DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.

A/N: Thank you all for the wonderful support! This chapter concludes this story. I hope you have all enjoyed it. I have already wrote another story which will be published soon. It will take place a day after this chapter ends. Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Chapter 25

Amy walked into the Murder Room and found Provenza standing facing the Murder Board. "Ah, Sykes, I take it our guest had finally arrived?" he said to her. "She's in Interview Room 1 with Mike and Julio," she nodded. "Good, good, hopefully we can get this over with and enjoy our weekend," Provenza said as he glanced over at Sharon who was sitting at her desk. "She did have this on her," Amy said as she held up the gun that was now in an evidence bag all secured and unloaded.

Sharon looked up from her desk and saw Provenza and Amy talking with each other. She knew that meant that Ally Moore was already here and in the interview room. She stood up from her desk and made her way into the rest of the office. As she did that, Andy walked into the Murder Room and their eyes met. Andy glanced at Provenza and Amy before he walked over to where Sharon was standing. "Hi," he muttered as voice had caught in his throat. "Hi," she whispered back.

There were a million things that Andy wanted to say right there but he knew this wasn't the place for him to apologize profusely for his earlier actions. Provenza cleared his throat and broke the attention the two were giving each other. Andy turned his head to look at Provenza and Sharon walked over to where he was standing in front of the board. "Are you ready, Commander?" Provenza asked her and she nodded.

"Wait a second, you're going to interview Ally?" Andy stopped her. "Why not? She wanted my attention and everything," Sharon answered as she started to move but Andy reached out and held her hand. "I don't think this is a good idea. She's crazy! There's no telling what she will do when she sees you. She wants to kill you, Sharon, I'm not going to let you in there," Andy pleaded with her. "I stayed back when you asked me to, now it's my turn," she told him and then freed her hand from his grip. "Flynn, she's handcuffed to the chair in there, what can she do?" Provenza told him and Andy just glared.

"Then I'm going in there with you," he informed Sharon. Sharon turned around to look at him. She really needed to remind Andy who here was the commanding officer. He was letting his personal feelings get in the way, like he did earlier in the day. She wasn't going to let that slide. "I think it's best if you stay in electronics. I don't want her to think we were gaining up on her by having three of us in there at one time," she informed Andy. He was crushed at that moment. He couldn't believe that she would say that, especially in front of Provenza and Amy.

"Fine," he muttered to her and watched Provenza and Sharon walk away towards the interview room. He was not happy at that moment. In fact, he was almost fuming and could feel his blood pressure rising. Sharon glanced back at him. At that moment he knew why she wanted to go in there without him, but he was hurt at the moment and wanted to sulk. He watched Sharon turn the corner and leave. He stood there for a couple of seconds and then noticed that Amy was watching him. "Let's go watch this," he mumbled to her and then made his way over to Electronics where Buzz was already set up.

Andy walked inside the room and took a seat next to Buzz. He saw Sharon and Provenza walk into the interview room. He noticed the demeanor of Ally Moore change as soon as Sharon stepped inside. He watched as Mike and Julio then left to join them in Electronics. He settled into the chair and began to watch the interview.

"Hello Ally," Sharon said to her as she sat down in the chair across from her. Ally moved her hand but forgot it was handcuffed to the chair. "Sharon," she said. Provenza looked at Ally as he sat down and placed the file in front of him, along with the gun in the evidence bag, on the table. "I understand you've been read your rights, and that you're waiving your right to counsel?" Provenza stated. "That's right. I don't need a lawyer," Ally insisted as she sat there.

"Are you sure it's a good idea having the Commander in there with her?" Buzz asked Andy as they continued to watch the interview. "She's fine, Buzz," Andy said to him and watched Sharon on the monitor. Amy shook her head when Buzz had asked that to Andy. If only he had witnessed what she did before coming inside, he wouldn't have gotten that sour tone from Andy because there would be no need to ask. Buzz turned around and caught Amy's eye. Buzz thought it was best not to bring up anything else while they watched the interview.

"You are aware of the charges against you, correct?" Provenza continued. "Threatening a Police Commander, breaking and entering her house, sending a suspicious package to the same Police Commander here and at her house, which could be construed as an act of terrorism, possession of a weapon as a felon," Provenza read off the list as Ally sat there.

"Sharon, wait a minute! You got promoted to Commander? Wow, who'd you have to sleep with in order to finally get that? Couldn't be your Lieutenant Flynn, oh wait, you are sleeping with him," Ally stated and tried to get Sharon riled up but Sharon just sat there listening. "I saw your bed, and wow I mean, judging by how the sheets were left, I'd say you two had a pleasant night last night," Ally added.

Sharon was going to say something but that would have played right into Ally's hand. Everyone in electronics looked over at Andy as they listened to what Ally was saying. Andy's face was getting red and he shifted in his chair.

Provenza glanced at Sharon and saw Darth Raydor starting to make an appearance. He knew that he needed to interrupt Ally and get back to the interview itself and that's exactly what he did. "Alright, Ally, I never really cared for you when you were assigned to FID all those years ago. You were a psycho then, when you killed your husband, and you're a psycho now," he said to her and that got Ally's attention.

"What we would like to know, Ally, is why did you do all of this? The sending of the rat's head and body separately, changing your appearance, being seen at a neighborhood school, then breaking and entering Lieutenant Flynn's and my house?" Sharon said as she stared at her from across the table.

"Because you humiliated me. You thought you were untouchable, the great Sharon Raydor, with her rules and regulations, day after day after day. Do you know what it's like to be paraded in front of fellow police officers, ones who you might of investigated before?" Ally sneered. "You shouldn't have committed murder back then," Sharon said back. "I wanted you to know what it was like," Ally said and then paused a moment.

The door opened in to Electronics and in walked Andrea with Rusty. "I heard you caught Ally Moore, again," Andrea said to the team. "Yeah, she's an even more psycho than she was nine years ago," Andy grumbled as they continued to watch the monitors.

"I broke into your house and was going to wait for you and your faithful Lieutenant to come home, then I would have surprised you and killed you in front of him, or killed him in front of you. Not sure which one I would have done," Ally smiled as she confessed. Sharon sat there, stunned at the confession coming from her. "But then he caught me off-guard as I was going through everything in my head," Ally added.

Andy sat there and listened to what Ally had just confessed. His mind flashed to different scenes where Sharon and Ally are standing in their house. He shook his head to get the images out.

"You wouldn't think that we would see the back door to the house broken?" Sharon asked her. "I wanted you to find me there, it's the ultimate way of feeling violated. Do you feel violated, Sharon?" Ally asked her and then she smiled. "What happened to you?" Sharon asked. "I spent nine years in jail, that's what happened!" Ally stated. "You murdered your husband, remember? And then you tried to claim it as self-defense," Sharon insisted.

"How did you know where I was?" she asked them as they sat there. "We're the police, in case you forgot," Provenza answered her. Ally looked up from her seat and then leaned backed. Her shoulders slumped and was showing signs of defeat. "You win again, Sharon," she quietly said to her. Sharon and Provenza both looked at each other. "Or have you?" Ally added as she moved her hands again, only to be stopped by the handcuffs.

Amy and Julio then walked into the interview room and told Ally to stand up. Amy handcuffed her behind her back and led Ally out of the interview room. They took her down to Booking. Sharon stood up from her seat and Provenza waited for her to leave the room first. Andy was standing outside in the hallway. "Lieutenant Provenza, please handle the paperwork on this," Sharon said to him as she glanced at Andy. Provenza nodded and then headed back to the office.

That left Sharon and Andy in the hallway between the interview room and the door to the office. There was a little awkwardness between them. "You were right," Andy started off saying but Sharon stopped him. "Let's go to my office," she whispered and Andy followed her into the Murder Room and over to her office. He stepped in and she closed the door behind him. She then went over to her blinds and closed them for a little privacy.

Andy chuckled to break the silence between them. "Why do I feel like I'm in trouble all of a sudden?" he joked. Sharon gave him a little smile and then walked over to her desk. "Have a seat," she offered as she sat down behind her desk. Andy let out a puff of air from his mouth and reluctantly took a seat in front of her desk.

"Look, before you lay into me, or whatever you're going to do, I just want to say I did what I did to protect you," Andy said as he sat there looking at Sharon. "I know," she answered. "I may have not realized that at the time, as I was furious that you were handling me, not as your Commander, but as your wife," she added and folded her hands on top of her desk. "And you did that twice!" she continued.

"Sharon," he started to say but she held up her hand and he stopped. "I'm not mad at you," she explained. "Not anymore, anyway," she continued and he listened. "Andy, sitting in that interview room with her, as she confessed her true intentions with her actions over the past two weeks, let's say," she said and then cleared her throat as she thought through what Ally had confessed. Her eyes started to tear up and Andy saw this.

"If we hadn't known that she was there, I don't want to know what might have happened, especially with Matthew being home," she shook her head. "I know, I know," he said softly as their eyes met. "I'm glad it didn't come to that," he said after a long pause. "Me too," she said, barely above a whisper as her voice caught in her throat.

"But, if you ever try to handle me like that again, there will be punishment," she smiled. "Really? Like what, are you going to send me to one of those training seminars again?" he asked her. "Hmm, those don't seem to work with you," she said seriously. "Hey! I'll have you know that I went to every one of them with an open mind," he stated. "Uh huh," she said and sat back in her chair. "No, I was thinking of something that you could understand, more like a week of sleeping on the couch or something like that," she continued.

"You'd do that to me, your dashing Lieutenant?" he said as he faked being hurt. "We made those rules for a reason, Andy. We promised each other that we wouldn't let our personal feelings into our work. I know this isn't the first time it's happened," Sharon reminded him. He knew that and she was right. "I know," he sighed once again and felt defeated.

They sat there and discussed what had happened when Andy arrived at their house. "We split up into two teams, Mike was with me as we went up the front steps. We went upstairs first and as I stepped into our room, I heard a noise coming from our closet," he had explained to her. "I think she went in there to hide," he added as he remembered pointing his gun at Ally. "She had that gun with her, a .357 revolver, snub nose. She pulled it out, but never pointed it at us. Told her to drop it and she did," he continued.

Sharon listened to the rest of the story. "You were wearing your vest, right?" she asked him. "Yes, everyone was," he said. "We'll need to change the bed sheets in all of the rooms, just knowing that she was in our room," Sharon shook her head. "I know, believe me, that's why the cleaners are there with Lieutenant Cooper still," he said.

"Um, so, we're going to need to get a new back door. It still works for now, but, you know for peace of mind, I think we should get a new one," he added as he shifted in the chair. "We can do that this weekend, if you'd like. I'm sure we won't be on call," Sharon suggested. "Sure," Andy said. "Um, what are we going to tell the kids, anything? Rusty knows already but I'm sure he can keep it to himself if we ask him to," he asked her.

"I don't think they need to worry about what happened," Sharon said as she moved some papers that were on her desk in to her desk drawer. "I think Provenza can handle anything else that arises here, let's pick up Matthew early and get Moxie, and then head out towards Santa Monica, we can eat at that seaside restaurant and Matthew can play at the little park right there," she suggested to Andy as she stood up from her desk.

Before Andy could answer her, his phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and saw that it was Cooper calling him. "Yeah, Cooper, what's going on?" Andy said as he answered his phone. "Hey, we got a situation here at your house," Cooper said as he watched the gas company arrive. "What is it?" Andy said as he looked at Sharon. "Apparently while Ally Moore was here before we entered, she did damage to your natural gas pipe that's in your basement. I'm just glad it didn't blow up yet," Cooper informed Andy.

"The gas company is here, they turned the gas off and are taking a look at it right now," Cooper added as the technicians walked into the house. "Why didn't we smell anything when we entered the house?" Andy asked him. "Not sure, hang on a second," Cooper told him as a technician was speaking to him.

Andy looked at Sharon. "What is it?" she asked him. "Ah, there's a small gas leak at our house. Looks like Ally did some sort of damage to the main gas pipe in the basement," Andy said to her and then Cooper came back on the phone.

"Okay, Lieutenant, I was just informed by one of the technicians that they are going to repair your pipe in the basement. There was a slight leak. We didn't smell it at first because when she hit the pipe with a wrench, it didn't puncture anything," Cooper explained to Andy. "Okay," Andy said and Cooper continued. "We took pictures of it, I can send them to you so you can see," Cooper added.

"You know what? I'm going to head over there now and see for myself, thanks for letting me know," Andy said to him and then he hung up his phone. "Look, why don't you go pick up Matthew from school while I go back to the house and see what's going on," Andy suggested to her. "And then, I'll meet you in Santa Monica, after I pick up Moxie," he added. "No, I'll go with you," Sharon insisted. "But," Andy started to say. "It's not a suggestion, Andy," she interrupted him as she gathered her belongings.

She started to walk out of her office and Andy watched her for a brief second. "Fine," he muttered and then followed her out. She stood by Provenza's desk and he joined her there. "Lieutenant, I trust you can handle everything else? Andy and I are headed over to our house to check on the damage that Ally did and then we are calling it a day," Sharon explained to Provenza. "I'll handle things from here, Commander," he said to her. "Don't stay too late!" Sharon reminded him and then Andy and her left the office.

"Why are you so stubborn?" Andy asked her as they waited for the elevator. Her mouth opened at that comment. "Who's calling the kettle black?" she quipped back to him. He hung his head and wondered why it was taking the elevator so long to come up to their floor. "Why is everything a competition with you?" he asked as the elevator doors opened.

She shook her head and stepped into the elevator. Andy then joined her and she pressed the button for the parking garage. "I want to feel safe, Andy. Being there with you as we walk in our house to look at things, will help," Sharon confessed as they both stood there. The rest of the brief ride was silence, but before the doors opened, Andy held her hand. "I'm sorry," he whispered to her. She smiled and squeezed his hand. "I want you to feel safe, always," he added and then the doors opened to the parking garage.

They headed towards their car and got inside. Andy then drove them home to see what kind of damage Ally did to the house.

A week later, the whole Ally Moore case was behind them. She had been arraigned and held without bail. She was facing her sentencing hearing this morning. Sharon sat in her office and was going over some paperwork when there was a knock on her door. "Come in?" she said and the door opened. "Commander, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to head down to the courthouse with Hobbs and Sykes for Ally Moore's sentencing," Provenza stood at her door way.

Sharon took a deep breath and nodded at Provenza. "That's fine, Lieutenant. Please let me know the outcome," she said as she got back to her paperwork. Provenza stood there not knowing how to take Sharon showing no emotion. "Sure Commander," he finally replied to her and then walked over to where Sykes was waiting and then they walked out of the office. Sharon looked up at the two as they left.

Andy came back from the break room carrying Sharon's coffee cup. He saw that her door was opened and he walked right in, placing the coffee cup on her desk. "Here you go, just how you like it," Andy said to her and she smiled at him. "Where did Provenza and Amy go?" he said as he leaned up against her desk. "Ally Moore's sentencing hearing," Sharon simply said. "Um, you didn't want to go to that?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"No," Sharon said without looking up from the papers that she was reading. "I just thought that it might bring you some closure if you went," Andy suggested. Sharon then looked up at him and gave him a glare. "Okay, I could be wrong" he mumbled to himself and Sharon shook her head.

He knew that she was still having dreams about her in their house. This morning, Sharon had a complete nightmare, so much so she had jumped on top of Andy and when he had woken up from that, they talked about it.

"Oomph!" Andy cried out as he felt someone jump on top of him in bed. He looked down as he awoke and saw Sharon's head buried into his shoulder. "Sharon?" he said to her and it took her awhile to look up at him. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry, Andy," she said as she felt embarrassed. She then scooted off of him but he held onto her arm. "Mind telling me why you threw your body on top of mine?" he whispered to her nicely.

"I guess I was having a nightmare, although it seemed pretty real to me," she said to him. He sat up and faced her. He gently rubbed his hand on her arm while she told him what her dream was about. "She was right there, clear as day, and pointed a weapon at you. I started to run towards you, screaming your name, and I dove to knock you down away from her gun," Sharon explained. "Andy, I don't want anything to remind me of her, but every time I hear a noise in this house, my mind goes back to her," she said. "Honey, listen, she's in jail and she's not going to get out. I promise you," Andy pulled her into his arms and held her.

She breathed in his scent and laid her head in the crook of his neck. "Sharon, I've kept you safe, I've kept Matthew safe and Rusty safe. We've changed the locks, got a new back door, this house has never been cleaner, I don't know what to do to make you feel normal," Andy whispered gently as he held her. "If you want to go arrest a dirt bag because it will make you feel better, then I'll find someone breaking the law and let you arrest them," he said to her as a joke. Sharon chuckled.

She pushed herself up and leaned over him. She bent down and gave him a kiss. "Thank you," she whispered to him when they broke apart. He watched her roll off of him and laid down on her side of the bed. He laid back down and she curled her arm around his and draped her right leg over his right leg and went back to sleep.

"I thought you were supposed to find me someone breaking the law so that I could arrest them?" Sharon asked as she looked up at Andy who was still leaning on her desk. "Yes ma'am," Andy smiled at her and then walked out of her office and sat down at his desk. Now he just needed to get a case assigned to them.

The End