Chapter 23

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"Alright Anthony, it's time to clean up" Adam told the little boy, "clean these up while I put Harper to bed and then we can watch a movie, okay?"

"Ok" he responded cleaning the Legos up.

"Bob, what are we going to do about Annie and Adam? We haven't heard from Adam in weeks, how much longer are you going to let this go on?" Amy was pleased Kim and Annie had been talking.

"I don't know what to do, I can't blame Adam for the way he feels. I don't care for Derek either" he told her as he settled on the couch and turned the game on, "I hate that she lives with him"

"Bob, you wouldn't like anyone Annie was involved with, Derek is good man" she had spent time with the couple, "he's made mistakes for sure, but who among us hasn't?"

"I get it, she's my baby girl" he sat up, "but you're right"

"What?" Amy smiled as she sat next to him "can you say that again for me" she laughed.

"So funny" he told her "you're right"

Sean fought with the door, unable to get in through the drivers side door as it was pushed up against the telephone pole, the passenger side doors both destroyed and now sitting on the inside of the car.

He kicked at the door, "son of a bitch where the hell is the fire department!" He yelled he was desperate to get inside, he went to the front of the car and squeezed between the pole and the car, the window shattered, "you need to hold on, okay? Please hold on, help is coming" her face covered in blood, her pulse still weak, "Platt, where the hell are they?"

"On their way Sean, is she okay?"

"I don't think so" he replied, she was unconscious and if the condition of the car was any indication she was in a lot of trouble, "did you call Adam?"

"No, I don't want to tell him" it wasn't often she was scared, but she was as scared as she could ever remember being, "I can't tell him"

She kicked her shoes off as soon as she walked in the door, "hey!" She called out, "where are you?" She sat her purse on the counter.

She went to their bedroom, "you can't be sleeping already" she opened the door and found him sitting at the desk, the stick in his hand.

"You found it" Annie said flatly, Derek turned around, "I was going to tell you"

He put it on the desk, "how long have you known?"

"Just a few days, I needed to wrap my head around it, and I needed to talk to Kim" she sat on the bed, "please don't be mad, Derek, I was going to tell you"

He joined her on the bed, "I'm not mad, Annie. Honestly I'm scared, what are we going to do?"

"Do you even want children?" She felt his hand come to rest on her now flat stomach, which she knew would soon change.

"Yes, I do. I just didn't think it would be so soon, but it's okay we will make it work" he told her, "have you told your parents?"

"Not yet, I'm sure my father is going to freak. Amy will be happy for us, she likes you" she smiled, covering his hand with her own, "I think Kim's happy as well, and she said she wouldn't tell Adam"

He laughed, "well, that's a relief. He will find out soon enough though, maybe I should tell him" he offered.

"No, if anything I will tell him, he is still being an ass about us. You know he hasn't even spoken to my dad. It's killing my father too, he's done nothing to deserve Adam's wrath" she sighed, "we're going to need a bigger place you know"

He glanced around the room, "yep, think so. I also think we should get married" he paused, "and not just because of the baby, I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you"

She felt butterflies in her stomach, "I think so too. I love you with all my heart and I couldn't think of a better way to spend the rest of my life"

The phone was vibrating on the end table, both Adam and Anthony out cold on the couch, oblivious to the phone.

"Sarge, no one is answering" the officer yelled from the steps, "I've called the number like twenty times and it just rings" he explained.

Trudy watched as Kelly Severide directed his squad on how to remove Kim from the vehicle, "bring me my phone" she yelled to him.

"Severide, is she okay?" Sean asked as she was loaded on the back board, a cervical collar around her neck, it was then he saw the full extent of her facial injuries. The window exploded leaving glass throughout her face, she was covered in blood. "Oh my god" he grabbed her hand, "I'm riding with her" he told the EMT.

"Who is calling at this hour?" Amy questioned, "hello?"

"Amy, it's Trudy Platt, I work with Adam" she told her.

"I know that, what do you need?" She was confused as to why Trudy was calling them and at nearly ten at night.

"I need to get a hold of Adam, there's been an accident. It happened right in front of the district"

Amy raced to get Bob who was brushing his teeth in the master bathroom, she saw him in the mirror, Bob knew right off the bat something was very wrong, "What kind of accident?"

Trudy felt the wind get knocked out of her as they wheeled Kim passed her, Sean still clutching her hand, "a car accident, it's Kim. Amy, you need to get Adam to Chicago Med. Her car was totaled, Sean Roman is riding in the ambulance with her. We've tried calling Adam but he hasn't answered the phone" she started jogging to the her car, "I'm on my way to the hospital, please get Adam and hurry"



"What is it?" Bob asked, "everything okay?"

Amy got dressed, "get changed, Kim's been in a car accident" her voice threatening to fail, "they can't get ahold of Adam, he's not answering his phone"

Bob changed his clothes and grabbed his phone and called Annie, while he waited for Amy to be ready.


"Your dad" Derek handed her the phone.

"I swear I'm going to hang up if he tells me I need to call Adam" she told him before answering the call.

"Hey Dad, what's up?"

"Sweetie, you need to meet us at Chicago Med, Adam needs us" Bob told her as he steered the car towards Adam's house.

Annie felt panicked, "is he okay, what's wrong?" She was furious with her brother but the thought of him being sick or hurt terrified her, "Daddy, is he okay?" She felt Derek's arm around her.

"He's fine, it's Kim. She's been in a car accident" he parked in front of Adam's house, "I have to go, we just got to Adam's, please meet us at the hospital"

"Yes of course"

"Please drive carefully, I love you"

"I love you too Daddy" she ended the call, "we need to go, Kim's been in a car accident" she was in shock, "I just saw her Derek, oh my god" she felt her knees give out.

"Hey, calm down" Derek held her, "let's go, I will drive you" he told her, "out of respect for your brother I won't go inside the hospital"

She grabbed his hand, "you have to, I can't do this without you"

He didn't say another word, just led her to the car.

"C'mom Kim, you need to wake up" Sean pleaded with her as the EMT checked her pupils, "Those kids need you, Adam needs you" he could feel his eyes moisten, "I need you too"

He watched as the paramedic wrote something on a clipboard, "hey, is she going to be okay?"

The paramedic lifted his eyes from the clipboard, "I don't know, it looks as if she hit her head pretty hard, plus any possible internal injuries. That truck must have been flying, it nailed her pretty good"

Sean released his grip on Kim's hand noticing all the blood on his own, he waited for them to get the stretcher out before he exited the ambulance, spotting Trudy in the ambulance bay, "Has anyone gotten a hold of Ruzek yet?"

"His dad is on his way to get him" she told him, "how bad is it?"

Sean put his hands on his hips, he used to his foot to grind a cigarette butt into the pavement, "I'm not religious at all, but I've been praying"

"Shit" Trudy muttered, "let's go inside" her hand resting on the small of Sean's back, "do you want me to call Kara for you?"

He looked up from his hands, "please" he nodded, he knew if he attempted to say anything else he would lose it.


Bob pounded on the door, growing impatient. "Do you know where they keep the spare key?" He loved their house but he knew the reason Adam couldn't hear him knocking was because it was practically a mansion. It was three times the size of his and Amy's house and he knew Adam was probably down in the 'media room' surround sound probably blaring.

"Here, I still have a key" she handed him her key ring.

"They're downstairs" Amy said when she spotted Adam's feet dangling off the end of the couch, "he's sleeping"

Her stepson looked peaceful, his little boy curled up in front of him, Transfomers playing on the television. Anthony's thumb in his mouth, they had been unable to break him of it, the last thing she wanted to do was wake him up and turn his world upside down.

Bob had went to Harper's bedroom and picked her up, and joined her downstairs, "you haven't woken him up yet?"

Amy forced a sob away, "it's going to break him" she reached down and shook his shoulder gently "Adam, honey" she shook it again, she spoke softly as to not scare him, "Adam" she said again.

"Grandma!" Anthony yelled, climbing into her arms, his movement waking Adam up.

"Anth, what are---" Adam rubbed his eyes, stopping mid sentence when he spotted his stepmother "What are you guys doing here?" His mind racing "Is Annie okay?"  It hit him that Kim wasn't home, "it's Kim, isn't it?" He felt as if he would throw up, "tell me"

"Get some shoes on, son. There's been an accident, Kim's at the hospital. Sean Roman and Trudy are with her" Bob explained as he watched Adam race to find his shoes, "her car was hit, by a truck"

Adam stopped in his tracks, "what?" His voice soft and vulnerable, "Dad, is she.." His voice trailed off and he sat down.

Bob handed Harper to Amy and kneeled in front of Adam, "I don't know anything else, Adam you need to get your shoes on so we can go. I know what you're thinking and you need to stop thinking it, we don't know anything. I'm sure Kim's fine, Anthony's watching you, be strong for him"

Adam nodded and used his sleeve to wipe his eyes, "yeah, okay"

Annie spotted Sean in the waiting room, "Sean, where's my dad? Is he here yet?" She spied the blood on his hands, she grabbed Derek's arm thankful she convinced him to come inside. "Where's Adam?"

Sean stood and shoved his hands in his pockets, "they aren't here yet, your dad went to get him" he glared at Derek, "he shouldn't be here when Adam arrives" he was on Adam's side, he didn't understand Derek's reasoning, "his face is the last thing Adam needs to see, he doesn't need a reminder"

"I told you, babe. I'm gonna go wait in the main lobby" he kissed her forehead, "she'll be okay" he hugged her, "just text me if you need me and I will find you, try not to worry"

She wiped her eyes as he left, "I love you" she called out, he looked over his shoulder at her and winked.

"What happened? I was at Molly's with her earlier"

"From what witnesses said, a dark colored pick up truck plowed through a red light and t boned her, which caused her car to spin and hit a telephone pole. It all happened right outside the district, me and Platt ran outside to help" he couldn't believe it when the truck drove off, he was shocked it was still able to drive "the son of bitch drove off, I didn't even get a plate number.

She could hear Adam yelling "where's my wife?"

"Oh god" Sean said, the fear in Adam's voice making the hair on the back of his neck stand on end, "Adam, she's in the back. The doctors are with her" he told him.

"Is she alert?" Adam asked Anthony in his arms, "Sean, was she awake?" The little boy holding on for dear life, his brown eyes looked horrified.

Sean shrugged his shoulders, "she wasn't" he watched as Adam's face crumpled, "Adam, don't, we don't know anything yet" his hands going to Adam's chest.

"Blood, your hands are covered in blood" Adam said softly.

Sean cursed himself for not washing his hands, "why don't you give me Anthony" he reached for the little boy who tightened his grip on Adam's neck.

"No, I want Daddy" Anthony screamed when Sean tried to take him, "I want daddy"

"Don't touch my boy Sean" Adam walked to the desk, "I need to see my wife, Kim Ruzek, where is she"

The receptionist typed her name into the computer and waited as the information loaded "she's being examined in our trauma unit, someone will be with you shortly" she glanced up from the screen "go have a seat"

Annie watched as Adam slumped down in the chair, Anthony sobbing uncontrollably in his arms, she approached them "hey my favorite nephew" she said softly as she sat beside them, "come sit with me Anthony"

Adam turned to face her, "he's fine" his grip tightening on the little boy, "we both are" he was cold to her.

"Adam, let me help you" her hand on his thigh, she could tell by his breathing that he was just barely holding it together, "please Adam, let me help"

Anthony climbed over the arm rest in to Annie's lap, "I want my mommy" he whispered before putting his thumb in his mouth.

Adam stood up, "I need to call Phil" he muttered, he started to walk off and began dialing the number. He stopped and put his hand up on the wall as if to brace himself, he let out a guttural sob and his knees buckled. Amy handed Harper over to  Bob and rushed to him.

She sat down in front of him, taking him into her arms, "shh, baby it's okay" her hand rubbing his back. She took his cellphone, "I will call Phil, you need to try and calm down, Anthony needs you, he's terrified." She watched as the little boy buried his face in  Annie's neck, and Annie covered his ears with her hand tears streaming down her face.

"I can't lose her, Amy, I can't"

"You won't Adam, go sit with your Dad and Annie" she told him as they both stood up, "I will call Phil and her parents"

"Sean! Are you okay?" Kara pulled him into an embrace, "how's Kim?"

Sean looked at his hands, "I don't know, they haven't come out yet, Kara she looked awful her face was all cut up" the amount of blood made him sick, "Adam's a wreck, little Anthony is terrified"

Kara glanced over in the direction of Bob and Amy, "I'm gonna go see if I can help with the kids, will you be okay?"

"Yea, go" he told her, "I need some air anyway" Sean went through the doors and out into the parking lot.

"Hey Amy" Kara said as she sat beside her, "can I do anything to help you, maybe take the kids?"

Amy looked over at Adam who had Anthony in his arms, Harper asleep in Annie's. "I don't think Adam will let them go, but I will ask" she walked over to him.

"Honey, Kara said she would take the kids home" Adam shook his head no.

"They're okay" he whispered, "it's fine"

"Why don't you let her take them, they're both tired" Amy pleaded, "it's not good for them to be here"

"No! Kim is going to want them once they let me back" Adam told her, his hand rubbing Anthony's back, "they need to be here"

Amy left and went to Bob, "you need to talk to him, he won't let Kara take the kids home"

Bob folded his arms, "he's not going to listen to me, we just need to help him out with them as much as possible, you know he won't let them leave" he patted her back, "at least he's letting Annie help him"

She looked at the siblings, "he hasn't said much of anything to her"she noticed Annie's hand on his leg, "but he's not pushing her away either"

Phil came rushing in, "Adam what have they said?" His parents a few strides behind him, "have you seen her yet?"

Adam stood up, "I don't know, the doctors haven't come out yet"

Phil hugged him, "she's strong Adam, she will be okay" he told him, "hi buddy" he said to Anthony.

Anthony turned his head away burying his face in Adam's neck, "I'm sorry, he's scared I think" Adam trying to explain the little boy's behavior, "we all are"

Kara found Sean sitting on a bench, she sat down next to him, "you holding up okay?"

He wiped his eyes and wrapped his arm around her, "I guess. This is all so surreal, you know Adam's first wife was killed in a car accident, right?"

"I did not" she hoped the outcome would be different this time, "how long ago?" She asked him.

"Well Anthony is four, right?"

"Yes, he is"

"Four years ago, she was pregnant with him, she was pretty close to her due date if I remember correctly" he explained.

"Wait, what? I just assumed Kim was Anthony's mother, you mean she isn't?" Kara was shocked.

"She adopted him, when he was a baby, just after her and Adam got married" Sean told her, "you'd never know it though, obviously because you didn't. It's a long story but, Adam and his first wife had a lot of problems and Adam was about to file for divorce when they got into the accident, it's a miracle Anthony survived"

"Wow, that's heartbreaking" she wiped her eyes, "Kim has to pull through, this is just cruel"

Derek felt sick, he had just left the hospital chapel, it was times like this he doubted his faith. He wanted more than anything to be with Annie, he knew how hard this must be for her. He watched her through the window, her eyes red from crying Harper asleep in her arms.

Adam stood up and took Anthony  with him, "dad, I need to get some air" he told him.

Derek was frozen in place, he knew he there was no way he could avoid him, nowhere for him to hide.

Adam couldn't believe what he was seeing, "what the fuck are you doing here, get out!" He screamed, causing Anthony to cry hysterically, he shoved Derek, "get out!"

Annie could hear Adam yelling the whole hospital could, "Dad, Derek is here" she told him, "I think Adam ran into him"

"Son of a bitch" Bob took off running, "where are they?"

Sean could hear the commotion, "that's Adam" he took of running finding Adam nose to nose with Derek, Anthony screaming and crying as Adam yelled at Derek.

Kara followed him, she reached out for Anthony who practically jumped from Adam's arms and into hers, "it's okay baby, let's go find Grandma"

Sean grabbed at Adam, "Ruzek, that's enough. C'mon let's go" unable to get ahold of him, "Adam, stop it"

"You have some balls showing your face here, what the fuck are you thinking?" Adam screamed, "Roman get your fucking hands off me, let me kick this son of a bitch's ass"

"Son, stop!" Bob grabbed him by the shoulder, relieved to see Jay and Erin Halstead join them.

"Go inside, Erin see if  Anthony's okay" Jay told his wife, after witnessing Kara carry a screaming Anthony inside, he rushed to Bob's aid trying to gain control of Adam.

"Hey Adam come on man, that's enough" Jay told him, "let him go" he tried to pry Adam's hands off Derek's shirt, "Adam!" He yelled.

"Fuck off Jay!" Adam was livid, "I should kill you right where you stand you son of a bitch"

"Adam stop! Please!" Annie yelled, trying to step in between the two, "please Adam" she said through tears, her voice breaking with each word.

Adam felt his anger dissipate, and the gut wrenching fear return, he released his grip on Derek and brushed past everyone out the front doors.

Annie grabbed Derek, "are you okay?"

He adjusted his shirt, the collar ripped "I'm fine, I was watching you in the window, I had just come from the chapel. I had nowhere to hide once he started walking this way, nowhere to go. I'm sorry" the fear

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