Tim was dealing with two sick kids throwing up every minute, he was exhausted and over whelmed.
He was sat on the sofa with Avalynn sleeping next to him and arlo tucked in next to him watching a cartoon. "You feeling any better buddy?" Tim asks ruffling Arlos hair and arlo shakes his head no.
Tim sighs and checks his phone..still nothing from Lucy and she left that morning. It was now 4:30PM.
Tim didn't want to seem like he was clingy or anything, and he couldn't do much with two sick kids so he picks up his ohone and stands to go into the kitchen.
"Buddy I'll be in the kitchen, if you need to throw up the bucket is there, shout if you need anything okay?" Tim says and arlo nods tiredly.
Tim strolls into the kitchen selecting Angela's contact and pressing the phone against his ear.
"hey Tim, I heard the kids have came down with what Jack had." She answers and Tim sighs
"Yeah." He replies.
"I don't know how you do it, it's stressful enough having one sick kid never mind two and at the same time." She replies and Tim sighs
"Tell me about it" he chuckles dryly.
"So what's up did you call me for any reason?" She asks and Tim hesitates and sighs
"Can you check on Lucy please? She stayed at mine last night and left this morning..and she's not answering the phone or anything and I'm worried- worried Ryan.. I would go and check on her if the twins weren't sick"Tim trails off and he hears Angela sigh over the other end of the phone..she loves that how much tim and Lucy has been through and how Tim still cares about Lucy.
"yeah I will not an issue." She replies softly.
"Ring me straight after okay?" Tim pleads and Angela agrees and hangs up.
Tim hears arlo crying, Tim is already done with this sickness virus. He rushes into the living room to find arlo sitting with the bucket on his legs and him hunched over it.
"What's up buddy" Tim asks and arlo sniffles
"Me sc-scared I don't like throw up" he sniffles and Tim sighs softly.
He sits next to arlo and rubs and soothes his back "buddy I promise you'll be fine, you need to let everything come up to get you better" Tim says softly, arlo throws up and Tim grimaces.
Tim cleans up and feeds the twins toast and water, he baths them and they both fall to sleep on the sofa, it was 7 and Tim still hadn't of heard anything from Angela and he was getting concerned.
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Angela set straight off after hanging up the phone on Tim, she arrived at Lucy's apartment and knocked on the door. No one answered.
"Lucy let me the fuck in if you're in there, you have Bradford stressing..are you okay?!" Angela shouts through the door, a few seconds later Lucy comes out with puffy red eyes, and ice on her wrist.
"Lucy.." Angela looks her up and down and Lucy shakes her head "I'm fine just go, tell Tim Ill speak to him tomorrow" Lucy mumbles and tries to shut the door, but Angela pushes it open.
"no you don't get to do that Lucy. Not anymore" Angela says walking into the apartment.
"Do what?" Lucy sniffles and Angela sighs and turns to her sympathetically.
"Pretend you're fine." Angela states and Lucy looks down to the floor and sighs.
"I am fine-" she says and Angela shakes her head.
"What's happened to your wrist then." Angela asks and Lucy hesitates
"I fell-" Lucy says nervously and unconvincingly.
"I am a detective. I know when someone's lying Lucy. So please for both mine and your sake tell me what happened" Angela says sternly and Lucy shakes her head.
"Was it..Ryan.." Angela asks sadly and Lucy nods, a few stray tears fell from her eyes.
"You can't tell Tim Angela..please.." Lucy pleads and Angela rubs her hand behind her neck and sighs
"Lucy we can't keep this from him.." Angela says and Lucy shakes her head
"We can. Because he has slipped multiple times that he wants to kill Ryan and he will end up doing it..and if he finds out about this there's no way he will be able to just sit there Angela. He acts before he thinks.." Lucy explains sniffling and Angela sighs.
"He won't, he's got the twins.." Angela says and Lucy shakes her head
"He's been on the force for like what a decade? or something. Angela. He isn't stupid, he does know how to hide a body, he knows all the tricks and methods, and how to get away with it.." Lucy says and Angela shakes her head.
"He wouldn't Lucy, he won't risk anything to lose the twins again" Angela states and Lucy wasn't convinced..the amount of times Tim threatened to do something to Ryan..
"well let's just not tell him, let's just say I fell or something" Lucy shrugs.
"I'm taking you to the ER to get your wrist x rayed." Angela states grabbing Lucy's jacket from the hangers and passing her her shoes.
"I'm not going like this, I'm still in clothes from last night" Lucy sighs and Angela looks at Tim's old academy shirt and sighs
"It doesn't matter Lucy. You're going to the ER and I'm dropping you off at Tim's. He's worried and he needs physical proof you're okay. So pack your self a night bag" Angela says and Lucy rolls her eyes and goes to her room and packs a bag, it was hard to do with a wrist that was in agony.
"There" Lucy says and the two women leave the house. They go to the ER and Lucy was called in straight away for an x ray.
While she was getting seen too Angela called Tim "is she okay?" Tim asked straight away and Angela sighed
"We are in the ER-" Angela starts and Tim cuts her off
"What?! Oh my god..seriously- I swear to god I'll find Ryan" Tim threatens and Angela squeezes her eyes tight.
"No, she just fell..on wet floor..Ryan wasn't there when she got there this morning" Angela lies and she hears Tim sigh the other side of the phone.
"is she okay though?" He asks and Angela hums.
"So are the twins okay? How's arlo?" Angela asked changing the subject.
"Avalynn is getting there, she hasn't thrown up since this morning so that's a bonus. But arlo is throwing up every half an hour or something. I wish I could just take their pain away..I can't stand seeing them poorly. How's Jack?" Tim says and Angela smiles at Tim's words.
"he's good, he's back at preschool tomorrow.. Wesley's down with it now. He's acting like a right baby- why do men mope and cry and be so dramatic when they are ill like they are worse than the kids." Angela chuckles and he hears Tim huff a laugh at the other end of the phone
"I just hope me and Lucy manage to not catch it" Tim says.
"Tim I highly think both you and Lucy will get it. Come on she sat up with Avalynn soothing her and cleaning her up when she was throwing up and you've been doing it all day." Angela explains and Tim rolls his eyes, he didn't fancy getting ill.
"I know I'm grateful she helped Ava" he replies.
"hey is it okay if Lucy comes to yours after? I know the kids are ill but I don't think it's best if she's on her own" Angela asks softly.
"oh yeah- of course, drop her off here. Not- not a problem " Tim stutters feeling flustered and Angela chuckles at Tim's awkwardness "see you soon Bradford" and she hangs up.
She waits for around half an hour in the waiting room then Lucy comes out with a cast on her wrist. Angela stands up and walks up to her "broken?" She asks and Lucy sighs and nods "yep. Now I'm on desk for what 6 weeks with physical therapy" Lucy grumbles and Angela sighs
"At least it's not your gun hand" she shrugs and Lucy shrugs "I suppose"
"you should just let me arrest Ryan Lucy" Angela states and Lucy's eyes widen and she shakes her head.
"Absolutely not!" She snaps, Angela didn't want to push.
"okay. Well just think about it, I'm not pushing anything tonight. Let's go to tims" Angela days and they make their way to Tim's.
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the ultimatum
Teen FictionCOMPLETE✅Tim and Lucy were engaged and happily together for three years and a half years until Tim received a message request on instagram from Ashley McGrady ..she gave Tim an ultimatum who does Tim pick???
