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Court Of Public Opinion - Andy Barber x Reader Masterlist
A/N: This is the sequel to Memory Served and will contain major spoilers for that series so go read that one first if you haven’t already!
Summary: 4 months have passed since your disappearance and Andy is beginning to lose hope. However a miracle is just around the corner, but it comes with its own complications 
Series Warnings: Angst! Talk of Abduction! Talk of Non-Con and Dub-Con! Language! Fluff! SMUT! 18+ ONLY! more detailed warnings in each part
Status: Ongoing
This series has no update schedule! Do not ask when it is getting updated!
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Chapter 1 
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Court Of Public Opinion - Andy Barber x Reader (Part 2)
A/N: This is the sequel series to Memory Served and will contain major spoilers for that series so go read that one first if you haven’t already!
Summary: Back home with Andy you begin the process of returning back to normal after everything
Word Count: 8.9k
Warnings: Language! Angst! Talk of Pregnancy! Fluff! 
Dividers by me!
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Chapter 2
The sun was blinding as you stepped outside. Even raising your hand to block the rays did nothing to clear your vision. You tried to take a step forward but stumble, tripping over some material. Looking down you find yourself shrouded in white fabric, you try to kick it away but it doesn’t work, it just gets more tangled.
The more you struggled the worse it got, the material becoming suffocating as it crept further up your body. It seemed to slither like a snake up your body, binding your hands together, pinning your arms to your body.
Gasping for air you tried to scream out for help, for anyone to come and save you. But you’re voice was gone, the material completely trapping you. Your body a prison for your screaming mind.
Your vision began to clear, the blinding light disappearing behind a dark cloud. You look down at yourself to see the white material trapping you was a wedding dress. Your arms were no longer pinned, your mouth uncovered but you were still trapped, your voice silenced.
Looking back up you could see the entire Thrombey family stood waiting for you. Ransom stood in the middle under an arch in a black tux. He gives you a lopsided smile before slowly walking up the aisle towards you.
You wanted to back up, you wanted to scream and run away but you couldn’t. You were frozen in place.
“Hey Kitten, it’s okay,” he says softly his hand cupping your cheek, making you mentally flinch “This is the right thing, it's where you belong, we want our future together right?” He continues his hand dropping to your waist, thumb brushing over your abdomen.
You tried to shake your head, push him away but your body refused to move. You could only watch as a smile grew on his face as he leaned down. The screaming in your head got louder with every inch he moved closer, your stomach turning and flipping.
You woke with a start just as his lips met yours. Your hand clutched your chest as you tried to control your breathing. Your eyes darted around the dark room, the quiet beeping from monitors reminding you that you were in the hospital. A shiver ran through your body, your blanket wrapped around your legs from where you’d turned and tossed in your sleep.
Glancing over at the clock you could see only an hour has passed since you last woke. Despite how exhausted you felt you couldn’t sleep for long. You really tried once Andy and your parents left, but you just couldn’t. Every hour or so you’d wake in a blind panic, your mind cruelly replaying the last 4 months, seeing Ransom’s face smiling back at you, seeing the sinister glint in his eyes. Even though you knew Ransom was in custody you were terrified that he’d find a way to take you back.
You gave up trying to fall back asleep, just staring out the window and watching the sunrise. You’d try and get some sleep when Andy was back when he could protect you. Make sure that no harm would come to you.
You were still staring out the window when the door opened and a nurse walked in carrying a tray full of food “Hi, did you sleep well?” She smiled kindly.
“Yeah,” you lied as you pushed yourself up into a sitting position.
“Oh wait here let me help you” she says quickly moving to help you, fluffing your pillows.
“Thank you,” you say quietly.
She gives you another kind smile and pulls the tray at the end of the bed closer to you. She pours you a glass of water, setting the glass down next to your tray.
“How are you feeling? Anything hurt?” She asks as she looks through your charts and checks the monitors around you.
“Sore but okay,” you say as you look down at your breakfast, your stomach turning at the sight of it.
“Okay,” she nods putting your chart away, frowning slightly when she sees you pushing your food around “You okay? Not hungry?” She asks
You shake your head “Not really” you mutter.
“That’s okay, loss of appetite is common after experiencing a traumatic event” she reassures you “Just eat what you can, you’ll need it for your strength and it will help you recover quicker, your stats are good but your doctor will want you to have eaten something before he discharges you”
You nod your head “Okay, I’ll try”
She smiles warmly down at you “Good, I’ll be back shortly to check on your stitches and re-bandage your leg” she tells you as she makes her way out of the room.
You let out a long sigh staring down at your breakfast. You took a deep breath trying to ignore the turning feeling in your stomach. You grabbed the plastic fork and scooped up a decent amount of scrambled egg. You had only raised it to your mouth when you smelt it and instantly gagged. The fork clattered down to your plate, your fist covering your mouth as you tried to stop yourself from vomiting.
Once the feeling began to pass your reached out with shaking hands to grab your water, taking a small sip to get rid of the stale taste in your mouth. Looking down at your food you felt nauseous just at the sight of it so you pushed the tray as far away as possible.
You had never been a picky eater, if anything you could be quite adventurous. You liked having scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast, you knew this hospital food wasn’t going to be the nicest but you should have been fine.
You slumped back in your bed in defeat, telling yourself that you’d try again later once the nausea had passed. As you relaxed your hands moved to rest across your stomach, the motion making you freeze. Your mind running at a million miles per hour as you tried to convince yourself it was nothing, but you couldn’t.
In your dream Ransom had mentioned a future together, his thumb had brushed over your stomach. A motion that would seem strange if it wasn’t for a reason. During your time with him, Ransom said you had an IUD, but you know now that he was lying.
What if your nausea and dream meant something? All the dreams you had with Ransom had been memories trying to break you free. What if this dream was also trying to tell you something? What if Ransom wasn’t only trying to trap you in marriage but with a child too? So that if you ever remembered who you were forever attached to him.
You were startled when the door opened and the nurse walked back in. She glanced down at your plate to see you had barely touched it, giving you a sympathetic smile “Hospital food is never the nicest” she reassures you.
You just give her a weak nod, nervous to even open your mouth just in case.
She begin to check over the cut on your leg, making sure it wasn’t infected. She was just redoing the bandage when you felt brave enough to talk.
“If I needed to see a doctor about something, could I ask you to get them?” You ask quietly.
Her brows furrow slightly as she looks back up at you “Yes, do you know what kind of doctor you need?” She asks.
“An ObGyn,” you say quietly.
Her face soften as she nodded her head “Of course, I’ll page for one urgently” she reassures you, putting her hand on your wrist.
“Thank you” you whisper.
“Not a problem, I’ll take this away but just buzz if you get hungry and I’ll sneak in a jello cup” she winks picking up your uneaten plate of food, managing to get a small smile from you.
Once she was gone you let out a shaky breath of air, trying to stop yourself from crying. You had managed to escape Ransom before he could trap you in marriage, but what if you hadn’t completely escaped him?
“Hi, I’m Dr Roberts you asked to see me?” A kind-looking middle-aged woman in pink scrubs asks walking in.
“Oh uh hi, yeah I uh” you stutter trying to get your words out, your chest feeling tight.
“Breathe,” Dr Roberts says gently, demonstrating a deep breath.
You follow her lead, taking a few deep breaths before finally feeling able to speak once more “I’m worried I might be pregnant” you admit.
Dr Roberts nods her head slowly “Okay, have you had unprotected sex?” She asks you.
“I-I don’t really know, yes? I know I take the pill, but… Ransom he- he told me I had an IUD” you explain stuttering.
Dr Roberts nods her head in understanding “I see, well I can send some of the blood samples that were taken yesterday off for testing, that will be the most accurate way to tell” she tells you “Do you want to talk options now? Or do you know what you want to do?”
“I can’t keep it, I just can’t” you state shaking your head.
“Okay, I’ll make sure the correct procedure is scheduled if the results are positive, would you like to go back onto the pill if it’s negative?” She says glancing down at your chart.
“Yes please” you nod your head.
“Of course, I’ll be back soon,” she says with a gentle smile before walking back out of the room.
As she does so you see Andy standing in the corridor about to enter the room. You swallow nervously as he looks up and down at Dr Roberts giving her a quick nod before walking in. You’d hoped that you could find out and deal with whatever the outcome was without having to tell him. You’d seen how difficult for him to hear what you’d done with Ransom. You wanted to save him future pain but that option was already gone.
“Hey is everything okay?” He asks taking your hand and gently kissing your knuckles.
“Please don’t be mad” you start squeezing his hand “They’re just checking in case I’m pregnant, he- he told me I had the IUD”
Andy lets out a long sigh shaking his head “Sick bastard” he muttered under his breath, he forces a smile putting his other hand over yours, you noticing the bandage that wasn’t there yesterday “Whatever happens I’m going to be standing right beside you, whatever you decide”
“I don’t want it, I can’t have any link to him,” you tell him shaking your head.
“Okay, okay it's okay” Andy reassures you “You don’t have to explain, it's your choice”
You let out a shaky breath, biting your lip as you fought back the tears “Thank you” you whisper.
Andy gives you a brave smile, kissing your hand “Anything for you honey, anything for you”
“What happened to your hand?” You ask nodding to his injured hand.
“It’s nothing” Andy reassures you “I accidentally dropped a glass last night when washing up, cut myself when trying to clear it up”
You knew straight away it was a lie. Andy was not a clumsy person, there was no way that he dropped that glass by accident. It would have been on purpose, you could only guess it was because he was angry, and that you were to blame. You had cheated on him after all.
He then reaches down into the bag he brought with him “I brought you something to eat, hospital food is never nice” he says putting a sizeable brown paper bag down on the tray table, you instantly smell the delicious scent of pastries and your stomach rumbles but you weren’t sure if it was hunger or nausea “I also brought some things from home to make you feel more comfortable” he continues pulling out your favourite blanket and your pillow.
He stands to swap out your hospital pillow for your own and drapes your blanket over you. The scent of home washing over you and all you want to do is snuggle down and fall fast asleep. Your eyes become glassy as you shake your head at his kindness.
“Thank you Andy” you whisper.
Andy gives you a small warm smile as he brushes some hair out of your face “Anything for you honey” he says quietly as he kisses the top of your head, as he pulls away his hand runs down your arm as his fingers intertwined with yours as he sits down on the side of the bed “are you hungry?”
You shake your head gently “No, not yet I’ve only recently woken up” you tell him, it wasn’t strictly a lie, you just hadn’t been asleep for long.
“Okay, it’ll all keep so it's there whenever you get hungry” Andy reassures you.
You give him another small smile before shifting closer and resting your head against him. Your hand slowly running up and down his arms as you let out a long sigh.
“How’s work been?” You ask him after a few moments of silence.
Andy lets out a small huff of a laugh looking down at you “Do you really wanna know?” He asks with a lopsided smile.
You nod your head “Please? I want to hear what you’re up to?”
Andy chuckles gently “Well don’t be mad, but I’ve been working a lot, took on whatever case I could to keep busy, I did an assault case, a burglary case, and most recently a fraud case” he tells you.
“What about that big drug case?” You ask recalling the case he’d been working on before you disappeared.
Andy lets out a long sigh looking down “The guy was prosecuted but I had to step down because…” he says drifting off at the end his eyes meeting yours and you knew exactly what he meant.
“Oh” you mutter “It’s good you won it though”
Andy gives you a small smile nodding his head “Yeah and Neil got fired which made my life easier”
You arch a brow looking up at him “Really? What for?” You ask.
Andy shifted in his seat slightly, clearing his throat “he made some inappropriate comments” he sighs shaking his head.
You could see his jaw clench as he shook his head and you could only guess what those comments were “about me?”
Andy sighs nodding his head “Yeah” he admits quietly.
You run your hand up and down his arm soothingly “I hope you clocked him” you say earning a small chuckle from him.
He gives you a lopsided smile “Got a couple in before Lynn pulled me off him” he smiles.
“I bet she hated having to do that” you smirk.
“Yeah she admitted she’s been wanting to fire him for months,” Andy tells you a smile still on his face.
You were so relieved to see him smile, to have a somewhat normal conversation where you could laugh and smile. A conversation without the heavy dark cloud of the last 4 months lingering over you.
The light air around you disappeared when Dr Roberts walks back into the room. Both you and Andy sit up to attention when you see her. Your eyes scan her face trying to work out what she was going to say before she could even say it. But you couldn’t her poker face was too good.
“Miss Y/L/N I can confirm that your test results all came back as negative” she reports and you hear Andy let out a large unguarded sigh of relief
Glancing up at him you could see just how relieved, his bandaged hand clenching and flexing. You looked down unable to look at him any longer, you hated that you were the cause of his pain, his anger. Guilt washes over you in waves, you were the reason he broke that glass, the reason he’s hurting so much.
“Thank you,” Andy says nodding his head.
Dr Roberts gives you a small smile “I’ve added the pill to your prescription to take home with you later” You could only manage a small nod in response.
You hear the door to your room close as you looked down at your lap, your fingers fiddling. You were relieved that the test had come back negative, you didn’t want to be tied to Ransom forever. You hated that you were even in this situation to begin with, you were so stupid to not question Ransom more, to trust him.
Andy’s hand reaching out to take yours pulled you from your thoughts. You look over as he lifts your hand to his lips, kissing your knuckles softly.
“It’s all gonna be okay” he reassures you.
You gave him a small nod of your head even though you didn’t believe it. How was it going to be okay? Even if Ransom went to prison for everything he did to you, everything would be different. The person you were before Ransom was gone, you had changed. Andy had fallen in love with the old you, not this version, you wouldn’t blame him if he decided to walk away.
Maybe it would be easier if you set him free “Andy…” you started shifting to face him but you were interrupted by your parents walking in.
“Hi sweetpea, how are you? Did you sleep well?” Your dad asks as he walks over towards you.
You force a smile looking up at your parents “I’m fine” Your eyes met your mom’s and you could tell she knew you weren’t fine, but she didn’t say anything, she just put her hand on your knee and gave you a reassuring squeeze.
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Throughout the rest of the morning, you manage to slowly eat some of the plainer pastries that Andy had brought you. Just slowly ripping small pieces off as and when, listening to your parents talk.
“So your father had the bright idea that instead of just taping over the outlets, he’d take the plastic casing off,” your mom says with a small roll of the eyes as he glanced over at your dad.
“Why faff around with tape when you can get crisp lines without” your dad argues shrugging his shoulders.
You smile gently glancing over at Andy to see him trying to hide his laughter, hand running over his beard to cover his smile.
“But then the outlet in the wall slipped so your father just stuck the screwdriver in to lift it up, forgetting the fact that it was still live” your mom continues making your jaw drop.
“Oh my god Dad! Are you okay?” You gasp in shock.
“It was just a minor shock, I’m completely fine” your dad reassures you.
“My freshly painted cream walls however were completely ruined” your mom huffed making you chuckle.
“The scorch mark went halfway up the wall,” Andy told you “Your dad is still banned from decorating”
“I’m sure he’s not complaining about that” you smirk over at your dad, who winks back at you.
A knock on your hospital door grabs your attention, looking over you see Carrie poking her head into the room. She glances around the room before smiling gently back at you. Tears filled her eyes as she rushes over arms outstretched towards you. You instantly accept her hug, not realising how much you’d missed your best friend.
“I’ve missed you so much” she mutters as she pulls away and wipes the tears from her eyes.
“I missed you too” you smile through your own tears squeezing her hand.
“Don’t ever scare me like that again” she lightly scolds making you chuckle.
“I’ll try not to” you promise.
“Here Carrie, you can sit here,” Andy says standing up from his chair.
“Thanks Andy you’re a godsend” Carrie says with a grateful sigh as she moves to sit down.
“Why don’t we go grab lunch for everyone? Let you girls catch up” your mom suggests standing up.
“Good idea, that cafe down the street looked nice” your dad agrees “Andy do you want to join us?”
Andy glances over at you, his brow arched in question. You wanted to say you were fine, but the idea of Andy leaving you made your heart race. Things between you were different and seemed uncertain but you still trusted him to keep you safe. Andy must have seen the look of hesitancy in your eyes before giving you a reassuring smile.
“Uh no I’m gonna hang back, make sure Carrie doesn’t drop me in it for anything” Andy says with a playful smirk making Carrie roll her eyes.
“I can bide my time Barber” she retorts “Not that I have much anyway, I swear you snagged the only perfect man in Massachusetts” she adds under her breath.
You couldn’t help but smile gently because she was right, Andy was perfect. You couldn’t believe that he wanted you, now more than ever. Looking up at Andy you see the small bashful smile on his face as he shook his head, clearly not agreeing with Carrie.
“Okay, we’ll grab you something, Carrie would you like something?” Your dad asks.
“No I’m good thanks, I ate before I got here” Carrie smiles shaking her head.
“Of course, we’ll be back soon” your mom smiles before gently ushering your dad out the door.
Andy moves to the other side of your bed but instead of sitting down in the chairs vacated by your parents, he perched beside you on the bed, his arm resting behind you. You glance up at him, earning a warm smile in response before he leans down to kiss the top of your head.
As you looked back over at Carrie you see the sad but warm smile on her face. Once you were so familiar with now. The smile that said they were happy and relieved you were back, but so devastated at what had happened.
“I won’t ask if you’re okay” Carrie starts earning a small smile from you “but if you need anything, and I mean anything at all, I’ll be right there for you”
“Thank you Carrie, that means a lot,” you say quietly, her hand squeezing yours “So how are things? Been busy in the office?” You ask desperate to change the subject.
Carrie lets out a quiet chuckle “Good, a little busy but we’ve managed, the series launch party went really well” she tells you.
“Oh that’s good, I wish I’d been there,” you say with a small sigh.
“It's fine you didn’t really miss much, lots of boring schmoozing” Carrie says with a small wave of her hand.
You chuckle gently nodding your head “How’s Harrison?” You ask.
“Still a man-child” she says rolling her eyes “but he got a promotion recently which is great, perfect timing to have some extra cash” she smiles.
“Thinking of going on a holiday with it?” You ask her shifting to face her more.
She smiles gently shaking her head “Not really, we are planning on getting away for a week in a couple of months' time but we booked that before the promotion” she explains “But we are putting it towards something pretty amazing” she adds reaching into her handbag and passing something over to you.
You turn the sheet of paper over, your breath catching when you saw the sonogram “You’re- you’re-“ you stutter unable to say the actual word “How far along are you?” You ask instead.
“Just coming up to four months” Carrie smiles.
“Con-congratulations I didn’t know you guys were trying” you say with a small shake of your head as you pass back the sonogram.
Carrie snorts shaking her head “We weren’t” she states “We’d agreed we were at a place where we were ready if it happened but didn’t want to actually start trying but Harrison’s libido skyrocketed and got me stuck in this situation” she jokes with a roll of her eyes.
“Oh,” you mutter forcing a smile.
You were over the moon for Carrie, you knew she would be the perfect mom. Carrie didn’t know what had happened this morning, you hadn’t even told your parents. If she had, you knew she would have chosen a different way to phrase it.
“Hey is everything okay?” Carrie asks gently, noticing your change in mood.
You glance up at Andy as he shifts awkwardly next to you “We- we uh” he mutters.
“Shit- are you?” Carrie says sitting forward putting her hand on your arm.
“No,” you say shaking your head “I thought I might have been- he- he said I had an IUD, I-I don’t” you explain.
“God the sick bastard” Carrie mutters in disgust “I swear as soon as I see that sick trust fund prick I’m gonna rip him to pieces” she growls.
You let out a weak chuckle at that “Evidently there’ll be a line”
Carrie smiles gently before sighing shaking her head “I’m sorry, if I’d known I would have waited to share the news”
“No, no I’m so happy for you, over the moon really” you reassure her “You’re gonna be an amazing mom”
Carrie smiles warmly back at you “Thank you, we are really excited despite it being a bit of a surprise”
“I’m not surprised” you smile “But um we decided not to tell my parents, they’ve been through enough and the test was negative so I don’t want them to worry over nothing”
Carrie nods in understanding zipping her mouth shut and throwing away the key “secret is safe with me” she promises.
“So how has it been so far, morning sickness wasn’t too bad was it?” You ask hoping to show just how excited you were for her.
“It was rough for a couple of weeks, but poor Nova the smell of dog food just would set me off, Harrison had to make sure he wasn’t late home from work so he could feed her dinner because I couldn’t be in the same room at it,” Carrie says shaking her head, hand over her mouth making you smile since you knew their german shepherd had an appetite of a horse “I swear Nova is getting broody though, I caught her gathering all her toys onto her bed and cuddling them like they were her pups, Harrison says it’s nothing but I swear if he doesn’t hurry up and get her spayed we’re gonna have pups and a baby to contend with”
“That does sound like it could be a handful, a cute handful but still” you chuckle.
“Yeah I would love her to have pups, she’s a sweet German shepherd and I bet she’d have some gorgeous pups” Carrie sighs “guess we could just make sure she’s on the lead when in season so we don’t have any accidents”  she reasons thinking out loud.
“Just hope there isn’t a dog equivalent of Harrison out there” Andy jokes making the three of you chuckle, a warm smile on his face when you look up at him.
“We’re clearly missing out on a joke here” your father smirks as he walks in with your mom carrying coffees and lunch.
“Oh leave them be” your mom scolds as she walks over to you, passing you a small tub “I got you some pasta salad, eat as much or as little as you like” She smiles.
“Thanks Mom” you smile taking the fork she offered.
Your mom smiles as she leans in to kiss your forehead “It’s nothing dear, we’re all here for you and will help you get through this everything will go back to normal I promise” she whispers.
You look up at her as she pulls away, her word’s hitting deeper than she probably realised. You glance up at Andy who was sipping on the coffee your dad had passed him, a smile on his face as your dad told him about the old lady ahead of them in the queue who insisted on paying in coins. Only this morning you were considering letting Andy go, but maybe your mom was right. Maybe you could go back to normal, maybe you and Andy would be alright. But you wouldn’t know if you didn’t try and pushing him away when you needed him most wasn’t going to help.
“Thanks Mom” you smile, resting your hand on top of hers “I needed to hear that”
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By 5 pm the hospital finally discharged you and allowed Andy to finally take you home. As he drove you home he kept glancing over to make sure you were okay, finding you just looking out of the window with an unreadable look on your face. He wanted to reach out to take your hand but you held them out of reach. Your chin resting in one hand, the other tucked away as you hugged yourself.
When he pulled up outside the house he heard you let out a deep and shaky sigh as you looked up at the house. Andy put the car in park and turned off the engine. Shifting over to face you he went to reach out to you but hesitated for a moment, second-guessing himself and whether you’d be okay with him touching you, before eventually gently placing his hand on your shoulder.
“You okay?” He asked quietly when you looked over at him.
You gave him the smallest of nods as you swallowed “Yeah, yeah I’m glad to be home” you whispered.
Andy smiled gently nodding his head “I’m glad you’re home too” he says earning a small smile from you.
Climbing out of the car he grabbed the bag from the trunk. As he shut the trunk he could see you had also climbed out of the car, standing with your back to him as you stared up at the house, arms wrapped around your waist.
Walking over he stopped beside you “C’mon let's get inside and get you comfortable” he says.
You nod in response allowing him to wrap his arm around your waist to support you as you limped up the path. He carefully helped you inside the house, taking you straight to the couch so you could sit down.
“Do you want a drink? Water or something?” Andy asked once you were settled.
“Water please,” you say your eyes wandering around the room.
Andy nods heading straight into the kitchen to grab you a glass of water, his hands shaking slightly as he filled the glass. When he returned he crouched down in front of you as he passed you the glass, watching as you took a couple of small sips before holding the glass in your lap. Potentially to stop your uninjured leg from shaking.
“How you feeling?” Andy asked after a moment.
You took a deep breath glancing around the room “I never thought I’d be so relieved to be somewhere I recognised” you admit, when you look back over at Andy he could see your eyes turning glassy.
He moved in an instant, sitting beside you on the couch, his arm wrapped around your shoulders as you leaned in to rest your head on his shoulder. He pressed a soft kiss to the top of your head as you sniffled back your tears, reminding and reassuring you that you were safe, you were home, and everything was going to be okay.
The sound of Andy’s phone ringing broke the silence in the room. Pulling out his phone he looks down to see it was Frank FaceTiming him. Glancing over at you he sees you already looking down at his phone, the ghost of a smile on your face as you looked at the caller ID photo of Frank and Mary.
“Do you want to talk to them now? Or later, I can say you’re resting up” Andy offers.
You take a deep breath nodding your head, quickly wiping away the last of your tears “Yeah, do I look okay? I don’t want to worry Mary” you ask.
The corners of Andy’s lips twitch upwards “You look beautiful, always do” he smiles gently as he swipes to answer the call.
“Hey, you’re back home, how’s Y/N?” Frank asks when the call connects.
“I’ll let her tell you herself” Andy smiles turning the phone so Frank could see you.
“Hey Frank, I’m doing fine it’s really nice to see you,” you say smiling gently.
“I’m really glad to hear it, it’s great to see you home and safe” Frank smiles.
“Is that her?!” You hear Mary exclaim, both you and Andy chuckling when she jumps onto the couch next to Frank “It is! I’ve missed you so much!”
Andy looks over at you, smiling as you smiled back at Mary. It was the first real smile he’d seen from you and he couldn’t be happier.
“I’ve missed you too sweetie” you smile “How’s school?”
“Normal school is a bit boring, but my university classes are fun” Mary says shrugging her shoulders.
“Good I hope you haven’t been giving your uncle too much grief,” you say with a knowing look.
“Nope,” Mary says shaking her head.
Frank rolls his eyes “No more than usual she means” he corrects making the both of you chuckle.
“So how are you guys? Have you earnt any more girl scout badges Mary?” You ask.
“3! Wait there, I’ll go get them,” Mary says before dashing off and out of shot.
“We’re good, plugging along, I’m just trying to find a good time to get up to see you guys, between my work schedule, Mary’s classes and mother’s schedule it’s proving a bit of a head-scratcher” Frank sighs as he scratches at his beard.
“Don’t worry about your mother, you can stay with us” you say shaking your head, Andy hums in agreement.
“Yeah we have plenty of room here, and it’ll save you a headache” Andy adds earning a huff of laughter from Frank.  
“It’s fine really, I don’t want to give you any hassle or crowd you” Frank sighs shaking his head.
“You won’t be” Andy states “It’ll be nice to see you both… be good for us” he says with a small sigh as he glances over at you, if just seeing Mary manage to make you smile, Andy could only imagine the good it would do to have her here.
“Yeah…” you mutter glancing over at Andy for a second before looking back towards Frank “It’ll be good” you agree quietly, your arms crossing, one hand rubbing your arm.
Frank glanced between Andy and you, his brows furrowing for a second before he nods “Yeah okay, well um I’ll have a look at my work schedule, see when I have a spare weekend” he agrees just before Mary reappears jumping back onto the couch making Frank huff.
“I earnt my pets badge for taking Fred to a meeting, he was very popular,” Mary says holding up the badge for you to see.
Andy watches as the smile returns to your face “Well he is a very cool one-eyed cat” you smile.
You continued to listen to Mary talk about what she’d been up to, Andy watching you the entire time. Relaxing back into the couch for the first time in months, a soft smile on his face as he saw you open and seem more like yourself.
When he heard a knock on the door he quickly jumped up, promising to be right back as he went to go see who it was. He expected it to be your parents even though they said they’d let you settle back in tonight before visiting. The lighter mood that filled the house disappeared when he opened the door and saw the detectives standing outside.
“Mr Barber” Elliot greets with a small nod of the head.
“Detective, are you here with an update?” Andy asks with a small sigh.
“A small one, yes” Elliot nods “May we come inside”
“Uh yeah sure,” Andy says stepping aside to let them im, he leads them towards the living room pausing when he heard your soft laughter “Just wait here a second,” he says holding up his hand.
The detectives nod their heads, Andy lets out a small sigh as he steps inside the living room stopping behind the couch behind you.
He puts his hand on your shoulder as he leans over to whisper in your ear “The police are here, they have an update”
The smile on your face instantly disappears as you look over your shoulder at him, swallowing as you nodded your head “Okay” you mutter your voice barely above a whisper.
Andy gives you a reassuring smile as he rubbed your shoulder before turning his attention back to Frank and Mary “Sorry guys we’re gonna have to go” he says to them.
“Not a problem, we understand” Frank says giving Mary a pointed look when she went to complain “Call us whenever you need okay? We’re here for you guys”
“Thanks, Frank, I’ll talk to you soon,” you tell him with a small nod and tight smile.
Frank nods his eyes darting to Andy with a small smile before the call disconnects. Andy lets out a small sigh as he presses a kiss to the top of your head as he stands to beckon the detectives in.
“Please have a seat,” Andy says gesturing to the couch.
“No need, we unfortunately don’t have much to share” Elliot says with a small sigh glancing over at Detective Wagner.
“CSI were able to identify enough evidence for us to arrest and charge Drysdale, but he wasn’t at home” Wagner explains.
“Where was he? I thought you said he arrested him?” Andy demanded.
“He was at his family home, with his entire family present” Elliot explains.
“Shit” you mutter, dropping your head, hands running into your hair.
“What does that mean?” Andy questions glancing between you and the detectives.
“As we arrested him, he protested his innocence and his family tried to prevent his arrest, it all got a bit heated” Elliot explains with a sigh.
“What did he say? And the family” Andy asks crossing his arms over his chest.
“He said you had been having an affair, that you had chosen to stay with him” Elliot says glancing over at you.
“But that-that’s not true, it’s- it's not, he’s lying!” You stutter shaking your head, your eyes darting over to Andy and back to the detectives.
“We know sweetheart” Andy reassures you, putting his hand on your shoulder.
“We have enough evidence that supports your version of events” Elliot confirms.
“But he’s got his entire family on his side, one of his cousins even live-streamed the whole thing” Wagner explains.
You let out a small huff as you shook your head “Of course they would, they all hated me, except Harlan that is” you mutter.
“He and the nurse remained quiet and inside while we arrested Drysdale,” Wagner said quickly, an excited smile on his face as he spoke about Harlan.
You just hummed nodding your head and hugging yourself tightly as you looked down at the floor.
“We wanted to warn you that it doesn’t seem like Drysdale or his family are going to go down easily” Elliot says glancing between Andy and you.
“What do you mean?” Andy frowns putting his hands on his hips.
“We’re hoping to gather enough evidence that he pleads guilty, but in the instance that he doesn’t, it might be a long trial” Elliot explains with a sigh.
Andy lets out a long sigh hand running down his face and over his beard as he began to pace “How confident are you that you can get him to plead guilty” he says turning back to the detectives.
“Fairly confident, more so if we can prove he orchestrated the accident” Elliot says nodding his head.
But Andy wasn’t convinced, he let out a long sigh shaking his head. Glancing down at you he could see the nervous look on your face. Ransom had already gone to extremes to get you, Andy didn’t doubt he wouldn’t go further to get off free.
“You said the cousin live-streamed it? How far could that go?” Andy questions.
“We stopped it as soon as we could but as far as we can tell his following is predominantly the alt-right, so we aren’t concerned about it spreading into general media” Wagner explains.
“And we won’t be mentioning his name in the statement to the press we’ll release in a few days to announce you’ve been found safe and well” Elliot adds nodding over to you “So currently there’s no link between the two of you as the live stream started after we mentioned the charges”
Andy nods his head “Good, is there anything else?” He asks with a sigh.
“No that’s all, but we’ll let you know about anything we find as soon as we can” Elliot promises.
“Thank you” you mutter glancing up at them.
“Yeah thank you, I’ll um walk you out” Andy says gesturing towards the door.
As the detectives step outside Elliot turns back around to face Andy “We will do all we can to make sure Drysdale goes down for this” he promises.
Andy sighs nodding his head “Thank you” he says before shutting the door.  
Once the door was shut he took a moment to gather himself, pinching the bridge of his nose as he let out a deep long breath. He was angry and frustrated, all he wanted was this to be over, so the both of you could just move on. He wanted it to be simple, for Ransom to be caught red-handed and sent down for his crimes, but it was starting to look like it wasn’t going to be that simple and he hated that.
You’d been through hell already, the thought of you having to go through the trial process where Drysdale’s lawyers would pull apart your testimony in any way they could. Andy knew how tough it was for victims, and if after all that Ransom walked free… Andy didn’t know what he’d do.
Taking a couple of deep breaths Andy turned to walk back towards you only to stop when he saw you stood at the end of the corridor near the bottom of the stairs. Your gaze ran up and down his body as you wrapped your arms around yourself.
“Honey-“ Andy started.
“I um- I’m just gonna take a shower… freshen up a bit,” you tell him glancing down at the floor.
“Yeah, yeah sure… I could run you a bath if you like? Saves you from standing” he offers gesturing to your injured leg.
“No it's okay,” you say shaking your head “the pain killers seem to be working and I uh- I just want to wash everything away”
Andy nods his head “Of course, let me know when you’re done and I can redo your bandages” he says.
“I will… thanks Andy” you mutter before turning and walking up the stairs out of view.
For a second Andy considered following you, to offer any more help but he stopped himself. You clearly wanted some space and if that’s what you needed then he’d do it. All he wants is for you to be okay and be happy again, even if he did feel at a loss of how to do that.
He waited a moment before quietly making his way up the stairs. As he walked down the corridor he poked his head inside the guest room, finding it in a good enough state in case you wanted to sleep there tonight. Carrying on towards the main bedroom he paused outside the closed door, leaning closer to he could hear the shower running.
His hand raised to the door handle to make sure you were okay but he stopped himself. You needed space, so while he gave you that he’ll find other ways to help you. And he was going to start by getting into the head of Drysdale, and find out his angle so he was prepared in case this went to trial.
Walking back downstairs he poured himself a couple of fingers of scotch before grabbing his laptop and sitting down at the kitchen table. As soon as he opened Google it came up with the article on Ransom he was reading last night. Clenching his jaw he closed that tab and opened another and started researching the rest of Ransom’s family.
It didn’t take him too long to find out that Ransom only had two cousins, a girl called Meg and a boy called Jacob. Typing Jacob Thrombey into Google he found various links to blogs and social media pages. Clicking on the link to Jacobs's Instagram page, Andy logged onto his work profile that he’d use to remain anonymous while gathering information and evidence for his cases.
“Fuck sake” Andy muttered taking a sip of scotch when he saw the Livestream wasn’t available on his page anymore.
Taking a stab in the dark Andy began searching for the livestream on other pages in the hopes that Jacob uploaded it elsewhere. He got lucky when he found it deep on a subreddits page, posted by someone else meaning your name hadn’t been linked to it yet.
Andy took a deep breath to prepare himself for what he was about to watch. He even considered closing the laptop and trying to forget about it but he told himself no, he needed to do this. He needed to make Ransom pay, he needed to help you.
Hitting play on the video he instantly has to turn the volume down as the sound of various people shouting plays from the speakers. It looked like pure chaos as the police tried to escort Ransom out of the house, various members of his family getting in the way and shouting at the detectives.
Andy could feel him getting more and more worked up as he listened to the poison that Ransom’s family shouted about you. Calling you a whore and a gold digger. But what made Andy the most pissed was the role Ransom was playing, the role of the jilted lover. He looked heartbroken and confused as the detectives walked him outside, his head shaking as he told them that this was all wrong. That you loved him, and he loved you. That you had plan’s together, that you were leaving your old life for his.
Ransom was trying to paint you as the villain and earn sympathy. That you had tricked him for his money, leaving him heartbroken. Andy just hoped the world saw sense, and believed you over the lies from this trust fund prick. Because you were the victim, not Ransom and Andy would fight to his dying breath the prove that.
Finishing the last of his scotch in one large gulp he slammed his laptop shut. As he turned to stand up he froze when he saw you stood by the entrance to the kitchen. You watched him with wary eyes as he stood up, your eyes darting to his laptop.
“Ho-honey, are you okay? What do you need?” He asks putting his hands on his hips trying to look as calm as possible.
“You said to let you know when I was done so you could redo my bandages” you remind him quietly.
“Oh yeah, of course, sit down and I’ll grab them” he says picking up his laptop and moving aside to let you sit down.
You nod barely even looking at him as you walked past. Andy puts his laptop away before grabbing the bandages from the bag and making his way back over to you. You were looking much more refreshed than before, your hair slightly damp and tied up in a messy bun as you wore an old hoodie of his and some shorts.
Not a word was spoken as Andy bent down to begin re-doing the bandage around your leg. His jaw automatically clenched when he saw the angry cut across your leg, one he prayed wouldn’t scar. He glanced back up at you when your other leg began to bounce nervously, but you avoided his gaze.
“The um guest room is all set up for you to use if you want to get some rest, or um I can sleep in there if you’d prefer to be back in your own bed” Andy offers as he stands back up and begins packing everything away.
“No” you mutter shaking your head “No I don’t want that I- everything has-“ your face scrunched up as you shook your head “I know I can’t avoid this completely, with the investigation and potentially a trial, but I- I just can’t talk or think about it outside of that, not if I want to feel okay… all I want is for everything to be normal again, like it never happened” you breathe out, eyes opening and finding his.
Andy was speechless for a moment, he wanted to argue because he knew deep down it was a bad idea to just pretend it never happened. But then he remembered how happier you seemed talking to Mary, a conversation that had no mention of Ransom, there wasn’t even the dark cloud of him looming in the background and between the lines. So if pretending it never happened helped you feel okay and be happy in the here and now then he’d do it.
Andy finally nods “Of course Honey” he manages to say as he crouches back down in front of you, resting one hand on your knee “Back to normal” he promises.
You let out a heavy sigh of relief, leaning forward to wrap your arms around him “Thank you Andy” you breathed out.
Andy instantly responded wrapping his arms around you, his hand cradling your head as you buried your face in the crook of his neck “Anything for you honey, anything for you” he muttered kissing your temple.
He held onto you, gently stroking your back in a soothing manner waiting for you to pull away whenever you were ready. When you did so you gave him a small but sincere smile that made Andy smile straight back, pressing a kiss to your forehead.
“Are you hungry for dinner?” Andy asks standing back up.
You give him a small shrug of your shoulders “Not particularly but I should probably try” you tell him.
“Okay well I know there’s some pasta bakes in the fridge and a shepherd’s pie? Do you wanna have a look, pick what you like and I’ll stick it in the oven” Andy suggests gesturing over to the fridge.
“I’m guessing that was my mom’s doing” you smirk standing up and slowly walking over to the fridge.
Andy smiles warmly nodding his head “Yep, she’d always sneak in something whenever she’d visit” he says moving to lean against the kitchen island “So what’s your pick?”
“I think we have to have my mom’s famous tomato and mozzarella pasta bake,” you say pulling it out of the fridge.
“Sounds perfect” Andy smiles walking over towards you “Why don’t you go pick a movie to watch while I stick this in the oven”
“Sounds great thank you Andy” you smile passing him the pasta bake, reaching up to kiss his cheek making Andy’s smile grow.
“It’s nothing, you go relax” he smiles, watching as you made your way back into the living room.
Once dinner was in the oven, Andy followed you into the living room. He smiled to himself as he settled down on the couch and you instantly shuffled closer and relaxed into his side. He wrapped his arms around you and kissed the top of your head as he relaxed for the first time in months.
Much to Andy’s relief that relaxed feeling remained for the rest of the evening. Maybe acting like the past four months hadn’t happened was a good idea after all, at least for now anyway. When Andy stepped out of the bathroom he smiled gently when he saw you were already in bed flicking through the book that had been sitting on your bedside table untouched for the last four months.
As he walked over and climbed into bed, you slid your bookmark to the front of the book before setting it down on the side “Thank you Andy, for everything” you tell him quietly.
Andy smiles gently wrapping his arm around you, gently pulling you into his embrace “It’s nothing, just… just want to see you happy” he whispers as he kisses the top of your head.
When you look up at him with a soft smile, Andy cupped your cheek and carefully guided your lips up to his. You let out a quiet hum and your lips lingered making Andy want to dive back in but he held back. While you wanted everything to be normal he was going to take everything at your pace, he wasn’t going to rush you.
You didn’t seem to mind, settling down so your head was resting on his chest. One hand resting over his heart. Andy kissed the top of your head before turning off the lights and resting his hand on top of yours.
Even though he was exhausted himself, he waited until he felt you fall asleep in his arms. He watched you for a while, still not truly believing you were back in his arms, terrified he’d wake up tomorrow and find the bed empty. He wrapped his arms around you tightly, kissing the top of your head reminding himself that this was real. You were back, he was going to make Ransom pay, and everything would be okay.
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