Dr. Redheaded Neighbor - Will Halstead

Message from Little Brother

Will was heading out to his car swaying his car keys in his hand until someone flashed their headlights in his direction where he raised his hand so he wasn't blinded by the lights.  He finally noticed it was his brother Jay sitting in the driver's seat.  "Come here!"

"Jay, what's up?" He asked his brother.

Jay snapped back not saying another word till the passenger door was closed.  "Get in the car.  What do you know about Ray Burke?"

"He does some real estate, owns a bar and a construction company-"

Jay cut his older brother off.  "And a reception hall.  You went to see him."

"He wasn't feeling well so I made a house call.  How do you know?" Will sent him a confused look.

Jay reached inside his jacket pocket showing him a small recording device before hitting the play button and playing a conversation between his brother and Ray.  "Hey, Ray.  I just wanted to let you know that your blood work looks good.  But I do recommend you follow up with a cardiologist."

"I'm not going to a cardiologist.  I want you, Will.  You know, I'm giving you that hall for two grand.  That's practically for free."

Will shakes his head at his brother.  "Yeah, wh - are you listening to my calls?"

"Rays." Jay replied.

Will raised a brow.  "Rays?"

"PD and the FBI have been investigating him for, like, two years, and look who waltzes in...my brother."

Will questioned still not following why he was involved.  "Why are you investigating him?"

"Cause he's a gangster." Jay rolled his eyes.

Will raised up a hand not believing what he was hearing from his sibling.  "What, he pays off a building inspector every once in a while?"

"Try money laundering, fraud, embezzlement.  Now you're involved with him." Jay throws his hands up in the air.

Will brought a hand up to his forehead, sighing heavily.  "Oh, I'm not involved with him.  Hey I'm using his hall.  It's not a big deal."

"Yes, it is.  So whatever you're doing, stop." Jay sternly looked at his brother needing him to understand how serious this situation could get if remained involved.

Will's phone vibrated in his pocket where he took it out seeing it was an unknown area code phone number.   He pressed the cell phone to his ear to figure out who was dialing him.  "Is this William Halstead?"

"Yeah, this is him."

The caller was a male voice that responded back to him.  "This is Lieutenant Griffin.  Ms.  Easton has you listed as her emergency contact."

"Is everything okay with her?  Is she injured?" Will asked in a very nervous tone in his voice.

Lieutenant Griffin began explaining the situation to the civilian doctor.  "She was brought back to the medical tent after she passed out from an explosion.  She has regained consciousness but we are formally discharging her until further notice."

"Why?" He glanced at his brother who was listening to their conversation.

The Lieutenant avoided the question.  "I can't disclose that information.  You'll just have to ask her when you see her tomorrow morning when she's returned home."

"She's coming home tomorrow?" Will still couldn't comprehend the fact that his fiancé would be coming home sooner than they both anticipated.

The higher officer responded before hanging up the phone.  "Yes, Mr.  Halstead.  She will arrive on a helicopter at the Chicago International Airport.  Have a good night."

"Hey, look at me Will." Jay grabbed his brother's shoulder once he had put his phone in his pocket.  "You need to stop dealing with Burke, especially if Mallory is coming home.  You don't want this guy coming after her if you don't hold up your end of the deal you have with him."

Will shook his head no pushing open the car door, shutting it and heading over to his car leaving the hospital parking lot.  "I'm helping him out to let her have the perfect wedding.  I'm not gonna stop helping Burke."

Mallory's pov

Taking a nap in the seat of the helicopter I had been getting more tired than I used to and now I knew why.   I didn't want to tell Will the reason through the phone or in a letter that would take months before it even made it into his hands. 

"We're about to touch down, Easton!" The driver of the helicopter got my attention when he called over his shoulder causing me to wake up and he woke Maxon up who was asleep on the metal ground too.

Leaning up in my seat I unclipped my seatbelt, reaching over and shrugging my backpack on.  Picking up my duffle bag I glanced out the door when we lowered the chopper down onto the landing platform of the airport.  The ladder dropped down where I slowly walked down the steps with a huge smile spreading across my face when I saw the man who was my fiancée.

"Mallory!" Will called my name running across the rooftop until my body collided with his.  He wrapped his arms around my waist lifting my feet off the ground, twirling me around in circles.  "Ohhh I've missed you so much."

Maxon barked at us once I was back on my feet and placed one of my hands on the side of my fiancés face.  "I missed you so bad too.  And there's something I gotta tell you -"

"Awe don't worry, Maxon.  I missed you too." Will heard my dog bark again meaning he wanted some attention so he bent down on a knee running a hand through his fur, receiving a happy tail wag.

Brushing hair that the wind blew in front of my face I cleared my throat gaining his attention again.  "Will, can we head home now.  I'm kinda tired and there's something I need to tell you." He nodded in agreement where we grabbed our stuff driving back to our apartment.

Once we had gotten everything unpacked and Maxon was laid down on the wooden floor taking a long awaited nap.  Slipping a sweatshirt over my head I plopped down on the couch simply wearing leggings watching Will warm up some leftover chicken and rice we had bought on the drive home.  He hands me my bowl sitting down beside me, focusing his gaze on me.  "So you had something you wanted to tell me.  What's going on, Mal?"

"It's not exactly something we've talked about so I totally understand if you're not ready.  I mean we're not even married yet.  So the idea of me being pregnant with your child is like crazy-"

Will cut me off causing me to drop my hands from being up in the air not realizing I had just blurted it out like I did.  "You're pregnant!"

"Y-yeah I am." I chuckled lightly, taken back by the fact that he seemed so overjoyed about this.  "Wait so you're okay with this."

Will quickly scooted across the couch capturing my lips with his own.  I hesitated for a moment before I began kissing him back, wrapping my arms around his neck. I deepened the kiss until he broke it by putting his forehead against mine.  "I'm thrilled, Mallory.  I - I didn't want to pressure you into anything too soon.  But I want all of it Marriage, kids, a family with you."

"I want all that with you too, Will.  And now we can have that cause I'm back home." I nodded with a cheeky grin on my face.

My fiancé leaned forward kissing my forehead where I nuzzled my head underneath his chin.  "We're gonna be a family, all four of us." Laying my head against his chest he wrapped his arms around my waist while Maxon jumped up on the couch and laid at my feet.

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