Disclaimer: I don't own any part of CSI: Miami I'm just borrowing it for a while!


"Duquesne" she answered the phone whilst walking out of the ballistics lab, Calleigh had been tidying her lab as she was not currently working on a case. "I'll be there in 10minutes" she replied before hanging up, picking up her kit and making her way to the parking lot.

She had had a busy week and was hoping that today would be quiet so she could finish on time and go home. She really enjoyed her work but sometimes she just needed the weekend to herself. 'Oh well never mind there's always next weekend' she thought to herself on the way to the scene.

As she arrived she saw Horatio was already there she parked the hummer and walked over to him.

"What have we got?" she asked already looking over the scene. There was the body of a young woman about 12 feet away next to a tree in the middle of the park; Alex was knelt down next to her examining her.

"Man found her whilst walking his dog this morning" Horatio replied "Alex thinks time of death was around 7am."

"Do we have an ID?" Calleigh asked walking towards Alex. Alex checked her purse which had been lying on the ground near her body.

"Her name's Jessica Marshall, 32"

"Do we have cause of death, Alex" Horatio asked whilst bending down to look at some grey fibres that were on the purse Alex had just opened.

"Looks like asphyxiation and she may have been raped, I'll know more when I get her to post" Alex answered him still examining the body.

"I'll process the scene" Calleigh said walking around the other side of the tree, "there's a shoe print here," she bent down and began to photograph it.

"Calleigh, is it ok if I leave you to finish up and I'll see you back at the lab?" Horatio asked.

"Sure thing, see you later," Calleigh replied and continued to process the scene.


"Hey Alex, have you started the post on Jessica Marshall yet?" Horatio asked walking into the morgue.

"No, I was just about to, care to join me?" She replied.

"Always a pleasure," Horatio answered and walked over to the side on the body.

"She was definitely raped there was vaginal tearing and internal bruising, I think he used a condom though as I don't think there was any semen in the sample in her rape kit, I'll send it to DNA just to be sure though."

"Thanks Alex, anything else?"

"Yes, see this bruising around her neck," Alex gently moved the girls head backwards and moved her hair out of the way so Horatio could get a proper look, "Definitely manual strangulation, there are two bruises at the front of her neck from his thumbs and eight finger marks at the back of her neck, I'll swab for epithelials and send it to DNA with the sample from the rape kit."

"Thanks Alex, I'll be in trace with Calleigh if you need me." Horatio replied heading towards the door.


Calleigh was in the trace lab working on the grey fibre Horatio had found on the victims purse. She looked at the photographs of the victim, trying to figure out whether the fibre could have come from any of the clothes she was wearing. The victim seemed familiar to her but she couldn't quite place her. She looked up as Eric walked into the lab and smiled at her.

"Hey Calleigh, what you got?" he asked walking over to where she was standing.

"Grey fibre found on the victims purse, doesn't look like it came from her, its grey wool, maybe it could have come off a jumper or a scarf from the attacker." Calleigh answered.

"Calleigh, this is Miami have you felt how hot it is out there who in their right mind would be wearing a scarf or jumper in this weather?" Eric asked

"Well I don't know, have you got any better idea's Eric," she smiled at him. 'Wow', that smile always made him go weak at the knees but recently he'd found himself looking at her in a different light, they'd always been good friends but recently he found himself feeling differently but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was different.

"Hey Calleigh, Eric what have we got?" Horatio asked waking into the lab.

"Well the fibre I found is grey wool I'm running it through a manufacturers database but so far no match." Calleigh replied.

"Okay, Eric, the shoeprint," Horatio turned to Eric.

"It's the classic grip tread 200, it's a common tread but it was size 11." Eric replied smiling as her watched Calleigh flick her long golden hair behind her back before bending over to look into the microscope."

"Whilst I'm waiting for the database, I'm going to find something to eat," Calleigh said making her way over to the door, "anyone want anything?"

"No thanks Calleigh, I just ate," Eric replied and Horatio shook his head. As Calleigh left the lab Valera walked in.

"Hi Valera, you get anything off those samples?" Horatio asked.

"Hey, I found a tiny amount of semen it the rape kit from Jessica Marshall, I guess he used a condom but it broke or maybe pre-ejaculate I don't know, I ran it through CODIS and got a name, Josh Bartlett, priors for rape and sexual assault. He attacked 5 women 15 years ago, each attack became more brutal."

"I remember reading about him, the first women he flashed at, then he assaulted the next women, he raped 2 more and then he kidnapped somebody and raped and sodomized her several times before dumping her where he picked her up from." Eric replied, "Isn't he in prison?"

"No," Valera answered "he was released 2 months ago after 15 years inside, but you haven't heard the best bit yet, guess who his first victim was?"

"Who?" Horatio asked

"Jessica Marshall, our victim, she testified against him at trial."

"So maybe he is out for revenge on the women he attacked," Horatio replied.

"I'll see you guy's later," Valera said as she was walking towards the door. Eric turned to the nearest computer and typed the details in.

"I'll find the details of the other women he attacked; he may go after them next." Eric said scrolling down the list.

"Good idea, Eric" Horatio replied.

"Okay, Jessica Marshall, well we know about her, next was Emma Scott, she died of cancer two years ago. Melanie Jones was next but she's now living in the UK moved there before the trial. Kimberly Johnson killed herself 2 weeks after he raped her," Eric said looking up to see Calleigh had just walked into the lab.

"Hey, got anything more?" she asked.

"Yes semen found in the victim leads us back to a guy who attacked her 15 years ago, he was released from prison 2 months ago we think he may be out for revenge against the women he attacked who then testified against him," Horatio answered.

"Got a name?" She asked. Eric continued scrolling down the list.

"Yes, a Josh Bartlett," Horatio answered. Calleigh went as white as a sheet. Eric nudged Horatio who was standing next to him and he looked at the screen, neither of them could believe what they were seeing and looked up at Calleigh.

"You were victim number five," Eric said staring at Calleigh. How could he not have known this about her, how could she never have mentioned it, not once. He remembered what he'd read about the man and what he had done and felt physically sick.

Calleigh just stood there in front of them both paralysed in shock that they both knew what she had spent 15 years trying to pretend had never happened.

"Is this true Calleigh?" Horatio asked knowing the answer but he didn't want to bring himself to believe it.

"Yes," she answered quietly before turning her focus to the ground. She could not believe this was happening, "Yes it's true."

"How come you never told us?" Eric asked slightly hurt that she had never confided in him, they were supposed to be friends. He knew he was being stupid but he couldn't help it. He could think of a million reasons why she might never mention what had happened to her and that he was being completely selfish feeling hurt, but he couldn't help the way he felt.

"You didn't need to know, so what would be the point in telling you?" she answered slowly, "I didn't want to have to think about those 15 hours when he stole my life and my control over it like it was his to take, like ………." She trailed off before turning and running out of the lab towards the bathroom.

"I can't believe it Horatio," Eric said sadly, "how can we have worked with her for this long and never have known what had happened to her, what she must have been through and we didn't have the slightest idea. She is one of the strongest people I know and, I don't know, to have that happen to her it seems so wrong."

"It is wrong, Eric, it is." Horatio replied before walking out of the lab.


TBC...

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