𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒// 𝒋𝒋 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒌

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Violet kept on receiving messages but just ignored them, she put on some music and walked into the shower, turning on the hot water, hoping that it was going to wash away the feel of Rafe's hands on her shoulders. Her wound was once again bleeding but she didn't care about it right now. Her music stopped and her ringtone was heard. She looked at it and saw 'dad', she ignored the call and continued on with her shower. She turned the water off and wrapped a towel around herself, her phone ringing once again.

"Hello." She said and heard her father's voice from the other end.

"Are you home?"

"Yes."

"I have some news for you. I contacted an old friend who works in the SBI. Agent Bratcher. I found out about the gun, that you guys have brought into the police station, a gun which Shoupe never sent out for ballistics, so I contacted Bratcher, who said that he will be happy to help." Violet sat on her bed, feeling the excitement wash over her. They had done it. John B was going to be out soon.

"Does it have Rafe's fingerprints?" Violet asked hoping that the answer would be an 'yes'.

"The gun itself doesn't, but the bullet casings do. He's gonna be flying into Kildare with me first thing tomorrow morning, he already has the documents ready to be signed." Violet let out a chuckle and then started laughing, was it really ending?

"Will John B  get out?" Axel just chuckled a big smile forming on his face.

"He is already a free man. He just doesn't know it yet. I want you to not saying anything to anyone, yet. Okay? No one has to know, do you understand?" Violet started nodding her head even though that Axel could not possibly see her. She let out a big sigh she didn't knew she was holding in, and the exhaustion hit her soon after. The weight has been lifted off of her shoulders.

"Yes dad. Of course." Some one else's voice was heard on the other side of the phone.

'Yes Bratch, be right there.' He then returned to the phone. "I've gotta go love. See you tomorrow."

"Dad." She said before he hung up the phone. "I love you. Thank you so much."

"Anything for you and your dumbass friends." He said and Violet started laughing.

"They love you too."

Axel ended the call with his daughter and she laid down on her bed, turning on the tv and opening up the big french window, she turned off the lights and curled up into the duvet, the warmth of her own bed swallowing her, emracing her in comofort. She only closed her eyes for a second, during the add break and her phone ringing 10 hours later and the blinding light of the sun shinning in her face woke her up. She looked around and saw that the tv was still on, she quickly shut it off and grabbed her ringing phone. It was JJ.

"Violet, where the fuck have you been?" Violet groaned out and stretched in bed, letting out a little sigh.

"Asleep."

"For 12 hours?"

"Mhm." JJ's slight chuckle and sigh of relief was heard.

"You scared me, we left you like hundreds of messages. You okay?"

"Yeah J." She said and slowly moved to a sitting position. "Where you guys at?"