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chapter four. snitch.

There's a knock at the door and in walks Wyatt followed by Kim. Sam gets up from the couch and says, "Hey guys" before her son takes off his jacket and hugs Kim goodbye, when Jay walks out of the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn and Wyatt takes it and heads up to his room, "How was Jordan's birthday?"

"It was good" Kim smiles.

"Hey, Kim. Where's Kev?" Jay asks.

"Adam texted him about the undercover thing he's been workin'...I should get back, so, I'll see you guy's tomorrow"

Sam brings the burnette into a hug and says, "Thank you for bringing him home"

"No problem" The brunette smiles, before closing the door behind her. Sam turns towards her husband who is empty handed and asks, "Where's the popcorn?"

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Hank, Sam, Brayden and Al walk onto a crime scene, where they see the coroner's office, wheeling a body away and they walk over to Kevin.

"What's up?" Voight asks. Kevin puts his hands on his hips and says, "It's uh, two to the chest. Nine millimeter. The casings are right here" then he points to one of the crime scene tags, where the bullet casings are.

"Find a gun?"

"Not yet"

"You okay?" Sam asks, as Adam walks over to them.

"Yeah. This was Kurtis or somebody that worked for him. It had to be" Adam says.

"Well, now we follow the evidence. Grab Upton and Halstead and start knocking. We need witnesses" Hank says as he and Al walk away. Ruzek sighs and says, "He was alive when I got here. He was alive, right there. I was trying to help him. Told him I was a cop. The way he looked at me. Pushed my hands away. He knew why he got shot, 'cause I got made and he picked up the tab"

"Hey. I understand. I get it, I mean, you really liked Eddie. But this isn't on you, dog. You didn't pull the trigger, alright?" Kevin says. Adam looks at Sam, for reassurance and the brunette nods and fist bumps him.

"Thanks guys"

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The team is back on the unit, surrounding Kim, who's sitting at her desk and says, "So, this is spotter cam video. It's not perfect, but here's the shot. Swivels. There's our guy" then she points to the screen.

"Sure, looks like Kurtis" Adam says.

"Mmm, about the same height, same weight" Kevin says.

"Yeah, but we can't see his face" Sam says.

"Definitely not enough for a warrant"

"It's enough for you to grab up Antonio and pay him a visit" Hank tells Burgess, who nods her head and gets up from her desk, grabbing her coat and heading out.

"Let's watch this again" Adam says, playing the video again.

"So, what happened? Kurtis shoots Eddie, he goes running out the back?" Kevin says.

"Yeah, but the bloody footprints that I saw, they went out the front door"

"It could be two shooters. One goes out front, the other goes out the back. Hey, you two head over to the restaurant and figure out what happened, will you?" Hank tells Halstead and Porter, who grab their coats and head out, "Something spooked these guys"

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Sam and Brayden walk into the restaurant where Adam and Eddie had the meeting with Kurtis and Sam shows her shield as they walk in and the bartender says, "How can I help you?"

"We wanna talk to you about one of your regular customers, Kurtis Washington" Sam says.

"Chicken, extra crispy, french fries. Arnold palmer. More lemonade than tea"

"We're more interested in his business dealings than his food choices, all though, french fries do sound good."

"You got a men's room?" Brayden asks and the bartender points straight back, "Thanks" then he walks away.

"What about Andre Walker?" Sam asks.

"Ham and cheese sandwich, extra swiss"

"Back to food, huh"

"That's my business. Food. Nothing else" The bartender says, while Brayden pretends to go to the bathroom and spots a counter surveillance device above the door, then the dark skinned male leans over the bar, "May I say, you might be the prettiest damn police, I've ever seen"

"Might be?"

"Okay, you are"

"Better." Sam says, sarcastically, "So, Kurtis and Andre came in yesterday with Eddie Greene. And another guy. White guy"

"Don't know Eddie. Or the white dude"

"Anything unusual happen?"

"Didn't even notice they were here"

Sam points at the man and smirks, "You're good"

"That's why I'm still standing, baby"

Brayden walks back over to them and says, "Thank you"

"Thank you" Sam says, as they start to walk away, "Your insights and observations were invaluable"

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Sam and Brayden walk onto the unit, and head straight to Voights office, who leans on the door frame and Porter shows him the evidence bag with the surveillance device in it and says, "Found a counter surveillance device in the restaurant. The kind you can buy for five bucks at some half assed spy store"

"Must've read the transmission on Ruzek's wire, so Kurtis cut the meeting short" Sam says.

"They probably thought Eddie was snitching, working a case, so he popped him, two in the chest" Hank says. Jay hangs up his desk phone and walks over to the group saying, "Hey, techs lifted two fresh prints, one off a beer bottle in Eddie's living room and the other off the front door knob. Both are a match to Roland Garrett. Male, Black, 36. One felony charge. Aggravated assault with a firearm"

"Track him down, now"

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Sam, Brayden, Jay and Hailey roll up to a corner store where Roland Garrett works, vested up and their hands placed on their holsters, as they walk inside the store.

"Roland Garrett?" Sam says. Garrett turns around and says, "Yeah"

"Chicago PD"

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" Garrett says, putting his hands up, as Brayden and Jay point their guns at him.

"Keep your hands up"

"What's going on?"

"We need to talk. Step down to me" Jay says.

"About what?" Garrett says, as he steps down off the ledge towards the detective.

"Eddie Greene. Turn around" Jay says, cuffing Garrett.

"Someone killed him last night" Hailey says.

"I know"

"Oh, you know he's dead"

"Yeah. He's my brother"

Everyone looks at each other, shocked.

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Sam and Adam head over to Maya Springs home, who is the mother of Andre's three children. Adam knocks on the door and once it opens he slams a piece of paper onto the screen door and says, "A warrant for the car"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait. Baby, that's my car" Maya says, as she looks over to see a tow truck pulling her car onto the bed of the truck, "Why does he need to?"

"I got this. Go to the kids. Keep them away from all this police harassment" Andre says, and Maya walks away, then he looks at Adam, "Sup, Billy. Long time no see" then he opens the door and walks out, "Whatchu doing over here, huh? Thought you lived in the west loop. Word is, there's a huge, untapped market for blow up there?"

"Just so you know, Eddie, he had no idea I was a cop. No idea" Adam says.

"You know, I liked Eddie. Kurtis did too. We feel real bad you got his ass popped" Andre says, walking down his front steps.

Ruzek scoffs and says, "You better watch yourself, Andre"

"Sounds like a confession to me" Sam says.

"I ain't kill nobody" Andre says, turning around, "And I don't know nobody who killed nobody. But word gets out around here. And snitches like Eddie get dealt with real fast"

"Well, let's go" Sam says to Adam, walking down the steps. As Andre walks up them and says, "Listen to your girlfriend...Billy"

"We'll see you soon" Adam says, following after Sam.

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After finding out from one of Kevin's CI's that Maya sells dope out of her unlicensed hair salon, Sam, Adam, Kim and Kevin head over there.

"Chicago PD" Adam yells, walking in.

"Everyone show us your hands now" Kim says.

"What's going on?" Maya asks.

"We have a warrant" Sam says, as she and Adam start searching the place while Kevin and Kim bring Maya out to their car.

A couple minutes later, Adam and Sam walked out to see Andre standing there, watching the mother of his children get taken away.

"Andre" Adam says, putting his sunglasses on, "It's not our fault your lady runs a salon without a license"

"And sells blow in her spare time" Sam says, holding onto the front of her vest.

"What'd you find, huh? What, a couple grams? Eight ball or something? She don't move no product"

"The problem is, she's got two priors. With this new charge, she's going away. She's a three time loser" Adam says, walking closer to Andre.

"Mother of your children" Sam says.

"Unless, of course, you got something to tell us. Something that might, I don't know, inspire us to drop the case?"

"Nope. Not a damn thing. You know, I'm getting sick and tired of her ass anyways. Truth is, you're doing me a favor"

"Wow, hell of a guy.." Before Sam could finish what she was saying, Andre interrupts her and yells. "Shut up, bitch. I wasn't talking to.."

And before Andre could finish, Adam pushes him against the brick wall and punches him in the face and says, "You got a smart mouth, you know that. Stand up! Say that again, right now!"

"Enough!" Sam screams, pushing Adam back to the front hood of their car.

"I'll take this badge off. You and I could do this right now, man! Come on, Sam, what the hell is wrong with you? What are you doing?" Adam says, standing back up. Sam pushes him again and says, "What is wrong with you?! You can't just hit people because they piss you off! We're officers of the law, Adam. Reformed"

"He disrespected you!"

"I can handle it. I have my whole life. Now get in the car!" Sam demands, walking over to the drivers side, "And I'm driving back"

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Sam sits in the rocking chair in her daughter's room, reading her a book, as Gracie's eyes start to slowly close, when Jay walks in and leans on the door frame.

"Hey" Sam whispers.

"Hey"

"What happened? Why'd Voight call you back out?" Sam asks, slowly getting up to put her daughter back in her crib.

"Roland Garrett was killed in the corner store"

"Oh, my god. Same way Eddie was killed?" Sam asks. Jay nods his head and says, "Yup"

"Wow" The brunette says, walking towards her husband, who pulls her into a hug.

"So, your birthday is coming up"

Sam sighs and says, "Don't remind me" then she looks up at the loving man, "I know what you're thinking, so, don't do anything special. I just want to spend time with my family"

"If that's what you want" Jay says, kissing the top of her head, "But I can't say the same about Kelly"

"Please, tell me he isn't planning something big" Sam asks and Jay smirks, shrugging his shoulders and walks away.

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Sam walks into the locker room at the district, and opens her locker to change shirts, after spilling her coffee on herself, when Adam walks in and says, "Hey"

Sam nods her head and says, "What's up?"

"So, listen, that thing from yesterday, it's become a little bit of a situation. Somebody saw what happened, they filed a report. Now I got a CR to deal with. I just wanna make sure you and I are on the same page"

"Adam, look, I got you back, always, okay? I've told you that, we just need to be careful about this situation. There's iphones and cameras everywhere now. It's hard to lie about anything, if everyone's watching us"

"I know, you're right. I'm just glad you have my back" Ruzek says, pulling the brunette into a hug.

"Like I said, always will"

"Hey" Jay says, leaning his arms on the doorframe, "Everything good?"

Adam nods his head and says, "Yeah"

"Caught a break. Found some surveillance footage from a camera about a block away from the mini mart"

"Thanks, man"

Jay looks at his wife, before walking away, followed by Adam. Sam sits down on the bench and takes a deep breath.

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"That is Kurtis, no doubt" Jay says, as everyone is gathered around said detective's desk, looking at surveillance footage.

"That's cause you know it's him. If you're in a jury, that's a skinny male, black, wearing a hoodie" Hank says.

"Alright, let me play with it" Adam says, sitting at the desk, "See if I can get a better angle"

The video plays again and the team sees the suspect throwing the gun into a dumpster and Kim says, "Well, there's the gun"

"Alright, play it again, regular size" Hank says, and Adam fixes the size of the video, "Stop, see that" then he points to the bottom of the screen, "Someone else is right there"

"Yeah, probably Andre being a lookout" Kevin says.

"Let me mess with it hold up" Adam says, zooming in on the person, "Yeah, all I can make out is his sneaker"

Kevin and Kim looked at each other, knowing who it is. Kevin's younger brother, Jordan.

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After Jordan identifies Kurtis Washington as the shooter, the team pulls up to his place, with their guns drawn. Jay kicks in the door and as he and Sam walk in, shots were fired towards them, but luckily they duck just in time, as Kurtis runs out the back door to where Kevin and Adam are.

"50-21 Ida, 10-1, 10-1. Shots fired at the police. Male, black. Booking it down the alley" Adam says over the walkie.

"Copy that, 5021 ida. Shots fired.." dispatch says.

"Hey, you good?" Jay asks his wife. Sam nods her head, "Yeah"

"Offender just ran into an alley off of Loomis, headed west" Hank says over his walkie.

As the team heads over to the alley off of Loomis. Sam and Brayden head down the alley to see Kurtis on the ground and Kevin and Hank standing in front of him, then they help the suspect up. Sam cuffs Kurtis and says, "you're under arrest for the murder of Roland Garrett" then walks him away with Brayden next to them.

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Sam, Jay, Adam, Hailey and Kim are at Molly's having a drink when Adam says, "To Eddie Greene"

"And to Jordan Atwater" Kim says.

They clink glasses and Hailey says, "That kid's got guts. Testifying, going against some ridiculous ingrained code. Not easy"

Sam gets up from her seat and walks over to the bar to get a drink and Adam joins her and says, "I talked to Voight, he said that Woods told him that the witness recanted the story, but he had nothing to do with it"

"Yeah"

"Did you..?"

Sam looks at her friend and says, "I took care of it"

"What?"

"It went away"

"It just went away"

"Mmm" Sam hums, taking a sip of her drink, "I found the witness. I talked to her. She agreed to recant her story"

"She agreed just like that?"

"I didn't say that" Sam says, before walking back over to the table and sits next to her husband, who gives her a kiss on the cheek.

"Huh" Adam says, looking back at Sam.

a/n:

Adam and Sam are growing closer as friends 💖
and Sam's birthday is coming up (in the show) 🤪🎂🎈