Realistic or Modern Weight of the World

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“Well I don’t want to.” She mumbled just holding onto him tightly. “Is e should take the dogs for a walk.” She mumbled pulling back w little and just smiled tiredly at him feeling his thumb wiping at her cheeks. “Thanks.” She murmured, getting up to to get shoes on and clear up from breakfast. “Jay... there’s a letter here, handwritten.” She told him, passing it to him with his name on it, going to put the rest of the mail by her computer.

Jon shook his head. “I get to clock out once my replacement gets here. Max were taking these threats seriously. I’ll be here first thing in the morning alright?” He promised and gave her shoulder a kick squeeze going to sit on the couch

 

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JD wiped the tears from her face and gave a small smile before he got up. He looked at the letter she had handed him and frowned some when he recognized the hand writing. He opened it quickly and read the letter falling onto the couch and pinching the bridge of his nose as he let a few tears fall

Max gave a small nod and sighed softly going into the living room and turning on the TV letting the dog come sit with her "They almost got me a few weeks ago....Danny's guys were getting lunch and a guy shot at me..grazed my arm but it was enough to send my dad into a heated rage." She explained quietly

 

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He frowned watching her some "He didn't tell me that bit... You get any kind of look at the guy?" He asked her quietly. "That'll be why he's put me on it then. He knows more of my background before I was a cop. I was in the marines. I know how to use a gun better than any of Danny's men or most of his own." He pointed out "That's why he's put me with you. Not to punish either of us but because he wants you safe." He told her.

Carmen came back down from getting warmer clothes on, frowning some seeing him on the couch "Babe... You okay?" She asked, going to sit with him, gently placing a hand on his knee and watching him patiently.

 

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Max shook her head some and gave a heavy sigh "I didn't get a look at him, it was from behind and when I turned around they were gone." She said quietly before looking over at him "You never told me you were a marine.." she said softly before giving a small sigh "I'm so sorry Jon...for everything"


JD gave a heavy sigh shaking his head some "My sister sent me a letter....they don't have my new number, must've gotten the address from the birthday card I sent her." He explained before he took a deep breath "My dad he....he isn't in good shape....she says he doesn't have much time left."

 

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"She frowned some, leaning back "You need to go down there?" She aske him quietly, rubbing his leg soothingly, "I know that you don't have the best relationship with him but... maybe it would help to get some closure?" She suggested gently.

He chuckled quietly, "I don't really talk about it... It's not a time I'm proud of." He told her sighing a little "Well... I've already wasted three years of my life in a prison cell so that's a little late isn't it." He muttered, standing up when he saw his replacement coming into the room "I'll be here tomorrow morning." He assured her.

 

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JD gave a heavy sigh and nodded softly "Yeah..." he said quietly before he kissed her cheek "I'll look for flights...I'll need to go before my next case."

Max frowned morr and nodded somr as he got up to leave "See you in the morning." She murmured softly

 

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She frowned and nodded "Do you wanna do that now? I can walk the dogs by myself... Baby if you want me to go with you I will... Its up to you though of course, but I'm here alright?' She murmured, kissing his cheek and got up to go get the dog bag packed for a walk and get their collars on.

He worked the same shift pattern with her over the next few weeks with nothing major happening and the most he saw of someone trying to attack her was when a lady on the street harrassed them about giving money to charity until Jon threw her a twenty but it had been all quiet. He got there early again as usual so he could go through her schedule for the day before they left "We're getting coffee on the way there so we need to leave early." HE told her as they had an appointment for her to get her dress fitted for the final time.

 

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JD gave a small nod and sighed heavily as he went to his laptop and started looking up flights out to his home town for the two of them. He wanted his dad to meet Carmen, even if they weren't on good terms

Max gave a nod to Jon as she walked out to the car pulling her jacket tighter around her. Danmy had been getting worse as of late, thinking she was seeing Jon again and taking his anger out on her. Everything had thankfully been quiet here lately, no one bothering her much.

 

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Carmen finished getting herself sorted, going over and kissing his head, "I love you, I'll be back in an hour alright?" She murmured, heading out the door with the dogs, just trying to keep up with her normal routine to try and feel like it was a normal day.

He frowned as he started up the truck and just watched the road. "You want anything?" He asked her as he pulled up to the drive-thru starbucks, needing his fix of coffee as he'd overslept that morning, just ordering a large black coffee with two sugars.

 

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Max gave a nod and smiled a bit "Yeah just a white chocolate mocha." She murmured letting him order while she stared out the window thinking over how close her wedding was.

JD found something quick and booked flights before he gave a heavy sigh and called his sister to let her know he would be out there soon.

 

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Lucia frowned some listening to him, "I know it's hard and I'm not condoning what he did Jorge but he has been trying. He's been calling you but he didn't know your number had changed... I'll pick you up from the airport when you get here." She promised.
Carmen got back just over an hour later and walked over to him, slipping her arms around his waist, "I got given a month... So I'm off work til next month now... You doing okay?" She asked him, kissing his cheek and just swaying with him while the dogs went to drink some water and play in the living room.

Jon nodded, getting her order as well, paying at the window and passed her drink over before carrying on to the bridal store "Your Dad was talking about how much Danny's mother is trying to take control with a lot of the arrangements. Said he was ready to give her what for as it's his money paying for it." He chuckled "With any luck, it'll be the most drama filled event of the decade and you can sit back and watch the pandemonium and get the attention off of you." He pointed out, parking up and got out with her, frowning a little seeing a familiar looking car parked down the street but guessed that one of Danny's guys had the day off and just carried on

 

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Max rolled her eyes at the mention of her soon to be mother-in-law "Don't even start with that woman....I nearly took her out myself with the amount of drama she has been causing." She muttered as she sipped her drink walking into the bridal shop with him

JD held Carmen close as he finished up his conversation with his sister "We fly out day after tomorrow....my father has been trying to get ahold of me apparently." He said quietly

 

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She nodded some and pecked his cheek again "Alright... Hey, it's gonna be alright, I'm gonna be there the whole time." She promised. "Why don't we go get some pizza and come home and just watch shit movies?" She suggested, "I'll even let you put olives on it." She teased him some.

He chuckled some and shrugged "Let me be around the next time she's here. I want a free show." He told her, going to stand to the side where he could keep an eye on her changing room door and the front door at the same time, a little on edge right now as the coffee was still waiting to kick in

 

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Max stepped out and onto the pedestool once she was ready and sighed softly as she looked herself over "How do I look?" She asked Jon softly turning to show him the dress she had picked out.

JD nodded some and sighed softly "That sounds fine, are you okay?" He asked quietly before he gave her a quick kiss and went to sit down on the couch

 

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He glanced over at her and nodded some "Like you were going to pick a dress that didn't suit you?" He pointed out and kept watching the front doors carefully for the rest of the time that they were there.

Carmen shrugged a little "I'm trying not to think about it too much... I know I'm safe I just... A little more on the cautious side right now." She told him, putting the dog bag stuff away and going to join him, passing him the pizza menu to let him pick what he wanted, resting her head on his shoulder.

 

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Max rolled her eyes but gave a small smile before she finished up. She walked out with him once they were done and watched him a bit "Jon don't worry we're okay-" but soon she heard a shot ring off in their direction followed by multiple other ones running off with Jon following her

JD gave a small nod and held her close to him "Its going to be right, I promise." He murmured before he picked out his food kissing the top of her head gently "I love you beautiful."

 

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Carmen smiled some, tilting her head to look at him, "I love you too." She murmured to him, kissing him softly and got up to go place the pizza order, coming back to find Jojo had taken her spot on the couch and was currently enjoing belly scratches from his Dad "Oh I see how it is." She giggled, going to sit with Sadie "How's my old girl doing?" She smiled, "You know if we have kids, I don't think she's gonna be around to see them... But it would be good for Jojo to have company again after she's gone." She prompted as they'd not talked about kids in a long time.

Jonunlocked the car and ushered her in, firing shots back at them until he managed to get in the truck himself, punching the gas and took off for them to go straight to her father's place which was five minutes away, noting that no one was following them, "Shit... You okay? Not hit or anything?" He asked her, driving as fast as he could, getting there in a record 2 minutes and getting her inside the house, getting one of his guys to call Frank down to them while her brother was checking her over to make sure she was alright. Jon was leaning up against the bannister of the grand staircase in the foyer when he started feeling lightheaded and he watched Max walking towards him while she sounded like she was miles away, realising she looked worried as the world turned sideways and he collapsed to the floor, pain starting to radiate through him as the adrenaline was wearing off. His jacket was pulled off to show that the crisp white shirt he'd put on that morning was turning a dark shade of crimson and upon further inspection he'd been hit twice in the gut and was bleeding out rather quickly.

 

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JD smiled happily at JoJo came up on the couch for belly rubs and looked at Carmen as she came bavk in. He smiled wider as she spoke of children and gave a small chuckle "Well we would need to get married first don't you think?" He asked biting his lip hard as he watched her reaction

Max got in the car quickly with him and gave a nod "I'm okay just go!" She said getting out of the car when they got to her father's letting Tony look her over "I'm fine, I'm okay I promise." She explained before she turned to look at Jon frowning at how pale he looked "Jon? Jon are you okay?" She asked walking over to him but gasped as he fell to the floor "Jon?!" She yelled ripping his jacket open and going wide eyed as she saw his bullet wounds "Get help! Tony get help now!" She yelled to her brother

 

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She smiled at him. “I know, I know abuela would murder me if we didn’t wait til marriage but I’m just saying, Sadie is my girl but she’s not gonna live another five years or anything.” She pointed out. “Plus... it’s been three years as of last week.” She pointed out. “Since we got together properly.” She smiled blushing at him some.

he groaned a little and tried to follow the instructions she was giving him but he found that the more he tried to breathe the more it hurt and he was barely conscious by the time frank got down there. “Shit. What happened?!” He questioned his daughter while tony called for an ambulance. “Marcus go get some towels.” He told him quickly and helped her ball up his jacket to press it to the wounds. “Jon, hey keep your eyes open, just try to stay awake for us alright?” He coaxed seeing as max was frozen in place but frowned more when he watched him pass out and start going a horrible gray colour.

 

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Max tried her best to keep him awake but she was in such a shock right now she could barely do anything. She could not loose him and she was scared beyond belief. She cried quietly snapping out of it as her father snapped his fingers "I'm here!" She said putting pressure to his wound "We were leaving the bridal salon and they started shooting from down the way.

JD nodded some and smiled more "Yeah it was....I um....look I wanted to do this at dinner, but I think now is as good of a time as ever." He murmured grabbing his jacket from behind him and getting the box out before he knelt infront of her "Carmen....you are the strongest and most gorgeous woman I've ever met, you saved me and have made me a better person. Will you marry me?" He asked smiling wide at her as he opened the box to show her the ring.

 

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He just nodded and kept trying just to keep him alive tile the ambulance got there and he moved her away, letting them take him and sending tony plus another couple men to follow and make sure he was alright. “Sweetheart go clean yourself up, I’ll take you down there later alright? We’re going to find out who did this.” He promised her.

she just stared at him with a stupid smile on her face, nodding the whole way through his mini speechbefore throwing her arms around him and pushing him back onto the rug, kissing all over his face. “Yes yes a thousand times yes.” She giggled, helping him up again and letting him put the ring on. “I love you.” She murmured, attaching herself to him and kissing him repeatedly.

 

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Max tried to get out to him but her father held her back "No one leaves his side! You make sure of it!" She yelled before she rushed to the bathroom to clean herself off as quickly as possible. She walked into her dad's office as she finished up "Take me to him...I need to be with him."

JD smiled wide and kissed her back holding her close to him before he put the ring on her finger "Do you like it?" He asked softly before he kissed her again not letting go of her at all.

 

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He frowned some but agreed and made sure they had a couple men with them before taking her down to the hospital, getting information from tony before taking her to a private waiting room. “He’s in surgery, it’s not looking good but they’re doing what they can.”

she smiled leaning back against him and staring at it with her stupid grin still on her face. “I loveit baby.” She murmured kissing his cheek, getting up to go get drinks and plates when the doorbell Went for pizza and met him in the lounge again. “Did... did you ask raúl?” She asked him

 

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Max whimpered softly at the news and shook her head some "You have to find who did this okay? I want them to lay...especially if he doesn't make it." She muttered before she sat down feeling sick to her stomach as she thought about loosing Jon for good.

JD chuckled some and gave a nod "Yeah....went to his house had a long talk and everything. Remember that black eye I had? Said I had to fight a guy undercover? Yeah...your brother said he owed me a sucker punch for his blessing." He explained giving another chuckle as he sat down with the pizza

 

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Sarah showed up looking scared an hour later, freezing when she walked into the waiting room and saw the same woman sitting there. “What the hell did you do to him?!” She snapped. “You were there last time too!” She yelled, storming over to her. “He doesn’t deserve this! You’ve ruined his life. Tore him away from his son!” She screamed at her. She was mad at Jon for what had happened but she always had and always would love him and only wanted him safe.

she snorted a little and rolled her eyes. “Cause he’s an ass.” She pointed out. “Thank you though... that means a lot to him for you to do that.” She murmured pecking his cheek and got started on the pizza, ending the evening with her laying across his lap and holding his hand gently under blankets. “We should head to bed. But I don’t wanna move.” She grumbled a bit.