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

It was after one in the morning and he struggled to find his way in the darkness, "son of a bitch" he whispered as he nearly tripped over the laundry basket.

"Adam?" Kim asked groggily, "is that you?"

"Yea, Darlin', I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you" he finally turned the light on, no longer trying to keep from waking her.

She sat up in the bed, "I talked to Helen she's freaking out" she had to talk her off the ledge, "any leads?"

He cocked his head to the side, "You know I can't discuss the case with you" he told her, we've been very busy though, like super busy" he winked, letting her know they had some irons in the fire. "You still want to send Anthony there?"

"I do, their elementary program is great and that building is on the other side of the campus" she explained, "it's a great school Adam"

He laughed, "It should be, damn we should get a discount or something sending them three kids" their monthly payment would skyrocket once Anthony was enrolled.

"Can I ask you something?" It had been her main focus the last day or so.

"You can ask me anything" he pulled her on top of him, "I missed you"

"What do you think about another baby?" She bit her fingernail nervously.

"You've been spending too much time with Drew" he told her.

A week had passed since Johnny had put Jim to work finding out all he could about his newest protege Declan, he poured creamer into his mug "tell me what you have" he said to Jim.

Jim tossed the file on his desk, "you aren't going to like it, not at all"

Johnny put his reading glasses on, "Son of a bitch" he slammed his fist on the table, causing some of the coffee to spill from the mug, "his uncle is a cop?"

"Intelligence" Jim said, "Shocked the kid was willing to sell"

Johnny ran his hand over his head, "Let's sit on this and  see what we're dealing with, I think he enjoys the money more than he fears his uncle" at least that's what he was hoping anyway.

Declan no longer ran his 'business' from the cafeteria, once the autopsy on Jeff was released and they confirmed it was a drug related death the school had stepped up security and the teachers now how to take turns covering lunch periods in the cafeteria.

He conducted all his business near the baseball field and the little kids playground, it was pretty easy to go unnoticed out there.

All things considered he was feeling at ease, nothing seemed to be happening with figuring out who was selling at the school and Adam hadn't mentioned it to him. He was pretty sure he was in the clear and that Adam didn't suspect him at all.

Kim plopped on Annie's couch Drew already down for a nap, "Your brother is a jerk you know" she told her, he had dodged her question for over a week now and she was nervous to bring it back up.

Annie laughed, "What'd he do now?"

Kim sat on her feet, "I asked him what he thought about having another baby, and you know what he said?"