If You Play With Fire

Second Opinion

"Is that a joke?", Kelly stood shocked next to his friend and colleagues. Matt explained the psychiatrist's diagnosis to his chief and Kelly.

"I wish," Matt said, "Liam gets a drug treatment."

"Are you damn sure the psychiatrist can do the job well?" Severide asked.

"Yes I'm sure. The psychiatrist was even recommended to me."

"We are there for you and Liam, if you need something or want to talk," Chief Boden said. He had known the boy for exactly 12 years now - so his whole life - never would he have thought that Liam would end up with such a diagnosis. Never has the boy in recent years made the impression that he is suffering from delusions. The only thing he always noticed and admired was his blossoming imagination. Maybe this fantasy led to the delusions?

"Find a new psychiatrist!" Kelly said.

"Severide, it would all make sense!" Matt hissed.

"Make sense? That's all mischief!" Kelly stirred, "How blind you have become, Casey!"

"I can ask you the same question, Severide," Matt said.

Meanwhile, the crew of Truck 81 condemned the Casey boy to clean the corridors. Liam sighed, but did not argue with them, but did his job.

"Oh! You'll have to clean it again," Otis said, shedding a bucket of dirty water on the already cleaned surface.

"Watch out, he's going to run to Casey," Cruz laughed.

"He's the apostate!", Otis hissed, "setting fires, denying and trying to blame others!" Otis always had a problem keeping his mouth shut.

Liam would like to jump up and punch Otis, but then he'd get more trouble than before.

"Even if he runs to Casey. He never believes his son anymore!" Otis said.

"Don't you have anything better to do?" Liam asked annoyed.

"No, you're better than any reality show on TV!" Grinned Otis.

"Don't forget, Liam, you'll have to clean up there," Cruz said, pointing to the dirt water.

"When you're done with it, you can continue with the toilets," Otis said.

Just then Liam threw the cloth on the floor and straightened up, "I'm doing a shit for you! You can't ask for anything from me!" hissed the 13-year-old.

"I'll tell you, now he's going to Casey," Cruz said.

"Is there a problem?" Kelly asked, eyeing Otis and Cruz sternly, but also Liam.

"No, Lieutenant. We just showed Liam how dirty the corridors are," Otis said.

"Then take a rag in your hand and wipe it up!" Severide ordered.

"I said the same thing to Liam, but he resists my order," Otis said, earning Severide's sternest expression he'd ever seen, "The order went to you Otis!" Kelly hissed.

"Well, next time I would better watch out!", Liam winked and pressed Otis the bucket in the hand.

"You don't risk the fat lip here!" Kelly said, "Come on, let's go on a trip."

Liam followed his godfather and got into Squad 3. At first he did not understand where they were going, but when Toni stopped in front of the Chicago Med, he realized something.

He led his little friend to Dr. Sarah Reese. On the way, he explained to Liam that he wanted a second opinion on the diagnosis. Liam had to listen twice to Severides words. Does that mean that Kelly believes he does not have delusions? On the other hand, Kelly often disagrees with his father - just in principle.

Dr. Reese received them, asked Kelly to wait in the other room and chatted with Liam for a moment. Her diagnosis quickly became known - a normal 13-year-old boy.

She told Kelly her suspicions that the first psychiatrist was mischievous, but when Kelly tried to explain to Matt the diagnosis of Reese, he was pissed that Kelly dragged his son from one psychiatrist to the other behind his back.

"What does that concern you? He is my son! I decide when and to which psychiatrist he will go!" Matt yelled. Together with Gabby and Kelly he stood in his office.

"So if I'm allowed to interfere ...", Gabby tried her luck and was interrupted by both men at the same time, "No!", they hissed.

"I acted in the interest of your son!" Kelly explained.

"Oh, do you think I'm not acting on his behalf?" Matt asked tensely.

"I didn't say that!" Severide said, "But as a father, you should try to help your boy and that means you get more opinions and not judge your son."

"You were there when we caught Liam doing what he did in the middle of the night!" Matt hissed.

"Yeah? Still, I don't diagnose him with the next plausible diagnosis!" Kelly hissed.

"So if I'm allowed to interfere ...", again Gabby tried her luck and again both men hissed, "No!"

A hot talk between Kelly and Matt arose and Gabby certainly did not want to hear both opinions anymore, "Severide is right!" Gabby shouted.. While Kelly winked at her, Matt just looked at her in shock. Especially from his wife, he would have expected more cohesion.

"Getting a second opinion does not hurt!" She explained.

"That's what I'm trying to explain to Casey!", Kelly said, "Besides, you should keep your men under control." He thought of the incident earlier in the hall, where Otis and Cruz were up to something and apparently should pay Liam for it. He was also no friend of Liam's fires, but treating him like a piece of dirt is going too far.

"I have my men under control," Casey said.

"Yeah? Ask your son if he sees it the same way!" Kelly hissed.