Hello Blue bloods Readers, I am so glad for the lovely comments you left on my story Undercover, this is the second half so I hope you enjoy. As always read and review love Layna.
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Two weeks, they had been missing for two weeks and there was no sign of them at all. Erin looked out of the kitchen as she grated the parmesan cheese, her mind drifted off, as she was alone in the kitchen. Her father and grandfather sat in the living room "watching TV" and Nicki took the table in the dining room for homework. A slam of the door knocked her out of her daydream as her nephews greeted her.
"Hi Aunt Erin," Jack said giving her a quick hug, followed by Sean and then they were gone. A small smile surfaced as she watched her nephews run out of the kitchen, they were so innocent and lived a carefree life, but did the cop blood that ran through their veins soon strip them of that?
"Hey Erin, I'll be right back to help you," Erin said as she hugged her and rushed after her boys, leaving Erin with Danny who was in the same state as her.
"Hey sis," He said taking his shoes off and placing them off to the side.
"Hi Danny," The question teetered in her mind, she so badly wanted to ask him but she knew the answer and whenever she did ask it, Danny would become furious.
"Nothing," He said.
"Sorry?" She looked to him placing the cheese down and carrying the bowl of cheese over to the pasta.
"I know you are going to ask," He said with a heavy sigh.
"I wasn't," She said pulling the strainer out of the cupboard.
"I find that hard to believe," He scoffed with an attitude.
"No because I know how it when I do ask." She said with a rise in her tone.
"And how is that," Danny asked with irritation rising.
"Like this," She responded as she poured the pasta into the strainer.
"You know why I'm like this Erin, it's hard not having anything after two weeks, and then everyone asks!" his rage over the matter laced his voice as he spat the words with anger
"That's the reason I didn't ask, you know it's hard on everyone," Her temper matching his as she shook the strainer vigorously.
"You're not investigating," He said as he pulled a glass from the cabinet.
"You know what, I don't want to talk about it," she placed the strainer down and turned to her brother.
"Well that's too bad, this is life right now, and our brother is missing, maybe worse…"
"Don't you dare," She cut him off in a warning tone.
"Erin it's realistic, as a cop I have to think of all the possibilities."
"Are you saying that just because I'm not a cop I don't know what could have happened, in case you missed it I grew up here and heard all the stories you did. I don't want to think of him like that Danny, I lost one brother and I cannot think of losing another, it will completely break me, for now I have to believe that he is alive!" Danny began to cool down as he watched his sister turn back around and hunch over the sink.
"I'm sorry Erin, I can't lose him either," She turned to him and embraced him in a shaky hug as she cried into his shoulder.
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They ate in silence, all invested in the food that sat before them. Erin's eyes were still puffy and red but she tried to hide them from everyone. Nicki was not as easily fooled as she looked to her mother, it killed her to see the family in this much pain; hell it killed her to feel like this. She looked to her food again but let her eyes wonder to the empty chair next to her, the ting of heartbreak broke out and made her whole body shake.
Danny looked at the chair too; his heart ached as he looked at the spot where his little brother was supposed to be. He tore his gaze from the chair when he felt Linda touch his shoulder, when he looked over he saw that she too was looking at the empty spot, in fact, as he scanned the table he saw that all of them were looking.
"Dad," Jack spoke as he looked up at his father, sadness in his eyes.
"Yeah buddy?"
"Can I be excused, I'm not hungry," Jack pushed up his plate; Danny saw Sean had done the same.
"Yeah, you know what why don't you and Sean go into the other room." Jack nodded and pulled his little brother along too, Nicki soon followed. Erin's gaze followed them as they walked out to the kitchen.
"We can't keep acting like there is nothing wrong," Danny said to the group.
"We aren't, I mean they know, we aren't hiding anything from them this time, it's out there," Linda responded.
"We can't take back what they know, Jamie is missing…" Erin stopped shot short as she felt the lump in her throat rise and tears begin to form. Frank placed his hand on hers as she used to other to cover her face.
"I'm working on this along with a lot of other detectives but we are hitting dead ends."
"We know you are working hard on this Danny, and with the little evidence you have its hard to get somewhere." Henry said, the wise older man looked concerned for his family, they were all a mess, it was times like this he wished he had his wife or daughter in law here, they always were able to bring up the spirits of them, Jamie carried the same traits.
"It's just so frustrating knowing that he's out there and we don't know what is happening to him or Eddie, it has to be the worst I've ever felt, Jamie and Eddie were just doing their job and look where is got them, you put the Quimby away but that made it worse." Danny pulled his wife to him and kissed the top of her head as she began to cry. His phone lit up with life startling him for a minute.
"It's Baez," Danny said as he stood from his chair, all eyes followed him across the room as he began to talk; the one sided conversation was short and unclear so they sat there, their hearts beating quickly.
"Okay, I'm on my way now," He clicked end on his phone.
"Danny," His sister called to him.
"They have Deidra Sullivan, I have to go, we could have a lead." He can over kissed his wife and ran out of the door.
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She sat at the table looking less than pleased to be there. She looked like an angry bull ready to charge.
"How did you find her?" Danny asked as he looked at the woman through the glass.
"Speeding, a cop pulled her over; he recognized her and brought her in."
"Remind me to buy that guy a steak dinner. Have you been in there?"
"Not yet I wanted to wait for you, through I think it won't matter, I don't think she will talk."
"Well let's try at least," He turned the handle and entered, instantly the criminal met the gaze that the detectives had and immediately whipped away.
"Deidra Sullivan, you have quite the list of crimes here, kidnapping two officers is a big leap for you." Baez waited but the woman said nothing.
"Listen Deidra, this can go away, just tell us where you are keeping Officers Reagan and Janko." This time the girl responded and turned to them, a hateful glare.
"I am not a snitch; there are conditions on their return." The woman crossed her arms and the hate turned to a sinister look.
"And what are they?" Baez continued, she looked quickly to Danny who was trying to keep his anger under control to keep an outburst from happening.
"You have to let Quimby and Me out of all charges no more following us."
"You know that's not going to happen; there is no way in hell we would let you out."
"Well then I guess there will be no safe return of your beloved officers," She gave a sly smile and that is where Danny lost it. He slammed his fist on the table causing Baez to jump and Deidra to do the same thing as well as the smirk on her face replaced with fear.
"Let me tell you something Deidra, we can't give you Quimby, she is gone, a cop in prison doesn't go over well in prison and neither will a drug dealer who's drugs have killed kids, you will hit the same fate as your little friend."
"Henrietta's dead?" Panic filled the woman's face.
"Yes, a week ago, she was killed by three inmates," Baez said as she pushed Danny back to let him catch his bearings.
"No you are lying, we would have found out that would have been leaked out somehow!" Deidra wiped her eyes from the tears that fell.
"It's true, she was stabbed, and I'd hate to think of what they would do to that pretty little face of yours."
"I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to." She said once she calmed down.
"Why is that, I thought you were the ring leader of this."
"No, I'm not, I was just in charge of getting Spencer and Emily, or Jamie and Edit, there is the big boss, the one that even Henry was below."
"And you are afraid that if you tell us you will be killed."
"There is no just 'being afraid of', there is a I know he will, listen if he finds out that Quimby was killed your officers will be killed but I am not risking my life for that."
"What if we could protect you?"
Deidra gave a laugh and rolled her eyes, "How could you do that?"
"Witness protection, we could get you out of NYC, you just have give us what we want."
"Not until you can promise me that this is real, I need to know that I really am safe."
"Fine, we can do that just give us time."
"I can do that," She said.
"One more thing," Danny said, Deidra looked up at him and nodded.
"How are they, are they okay?"
"All you need to know Detective is that you need to hurry, they aren't at their best."
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As soon as they had brought Deidra out
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