#3 The Red, White and Chicago Blue

Chapter 32 "Snatched Up"

Six weeks later, Hannah was able to return to work. She walked in, gym bag in hand. As she turned to go to the locker room, Trudy stopped her.

"Just what do you think you're doing here, young lady?"

"My leave is over and I've been cleared to come back."

"Do mommy and daddy know about this?"

"Shay signed my papers allowing me to return to duty."

"I'm just gonna check with your dear mommy about that."

Trudy walked from around the desk and into Kim's office. "Hey Commander, I got someone here for you."

She looked up. "Who would that be?"

"Your child."

Instead of calling her in her office, she went out to the desk. "What are you doing here?"

"Mom, my leave is over. I've been cleared to come back."

"Let me see that paper."

She took the paper out of her bag and handed it to Kim.

"Shay signed this, but your father and I didn't."

"She's higher than both of you in command."

"At least let your father and I sign it. If Justin sees you back without our signatures, he's gonna flip."

"Is this really necessary?"

"Yeah, it kind of is."

As she went to head into the locker room, Justin caught her. "You were just the person I'm looking for."

"Oh?"

"Your brother is on medical leave for his shoulder, so how about you hop upstairs?"

"What?"

"Come join us up in Intelligence. We need someone to take your brother's spot until he's back."

"Are you serious?"

"You can wear your plain clothes, just keep your badge and gun clipped to your belt. Here's your key code to buzz up."

"Wow...thanks, Sarge."

As she entered the room, she caught sight of Jamie changing. "Hey." She said.

"Oh hey. Welcome back."

"Did Justin tell you?"

"Yeah. He told me when I came in this morning. You deserve that."

"You're mad, aren't you?"

"What? No. You earned that spot, go for it."

"You sound mad."

"I am. But it's not about you getting promoted."

"Then what's it about?"

"This guy. He's been hanging around the district the past couple weeks, almost like he's spying on us."

"Well did you tell someone?"

"I told Shay, but I don't know if she's done anything about it yet."

"Go talk to her."

"It's creepy and I get a bad vibe from this dude."

As he went down the hall to Leslie's office, Hannah went down to the garage. She found Ashley in the supply closet making out with her boyfriend. Her mouth dropped and she started backing out slowly. Ashley and her boyfriend looked over.

"Hey..." She said, nervously.

"I just...I'm so sorry." Hannah took off upstairs.

"Whoa, what are you doing up here?" Mikayla asked her.