Prodigal Son; Malcolm Bright

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7 Months Pregnant

We had just gotten back to the precinct so we could re-evaluate some information on a case. We were sitting there waiting on Malcolm. He entered the room and handed me a bowl of grapes.

Malcolm: I thought of the perfect name; Sophia

Celine: No, what about Zoey?

Malcolm: No

Gil: You two still haven't picked a name?

Dani: It's been three weeks now

JT: So, we're just going to ignore the grapes

Celine: Dude seriously? Yes JT, we're ignoring the grapes

JT: My bad

Celine: We just can't find a name that we both love

JT: What about Hazel?

Celine & Malcolm: NO

We looked at each other before sighing. He walked up to the board where Gil had posted pictures of our case.

Celine: We'll talk later

Malcolm: Definitely

The great name debate continued throughout the entire case, I watched as Malcolm leaned down to get a closer look at the victim.

Dani: Victims name is Emily Cortez

He turned to look at me and before he could even open his mouth, I held up my hand.

Celine: We are not naming our daughter after a murder victim

He turned back around to continue to examine the body. I shook my head realizing how stumped we were.

JT: *mumbles* would've made a good story

I shot him a look before continuing to work on the case. We were raiding a potential suspects home and it had led to us discussing the names.

Malcolm: Why don't you like Kadence? It's your name

Celine: Exactly Malcolm!

Malcolm: Fine, what's wrong with Madison?

Celine: Too close to Malcolm

Malcolm: This is impossible

Dani: You guys have got plenty of time left, relax

JT held up the piece of evidence we needed to go and get the guy. We called for backup before going over to his presumed location. We split up since there was a lot of area to cover on the ground floor of the building. I noticed him hiding behind a box, so I aimed my gun at him.

Celine: I can see you Fred, just stand up slowly with your hands up

He did as I said and I used the microphone to let the others know I had him, and where I was.

Celine: I'm gonna need you to turn around and slowly walk backwards towards me

He picked up one of the boxes and smashed it to the ground causing the room to fill up with dust. I was disoriented as I tried to make my way out of the dust. Once I got out, I saw Malcolm in the entryway of the room.

Malcolm: Where is he?

Celine: I-

Before I could get the sentence out, I was grabbed from behind as he held a knife to my neck.

Malcolm Bright

Malcolm: Wait! Let's just talk about this. Your name is Kevin, right?

Kevin: Yea

His unsteady hands worried me considering he was holding a knife to Celine's neck. I needed to act fast, I placed the gun down on the ground and slid it away.

Malcolm: See? I don't want to hurt you, just want to talk. You think you can put your knife down for me?

Kevin: I can't...

Malcolm: I understand why you killed Emily. She stole your best-friends business idea and it ruined her-

Kevin: Her name was Simone

Malcolm: Right, Simone. She killed herself right in front of you, and you couldn't save her. People thought you pushed her, you were sent to a psychiatric ward and you watched Emily for weeks, planning your revenge. When the time was right you acted...don't you think it's over now? You think this is what Simone wanted?

Kevin: You didn't know her

Malcolm: Obviously, you didn't either. If you knew her you would've said all the right things to keep her from jumping off that building, but you froze

Kevin: You don't know what you're talking about! I'll kill her

Celine: Bright--

Malcolm: Calm down Celine, he's not going to do anything-just like he couldn't do anything for Simone

He yelled and pushed Celine to the side running after me, but he only took a step before Celine shot him sending him to the ground. I ran to Celine's side immediately.

Malcolm: You okay?

Celine: I could really go for some cookies right now

Malcolm: Let's get you out of here

Others came in the room to get Kevin put on a stretcher as I walked with Celine out the building. After getting her checked out by the medics we sat down on the stairs of the building.

Malcolm: What about the name Giselle?

Celine: No

I chuckled slightly and looked over at her, she had a small smile on her face. It was enough to warm me up from the inside-out.

Celine Wilson

Celine: I think it's so hard for me to pick a name because I don't know what her last name is going to be

He cleared his throat re-positioning himself on the step. I'd wanted to ask him about it months ago but the timing never seemed to be right.

Malcolm: Having the name Whitly attached to you makes life harder in this city, and I don't want that for her

Celine: Bright it is

I thought for a little while before the perfect name popped in my head, bringing a smile to my face.

Celine: What about Paisley?

He smiled and I knew we had a winner. It was about time; I was getting tired of just referring to her as 'the baby'

Malcolm: Paisley Victoria-Jade Bright...you can't be the only one around here with two middle names

Celine: I love it