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chapter thirty eight. born into bad news.

Maxine puts her gun in her holster and walks to her front door hearing someone knock and when she opens it she sighs. "What are you doing here?"

"You haven't been answering my calls"

"That's usually a sign to some people"

"Maxine, you've been distant ever since Nadia died. I haven't seen you in a month"

"I've been busy with work"

"So have I, but at least I try"

Maxine scoffs, "try? I just lost someone very important to me in a very horrific way."

Maverick cups the girls cheeks, "I know that. I want you to talk to me. This isn't you, Maxine"

Maxine steps back, "Yeah, well, things change"

"There's something else going on"

Maxine looks up at the taller man, "what?"

"I know you, Maxine. Please just talk to me"

"I have to go to work" Maxine said, shutting the door in Mavericks face, who sighs.

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Maxine walks through the rollup, fixing the strap of her duffle, when she hears, "Maxie!"

Maxine turns around to see her best friend, smiling and says, "what's up?"

"I need to talk to you about something"

"Can it wait?"

"No, not really. I really want to tell you"

"We're late, Adam. Tell me later" she says, walking up the staircase and Adam sighs.

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"Alright, here's the deal. Commanders nephew's caught up with some bad police out in Jackson Park" Hank says, then points to the top left picture on the whiteboard, "This is Sergeant Dave Roland and his narcotics unit. Over the past year they've been ripping off drug dealers in their jurisdiction. Until last week, when they crossed into our backyard, robbed a stash house for 200k"

"Yeah, I got a buddy from high school, used to work out that way as a sheriff's deputy. Said the motto on the side on the Jackson Park patrol cars should read, 'to steal and neglect'" Dawson says, when Lindsay walks onto the unit and over to her desk.

"Sorry. Traffic" she says.

"Sergeant Roland used to be CPD. Some of you may recognize his name. His father was deputy chief. He had his son placed in narcotics straight out of the academy. Everybody knew he was bad news back then. got jammed up, excessive force charges, but before he could get stripped, his old man shipped him out to Jackson Park to save his career" Voight explains.

"Carter, he's been a patrol officer out there, the past two years. Nothing but high marks" Perry says, "About six months ago he got assigned to Roland's Narcotics unit. Thought it'd be a career changer for him"

"So, how are we gonna play this?" Jay asks and Voight looks at Erin and calls her into his office, then he slides his chair over to his partners desk, "hey, you wanna talk more about what you told me last night?"

Maxine shakes her head, "No"

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After the meeting Voight and Lindsay had with Roland, the team is back at the district gearing up.

"Hey, you know I'm only here to help right?" Jay says, helping Maxine put her vest on.

"With my vest or—cause you're not doing a very good job" she sasses.

"Alright, Narcotics has been sitting on a cartel stash house for several weeks. Sergeant McCants has been kind enough to let us use it as our bait house." Hank says to the team, "So we take down a few bad cops and get some dope off the streets. Now we gotta make this look good. So as soon as we move in, we cuff Carter and Lindsay and take 'em to lock up too. Got it?"

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"Everyone in position?" Voight asks over the walkie as Lindsay joins Roland and his unit in robbing a stash house.

"We got eyes" Adam says.

A few minutes later, the team hears gunshots and they run into the house, kicking in the door and handcuffing everyone from that unit except for Carter.

"You rat piece of sh-" Roland starts to say but Lindsay cuts him off.

"Shut up!"

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Voight, Antonio, Max and Jay walk Roland and his team down to the cells at the district.

"You'll be shipped down to twenty sixth and cal and put in protective custody until the hearing tomorrow" Antonio says, as Roland and his team go into a cell.

"If Carter's the ace up your sleeve, it won't be much of a hearing" Roland says, walking into the cell, "Hey, ask him about 219 west lake terrace"

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Voight walks down to the lobby of the district when he sees Platt pointing towards the office and he was shocked to say the least. He walks into the office and shuts the door, "Dylan Montgomery"

"Hank Voight" She said, standing up from the chair.

"What are you doing here?"

"Just came to see where you worked. Funny thing, my daughter works here too"

"Our daughter. And our other one is a firefighter"

"Yeah, well" she shrugs, "they did grow up to do great things"

"Only because you abandoned them"

Dylan scoffs, "I wasn't ready for kids"

"Me either. But at least I would've taken care of them"

"Real classy, Hank"

"What are you doing here, Dylan? What do you want?"

"You don't know do you?"

Hank sighs, "know what?"

"I showed Maxine and Honey some old photos from high school. And Maxine recognized you. Now, how does she know who you are?"

"She works under me"

"And by the way she was angry when I told her you were her father. She didn't know?"

Hank grew angry, "you told her?"

"Whoops. Must've slipped out"

Hank gets closer to the woman, "leave Dylan. And if you ever come back here. You'll regret it" then she walks away.

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"How'd it go?" Antonio asks Hank -referring to the meeting he just had with Ivory tower about the case-, who just walked onto the unit.

"Well, they hired Joe the shark as their lawyer. That should give you some idea"

"So, they're gonna walk" Adam says.

"For now. We need to get Carter and Lindsay on record or we don't have a case" Voight says when Burgess walks onto the unit with Bunny -Erin's mom-, "Can I help you with something Bunny?"

"Just dropped by to see Erin"

"She's not here"

"Oh! Okay, well, I wanna leave her something" Bunny says, as she takes a framed picture of Erin and Nadia out of her bag and sets it on Erin's desk, "I had this framed for her. They look like sisters, don't they?"

Maxine scoffs and she looks at Hank, who's walking towards Bunny.

"You're sick"

"I'm sick? Okay, Hank, tell me. Tell me what I did wrong this time" Bunny says.

"Erin is grieving. She's in a vulnerable space. But that's exactly where you want her, isn't it? Easier for you to get your hooks into her. Listen to me, don't ever come back here"

"I'll show you out" Dawson says and Bunny picks up the picture and follows him.

"You know who's sick? You are sick!"

"Yeah?"

"They were best friends and you're making this about me?"

"Get her outta here!" Voight tells Dawson and he leads Bunny out.

"Hey Boss" Ruzek says.

"Yeah"

"Commander Perry is on the line"

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Hank and Al roll up to the scene that's being taped off and Commander Perry is shot dead in his car.

"Oh man" Al says, as the two head over to Jay, Antonio and Maxine.

"This is a tough one" Dawson says.

"There were two shooters who approached on foot" A detective from another district informs them.

"Spoke to several witnesses who said they were wearing red and black" Max says, "Hoodies pulled up, so nobody got a good look at their faces"

"Red and black. Vice lord colors" Jay adds.

"Carter?" Voight asks.

"He's over there" Dawson says, indicating to the ambulance, "Haven't spoken to him yet"

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The team is back on their unit, when Platt walks up the stairs.

"I just got off the phone with Commander Perry's wife, Jeanette. Man retired after thirty years and a few months later he's gunned down on the street. Anyways, I'll get you all the details on the service when I get 'em"

"Thanks, Trudy" Hank says, before she walks away. Jay slides his chair over to Maxine and says, "I'm just trying to look out for you, Max"

"I know. I just don't need you to"

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"Before you say anything, no, Voight didn't tell me to watch over you...I volunteered. I thought I could cook us dinner. I know it's been rough since, you know...we've both been going through our own things.." Maxine says to Erin as the two get off the elevator with bags of groceries in their hands and walk to Erin's apartment.

"But you can't cook"

"Which is why, it's take out. Just pretend that I cooked if anybody asks" she jokes.

Erin and Max walk into Erin's apartment and standing there are two of Roland's sidekicks pointing a gun at them.

"You should never have stepped in Jackson Park" The blonde one says, as he takes both Erin and Maxine's guns.

"You really think you're gonna kill two Chicago cops and get away with it?" Erin asks.

"Keep your mouth shut!"

"Get on the couch, both of you!"

"We'll make it look like a murder suicide"

"Roland didn't say nothing about dropping two bodies" The brunette says, still pointing the gun at Max, while the blonde points his gun at Erin.

"No, no, don't be a punk. Let's do this thing and get outta here" The blonde one says.

"He's a punk?" Max questions the blonde, "You're a punk for actually thinking you can get away with this"

"Yo Sarg, yeah, we got a problem" The brunette says, over the phone, "She's not alone. The brunette one is with here with her"

"Chicago PD!" Kevin yells, shooting and hitting the blonde one in the leg, while Erin grabs a candle stick and hits the brunette on the head with it then points his gun at him.

"You move, you die, you understand me?"

"Max, Erin...you guys good?"

"Yeah, thanks Kev" Maxine says, sighing and laying her head back on the couch.

"Erin!" Voight yells running into the apartment as well as Jay. "Max!"

"We're okay" Erin calls out.

"Where's Roland?" Voight questions.

"You call me an ambulance yet?" The blonde one demands and Voight steps on his flesh wound and he screams in pain.

"I said...where's Roland"

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The team is outside of Roland's house, watching him get put in the back of a patrol car. Jay pulls back on his partners arm, so she didn't go after him herself.

"Max, it's over"

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Maxine walks down the hall, where she sees Kevin peeking his head into the locker room. "Kev, what's going on?"

"Adam's asking Kim to marry him"

Maxine grew shocked, "what?"

Why didn't he tell me?

Maxine peeked her head in behind Kevin to see Kim going to hug and kiss him. "I can't tell if she said yes or not" Max said and Kevin just looked at her.

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Maxine walks into Voights office and takes a seat in front of his desk. Hank looks up at the detective.

"When did you find out?"

Hank looks down and sighs, "when you were 18"

"The night you arrested me? And you just took me under your wing...mentored me...became my partner, knowing this whole time that I was your daughter!?"

"Yes"

Maxine scoffs and stands up, "unbelievable" then she walks away.

authors note;

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