Safe Haven

Changes

"How do you like Seattle?" Jay asked curiously. With difficulty, he found the right words and listened to Charlie. It truly broke his heart that Charlie obviously didn't miss him. She was very enthusiastic about her new home, her mother, step-sister and step-father. Jay can not believe that a strange man took his place and Charlie got on very well with him. He is her father. He took care of her all these years, but it didn't seem to matter anymore.

"Seattle is great. Not as great as Chicago, but I'm very happy here!" Charlie said enthusiastically, "Yesterday we were on the Space Needle. Such a famous tower here."

"Sounds great."

"It is. After that we were in a park, eating something and they showed me around the city. My new school is great too. Such a totally strange private school with a uniform and something like that, which is not my style at all, but my sister also goes to school here and I have already met a lot of friends."

"Okay."

"Oh dad, could you send me a package with a few things?"

"Sure," his voice grew sadder, but the cheerful Charlie didn't seem to notice...

"What have we got so far?" Voight growled. Intelligence members' eyes fell on Jay, who was staring at a photo. Hank cleared his throat, but Jay wasn't thinking about the case.

"Halstead!" He hissed. He startled slightly and stared at his sergeant, irritated.

"What have we got so far?" He repeated his question angrily.

"I, uh, I checked his finances. Uh, a bigger amount was debited," he stammered, "Ten thousand dollars."

"A contract murder. He paid Porter to kill Jameson," Hailey said.

"Then collect the evidence that Porter took the sum," Voight growled, "Halstead on a word."

Jay sighed, rose from his chair, and followed Voight into his office. It was not the first time that he worked inattentively. Once he would have put himself and Hailey in danger.

"How's she doing?" Voight asked interested. Jay had to listen twice to understand that he was not getting a telling-off.

"Uh, she's fine. She likes Seattle. We don't have as much contact as we did in the beginning. She raves about her new family. They can offer her more than I can." The last conversation with Charlie was weeks ago.

"It was her decision, Jay," Hank said, "It's not easy to let her go, but it was her decision. You have prepared her well for life and now Charlie wants to know more about her origins. "

"I know," he murmured, "it's just... I miss her. I wasn't ready to let her go yet."

"Your daughter is not death, Jay. She lives only 2,000 miles from you away. Take a week off and visit your daughter."

"I'm fine," said Jay.

"You're not feeling well, Jay. You have put most of the unit in danger! You're taking a few days off!" Voight instructed.

"Alright."

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She sat quietly in her chair and thought. The last phone call to her father was weeks ago. Her little sister was now very similar to a baby doll. It wasn't the amount of makeup on her face, but also her arrogant nature. She was a bitch and always tried to do her own thing. She didn't care about other people's opinions.

Charlie didn't like her sister at all. Her stepfather was at work more often than Jay. Her stepfather was an entrepreneur and made good money. However, the house was not comfortably furnished. There was a lack of pictures or even the color on the boring white walls. There was definitely a 20-year age difference between her stepfather and her mother.

"Charlotte, please concentrate," said the piano teacher, who came to their house to teach the girls. Charlie didn't understand why her stepfather was suddenly allowed to control her life. She hated to play piano. She was not musical. She was unable to read piano sheet music paper. She loved drawing or doing some sport with her father, Jay.

"Please play the verse from the beginning," said the piano teacher. Charlie was annoyed, "Oops, I think I've forgotten the order again," she grinned.

"At the end of the day, I still get my money. It doesn't matter whether you can play the piano or not," he said.

"I'm not interested in that." Charlie got upset, "In the beginning they were all really friendly to me, showed me Seattle, took me to school or we went shopping. She did everything a mom should do with her daughter. And now? I've been living with them for 10 weeks and they don't give a shit about me."

"It's not my problem," he said.

"I have a real family in Chicago. And you don't need a lot of money to be happy," she told.

"Then move to Chicago. Nobody is holding you here."