Hank replayed the video, the two girls had dropped off at the command center that morning.
"Mouse, I need you to find out what you can from this and confirm the phone it was sent from" he glanced over at Adam who had his nose buried in a file, he knew he needed to clue him in sooner or later.
Erin came up the steps, a file in her hand, "Hank we need to talk" she whispered she jerked her towards Ruzek, "in private"
He retreated to his office, Erin closed the door behind him "our victim, Mallory Jenkins was last scene with Trey Burgess" she sat in the chair, "her blood is on the sweatshirt found on the scene, and the sweatshirt is from a school in England, last name Burgess monogrammed on the front" she told him, "boss, this isn't looking good for Ruzek's nephew"
He ran his hand over his face, "we need to get a warrant, we need to bring him in" he stood up and went to the window, "send Adam in here please" his tone had changed, this wasn't a conversation he wanted to have.
Erin paused at the door, "you don't think this kid is behind the other murders, do you?" She had only met Trey a few times, but he seemed like a good kid.
"No, I don't" he told her, "whatever happened between Burgess and our victim, has nothing to do with the others" Hank told her.
"Oh my god" Annie said as she read the group text, "that's awful" she knew she needed to call Trey.
"What's wrong?" Kim asked her, "did you know the girl?" Adam had called and filled her in that it was a student from college that was murdered.
"Trey was seeing her" she knew he would be upset, "Kim, he's going to be devastated"
Jay and Erin drove in silence, Jay kept stealing glances at Erin, "You okay Halstead?" He asked her, it was their thing to call each other Halstead, it started during their honeymoon and hadn't ended.
She stared out the window, "this case is just hard, you know?" She told him, "this is gonna kill Kim" she looked at Jay "do you think Trey is capable of killing someone?"
He shrugged, "I don't know, people do crazy shit all the time" he parked in front of the Burgess home, "this is going to suck, that much I do know" he tapped the warrant on the steering wheel, "you ready?"
Erin gave a half hearted smile, "no, I'm not" she unbuckled the seatbelt and followed Jay to the front door.
"Erin said you wanted to see me?" Adam asked from the doorway.
"Yeah, come on in" he sat down, "close the door"
Adam groaned, it was never fun having a 'closed door meeting' with Hank Voight, "what's up?"
"We have a suspect in the Jenkins case"'he told him, he opened the file and flipped through the images they had gathered from the crime scene looking for the picture of the sweatshirt. "This was recovered at the scene our victim's blood on it" he handed it to Adam.
Adam held the picture, "okay?" unsure of why he was being told all this separately from the rest of the unit,until he looked at the picture a bit longer, "boss, what's the print say on the front?" It was hard to make it out on the picture, but he had a good idea.
"Burgess"
"Will you do all the talking?" Erin asked Jay, she had become somewhat friendly with Helen she had come out with her and Kim a few times.
"Of course, I could have brought Atwater instead you know" he replied, "he's not as easy on the eyes but I would have dealt with it" he teased her.

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Choices the third of four in the Shattered Series, (Shattered, Forgiven, Choices, and The After,with)
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