg turned around and as he did he gave the elephant to Winnie and gave her some instructions. As Jeff was going out he saw a woman coming in with a file in her hand, it clearly had Carly's name in the file and she screamed of Social Worker, he continued and smirked on his way out.

"The doctor has left" Wordy told Greg as they stood outside the locker room, Sam was sitting on a bench hunched down looking at the floor "He said he got a bad hit to his ribs by the subject and that he shouldn't be around doing hero stuff" Wordy used the quotation marks and all "I really hated that doctor, he reminded him that if he felt too weird to go to the hospital immediately" he confirmed "He gave Jules all the information and now he is ready to go"

"Sam?" Greg called his name and he reacted turning to face him

"It was Karl's brother?"

"Yes, detective Trent" Ed added

"What did he want?" Sam asked

"He wanted answers as we all do" Greg assured him "Look Sam you need to go home, rest and take these days off, I promise I'll keep you posted" Sam sighed he knew better than to fight the all nice Greg Parker even though he was willing to be there until the end, to see this through. "Be careful and I will call on a protection detail to stay outside your apartment building just in case" Sam was too tired to fight him off

"Boss I gave Spike all the information he is with Leah waiting for you" Jules said stepping into the man's locker room like it was hers.

"Good now you can take Sam home and make sure he stays home" Greg said in a very fatherly way "Take care, buddy and don't come back until you have clearance from the doctor" he finished

"See you man, take care of yourself" Ed said with a smile on his face

"I'll go tomorrow and get you some of Shelly's chicken soup" Wordy said as he patted Sam's back, the three men left leaving Sam and Jules alone.

"Greg, before we go in" Ed stopped Greg "What did you think of Trent?"

"Too cooperative to be a homicide detective, he didn't even asked about the housekeeper murder, his head was somewhere else" Greg said "I don't trust or believe he doesn't know anything, he knows something, I asked the police to tail him just to make sure he is the innocent bystander he claims he is"

"It must be hard though" Ed said as Greg turned to see him to get the explanation "Losing your family, I would want to know why my brother is lying on a morgue too" Ed said having a brother in the police force and regardless of the animosity between them.

"We would all want that" Greg said "But there was something in this guy, he was way too helpful almost as if he wanted to tell us what he knew, he knows we can disclose our reports, why bother?" Ed couldn't deny that it was very true

"He was in deed more interested in Amy and Carly" Ed added as they walked "I mean, yes, she was with his brother but like three months ago and she totally ruined his brother's life if we put it into perspective, why would he want to share this private moment with them?" Ed emphasized

"Maybe he wants revenge or an explanation why Amy left Karl so suddenly?" Wordy added to the conversation

"Let's go and find out about this case because is giving me a headache" Ed said as they went into the control room.

"I asked Winnie to contact narcotics at the RCMP, as much as we want to follow up with this case, we cant do it we need to involve whoever is working on the McCallum investigation without sounding too many alarms and in case this thing goes deeper and he is indeed involved" Greg said

"I know" Ed sighed "If that man is involved this could get really ugly and very fast" he added

"That is what worried me the most, we have to cover all our basis, but our responsibility dies when there is no crisis to solve, right now we will cooperate in the investigation…that's it" Greg added with frustration knowingly that one of their own was involved.

"Understood" Ed added with the same frustration. As SRU they were trained for any critical situation, they were the best and fastest responders in emergency situations. They didn't like to have their hands tight and in this case they were.

"Hey!" she said tenderly as she brushed some of Sam's hair, he reacted by looking up to her and giving her a smile "You feel a little warm"

"The doctor said I had a little fever, he gave me something" Sam told a concerned Jules

"I have to take you home" Jules pressed

"I know, I just need a minute" he answered her

"Sam is not your fault" Jules stated

"How is not my fault?" he asked her "I went for an armed man without back up in a room with two innocents, I left the man take me down, I let him run away and now he is out there still looking for Amy and Carly" he coughed and his chest went on fire, he slumped a little, he hated to be this sick, he took a deep breath and continued "then I sat there in the aisle a few steps from the door and I didn't see her leave the hospital room" he finished almost gasping for air, he was noticeably altered now "not even a rookie would make so many mistakes in less than 15 minutes" he said slumping on the bench, Jules sat next to him

"You were able to contain a very difficult situation, you placed Carly in a safe place and made sure everyone in the hospital was aware and ready so they didn't get hurt, you placed yourself in front of a gun, again, to protect someone you barely know, tried everything to deescalate the subject and when you saw the opportunity you acted" Jules told him "You did everything that you were supposed to do, what anybody in your position would do"

"So why do I feel this bad?" Sam asked her now almost pleading "If I did everything as I was supposed to, why is a little girl in Social services custody and not with her mother, why is a man dead when all he wanted was to protect the people he loved" he asked looking at Jules, his eyes as piercing as they always were.

"I don't know" Jules said honestly "Most of the times we'll do everything right and still get it all wrong, you know that"

"I guess" He said turning to see upfront. He felt the headache coming back and his chest felt like it was on fire, his body ached even worse than when he woke up on the hospital bed and his stomach was just having an internal hockey match, he took a deep breath as he tried to breathe through the pain.

"We better go now" Jules said

"Sure, just give me a couple of minutes" Sam asked from her, she stood and extended her hand for him to take, he looked at her, he loved looking at her, he grabbed her hand and stood as soon as he did he felt the world spinning and almost went back to the bench, but he was able to steady himself

"You have to leave the beers pal" she said as a joke and he chuckle "Come on" she said, as the first step was taken he felt the rabid hockey game become more like a revolution and the soldiers were coming out with full force, he stopped and hunched a little as he turned and almost sprinted to the stalls, he went directly to the toilet and gaged until the full force of his stomach contents were expelled, his throat burned and the sensation also made him go into a coughing fit, Jules took a bottle of water from the water station outside and ran into the bathroom stalls.

He pulled the water from the toilet as he slumped on the floor still gasping for air, shaking and still coughing his lungs out, Jules came in and wet a towel with water from the faucet and kneeled next to the beaten up Sam who was now sitting next to the toilet and trying to breath, pain was drawn all over his face's lines, he was sweating and he could feel the cold sweat going down his now warmer forehead. Jules tenderly placed the towel on his forehead and raised his hand so he could keep the towel in place as she opened the bottle of water, she asked him with her eyes as she lifted the bottle to know if he wanted it or if she could help him hold the bottle, usual Sam raised his other hand and took the bottle that shook all the way to his mouth, he drank the water and made him feel better.

"Do you want me to take you to the hospital?" She asked, he said no with his head, bad idea as he angered his headache "I trust you'll tell me if this is too much"

"I just want to go home" he said with hoarse and tired voice "Let's just wait a minute so the world stops spinning"

"You are such a baby" she said mockingly as she took over the towel over his forehead "Just because of this whole mess I will have to feed you with my special grilled cheese sandwich"

"I don't think I will be able to handle all that Monterrey Jack cheese in your sandwiches" he said trying to go along with the playful banter as it took him away from the most pressing issue, that he was embarrassedly sitting next to a toilet after throwing up his guts, sporting a wet towel while Jules, his Jules was tending his wounded ego.

"Don't worry I'll make a special one with cheese for the softies, I would never go hardcore with you" She chuckle "Ready?" he nodded, as soon as she helped him up, they stood there for a while and shared a small moment there, he thought it was the worst time to feel anything romantic but this has been the closest Jules has been since she started dating Steve.

During the whole drive to Sam's apartment he was just focused on the road and Jules would talk just a little to keep him focused on the conversation and not the rocking movement of the SUV. As soon as they went into the elevator, Sam just rested on the wall, sighed and looked up, Jules couldn't stop but thinking that a couple of days before she was sitting on an ambulance by his limp body, he looked terrible but at least looked pretty much alive and she would take that over anything else. They came out of the elevator and he gave her his keys as his shaking hands were more subtle but they could spend the whole night outside if he was to open the door. She opened the door and let him go first inside as he turned the lights on, his apartment as always was organized and very few things adorning it, he walked directly to the couch and laid there as he threw his hands on his face and rubbed it. Jules closed the door and left his bag on the floor next to the entrance

"Thanks" he said tiredly as he turned to see her

"I will mix something and I'll keep you company for a while" she said

"It's not necessary really, I am good"

"Sure" she said looking a little disappointed and starting to turn around to the door, he saw it and wanted to kick himself

"But I guess something to eat wouldn't be entirely a bad thing" she smiled and took her jacket off as she went to the kitchen and started looking for something to cook

"You have very few things here" Jules said inspecting the almost empty fridge

"Take out" Sam said apologetically

"True Sam Braddock doesn't cook" she said

"No, Sam Braddock prefers to eat from every nice take out places from the city than cook" he added.

"I think I get something edible with some of your limited ingredients"

As she cooked something in the kitchen they kept a casual conversation and after a few minutes she just concentrated on the task at hand, as she served the food on the plate

"I hope you are ready for this exquisite casserole made with everything in your fridge, everything that had not expire that is" she said happily, she didn't get an answer so she turned to see the resting body of Sam on the couch, still sitting but leaning a little to the right, he was sleeping.

"Great" she said as she took a fork and ate some of the food from the plate, she tasted it and it was actually good, she walked to the couch and check up on his breathing, strong and relaxed, as any sleeping person but still a little forced, she took her hand to his forehead he still was a little warm but he had taken the meds, she couldn't help but brush his hair with her fingers, he didn't even flinched. Jules went to bring some blankets and as she took his shoes she thought on how much she wasn't bothered that in one day she had put on and taken off his shoes and gave herself a little chuckle, she then stood and caressed his face trying to wake him, to make him lay down on the couch, he didn't even open his eyes and just mumbled something as she helped him pull his legs up and just accommodated himself on the couch, she placed some blankets and sat on a sofa, took the plate and ate as she kept a vigilant eye on Sam.

Thank you!