Here is the first chapter of the sequel to My Son that we promised you all. We were overwhelmed with how many people enjoyed My Son that we decided to write a sequel. I really hope you enjoy this first chapter! If you have not read My Son, we would strongly suggest that you read it before you read this one. Thanks again for your support!

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"Come on Rusty! I don't want to be late on my first day back," Sharon calls through the bathroom door. "Will you hurry up, please?"

"Almost done," he calls back from the other side of the door. Two seconds later, the door opens and he pops his head out, his hair still dripping wet. "I will need like, uh, five more minutes. Tops! I promise," he tells her with a mischievous smile on his face.

"If I wouldn't know any better, I would think you are taking your time and trying to make me late on purpose."

Rusty frowns and then shakes his head. "Now that would be ridiculous, wouldn't it be, mom. If at all, I would only make myself late for school."

Just when Sharon is about to make a comment, he closes the door to the bathroom again, not giving her a chance to reply. Instead, Sharon moans slightly and makes her way to the kitchen. She puts some water on the stove to boil for her morning tea and gets a couple of cereal boxes, as well as two bowls from the cupboards. She places the cereal boxes and the bowls on the dining room table and then makes her way back toward the bathroom. Just when she reaches the door and wants to knock again, the door opens and Rusty hurries out and into his room.

"Breakfast is all set," Sharon calls after him. "Just start without me."

"Okay!" Rusty calls from his bedroom as Sharon walks into her room to get in the shower.

Fifteen minutes later, Sharon is all dressed and ready for the day. She walks out of her bedroom, over to the dining room area and sits down at the table next to Rusty. She helps herself to some cereal and quickly eats it. Another fifteen minutes later they are out of the door and on their way down to the parking garage. When Sharon and Rusty sit down in the car, Sharon takes a deep breath before she starts the engine.

"Are you feeling alright, mom?"

Sharon takes another deep breath and then says, "Of course I am alright, Rusty. Why shouldn't I be?"

"Because you have been gone for eight weeks, which is quite a long time, and because you have gone through a lot. You have had surgery, recovered from cancer and experienced some pretty traumatic events. But trust me mom, they all missed you and they will be happy to have their Wicked Witch back." He smirks. A bit startled by his comment, Sharon turns to Rusty and sees the mischievous smile on his face. She can't help but let out a little small giggle.

"I guess you are right, Rusty. There is no need to worry about anything. I trust that Lieutenant Provenza did a formidable job. He might actually be quite happy to give the job back to me. He probably didn't realize before how much paperwork he would have to deal with. And we all know how fond he is of paperwork."

"That we do indeed!" Rusty replies.

"I am sure you know, but I just want to tell you again how grateful I am for all your help. You have always been there for me, supported me, and even stood up for me against your real mom. I couldn't be any more proud of you and I am happy to call you my son. I love you very much."

Rusty takes Sharon's hand, which is resting on the steering wheel, then leans over and gives her a kiss on the cheek. "I love you too!"

Sharon puts her free hand over Rusty's and smiles at him gratefully. Then she starts the engine, making her way out of the parking garage and into the morning-rush-hour of Los Angeles.

"Oh, I have certainly not missed the traffic on my way to work in those eight weeks. It is usually bad, but this morning, it seems to be extra bad. It's like the world has turned against me, everyone and everything is trying to make me late this morning. First, Bill calls, which is why I couldn't get in the shower earlier than I did, then you seem to take your time getting ready and now the traffic."

"Mom, you are clearly imagining things. No one would ever dare keep Darth Raydor away from work any longer than need be."

About fifty minutes later, they finally arrive at the LAPD headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.

"Alright, here we are. You really don't have to come upstairs with me. I think I can manage alone from here on."

"I know you can," Rusty counters, "But I told you before, I need one of my papers for school that Buzz has been proof-reading."

"Alright, then let's get going so you won't be late for school."

They get out of the car and make their way up to the Major Crimes department. When they step out of the elevator, Sharon is surprised to find the hallways empty. She wonders if everyone was called away to a crime scene and forgot that she was starting work again today. She looks at Rusty, who just shrugs his shoulders.

"This is strange. I wonder where everyone has gone off to."

"Don't look at me," Rusty replies.

Sharon narrows her eyes while looking at Rusty and then says, on her way to the murder room, "This morning is getting stranger and stranger every minute."

Rusty follows her and together they enter the Major Crimes murder room. Even though she kind of expected it, after finding the hallways empty, it still makes Sharon suspicious that the entire murder room is empty too. Just as she is about to turn to Rusty to say something, the whole team appears out of nowhere and shouts, "SURPRISE!"

"Welcome back, Captain," says Detective Sykes.

"It's so good to have you back, Captain," Lieutenant Tao states happily.

Sharon can't believe what she is experiencing. She is completely dumbstruck. She expected her team to say something to her, but not to surprise her like that to welcome her back to work. Wondering if Rusty knew anything about this, she turns to him. Seeing him grin like a little kid in a candy store tells her he did in fact know what was going to happen.

"Sorry, mom, but you were right. I did take my time getting ready to make you late this morning." Again, he had this mischievous smile on his face.

"And I called to distract you so you couldn't get ready," says a rough man's voice that she has gotten to know so well and to love so dearly. Sharon turns around on her heels and gives Bill a surprised look.

"Bill! You were in on this as well?"

"I certainly was, darling. But that is not the only reason I called. It gave me a good reason to call you so early in the morning and hear your sleepy and husky voice, which I have grown so fond of. But the idea for the surprise came from none other than Lieutenant Provenza." He smiles at her.

"And I…" starts the usually grumpy Lieutenant, "…may have been responsible for the bad traffic you have experienced this morning, Captain."

Again Sharon turns on her heel, narrowing her eyes in suspicion. "And how exactly did you manage to do that, Lieutenant? What on earth did you do to cause such a traffic jam?"

"Well, I called in a few favors and had two patrol cars go in walking speed for about two miles to slow the traffic down."

Everyone around them but Sharon and Provenza start laughing. Sharon just stares at Provenza in disbelief.

"Excuse me? You did what?"

"We needed a little more time and the kid said he couldn't slow you down any more or you would start to get suspicious."

"I did my best," Rusty jumps in, "but you can't keep Darth Raydor away from work for too long. She has been very eager to come here this morning."

"And we have been very eager to have you back here, Captain. After everything you have gone through, we thought you would deserve a little surprise. And yes, as you probably assumed correctly, I am also very eager to give your office back to you. The amount of paperwork you deal with on a daily basis is insane. I have never been very fond of it."

"Nooo, Lieutenant, you don't like paperwork? That thought would never have crossed my mind, seeing how EAGER you were to get my job."

Now everyone is laughing except Provenza who just rolls his eyes and throws up his hands in defeat. Just when he is turning around to walk away, a hand touches him on his arm and holds him back.

"Lieutenant!" He turns around. "Thank you so much for arranging this. It means a great deal to me."

While Sharon was distracted talking to Rusty, Bill, and Provenza, the others carried some refreshments in to the murder room and placed them around the desks.

"Captain!" Lieutenant Flynn calls out. "Refreshments are served."

Just as Flynn finishes the sentence, one of the phones in the office rings.

"Oh good Lord, please no! Not now!" Provenza complains.

Amy walks over to her desk and answers the phone. Everyone is waiting impatiently to hear if they have to be at a crime scene. When she hangs up the phone again, she lets out a sigh of relief.

"Not to worry guys, that was only Doctor Morales. Captain," she turns to Sharon, "He apologizes for not being here. He would have liked to welcome you back as well, but his car broke down just as he left his garage."

Everyone chuckles.

"Thank you, Amy." Then she turns to face everyone and says, "Thank you so much everyone for this wonderful surprise. I truly never expected this and appreciate it more than you can imagine. Now that you have not been called out on a crime scene, I guess that means we can all grab some food and drinks now."

Everyone is taking a paper plate from Lieutenant Sanchez's desk and starts filling them with veggie snacks, fruit and some cookies. For drinks there is water and pink lemonade. While everyone is eating, they gather around Sharon and join in on a conversation to see how their Captain is doing. They had been visiting her frequently during the first couple of weeks, but then they got caught up in a major crime series, involving the disappearance of young women. Every woman was successful, had a family or at least a husband and a big circle of friends. There were thirty-five women who simply vanished. No bodies, no traces whatsoever of their whereabouts. It was all very mysterious and took them about six weeks to solve the case. They had already given up hope, but just last week, a witness came forward who could provide them with crucial evidence, which eventually led them to a very disturbing conclusion to their case. Behind the disappearance of those women was a trafficking organization, which kidnapped women at the behest of their clients, women they knew, worked with or had made the acquaintance of, in order to rape them. After this horrible crime was done, the women were brutally murdered and dumped in the ocean by the harbor. The team was glad that they had solved the case before their Captain was back, because they knew, after everything she had gone through over the past couple of months, it would be too early to start working again on such a horrific case.

About thirty minutes later, Bill takes Sharon aside to say his goodbyes.

"I am very sorry, but I have to go now. I have to get to work. Will I see you tonight? I could make us some dinner."

"Yes, that would be lovely, Bill. I'll come by your place when I am done here. I really hope we don't get a new major crime case today. I really am excited to be back at work, but I also really wouldn't mind starting things slowly."

"I am certain your team will make sure that you don't take on too much work for the first couple of days."

"You are probably right. I will see you later then." She smiles at him as he leans forward to kiss her. When she comes back to the murder room, the team has already started cleaning up everything. She walks over to Rusty who has been sitting in Lieutenant Provenza's chair the whole time watching his mom being surrounded by people who love her and care for her. It felt good to see her like that, because that is what she deserved.

"Rusty, don't you have to be in school by now?"

"No, don't worry mom, we don't have any school today. The teachers are all at some religious seminar. I just didn't tell you about it because of the surprise. If it is okay I will stay here. I asked Buzz to prepare some homework for me."

"You did? Oh honey, I am so proud of you. Well, you know your way around. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to come see me in my office, okay?"

"Alright, I will!" With that, Rusty takes all his belongings and heads over to the break room to start the homework Buzz has prepared for him. Sharon makes her way to her office, taking a deep breath once she has stepped inside. It's only been eight weeks, but it feels like she has been gone for ages. She walks around her desk and sits down in her chair. Lieutenant Provenza has made a list with tasks that still need to be completed. She looks through the glass that connects her office with the murder room and watches her team get back to work. Smiling to herself, she does the same and gets right to work.

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