Cuddy observes the scene around her. The police, the yellow tape, the noisy neighbors, and the forensic team. She remembers when House got shot, when House was a hostage, and of course when House drove his car through her window.
She also recalls when Amber died, because just like now, a young person died for no good reason.
- I think we had enough – Zach, being part of the district attorney office; helps with Kelly and Lucas statement. – We don't need to go downtown, detective –
- Fine por me – the homicide detective says – Besides, we got the guy under custody –
Kelly is sobbing quietly seguinte to Lucas.
- Kelly! – a woman walks into the department
- Mom! – Kelly goes to her mother's arms.
- There, there – Kelly's mother consoles her, holds her – You'll be fine, sweetie. Can I take her home?–
- Absolutely – Zach tells her – I'll drive you –
- I could…- Lucas talks, but Zach interrupts him
-You've done enough…Lisa, please take care of
him –
- You got it –
And just like that the turmoil is gone.
- Are you okay? – Lucas says
- You are asking me? I'm fine, I little shocked, but I'm okay, Lucas –
Cuddy sits seguinte to him – Are you alright? –
- Yeah I'm fine. Tony is dead…I could have run faster, I – Lucas stops – You should go back to work –
- Yes, and you're coming with me to X raio, ray your hand, it's probably broken –
Lucas looks down at his right hand. It's swollen.
- I can go to emergency room, I'll be fine –
- Lucas, you are coming with me and you're staying with me, because there are bullet holes on your door –
- Yes ma'am –
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After a trip to the hospital, Lucas and Cuddy go to her home.
- Hi Rachel – Cuddy goes directly to hug her daughter.
- Mummy – the toddler hugs her mother back.
- Look Rachel! I broke my fifth metacarpal – Lucas show her his hand.
- Lucas – Cuddy disapproves
- What? I did – His finger is immobilized with buddy taping. – It hurts – he tells Rachel
- Nina – the little girl offers her doll to make Lucas feel better.
- Thank you Rachel – Lucas stares at the girl – How come your sister hasn't helped you with Rachel? Still mad at you or something? –
- Or something… – Cuddy has weird felling in her stomach–….urhm…we should eat – Cuddy is capable of facing the greatest responsibilities at work, but in her personal life, she tries to avoid them. – We haven't eaten –
Cuddy walks to the cozinha with Rachel. This is her chance, she'll tell him everything.
- There's something I haven't tell you – Lucas says first taking Cuddy por surprise.
- I don't like telling people about it, in fact, I think Zach is the only one who knows, but only half of it, it's better considering he works for the District Attorney –
Cuddy frowns; she doesn't like the sound of this – What is it? –
- The law firm that I worked for, when I started as a P.I., most of their clients were criminals, high-profile criminals; and they paid the lawyers a lot of money to keep them out of jail. And they paid us a lot of money to help –
- What are you saying? Did you rough people up for them? –
Cuddy jokes trying to change the mood of the conversation, but Lucas stays serious (very weird on him).
- Yes I did – Lucas finally says – I threatened witnesses, I stole, planted, and manufactured evidence, I blackmailed judges, bribed cops and hours of illegal surveillance…all that for the wrong people –
Cuddy sits down, looks at Rachel; her daughter doesn't pay attention to the conversation
- You were young, naïve…-
- I wasn't stupid; I knew what I was doing. Like Tony…Then they asked me to kill somebody, that's when I knew I needed a change. I quit –
– I remember, at the hotel room you told me… - Cuddy sighs. Then she talks again - When I was telling you about me wanting a change, about me being sick of my life you said…that you had been in the same situation –
- I had my life crisis sooner – Lucas half smiles.
Cuddy thinks back to what Zach told her "he wears his coração on his sleeve, because he wants to, not because is easy, not because is in his nature"
- You're good guy – she finally says – I know it, it's all I care –
Cuddy reaches to Lucas' hand.
- Thanks – Lucas tells her – Anything you want to tell me? –
- We had enough emotions today – Cuddy says – Let's eat –
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Lucas feels uneasy. He can't sleep. He keeps thinking about Tony's death and that Cuddy is hiding something.
The P.I. sees Cuddy sleeping seguinte to him. He is happy to be with her, he is in amor with her, but he feels so anxious.
Lucas told her everything, but he knows she is concealing something.
He can't sleep and looks at the alarm clock again, it's late.
Lucas waked up when he heard Cuddy come in. He was on the sofá waiting for her.
- Hi –
Cuddy walked por him – Is Rachel asleep? –
- Yeah, yeah – Lucas looked at the clock, it was late.
- We need to talk to –
They sat down; Lucas noticed that she was wearing rosa, -de-rosa scrubs from the hospital. – Everything alright? Something happened at the accident? I mean, besides the accident… –
- I can't marry you – Cuddy interrupted – Here is the ring –
Lucas took it – What are you saying? –
- I'm in amor with House, I'm sorry…
Lucas listened to her explanation/apology. She talked for five minutos and then stopped. – Lucas?...-
He thought of a rebuttal. Tell her how wrong she was, how he'll make happy, how much he loves her; tell her that she is making a mistake, that she should give them a chance and then... he saw her hand.
Cuddy had her car keys on her hand. She was in such a hurry to be done with him, and go to House.
Lucas was devastated – Okay – He got up, put his jaqueta on and left.
Cuddy is surprised, but at the same time relieved.
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Cuddy wakes up, she notices Lucas is not in cama with her. She looks at the clock, in two hours she has to be at work.
She gets up, in the living room she finds Lucas.
- Good morning…why are you dress? – Lucas doesn't answer – Are you still freak out about Tony? –
- We should break up –
- What? –
- I amor you Lisa, but if you don't want me, there is not reason for me to be here –
- What the hell are you talking about? –
Lucas stands in front of her – Why haven't you told your family that you're living here? Your mother doesn't know your phone number, and you sister thinks you're still traveling on your sabbatical –
Cuddy takes a big breath – It has nothing to do with you –
- Really? Because I was your dirty little secret once, I ain't doing again –
- I'm not…listen, it's me – Cuddy tells him – I always want to do everything por myself, prove that I can do it all alone –
- And you keep your mom away? –
- My mom is special and you know it – Cuddy replies – If I had tell her that I was with you that soon, I wouldn't have heard the end of it–
- So what we have is not strong enough to survive scrutinizing from your mother? –
- It's not like that –
- What have you been hiding from me? – Lucas asks her – This past couple of weeks, you had been hiding something –
Cuddy takes another breath – I can't tell you, if I tell you now, you'll change your mind for the wrong reason –
- Just tell me, please –
- I can't –
-I'm leaving – Lucas turns around walking to the door.
- Marry me – Cuddy tells him. Lucas stops and looks at her.
- Are you kidding me? –
- If I tell you that I amor you, you wouldn't believe me, but I do – Cuddy says with a smile – You know how scare that is for me? After years of being in amor with House, I finally mover on, and it's scary as hell. This time I got to know you better, this time I see why you are the way you are –
She takes a step closer to him. – I amor the way you make me smile, I like how you always see the positive, I like how nice you're with Rachel –
Now Lucas is smiling too.
- I think you're handsome, I amor the way you kiss me, I amor the way you fuck me –
Lucas laughs
- So we could date, get married, have two kids, a dog, and retire to Florida. What do you say? –
- You crazy, crazy woman –
The P.I. walks up to her and kisses her – Wait a minuto – he breaks it off – Are you pregnant? –
- Yes, 7 weeks –
- Aren't you too old… –
Cuddy puts her hand over his mouth – Don't ruin the moment –
- Now I feel like a total jerk for wanting to break up with my pregnant girlfriend –
Lucas has a big dumb smile on his face
- I don't want to be negative, but things can go wrong – Cuddy tells him
- If nothing is wrong now, I'm happy now– Lucas responds – But I'm not gonna marry you –
- Excuse me? –
- Never, I asked you once you said no, that's it. Besides we're not the marrying type –
Cuddy smiles – I'm okay with that –
To be continued…
1.- Wow! This chapter was longer that I expected, but I think is a good one.
2.- Hopefully, Lucas' back story doesn't seem like a stretch for the character. I put some clues in other chapters(Just like I did with Tony). Also, I like Private Eyes with shady past and questionable morals.
3.- The back story is loosely based on the life of Dashiel Hammet when he was a P.I.
4.- Hopefully, Cuddy is not out of character
5.- Please, for the amor of Spock, leave a review, you know you want to.
PD. Shameless plug, go read my webcomic Detective Fausto, about a P.I. with (you guessed it!) questionable morals.Link on my profile.
She also recalls when Amber died, because just like now, a young person died for no good reason.
- I think we had enough – Zach, being part of the district attorney office; helps with Kelly and Lucas statement. – We don't need to go downtown, detective –
- Fine por me – the homicide detective says – Besides, we got the guy under custody –
Kelly is sobbing quietly seguinte to Lucas.
- Kelly! – a woman walks into the department
- Mom! – Kelly goes to her mother's arms.
- There, there – Kelly's mother consoles her, holds her – You'll be fine, sweetie. Can I take her home?–
- Absolutely – Zach tells her – I'll drive you –
- I could…- Lucas talks, but Zach interrupts him
-You've done enough…Lisa, please take care of
him –
- You got it –
And just like that the turmoil is gone.
- Are you okay? – Lucas says
- You are asking me? I'm fine, I little shocked, but I'm okay, Lucas –
Cuddy sits seguinte to him – Are you alright? –
- Yeah I'm fine. Tony is dead…I could have run faster, I – Lucas stops – You should go back to work –
- Yes, and you're coming with me to X raio, ray your hand, it's probably broken –
Lucas looks down at his right hand. It's swollen.
- I can go to emergency room, I'll be fine –
- Lucas, you are coming with me and you're staying with me, because there are bullet holes on your door –
- Yes ma'am –
__________________________________________
After a trip to the hospital, Lucas and Cuddy go to her home.
- Hi Rachel – Cuddy goes directly to hug her daughter.
- Mummy – the toddler hugs her mother back.
- Look Rachel! I broke my fifth metacarpal – Lucas show her his hand.
- Lucas – Cuddy disapproves
- What? I did – His finger is immobilized with buddy taping. – It hurts – he tells Rachel
- Nina – the little girl offers her doll to make Lucas feel better.
- Thank you Rachel – Lucas stares at the girl – How come your sister hasn't helped you with Rachel? Still mad at you or something? –
- Or something… – Cuddy has weird felling in her stomach–….urhm…we should eat – Cuddy is capable of facing the greatest responsibilities at work, but in her personal life, she tries to avoid them. – We haven't eaten –
Cuddy walks to the cozinha with Rachel. This is her chance, she'll tell him everything.
- There's something I haven't tell you – Lucas says first taking Cuddy por surprise.
- I don't like telling people about it, in fact, I think Zach is the only one who knows, but only half of it, it's better considering he works for the District Attorney –
Cuddy frowns; she doesn't like the sound of this – What is it? –
- The law firm that I worked for, when I started as a P.I., most of their clients were criminals, high-profile criminals; and they paid the lawyers a lot of money to keep them out of jail. And they paid us a lot of money to help –
- What are you saying? Did you rough people up for them? –
Cuddy jokes trying to change the mood of the conversation, but Lucas stays serious (very weird on him).
- Yes I did – Lucas finally says – I threatened witnesses, I stole, planted, and manufactured evidence, I blackmailed judges, bribed cops and hours of illegal surveillance…all that for the wrong people –
Cuddy sits down, looks at Rachel; her daughter doesn't pay attention to the conversation
- You were young, naïve…-
- I wasn't stupid; I knew what I was doing. Like Tony…Then they asked me to kill somebody, that's when I knew I needed a change. I quit –
– I remember, at the hotel room you told me… - Cuddy sighs. Then she talks again - When I was telling you about me wanting a change, about me being sick of my life you said…that you had been in the same situation –
- I had my life crisis sooner – Lucas half smiles.
Cuddy thinks back to what Zach told her "he wears his coração on his sleeve, because he wants to, not because is easy, not because is in his nature"
- You're good guy – she finally says – I know it, it's all I care –
Cuddy reaches to Lucas' hand.
- Thanks – Lucas tells her – Anything you want to tell me? –
- We had enough emotions today – Cuddy says – Let's eat –
____________________________________________
Lucas feels uneasy. He can't sleep. He keeps thinking about Tony's death and that Cuddy is hiding something.
The P.I. sees Cuddy sleeping seguinte to him. He is happy to be with her, he is in amor with her, but he feels so anxious.
Lucas told her everything, but he knows she is concealing something.
He can't sleep and looks at the alarm clock again, it's late.
Lucas waked up when he heard Cuddy come in. He was on the sofá waiting for her.
- Hi –
Cuddy walked por him – Is Rachel asleep? –
- Yeah, yeah – Lucas looked at the clock, it was late.
- We need to talk to –
They sat down; Lucas noticed that she was wearing rosa, -de-rosa scrubs from the hospital. – Everything alright? Something happened at the accident? I mean, besides the accident… –
- I can't marry you – Cuddy interrupted – Here is the ring –
Lucas took it – What are you saying? –
- I'm in amor with House, I'm sorry…
Lucas listened to her explanation/apology. She talked for five minutos and then stopped. – Lucas?...-
He thought of a rebuttal. Tell her how wrong she was, how he'll make happy, how much he loves her; tell her that she is making a mistake, that she should give them a chance and then... he saw her hand.
Cuddy had her car keys on her hand. She was in such a hurry to be done with him, and go to House.
Lucas was devastated – Okay – He got up, put his jaqueta on and left.
Cuddy is surprised, but at the same time relieved.
________________________________________
Cuddy wakes up, she notices Lucas is not in cama with her. She looks at the clock, in two hours she has to be at work.
She gets up, in the living room she finds Lucas.
- Good morning…why are you dress? – Lucas doesn't answer – Are you still freak out about Tony? –
- We should break up –
- What? –
- I amor you Lisa, but if you don't want me, there is not reason for me to be here –
- What the hell are you talking about? –
Lucas stands in front of her – Why haven't you told your family that you're living here? Your mother doesn't know your phone number, and you sister thinks you're still traveling on your sabbatical –
Cuddy takes a big breath – It has nothing to do with you –
- Really? Because I was your dirty little secret once, I ain't doing again –
- I'm not…listen, it's me – Cuddy tells him – I always want to do everything por myself, prove that I can do it all alone –
- And you keep your mom away? –
- My mom is special and you know it – Cuddy replies – If I had tell her that I was with you that soon, I wouldn't have heard the end of it–
- So what we have is not strong enough to survive scrutinizing from your mother? –
- It's not like that –
- What have you been hiding from me? – Lucas asks her – This past couple of weeks, you had been hiding something –
Cuddy takes another breath – I can't tell you, if I tell you now, you'll change your mind for the wrong reason –
- Just tell me, please –
- I can't –
-I'm leaving – Lucas turns around walking to the door.
- Marry me – Cuddy tells him. Lucas stops and looks at her.
- Are you kidding me? –
- If I tell you that I amor you, you wouldn't believe me, but I do – Cuddy says with a smile – You know how scare that is for me? After years of being in amor with House, I finally mover on, and it's scary as hell. This time I got to know you better, this time I see why you are the way you are –
She takes a step closer to him. – I amor the way you make me smile, I like how you always see the positive, I like how nice you're with Rachel –
Now Lucas is smiling too.
- I think you're handsome, I amor the way you kiss me, I amor the way you fuck me –
Lucas laughs
- So we could date, get married, have two kids, a dog, and retire to Florida. What do you say? –
- You crazy, crazy woman –
The P.I. walks up to her and kisses her – Wait a minuto – he breaks it off – Are you pregnant? –
- Yes, 7 weeks –
- Aren't you too old… –
Cuddy puts her hand over his mouth – Don't ruin the moment –
- Now I feel like a total jerk for wanting to break up with my pregnant girlfriend –
Lucas has a big dumb smile on his face
- I don't want to be negative, but things can go wrong – Cuddy tells him
- If nothing is wrong now, I'm happy now– Lucas responds – But I'm not gonna marry you –
- Excuse me? –
- Never, I asked you once you said no, that's it. Besides we're not the marrying type –
Cuddy smiles – I'm okay with that –
To be continued…
1.- Wow! This chapter was longer that I expected, but I think is a good one.
2.- Hopefully, Lucas' back story doesn't seem like a stretch for the character. I put some clues in other chapters(Just like I did with Tony). Also, I like Private Eyes with shady past and questionable morals.
3.- The back story is loosely based on the life of Dashiel Hammet when he was a P.I.
4.- Hopefully, Cuddy is not out of character
5.- Please, for the amor of Spock, leave a review, you know you want to.
PD. Shameless plug, go read my webcomic Detective Fausto, about a P.I. with (you guessed it!) questionable morals.Link on my profile.
