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Lieutenant Danny Reagan sat at his desk in the 54th precinct. His new position gave him more paperwork than he could have imagined. Luckily he had a picture of his wife set on the corner of his desk to remind him of why he pushed for the promotion in the first place. Next to the picture of Linda sat a small picture frame holding small school photos of Grace, Faith, and Sam with a small picture of Spense in the same frame. Beside that, was Danny and Linda. He smiled remembering how he'd surprised her from behind and Kathleen snapped the picture at the perfect moment. Next to those frames was one of Jack and Kathleen with their kids, then Sean and Lucy with their children. A family photo taken at Christmas sat on the other corner holding the whole Reagan family.
"Reagan." Danny answered his phone without checking the caller ID. He smiled wide hearing Linda on the other end, "Hey Babe."
"You busy?" Linda asked him sounding nervous.
"No. Just paperwork. What's up? Everything okay?" Danny asked.
"Yeah. Sort-of. First, we're all okay. No one is hurt." Linda started to say, "Second, we are on the 278. We were almost to our exit to get off when someone rear-ended me. The car spun in the rain and we also hit the guardrail. The kids are all fine. I'm okay but someone needs to come get us, the car will need to be towed." Linda tried to relay the information as calmly as possible.
"You call nine-one-one?" Danny asked.
"Been your wife for far too long for that not to be my first phone call." Linda said, "They are sending officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance out."
"I'll be right there. Are you okay? Are the kids okay?" Danny was already halfway out the door as he spoke.
"We're fine. The kids are okay. I promise. But I'm going to have them checked out when the EMTs get here." Linda told him.
"Okay. I'm coming baby. I'm coming to you." Dany sat in his car quickly speeding out of the parking lot to his wife's location.
Linda stood outside her car while inside Grace, Faith, Sam, and Spense waited patiently for their mom to tell them they could get out. Linda was on her way home from running to the store with the kids when construction backed up traffic. Someone hit Linda from behind causing her to hydroplane and spin into a guardrail. Airbags had deployed and Grace, Faith, and Sam had a few light red marks where the seatbelt held them in place while Spense slept through the whole accident in his rear-facing car seat. Luckily no one was seriously injured. The person that hit Linda's car had apologized profusely. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going as he texted while driving.
Linda crossed her arms over her chest waiting for police to respond. She looked over as she heard sirens coming closer.
The officers stepped out of the car walking over to her, "Mrs. Reagan?" The female asked.
"That's me." Linda stuck out her hand, "Linda."
"Officer DeLuca." The officer shook Linda's hand, "Is everyone okay?"
Linda nodded her head, "Yeah. My kids seem fine and I'm okay. The other driver said he's fine but I haven't really said much to him so you'd have to check with him." It was only a moment or two before an ambulance and fire truck responded to the scene lighting up the night sky with red and blue lights. Linda let the EMT's look at each of the kids making sure there was nothing more than some marks from the seatbelt holding them tight. Spense didn't have a scratch on him and was more upset about being woken up from his nap in the car than he was about the accident. He quickly got over his tantrum when he spotted Danny.
"Daddy!" Spense yelled loudly.
"Dad!" Grace shouted. She jumped up from her spot on the back of the ambulance and ran to her father with Faith and Sam behind her.
Danny stretched his arms out gathering his children tight in the rain, "Hey guys. Are you alright? Where's Mommy and Spense?" Danny panicked for a moment thinking Linda was hurt.
"We're here. We're okay." Linda said loudly as she walked over to him with Spense in her arms, "Hey." Linda pressed a kiss to her husband's lips.
"Hey." Danny breathed a sigh of relief.
"We're okay Daddy." Faith confirmed.
"We got checked out in the ambulance." Grace explained.
"Okay. Good." Danny nodded his head, "Why don't you kids go get in my car while I talk to your mom and the police officers." Danny suggested. He escorted his older children into his car while Linda buckled Spense into his car seat in Danny's car, "Watch your brother." Danny told Grace. He shut the doors, made sure the flashers were still on, then walked over to the police officers taking a statement from the man that hit Linda.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. I was just trying to text my girlfriend. Are the kids okay? I'm so sorry." The man apologized.
Linda nodded her head, "The kids are okay. I'm okay. Are you?" She asked politely.
"Yes Ma'am." The man said, "I gave the officers all my information."
"Good. You get a ticket for texting?" Danny asked him.
"Just writing it up now, Lieutenant." Officer DeLuca told Danny.
Lieutenant? Oh shit." The man's eyes grew wide.
"Tow truck showed up." One of the firefighters on the scene said, "Do you need anything from the vehicle, Ma'am?" He asked Linda
Linda shook her head, "No. I have the diaper bag, and my purse and stuff. I think that's all I need."
"Okay." The firefighter nodded. He went to talk to the tow truck driver while Danny, Linda and the man who hit her car exchanged information.
"You can call me if you need to." Danny handed his card to the man.
"We're ready to take the car." The tow truck driver said. Linda nodded her head leaving Danny's side to get his information.
"Sir, I'm really really sorry. Are you going to arrest me for hitting your wife's car?" The man shook under Danny's glare.
"No, but you'll have a ticket and traffic court." Danny explained.
"I'm really sorry, Sir." The man apologizes again.
"Sorry doesn't make my wife and children safe." Danny grumbled.
Before he could say another word Linda had returned, "We're all set." Linda looked from Danny to the man, "You ready?" She asked Danny.
"Yeah." Danny took Linda's hand in his stopping to talk to the officers once again before leading her to his car ready to take his family home for the night. He didn't know that the amount of stress and anxiety this minor accident placed on him and Linda would barely register on the scale of things to come.