I've decided to make a sequel! I actually thought that I was kinda mean, leaving the story like that without loads of Nyan scenes. So, why not start now? Welcome to the case of Henley Keegan, a wife and mother of two.


Horatio sighed as he looked at the 36 year old woman's dead body. Henley. That was her name. She was a married mother of two. Her parents were pretty much still alive. Her brother, dead. He had been for 14 years. Murder. That's what Delko thinks. Calleigh on the other hand won't tell because she didn't want to see the body. Natalia and Ryan stayed crouched down around Henley as they took photographs for forensics team to look at.

The story came like this: Richard, Henley's husband, came home from work after picking up their two children, Sally and Sam from their babysitter. He found the deceased on the floor of the kitchen. Blood seeping through the cracks of the tiles. Her piercing green eyes open. Mouth ajar. Sent the children upstairs and rushed to get house phone to call police. Checks her pulse, breaks down after finding nothing. Police arrive at scene ten minutes later. Now, husband and children are being comforted by Detective Calleigh Duquesne.

"Ok, victim hit on the head by blunt instrument." Ryan started, lifting the limp body up a bit. "Bled out and died." He finished.

"We estimate that she had been dead for roughly six hours. The blood which is dried and the color of her body tells us so." Natalia added.

"And her husband had been at work all day. He works long hours." Horatio said. "Any information about Henley, Cal?" Horatio turned to Calleigh who tried not to make eye contact with the dead body. Normally, she would be fine. But any little thing made her sick, lately. Almost irritable and everyone knew something was wrong with her.

"Apart from the obvious, she worked part-time. She was a lawyer at Anderson's Solicitor's Joint, about ten minutes away from here. We could say that after her husband left for work in the morning, she dropped the kids off at school, went to work, came home due to calling their usual babysitter if they could take the kids for a while, and starts on dinner." Calleigh gestured to the chopping board with vegetables on and a knife. "The killer could of used the knife but he didn't." She added.

Horatio went to the cooking book laying on the table. It was a well-known dish. "Natalia, how long would you say that this would need to be prepared for?" He asked. Natalia went to stand beside him to get a better look.

"Well from experience, it took me roughly about an hour and a half. And looking at the fresh vegetables, she only got through twenty minutes of preparation." She said.

"So, the killer killed Henley before she could even make dinner for her family." Ryan said.

"What time did the husband come home with the kids?" Horatio asked Calleigh.

"Just past 6. He said that dinner was normally ready by half past 6." She replied.

"Ryan, take an hour and a half away from half past 6, please." Horatio turned to see all of his colleagues there.

"5 o'clock, H." Ryan said.

"The time now, Mr Wolfe?" He asked. Ryan looked curious before he looked at his new watch that Natalia had gotten him.

"8:30." Ryan said.

"And she has been dead for...?" Horatio started. The rest of them turned to the body.

"Six hours." They said.

"It doesn't fit." Horatio said, putting his hands in his trouser pockets. "Take six hours away from now, Mr Delko." All of them turned to Delko.

"Two thirty." He said. Horatio turned to the side and slipped his Raybans on.

"She wasn't making dinner. Why would a woman call a babysitter to take her children for a couple of hours, only to cook dinner? She could easily get them to play in their rooms, unless...?" Horatio wanted them to catch on.

"Unless she was making food. For her lover." Ryan said. Horatio smiled and tilted his head.


That's where I am leaving it! Hoped you enjoyed it!