'Partners forever' // An Upstead Story 🤍

Chapter 16: Blast from the past

**now I am telling this part of the story a tiny bit different from the actual story line in Chicago PD**

Hailey's POV
Today we are back at work and I knew that I would have to tell everyone about what happened last shift so I was trying to prepare my self for it. I was hoping that it wasn't going to be a busy day so I had time to talk about my story. When we arrive at the district I head to the back and pull out my files from my undercover work.

Luckily we were just filling in paper work so I went and got Voight to I could talk to everyone. "Hey guys I have something I want to talk about" I say scared as everyone stops what they are doing and looks at me.

I pull out the board so I can start to lay out my case for everyone to see, "I wasn't being honest about what David was talking about" I say slowly "so a three of years ago I went undercover for a few year and was giving intel on a guy named Ron Booth" I say I take his picture out and place it on the board. "He was part of a meth distribution crew and we busted him for distro. He is still in prison but David knew who I was so that means Ronny has found out that I am a cop." I say as I take a deep breath "now usually I wouldn't be worried about a criminal like this but Booth is different, he's dangerous." I pull a photo out of Garrett and suck it on the board next to booth. "This is Garrett Thomson he went under with me as my boyfriend and I was under as Kelly, Booth murdered Garrett" I say as I start to tear up. "We never found his body so we couldn't make a case against him, Garrett was good police but booth never liked him and then one day he was gone." I say as I take a breath.

"So what's his beef with you?" Voight asks "well he's always emm liked me" I say awkwardly and I see Jays expression change. "David mentioned a party on news years eve" I say as I slowly pull out a photo of me after he had battered me. I stick it on the board and I look around at everyone, Kim is crying and I can see the boys have gone pale especially Jay. "There was a major player at the party and the feds were trying to ID him. I got Ron alone. He was drunk and I thought I could get a name. He had other things in mind." I say as try to shake of the feeling on me. "Did he?" Voight asks angrily "no Garrett found me and got me away to the hospital. I just wanted you guys to know, I don't want to hide anything." I say and I see everyone look down.

Kim just walks up to me and pulls me into a hug "you are amazing you know that" she says "thank you" I say as we realise our hug and then Adam, Kev and Voight come and give me there ones. Once everyone had settled back down to there seats I look over and I see Jay staring at the phot of me with a blank stare. "Jay" I say quietly and he looks over at me then stands up and I take him through into the interrogation room for some privacy.

Jays POV
I could feel the anger boiling inside of me, I wanted to hurt this guy for doing that to Hailey, I mean for starters how dare a guy hit a woman like that and after everything she had been through. "Is that why you freaked out when I asked who RB was?" I ask as I lean against the table in front of her and she just nods and starts to cry. "Hey, hey, come here" I say as I pull her close to me "I will not let anything happen to you" I whisper in her ear and she nods. "You got him he's in jail, he can't hurt you" I say.

"So how long did you know Garrett?" I ask and she looks up at me " a long time" she says "we're you guys good friends?" I ask but she nods "well we were more than that" she says "Partners?" I ask but she still looks off and I feel a pit in my stomach grow. "You loved him?" I ask but she looks down at the ground, "Jay he was my best friend and I love him" she says but I just don't know what to do. "Look his death was hard for me to come to terms with" she says as I look up to see her crying and it breaks my heart, "I love him and always will, but I am in love with you" she says as she places her shaking hand on my shoulder. "Hey Hailey you don't have to explain yourself" I say but she looks down at the ground again. "Hey! Look at me okay" I say as I take her hands in mine "if you are scared of this guy that's fine okay and if you don't feel safe you have me and the rest of the unit who will protect you" I say as I pull her into another hug.

Hailey's POV
I feel really safe in Jays arms, his voice is so soothing that my breathing has now normalised. I don't know why I didn't tell him this earlier, I mean he really understands what Garrett meant to me and that makes me love Jay even more. I have never really talked about Garrett to anyone but I trust my unit with my life and they deserve to know.