One Chicago: Health First Part 4

Chapter 1172

Meanwhile, with Voight as he relaxes in his home office going over his CPD e-mail:
Voight's POV: As I read my e-mail, I sigh as I get a progress report on a case from Ruzek that was not done correctly. I was about to write him back to get him to do it better when I got a phone call. It was Erin and I answered it right away. "What's up Erin?" Erin sounded worried and a little distraught. "Hank, I need your help." I then got worried. "What did he do and where is he?" She sighed. "I promise right now that I'm fine okay? This is not about me. It's about Jay's PTSD."

I then got concerned. Jay was one of the most reliable people I had at the unit and it was very rare that Erin was worried about him. "What's wrong Erin?" She sighed and I just let her speak. "Have you read those intelligence reports on January 6th?" I sighed and knew that Jay would've read those. "Yeah, those are pretty scary. But, there wasn't many details." Erin then sighed. "Well, what you don't know is when Jay gets CPD intelligence reports, he gets all the details."

I was confused by what she means by that and just laughed. "Yes Erin, we get all the details." Erin then sighed and explained. "No Hank, he goes a level up and gets all the details using his connections to the Federal Intelligence Agencies. DIA, CIA, FBI, etc." I then understood what she meant, he gets much more details than we get. "So, what is wrong?" I sighed. "He says what he's seen is worse than what they are describing. I don't know everything. He's protecting me."

Okay, that got me concerned. "Protecting you from what?" She then sighed. "Going to jail. It's a crime to be in possession of classified information if you aren't cleared to see it. It's the reason I can't read his DIA e-mail. So, now it's getting to his head and he says it reminds him about what he's seen in Afghanistan. And he never talks about his time there. Hank, I'm getting worried. I know I shouldn't worry because I'm pregnant but...this is my husband Hank. He's really scared and that makes me scared. I mean, he's seen people get killed in war!"

I understood what she meant and sighed. "Do you think maybe we should have an intervention or something and get him to go somewhere. Maybe he can talk with it with multiple people? His brother, CPD's therapist, me, you, Mouse, and maybe even Ethan Choi? He must be seeing some of the similar stuff." Erin thought about it and nodded. "I know this isn't healthy but, I think we need to. He's not himself right now and he's clamming up. Hank...it's hard to talk about because he doesn't want to get me in trouble. I can tell he wants to talk but...the confidentiality."

I understood and sighed. "Well, we are going to have to organize this. How bad is it?" I sighed. "I am not sure but, I literally had to fish it out of him. He hasn't shared because he doesn't want to stress me out because of the pregnancy. So, I don't even know how long he's known. Whether he's known for a few days or for a while. I mean, sure he got that e-mail recently but...ever since he got the e-mail saying he may need to deploy to Washington, it's gotten worse." I agreed.

"Wait, is he going to Washington?" Erin stopped that train of thought. "No, he got his bosses to let him stay because I am pregnant. Still, he hasn't been himself since he got the e-mail. I don't know what to do. I want to just hold him but, we can't talk about it because..." Erin the sighed. "Hank, I just need help. He needs help. Maybe just today. I don't know what else to do?" I agreed. "Listen, I will get Mouse and come over. How about you call his brother and Ethan?"

I thought about it and agreed. "Uhm, maybe not Ethan. He's working at McCormick Place. But, his brother and Mouse definitely. Now listen, I need to go. I will call you back when I get his brother coming. Or just call me when you're on your way." I agreed. "Don't worry Erin, we are going to solve this problem and get his head on straight." Erin sighed. "Let's hope." We then both hung up and I got up to go get ready to leave. I was truly worried about him both as his boss and as his father-in-law. This was something I haven't seen before. It's scary.