The Thin Blue Line, Rage In Chicago #3 (Chicago PD/Jay Halstead)

Chapter 17 "I'm Losing Her"

"Fuck this!" Halstead says.
Running downstairs to the garage, he grabs a GPS tracker, gets into his truck and speeds out like a bat out of hell.

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On the outside of the warehouse, there's a shootout going on.
"I'm out!" Shaylynn tells a guy and heads to the back of a truck.
Once out of range of the others she pulls out her phone.
Hank looks down at his phone and sees it's Shaylynn calling him.
He puts the phone up to his ear, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" he hears her yell at him than hanging up.
"EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE!" Hank yells at them.
All of them get into their cars and start speeding away.
Shaylynn hears the guys celebrating. She turns around and sighs then sees a familiar truck heading her way with lights on.

Halstead's phone rings.
"Yeah," he says.
"TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING LIGHTS!" Shaylynn yells at him.
Halstead hurries and turns off his lights.
Shaylynn turns around and sees the guys walking toward her, "Great! These guys see you! When you park and get out, leave the talking to me! GOT IT!" she says in a pissed off tone and hangs up.
Halstead drives up and parks.
Looking over at Shaylynn he can see the pissed off look on her face.
Halstead gets out and walks over to them.
"Sierra, who's this?" the head guy asks her.
Shaylynn looks at Halstead really pissed off, "This is Ray, my husband!" she tells him.
The guy gets a surprised look on his face, then starts laughing, "I would say so! With the look on your face, only a wife would look at her husband like that! Why is he here?" the guy asks.
"He just got back in town from doing a job. Plus you said you needed more hands! He's an ex-Army Ranger, so he knows this stuff just as well as I do!" Shaylynn tells the guy.
"Okay! Welcome aboard, Ray!" the guy says, "We have a few more crates to load up then we'll be on our way to move. With those cops showing up this was a perfect time to move! Sierra, you might as well go with your husband. I'm sure you want to spend some time with him since he's been out of town!" the guy says winking at her.
Shaylynn shoots the guy a glare.
The guy starts laughing, "See you tomorrow, Sierra!"
Halstead and Shaylynn walk over to his truck.
He opens the door for her, she gets in, he shuts it.
Quickly making it over to the driver's side, he gets in, starts the truck and drives off.
"What the fuck was you thinking coming to where I am?!" Shaylynn asks him pissed off, "Now Todd thinks you're going to be apart of the crew! What about the kids? Wait! How did you know where I was? And why weren't you with the others?"
"It's a long story!" Halstead tells her.
"Do you have somewhere to be?" she asks him, "I have a townhouse I'm renting. We have to go there," she says telling him the address.
Halstead's phone rings.
Shaylynn picks it up and sees it's Hank. She answers it, puts it on speaker then puts it up by Halstead's mouth.
"Yeah," Halstead says.
"Where the hell are you?" Hank asks in a pissed off tone, "You're supposed to be on desk duty!"
Shaylynn flashes Halstead a glare.
"He's with me!" Shaylynn says.
"Shaylynn???" Hank asks surprised.
"Yeah! Jay is now undercover with me! He came driving up behind the warehouse where everyone was and Todd saw him. I introduced Jay as Ray, my husband. So his desk duty is going to have to wait!" Shaylynn tells Hank.
"Do what you have to do! Jay, your desk duty has now been doubled!" Hank says hanging up.
"What the fuck did you do to get desk duty?" Shaylynn asks Halstead.
"I put the team in a bad situation!" Halstead tells her.
Shaylynn takes a deep breath in, "You've been drinking! That's why Hank put you on desk duty!"
Halstead doesn't say anything.
"Jay!" Shaylynn says.
"Yes, I've been drinking! It's because I had no idea where you were or if you were safe! After the stri...." he starts to say but stops.
Shaylynn's expression changes, "After the strip club you think you have to protect me?" she says to him.
Halstead shakes his head 'yes'.

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He pulls up in front of the townhouse.
They both get out and walk up the steps.
Shaylynn unlocks the door and they walk inside.
"Some time I'm going to have to get some clothes," Halstead tells her.
"I'll call Emily and tell her what's going on and ask her to stop by the house and pack some for you," Shaylynn tells him.
Halstead nods, "Where's the bathroom?" he asks her.
"Upstairs, first door to the right," she tells him.
"Thanks! I'm going to go and take a shower" Halstead tells her turning toward the stairs and walking up.

Halstead gets undressed.
He lays his clothes on the sink, walks over to the shower and gets in.
Standing under the water he replays in his head the events of the day.
From drinking in his truck to shooting the suspect, then Hank finding out about his drinking and putting him on desk duty.
Just knowing that once he gets back Hank is going to tear his ass up over what he has done.

Halstead continues to let the water flow down over his body.
He hears a click then feels hands on his back that then make their way around to his chest.
Turning around he looks at Shaylynn, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to screw this up for you!" he tells her, "You're my life! If I lose you, I lose everything!"
Shaylynn touches his face with her hands, "I'm right here!" she tells him as his hands make their way up to her breasts.
She lets out a slight moan when Halstead starts caressing them.
Shaylynn moves closer to him, "No, not here!" he tells her turning off the water.
Opening the shower door, he leads her out, grabs a towel and puts it around her.
Grabbing another towel, he puts it around his waist.
Halstead grabs Shaylynn's hand and leads her out to the bedroom.
Walking over to the bed, he takes the towel off of her and starts drying her off.
Shaylynn smiles at him.
She undoes his towel, sits down on the bed and pulls him closer to her.
As he comes closer, she takes him inside her mouth.
Halstead runs his fingers through her hair enjoying the sensation but hurries and stops her.
Smiling at her, he lifts her up some to get her further on to the bed. Once she is, he crawls onto the bed, over to her.
He starts kissing her then enters her feeling her moan against his lips.

After an hour of making love, Halstead and Shaylynn hear banging coming from downstairs.
Halstead jumps up out of bed, runs to the bathroom, puts on his jeans, grabs his gun and hurries downstairs.
Shaylynn gets out of bed.
She grabs some clothes and hurries to get dressed. 

Making her way downstairs Shaylynn walks into the living room to see Halstead standing and Emily sitting on the couch.
She looks over at Shaylynn with a shitty grin on her face.
"Did I disturb you two?" Emily asks them.
Halstead glares at his sister, she starts laughing.
"I went through your closet and grabbed the clothes you mainly wear," Emily tells her brother, "What are you two undercover for again?" she asks.
"Military weapons and anything else military grade," Shaylynn tells Emily.
"How did you two end up undercover together?" Emily asks.
"It was a mistake! Jay shouldn't be undercover but things happened" Shaylynn tells her.
Emily looks at Halsteads face and sees he's upset.
"I better be going," Emily tells them, "Jay, can you look at something for me? It has to do with my car."
Halstead nods at her.
He gets into the suitcase Emily brought and grabs a shirt.
"Bye, Shaylynn!" Emily says as she walks to the door.
"Bye, Emily!" Shaylynn says back.
Halstead follows his sister out the door and down to her car.
"What's wrong with your car?" he asks her.
"There's nothing wrong," Emily tells him.
Halstead looks at her weird, "I wanted to get you out here so I could talk to you" she tells him.
"About what?" he asks her.
"About you and Shaylynn. Is everything okay between the two of you?" Emily asks.
Halstead doesn't answer.
"I mean things must be alright if you two were in bed together, right?" Emily questions her brother.
Halstead still doesn't answer.
"Jay, what is it?" Emily asks him.
"I think I'm losing her, Em!" Halstead tells her.
"Why do you think that?" Emily asks concerned.
"I keep screwing things up!" he tells her, "Em, I can't lose her! If I Iose her I'll die!"
Halstead tells her with a tear running down his cheek.
Emily moves closer to her brother to hug him, "Jay, you're not going to lose Shaylynn! You have to stop thinking like that! She loves you!"
"Are you sure?" Halstead asks her.
Emily backs out of the hug and gives him a look, "What kind of question is that?  Of course, she loves you! You two were just in bed with each other!"
Halstead laughs a little, "People sleep with each other all the time without being in love!"
"Jay, really?! I know you don't believe that!" Emily tells him.
Shaylynn quickly runs out of the townhouse.
Halstead and Emily both look over at her, "I have to go!" Shaylynn says running over to them.
Halstead sees the panicked look on her face, "What's wrong?"
"It's my Dad! He called and only said my name! I could tell by the tone in his voice he's depressed and upset!" she tells him.
Emily looks at both of them, "I'm going to go! I hope your Dad's alright!" she tells Shaylynn.
Shaylynn hugs her, "Thanks, Emily!"
Emily walks to her cars drivers door, opens it, gets in and drives off.
"Come on! I'll take you where you need to go!" Halstead tells her quickly making their way over to his truck.
They both get in, "Do you know where he is?" he asks her.
"He's at the silos!" Shaylynn tells him.
Halstead starts driving off, "How do you know that?" he asks her.
"After Alvin," Shaylynn says stopping not wanting to say the words, "I put a tracker on his phone," she tells him, "Please don't tell him what I did!"
"Of course not!" Halstead tells her.