Divorce on the way

The Divorce

TK and Paul were making dinner for the firehouse when the call came in of an officer down. At the same time that was happening, Judd was answering a call from his wife that worried him. "Judd, why do you look like someone just shot your dog?" TK noticed the odd look on his big brother's face and got worried.

"Grace just told me that a frantic Carlos just called 911 about an officer down. She also said that he sounded injured and winded as well." TK didn't want this to go where he thought it was going and tried to tell himself that Carlos was okay. "What are you trying to say judd?"

"I'm trying to say that I don't think that the timing of this call and his call are a coincidence." TK didn't think so either. He got into the driver's seat of the ambulance with a racing mind and a heavy heart. When TK, Nancy and Tommy got to the scene TK had no idea why his captain had immediately tried to bench him. "TK, I'm going to need you to sit this one out."

"Why cap?" He got extremely curious when she not only benched him but also blocked his view of the patient which was odd. He knew that it was a cop which both confused him even more and made his heart race in fear. A captain is only supposed to order someone off of a case if they feel the person is too emotionally involved with the patient. But there was only one cup that he was emotionally involved with and he was fine, he had to be fine. "Cap, who is it?"

"TK, it's Carlos." The second Tommy said that TK maneuvered around her and ran towards Carlos's body and fell to his knees crying next to him. With a shaky hand he checked the other man's pulse and breathing but couldn't find either which terrified him. TK felt himself work on autopilot and immediately start compressions. About 20 minutes later they finally got his pulse back and the second that they did they started transporting. TK pulled up to the hospital 10 minutes later unable to step away from the ambulance without falling. Nancy came to where he was standing and held him while he sobbed uncontrollably. She soothed her partner until he stopped crying and started hiccuping.

"It's okay, it's okay, I've got you." Once he stopped sobbing they both walked away from the rig and into the hospital. When they got in there they saw an older couple in the waiting room they had never seen before. TK just shrugged it off because it is a hospital, they could be there for anyone. "Hi, we are here for Carlos Reyes? We're his parents."

"He's currently in surgery. But if you want to know anything about his condition I'd talk to that guy over there. He's the paramedic who worked on your son before bringing him here." She pointed at TK who was still in uniform behind them. When they turned towards him he chose to walk over to them and introduce himself. "Hi I'm TK and like the nurse said, I'm the paramedic who worked on officer Reyes in the field so I'll answer any questions you may have." It was Carlos's mother who asked the first question.

"What happened to our son?" TK's heart broke when he heard her voice break and he had to fight the urge to break down crying again. "He had a concussion, gash on his forehead and a gunshot wound to the abdomen." He tried his best not to break down when she did and almost failed.

"How bad was it when you were treating him?"  Carlos's dad was the next one to ask him a question and he had to compose himself again. "When we arrived on scene he had no pulse, wasn't breathing, and was unresponsive." When the doctor came out to tell them that Carlos made it out of surgery TK made an excuse about needing to be somewhere. He went out of the doors and finally let himself cry again. He arrived at the courthouse 15 minutes later and was finally done crying. He was confused by the smug looks on Alex and Mitchell's faces when they got out of their cars. They got to the judges office together.

"Your honor, before we start this I would like to ask for an annulment as well as a divorce. For many years I have been a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of my husband. 3 months ago I was also raped by him. So I do not want any kind of connection besides our son to him."

"I do not find that unreasonable." In the middle of the hearing Alex had surprised TK with what he had accused him of doing. "TK had accused me of being abusive but in reality it was him. It was not only me that he hurt, his current boyfriend is currently laying in a hospital bed, in a coma because of TK. I had seen TK and Carlos get into a physical fight last night. I had seen TK hit his boyfriend's head off of the brick wall and then shoot him with his own gun." After the hearing, TK and Alex were now divorced, TK asked Alex the question that had been bugging him.

"Alex, wait up. How did you know everything that happened to Carlos?"

"Because I saw you do it." He then walked away before TK could ask him anything else. TK knew that he wasn't the one who almost killed Carlos but one thing that he didn't know was who did. After leaving the courthouse he went back to the hospital to see Carlos. When he got there Carlos was done with surgeries but was in a coma. He chose to visit Carlos since no one else was in the room. "Hey Carlos, it's TK. I know I haven't been in to see you and I am so sorry babe it's just I didn't know how much your parents knew about us. I need you to wake up, baby. I haven't had the chance to tell you I love you yet."

While Carlos was in a coma TK had gotten Carlos's parents. It turned out that they had known about them but didn't tell Carlos because they wanted him to mention it first. "So how long have you guys known about us?"

"About 4 months ago we saw you guys at the farmers market and it was kind of obvious that you were a couple." Before TK could say anything else the doctor came out of Carlos's room making all three of them stand up immediately. "Which one of you is TK Strand?" TK stepped forward and raised his hand to draw attention to himself.

"That would be me? Why? It's everything okay with Carlos?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Reyes is fine. He's actually awake and asking for you Mr. Strand."  TK looked at Andrea and Gabriel to see if they were okay with him going in first. They both nodded their approval which encouraged TK to go into the room. The second that Carlos laid his eyes on TK he smiled contently. "Hey babe. I was wondering when you'd show up." Hearing Carlos call him babe made him cry.

"Hey baby. How do you feel?"

"Like I just got shot." TK let out a watery laugh at the joke.

"I love you, Carlos." He regretted saying it the second the words left his lips until Carlos responded to it.

"I love you too, TK. I always have, since the day we met I've been in love with you."

"Hijo, how are you feeling?"

"I'm okay dad. I know who attacked me."

"Who?"

"His name is Alexander Lewis Jones." TK's eyes widened when he heard that it was his ex husband that attacked his boyfriend. "Are you sure that it was him?" TK told Gabriel everything that Alex had done to him and what he said earlier in the week.

"So do you think that he said that because it was really him who had hurt Carlos?"

"Yes I do Gabriel."

"Do you know where he's staying right now?" TK told him that he didn't know but he might have an idea of where Alex could be. He remembered that there was a family member on Alex's side that showed up to the wedding late. He told them that it was because he had to catch a flight from Austin, Texas and it was delayed.