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of View Series Part 13 -- Going to get Daddy (Alexis' POV) I don't believe this. Here I am, eight months pregnant, AGAIN, and I have been called down to get Sonny out of jail, AGAIN. As if that weren't enough, I had to bring the kids and that damn dog with me, because no one would watch them. What the hell happened to helping out a pregnant woman in need? After the car ride from hell, I finally got everyone out of the car and up the stairs of the station. (Note to self, threaten legal suit if a ramp isn't installed out there IMMEDIATELY.) Once we actually got into the squad room, there sat Sonny, looking calm and collected while I was covered in vomit and dog hairs. For one second, I was tempted to turn around and leave his cocky ass right where it was. After dealing with the junior detective who was typing Sonny's report, I headed for Taggert, knowing this was all his damn doing. I never actually got a chance to talk to him, because that damn dog got loose and almost got himself arrested for destroying a tray of evidence. I would have gladly let them lock him up myself, but it would break Ellie's heart. Only good thing about that damn dog is now Ellie is more concerned about where he is at night than the penguin, making for no more late night trips to the car to retrieve it. And less interruptions for Sonny and me. Once the mess was cleaned up and the dog and kids were calmed down, I looked around for Taggert and what do you know, he had skipped out on me, the little coward. I finally got someone to bring me the arrest record and was just looking over it when the commissioner himself appeared in the room. "Counselor, I had a feeling we'd see you here today." "Back off Mac, I'm in no mood." "My, my, my. Someone's in a cranky mood." Is he as dense as he seems? "You bet your ass I am. I'm ready to give birth at any minute, I have four kids and a damn dog here with me and I get called down here for this? Are you serious? THIS is what you arrested my client for?" Mac read over the statement and even he had the grace to look sheepish. He took off his glasses and laid them on the desk, as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Mac had learned long ago not to make me mad, and making me mad when I was as pregnant as I was right then, well, let's just say he looked concerned. "Capelli, get over here," he yelled at the rather attractive detective that was currently typing up an arrest record for a wild eyed woman sitting at a desk near Sonny's. I was a little concerned to see Ellie talking to the woman and called her back over to where Sonny sat. "Sonny, if you think you could manage, maybe you could watch what your daughter is doing and who she is talking to while I try and get your sorry butt out of this. That is, if you're not too busy. I'd hate to interrupt you while you're sitting there doing NOTHING. And holding Annie doesn't count. In case you hadn't noticed, she fell asleep five minutes ago and...." "Breathe Alexis." "Mac, I'll be right back." I slowly and calmly walked over to Sonny and leaned down to look directly in his eyes. "What did you just say to me?" If half of Sonny's rivals could have seen him just then, his reputation would have been ruined. Fear looks good on my husband sometimes and right then, he looked down right petrified. "Daddy, you KNOW mommy doesn't like for you to tell her that when she is mad." "You should listen to your daughter Sonny." "Alexis, I.." "Sonny, just watch the kids and TRY to keep them under control. And here," I leaned over, picked the damn dog up off the floor where he had just had an accident, and plopped him in Sonny's lap, "hold him so there are no more accidents." I was walking away as I heard Ellie release a breath she had been holding. "Daddy that was close. I thought you were gonna get a spanking, 'course then I remembered that you aren't in you and mommy's room at home. It's a good thing we're not at home, huh daddy?" I just kept walking. Part of me was glad that the detective typing his report had heard that. Let Sonny be the one to be embarrassed and red faced for once. Returning to Mac and the now nervous Detective Capelli, I grabbed the report off the desk and waved it in front of their faces. "This? This is why I had to drag four kids and a damn dog down here in the middle of the afternoon? I want to know who came up with this one? You must be getting really desperate if you're having to resort to this. Abuse of the 911 emergency phone system? If I thought this was a joke, I might laugh." "911? Mommy we know them, don't we MJ?" I looked over to where Sonny was still cuffed. Ellie was sitting on the desk, happily swinging her legs back and forth in excitement. "MJ, 911! Remember?" MJ wasn't paying too much attention to Ellie as he was standing in front of Sonny with his arms outstretched waiting for Sonny to pick him up. "Momma hold MJ." Sonny rolled his eyes, handed the damn dog to Ellie and reached down and picked up his son. He looked him in the eye, took MJ's little hand in his, and placed it on his chest. "Daddy MJ, say daddy." "Momma! Momma! Momma!" MJ happily poked Sonny in the chest with a pudgy finger, his deep voice resounding through the squad room. Ellie giggled and tugged on MJ's shirt. "MJ. 911. Remember?" MJ turned around and picked up the handset of the phone sitting at the edge of the desk. He handed it to his big sister and demanded "Ellie call." Ellie shook her head and put the phone down. "Ellie call. Ellie call!" "MJ, I can't call less there's a 'mergency. I told you that last night when we were calling them." "Kristin Adella, get over here right now. And give that damn dog to your father." She slid slowly off the desk and walked over to me, MJ trailing behind. "What's wrong mommy?" "I'm going to ask you a question and I want you to tell me the truth, do you understand?" "I always tell the truth mommy." Ok, she had me there. "Did you call 911 last night?" "Yes." "Why? You know that 911 is not a toy." "I wasn't playing mommy." "Then why did you call them?" "Because I thought daddy was hurt. He was yelling that someone was killing him and he couldn't hold out much longer. And then you were screaming and telling someone to just do it and I thought you were hurt too. I got so scared mommy, so I called 911. But when I told them what you were saying, they told me to just go to bed and be glad that my mommy and daddy liked each other." "But you said them Ellie. How many times did you call?" "Just five mommy." "Five? Why?" "Well, after I used the phone in the kitchen, I wanted to make sure it worked on all the phones and then I called to ask them what happens when 911 needs 911. And you know what mommy? They didn't know. I thought 911 knew everything. I hope nothing bad happens to them cause they're really nice, 'cept for that last lady. She was mean. I thought maybe Carly was a 911 now cause this lady was as mean as she is." As I listened to Ellie ramble on, I looked at Mac. He silently picked up the arrest report and tore it in half as he motioned to Capelli to uncuff Sonny. I started to walk over to Sonny when I noticed something. "Sonny, where's MJ?" Apparently MJ wasn't the only thing missing. "Anyone seen my glasses?" Oh no, please tell me he hadn't. I looked under a desk and there sat MJ, happily twisting Mac's glasses into a shape resembling a pretzel. "Momma look," he said proudly. I looked at Mac and smiled weakly. "Mac, did I mention that MJ is going through his "Picasso" phase right now?" I held out the glasses. Mac just looked at the mangled frames, rolled his eyes, and shook his head. "Alexis, do me a favor." "Anything Mac." "Please take your husband, and your kids, and your dog, and get out of here." "Actually, I was about to do that. I need to do that. Now." "Why Alexis, what's wrong?" "My water just broke." "What," Sonny yelled as he shot up out of his chair. "I said my water just broke Sonny, calm down." "We have to get to the hospital Alexis. Now." " I know that Sonny, now let's get the kids and get out of here." "I'm on it Alexis." I turned around to get my briefcase and heard a thud behind me. I turned back around to see that Sonny had slipped on the little accident that damn dog had left on the floor and was now out cold. Great. Ellie bent over Sonny and when he wouldn't wake up, she looked at me. "Now can I call 911 mommy?"
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