Soulmates

My partner and I were at the hospital, getting a statement from a rape victim. My partner did most of the talking, the girl seemed comfortable talking with her than she did with me. My partner was the one who handled the talking part of our partnership while I did more of the heavyweight part of it.I step out in the hall as Carrie finished talking with the victim. There was a doctor standing at the nurses station, opening a test results envelope while a hooded man approached her with an aggressive look on his face. I saw a gun inside his jacket and ran in front of the doctor as he pulled it out to shoot her.I fought him for the gun and it goes off. I wretch the gun from him and shoot him in his arm. Carrie rushes over to cuff him as I clutch my stomach. I turn to the doctor and ask in a protective tone, "Are you hurt?"I collapse, knocking papers from the counter to the floor. I notice the test results she was opening contained a pregnancy test for a Kelly Daw

We were sitting in the living room after dinner. I had grabbed the extra clothes from my car I leave in there incase I drink with my mother and stay the night with her. I went up to the guest room to change out of my dress clothes and into what I planned to sleep in for the night. A men's tank top, and a pair of shorts. When I came back down, Kelly couldn't keep her eyes off me. I had an extra set for her to wear that would be loose around her waist for the baby. I hand her the clothes and she looks at me confused."I'd feel better knowing you were wearing clothes that stretched over your forming bump," I say softly. "I'll take you to my place tomorrow. Jess should have clothes you can start wearing now.""You really care about her baby, don't you," Valerie asks softly. "Yes," I choke in a whisper and look at her with tears in my eyes. I leave the clothes with Kelly and walk out to sit on the back patio. Their golden retriever, Ma

My mother and I were sitting with Kelly and her parents at Jamie's funeral. I was sitting near the aisle when a little girl, about two, climbs in my lap. "Dada," she murmurs in a tired whisper and falls asleep in my arms.Tears fill my eyes and I look around to see if someone was looking for her. A woman across the aisle was looking at the girl in my arms with her hand over her mouth. I get up and bring the child over to her. She looks behind me and says in a choked whisper, "I'm Monica, Kelly's cousin. I didn't know she was in a relationship since Katie?""We can talk after the funeral," I say quietly and she nods. She tries to take her daughter, but she holds onto my uniform. "Why don't I just place her in her car seat after this is over?"She nods lightly and says in a choked whisper, "You kind of look like her father. He was killed in Iraq a few months ago.""Kevin Jones," I ask quietly and she nods vigorously. Tears fill my eyes and say, "I fought wi

After learning that Cassie wasn't my daughter and that Jess had an affair, I got rid of everything that was hers. I took Kelly to get a whole new wardrobe for the pregnancy and donated the clothes from Jess. I even gave Valerie the wine collection Jess had.I took Kelly to pick out a guard dog when Joyce approved she could have one at work as long as it wore a police vest. Kelly decided to just do clinic work so the dog could be therapeutic to her patients. She was a German shepherd named Daisy and picked Kelly out of all the other people looking to adopt a guard dog. I was just finishing up putting on my uniform for work when Kelly came out of the closet. She walks up to me and adjusts my badge. I give her a kiss and her eyes meet mine. "Does that mean I'm forgiven," she asks in a choked whisper."I wasn't mad at you, just hurt finding out that a child I was mourning for two years wasn't mine. I'm sorry if I made you feel otherwise," I say softly, wiping

Two weeks passed since the hidden truth of Jessica's affair came to light when Cassie's father broke into my house. Daisy has been sleeping in our room since. Even as a cop and an ex-marine I'm scared to sleep after hearing he's had a key to get in all this time without my knowledge.  Kelly has been stroking the scar on my abdomen every night to help me sleep. I find it soothing even when I start going into an anxiety attack. Carrie had to bring me to her the other day in the middle of a shift. A suspect we were arresting knew about Kelly and threatened to kill her if he got out of jail. Even though Jess cheated on me and Cassie wasn't mine, having the thought of losing Kelly and the twins scared me more than anything. Carrie and I were granted permission to shadow her at the hospital until the suspect has his sentence hearing. So far in two days six people have tried to harm her and failed. I have taken down each attacker and each time Kelly's breaths hitch.&nb