It had been another long day at the Lightman Group and Cal was exhausted. He'd just finished working a very highpaying case with Gillian but the case had been very difficult and it had gotten a little more personal for Cal than he'd have liked. Recently there had been someone working for the FBI who had been sending intel and money to the Russian Mafia. At first this case seemed like any other extremely dangerous case Cal and Gillian had worked. That was until they Cal found out that the mole was working for Nick Matthews. Back when Cal still lived in London he and Terry had gotten into trouble with Nick, or rather Terry had gotten into trouble and Cal had been dragged along. Nick Matthews alone was a very dangerous man with lots of control over the crime in London, but with a high ranking position in the Mafia he was even more dangerous. Things weren't good if Matthews had people in the U.S government. And Cal couldn't help but feel a bit paranoid that Nick was onto him. Cal and Gillian closed the case in record time, partly because Cal didn't want to attract any more attention to himself by playing his usual mind games. Cal shivered in shi chair, something just didn't feel right and it was starting to bother him. Just then Gillian walked into his office.
"Hey luv."
"Hey Cal."
Gillian noticed how different Cal had acted during their last case but she didn't know why he was acting that way. There had even been a few times when she thought she saw fear in his eyes, but she couldn't bring herself to believe that Cal was afraid so she dismissed it.
"Fancy a drink later luv?"
"Sure where?"
"Uh how 'bout Louie's Bar right by my house. They've got great burgers and some damn good scotch."
"Alright I'll see you in bit."
Gillian left Cal smiling after her, God how he loved her, but he could never tell her, not with the bloody line in the way. Soon after Gillian left Cal grabbed his coat and headed out to his car. As he was making his way across the parking lot Cal decided that enough was enough, he was tired of dancing around the line, tonight he'd cross it, tonight he'd tell her. Just as he was about to get into the car Cal felt a sharp pain come from his back and then he collapsed.