Horatio saw her retreating figure going down the sandy path. He could tell that she was crying and he knew that she was not the one to cry openly or let anyone see that she was crying. He went over to her and gently took her arm.
"Cal, go on home. We can take it from here." Horatio said.
Not knowing what to say, she just looked at him with the saddest eyes he had ever seen. It broke his heart to see her like this. She just nodded and started walking to her hummer. Horatio walked beside her and opened her door for her. When she got in he shut the door.
Calleigh started up her hummer and rolled down the window and said, "Thanks Horatio. Promise me something"?
"Sure thing Cal. What is it?" Horatio asked.
'Please let me be the first one to know if you guys find out anything"? Calleigh asked him, with those sad eyes again.
"Absolutely darling. Now you go home and get some rest and I will call you." Horatio told her.
"Okay talk to you later" Calleigh said to her boss.
Calleigh looks behind her and turns the hummer around and drives back to her house. She pulls into her driveway and shuts the hummer off. She gets out and goes into her house. She shuts and locks the door.
She goes to her couch and lays down. All the negative thoughts about Eric are swimming around in her head and she feels like she's drowning in her sorrows. She hasn't got the energy to get up and function right now. She grabs the blanket that rests on the back of the couch and she can catch the scent of him inside and wraps it around her and breaths in his scent. She falls asleep knowing that Horatio could call at any moment.
Stay tuned for more.
SJ.