Forgiven 2 of 4

Chapter 2

"Hey Sarge, you're coming to Anthony's birthday party, right?" Adam asked Trudy Platt, the woman tried to make everyone think she was a hard ass but Adam knew it was an act.

"Wouldn't miss it" she replied, "now, get your ass upstairs. Voight was looking for you earlier"

"Where the hell is Ruzek?" Voight asked

"Right here, sorry boss. What's up?"

"Okay, since Ruzek finally decided to grace us with his presence." Hank said causing Jay to stifle a laugh, "boys, this isn't fucking high school" Hank replied when he noticed Adam give Jay the finger. "I have news on the Scampanelli issue"

The mere mention of the man's name made Adam sick, bile rising in his throat "what is it?"'he needed to know. They had already installed a security system and Adam was considering getting a dog a big fucking dog.

"Calm down, kid" Al placed his hand on Adam's shoulder, "it's more about Dan and Phil than it is you"

"A lot of chatter on the streets now that Phil has been released, and they're still searching for Dan" Hank informed the group.

"I hope they find Dan and kill the son of a bitch" Adam sneered.

He wanted to kill Dan himself, he hated the man for what happened to Kim.

"Adam, he's Kim's brother" Erin couldn't believe the way Adam was talking about his brother in law. Sure, the guy was an ass but he was still family.

"I don't give a rats ass. I need to get some air" Adam stormed off.

It was bad enough Kim was able to forgive Phil, but at least he had made an attempt to help Kim albeit too little far too late. He still couldn't stand the guy, he hated Kim visiting him every month. It blew him away when she brought up bringing Anthony, he wanted their son nowhere near the guy. The fight they had was ugly, he had lost his temper and struck below the belt. He kicked at the dumpster as he remembered the fight, he hurt her when he made that comment, he could still feel the sting on his cheek when she slapped him.

"Alright Anthony, we need to get going" Kim told Anthony who was throughly enjoying jumping on the hotel bed "tell Uncle Phil goodbye"

Anthony ran over to Phil and hugged him "bye bye" he said as Phil lifted him up and spun him.

"Bye pal. Thanks for everything Kim, it means a lot. Especially after what happened" he hugged her "I will make it right for you and Adam"

"It will all work out, it always does" she smiled, taking Anthony's hand in her own "let's go see daddy"

Phil watched from the doorway as they made their way to the elevator, "Kim, tell him. Please" he knew Adam would be furious and her lying to him would only make it worse.

Adam arrived at the diner before Kim and Anthony, he kept thinking back on what Hank had said about Phil being released. Kim hadn't mentioned it at all, he was curious as to why, he wanted to know what she knew but the last thing he wanted as a fight. He wouldn't bring it up, at least not now.

He heard the bells ring as the door opened smiling when he saw them enter "now there's a sight for sore eyes" he smiled as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

"Are you alright?" She asked as she sat down in the booth beside Anthony and handed him crayons and paper.

"Yea, I'm fine just a long day" he played with his wedding band spinning it on his finger, "what's going on with you two?"

Kim took a sip of the soda Adam had ordered for her, "nothing much, just picked up some things for the party" while it wasn't exactly a lie it wasn't the truth either. On the way to the diner she stopped at the party goods store and bought a few items. She was a horrible liar especially with Adam so she knew her story needed to have some element of truth to it. She hated this, Phil was her brother and she wasn't going to turn her back on him no matter what, she couldn't understand why Adam refused to understand that.

"Anthony, did you have fun with mommy?" Adam asked the little boy, Kim was silently praying that Anthony wouldn't say too much, though Adam didn't understand him half the time when he spoke anyway.

He replied in true 'Anthon-lish' what they joked was Anthony's version of English.

"Sounds wonderful, bud" Adam laughed "tell me you didn't understand a word of what he just said, all I got was ball and bed" their food arriving.

Kim cut up Anthony's food and slid the plate towards him, "you did good Dad, I bought him a ball at the store, and he wants a big boy bed we talked about it in the car" it was a nice save, it added to her guilt though. She hadn't talked about a big boy bed at all, and it was Phil who bought the ball from the hotel gift shop.

Adam's phone started sliding across the table, "shit, I gotta go darlin', will you be okay?" He asked as he put cash on the table for the bill.

"We'll be fine, you be careful" she told him, watching as he whispered something in Anthony's ear causing the little boy to giggle. She was almost positive it was some silly bathroom joke, Adam was worse than a little kid sometimes. "Adam don't be gross"

He winked at Anthony "I wasn't being gross, was I buddy?" Anthony oblivious to him "I love you, don't wait up okay?" He leaned down and kissed her, "ugh" he groaned as they parted, "maybe you should wait up, so we can finish what you just started" he smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Guess we will just have to see" she smiled at him "I love you Adam"

"I love you too" he looked over his shoulder as he walked out the front door.

"Anthony, how am I going to keep this from your daddy?" She asked the little boy, her stomach sick with guilt.