Detective Reynolds

Chapter 14

"Derek?" I whispered not believing it.
He was smiling with tears in his eyes.
"It's me" he said.
He came to me so fast and hugged me so tight.
"I missed you so much" I whispered feeling the tears coming out of my eyes.
"I'm so glad you're okay" he said squeezing me tighter.
"Me? I'm glad you're okay" I said laughing.
"Okay, well we'll let you guys have some time together" Fin said and they walked out.
"Bye guys" I said and they smiled and said bye.
"They seem nice" he said as they left.
"Yeah, they're pretty cool" I said and we chuckled.
He let out a deep and shaking sigh.
"What's wrong?" I asked concerned.
"....nothing" he said shaking his head.
"C'mon tell me" I said sitting up in my bed.
It was silent for a few seconds.
"When... when I was out there. It was so long, I-I thought you were going to forget about me and move on. You were on my mind the whole time" he said shaking his head.
"Derek... you never left my mind. I could never forget about you like that" I said.
I moved a little to the side of the bed and pat it so that he could climb in.
He laid down and I put my arms around him, he did the same. Resting his chin on my head.
It felt so nice for him to be here again.
As I was looking at his tattoo on his arm, I saw what looked like burn marks.
I traced my finger over them.
"Does it hurt?" I asked circling the scar.
"No... not at all" he whispered and kissed my head.
I snuggled into his embrace and fell asleep.
*
~Narrator POV~
As Alex was sleeping with her fiancée, who is now home for good. Olivia and Amanda walked in.
Derek woke up and turned his head to them.
He signaled for them to be quiet and mouthed 'she's sleeping'.
They nodded their heads and asked him quietly to step outside.
He got up slowly and went outside to speak to them.
"Hi, is everything okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine... but, does she know... about James?" Amanda asked with raised eyebrows.
"I-I don't think so" he said running his hands through his hair.
"Okay" Olivia sighed.
"she should know" Amanda said.
"When she wakes up... I'll tell her" Derek said nodding his head slightly.
"Let is know when you do" Olivia said.
He peered into the room and saw that she was still sound asleep.
"Did she ever talk to you about her family?" Olivia asked him.
"Sometimes. I-I knew about her past but I didn't know much about her family now. Except for the fact her mom is dead and her dad is god knows where" he said.
"What about her brothers? Danny and... James" Amanda asked.
"She talked about Danny. The only thing she ever told me about James, well, I'm sure you guys know about that" he said shaking his head.
"Know about what" Olivia said confused.
"... she never told you?" He said surprised.
"She never told us much about her life" Amanda said.
"Oh... I-I don't know if I should be the one telling you this but..." he breathed in sharply.
"When she was 17 or 18, right before James moved out..." he stopped.
"He... raped her." He said looking down.
Olivia and Amanda just looked at each other with a look of sadness.
"She never told us" Olivia said.
"Well, it's not something she's told anyone, except for me" he said.
"Do you think... he raped her... again" he said worriedly.
"No, no I don't think so... but if you want us to do a rape kit-"
"No, no I-I just wanted to make sure..." he said shaking his head slightly.
*
~alex POV~
When I woke up, Derek was sitting in the chair next to my bed.
"Hey sleepy head" he said smiling looking at me.
"You staring at me you creep" I chuckled.
"Maybe" he smiled.
I smiled back.
After a few minutes of just chatting about anything and everything.
He suddenly looked serious.
"Why do you look like that?" I said starting to get nervous.
"Alex... there's something that I-we need to tell you" he said fiddling with his thumbs.
My heart started racing.
"What?" I said cautiously.
He walked out of the room.
What the fuck?
And he came back in with the squad.
"Okay, what's going on your starting to freak me out" I said.
"Alex... when we came into the house, and James was there... so was Danny" Olivia said softly.
"Wait... but I thought-I though he was in jail?" I said confused.
"James bailed him out" Amanda said.
"Okay?" I said. Was that it? Really?
"That's it?" I said confused.
"... no, he threatened to kill Danny. And when he tried to attack him, he was shot down" Olivia said again.
"So... he's dead?" I said looking down.
It was silent for a second.
"Yeah... he's dead" Derek chimed in.
I let go of the breath of air I didn't know I was holding on to and felt the weight off my shoulders.
Thank god.