I don't own these lovely characters, but Oh how I wish I worked for Mr. Duff right now!

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The day has been long and exhausting. The case just seems to keep going in circles. I feel like we aren't getting anywhere and I loathe that feeling.

We have been here since 5:30 this morning and we are no closer to singling out a suspect now than we were this morning.

Everyone looks defeated and I can tell that is eating at them.

Mike and Buzz are trying desperately to obtain all the information from the victim's online life, but the young lady was just so private, that it's scary. Especially for her age! Most 28 year olds, have every social media that is currently out.

Julio and Amy are combing through the boxes that they retrieved from her apartment. She kind of lived like a recluse. She had one picture in her living room, of her mother and father. There was no indication of a special person in her life. No clue to suggest who her friends might be or anything.

I have researched her criminal record and she has only two traffic tickets and they were paid they day after they were received.

Andy and Provenza are walking back in the Murder Room, after doing the notification to her parents.

We always manage to make eye contact when either one of us walks into the room. I don't know if it intentional or not, but I do enjoy it.

I can tell he enjoys it too, because a twinkle appears in his eye, once our connection has been made.

I decide that I'm going to make my way into the Murder Room and update the team on my progress and gather their progress as well.

As I walk into the Murder Room, I can feel all eyes on me. I approach the murder board and inform them of what I have discovered, which is very little and that doesn't seem to shock them.

"We haven't been able to find a trace of Ms. Abbott on any social media accounts," Tao says. "I have managed to find a few shots of her, from a neighborhood coffee shop," Buzz interjects. "But it looks like that was her only outing, other than work, she had her groceries delivered," he finished.

"Ma'am, we haven't found much in her personal affects either," Julio says.
"It's like she truly lived with the bare minimum," Sykes states as I look at her and shake my head in approval.

"Ma'am it seems like she didn't have a life," Julio states and Sykes completes his statement with "which is scary."

"I know, poor girl," I say. Feeling the sadness overcome me even more. Certain types of cases get to me. She was a young woman, of considerable beauty and talent and she just shut the world out. It makes me wonder what happened to her in the past.

"When we informed the parents, they were considerably devastated but the father seemed a little off, Captain" blurts out Provenza.

"That is true," Andy says. "And another thing the house was filled with pictures of Ms. Abbott as a young girl and as a teenager in pageants and social clubs," he says "But none in her own house," we say in unison. Both of our faces lite up as it happens. We can faintly, hear Provenza say, "Idiots," under his breath. We share a smirk, like always, we have grown so used to his foolishness.

"There has to be a reason she left those photographs out of her life," Sykes interjects. "But why?" I ask.

"Umm, Captain I think I may have found something," Tao says. I walk over to his desk and sees that he has pulled up her birth certificate, and it says that she was born to a different Mr. and Mrs. Abbott. "Hmm, that's interesting," I say turning on my heels to look at the rest of the squad. "It seems like the parents, are leaving out some vital information about their child," I say looking at Provenza with a look of questioning.

"Well, I guess I better find out why!" Provenza says with a perturbed look that is almost sort of comical. "Why, you are just helpful today aren't you, Louie," I say as I walk away from Tao's desk, sporting a huge grin. Everyone in the room let out a huge laugh, as he looks at me with a death scowl. He hates the usage of his first name, but I just couldn't resist.

"Hmph," he says while still shooting me with the death scowl.

"Well, everyone keep up the good work," I say as I head back to my office. Andy is standing up and as I pass him, he places something in my hand. I appreciatively accept it and as I look at the treasure in my hand wink at him as he grins at me.

I walk back into my office and sit down. As I open the top drawer, I can see him watching through the glass, as I begin to deposit the little gift into the drawer, I smile at him.

I have at least a hundred of these little things now.

He says they are to replace the real thing, since I have barred that from ever happening in the office.

He gave me a Hershey's Kiss.

He told me they are to symbolize every time he wants to give me a kiss, but resists the urge due to my desire to maintain professionalism at work.

He even has a color system. Purple means he wants to kiss me really badly. Silver means I said or did something funny, mainly something to irritate Provenza, and pink means just because.

Somehow he has found one that is wrapped in silver paper with purple design on it.

As I deposit this Kiss with the others I look up to see him still watching me, so I blow him a kiss, and he catches it and puts it in his drawer.

Gosh, I just love that man.

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