What Hurts The Most
Meanwhile at an undisclosed place Ratner and Rossi were talking.
"Do you think Caine suspects anything," asked Ratner.
"No. He's too hooked up with that Roxanne girl. She's all he sees when she's around. He doesn't think about anything else," said Rossi.
"Good. I'd like to keep it that way. I don't want him finding out about anything," said Ratner.
"Don't worry. He won't find out about any of this, especially about that guy that ran into Roxanne. I made sure of it," said Rossi.
"You're a good man, Rossi. I knew I could count on you to get the job done. I still have my worries about her though. She knows things that I don't want anyone else to find out about. I'm sure she remembers who killed her family when she was just a kid. I don't want her saying anything to Caine. If he found out he'll be all over my ass again, and I don't want that to happen," said Ratner.
"If she does happen to remember and tell Caine, I'll have her taken care of. And if I have to, I'll have him taken care of also," said Rossi.
"Does anyone else know you're alive besides us and Stetler," asked Eric.
"No. I had thought about telling Yelina, but I don't know," said Speed.
"I think you should tell her. She'll be a big help," said Horatio.
"I would ask her if I knew where she was," said Speed.
"She's staying somewhere else. After the whole thing went down in Rio she stayed away for a while. I was the only one who knew that she was back in town," said Horatio.
"Yeah. I heard everything about that. I'm sorry about your brother," said Speed.
"It's okay. I knew he would go back to his old ways. I just didn't think he would get involved with someone like Riaz," said Horatio.
"Not to change subjects, but who else should know about Speed," asked Calleigh.
"I think Tyler should know about Speed. Maybe he can hook some surveillance cameras where Speed is living now," said Horatio.
"He could also help us bug Judge Ratner's office too," said Roxanne.
"Yeah. That's a great idea, but how do we go about doing that," asked Ryan.
"We'll have to do it when he has court one day, and someone will have to sneak into his office," said Horatio.
"What happened to Cooper," asked Speed.
"He was fired for using your credit card when we thought you were dead," said Eric.
"And he almost got me killed. He made this stupid website about me," said Calleigh.
"I knew about the website. I just didn't know he was fired," said Speed.
Meanwhile Stetler made it back to IAB when he was approached by the chief.
"Stetler. Where have you been," asked the chief.
"I was out trying to find information on Roxanne Claiborne," said Stetler.
"What for," asked the chief.
"When Horatio interviewed her I felt she was holding back information and I wanted to know what it was," said Stetler.
"Did you find the information you were looking for," asked the chief.
"Yes, sir. I did," said Stetler.
"Good. Now, get back to your normal work," said the chief as he walked away.
"That was close," thought Stetler as he dialed Horatio's number.
"Caine," said Horatio.
"Horatio. I found out the time and place Rossi and Ratner are meeting. I'll send you the information," said Stetler.
"Okay. Thank you Rick. We have a plan to bug Ratner's office when he has court," said Horatio.
"Good thinking. I'll talk to you later," said Stetler.
"Talk later," said Horatio as he hung up.
"That was Stetler. He found out the time and place Rossi and Ratner are meeting. He should be sending me the information soon," said Horatio.
"That's good. We can get to the place before they meet up and bug it," said Speed.
"Yup. Well, I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm going to call it a day," said Roxanne.
"Okay. We'll talk to you later," said Calleigh.
"Please, be careful," said Horatio.
"I will. You have nothing worry about," said Roxanne.
"I know, but I just want to make sure. I don't want anything happening to you," said Horatio with concern.
"Nothing is going to happen to me. I'll call you when I get home," said Roxanne.
"Okay," said Horatio.
"You really care for her," said Speed.
"Yeah. I do care for her. Ever since I saw her in her house I fell for her I guess," said Horatio.
"I'm happy for the both of you. You both deserve it," said Speed.
"Thanks," said Horatio with small smile.
"I think we should all call it a day and talk about this some more tomorrow," said Calleigh.
"She's right. I think we should also call it a day," said Eric.
"Okay. I'll see all of you tomorrow. We'll meet here," said Horatio.
"Alright," said Eric.
"See you guys later," said Ryan.
"See you tomorrow H," said Eric.
Soon everyone had left Speed's old place and gone their separate ways.
But what they didn't know was soon one of them would be missing.
"Is everything ready," said a male voice.
"Yes. Just waiting for the package to arrive, then she'll be all yours," said another male voice.
"Good. You know where to bring her. I'll have your money when you get here," said the first male voice.