Ryan shrugged his jacket on and pulled his wallet out.
Delko walked over to him. "Hey man, you got a twenty?"
Ryan shook his head. "Naw, man... I'm meeting Morgan. I'm just about making it meet."
"Buy her a hot dog and a soda. I just need it to get into that new club on Collins'."
"I can't buy her a hot dog and a soda. It's Valentines day..." He pulled on a tie and began working on it. "It's important to her."
Delko leaned against the lockers. "You serious? Dude, you hate Valentine's day." Ryan nodded his head. "You really care about her, huh?"
Ryan looked up, smiling. "I know I'm older then she is, but she is great. She's smart and sophisticated."
Delko scoffed. "Alright, alright. Forget it. Have a goodnight."
"Thanks." Ryan walked out.
Pressing the button for the lift, Ryan felt in his pocket for Morgan's present. He smiled, feeling the wrapping.
"Excuse me."
Ryan turned. "Yes."
The woman smiled. "Hello, handsome. What's your name?"
Ryan stood tall. "I'm Detective Wolfe... Can I help you?"
"I'm looking for Horatio Caine."
Ryan looked away from the woman. She was staring at him. "Name?"
"Susan Kyles."
"Do you have an appointment?"
"No... but our relationship is purely... Drop in, walk out." Ryan nodded.
He looked behind her. "Delko?" Eric walked over to them. "Can you show Mrs. Kyles--"
"Miss."
Ryan smiled tightly. "Miss Kyles Horatio's office... I'm--"
Delko nodded. "Go."
"Thanks... Excuse me."
Ryan drove up outside the house and hooted the horn. Morgan ran out in a cobalt blue one strap dress with her heels in her hand. He got out of the car to meet her. "Whoa..."
She ran into his arms and hugged him. "Hi."
"You look--"
"It's new." She leaned in and kissed him.
He pushed her away and pulled out the present. He handed her the box.
Her face fell. "I didn't get you anything."
"I didn't want anything! Open up." She obeyed. Inside was a box and, when she opened that, there was a long pearl and diamond necklace.
She looked up at him. "Wow... It's beautiful... Ry, can you afford this."
"Ah, my boss gave me an advance... He kinda likes me. Can't imagine why."
"Oh I don't know... Maybe because you make his daughter so damn happy," she replied, leaning in to him. Pulling her close to him, he changed their sides, pushing her back against the car. When they broke apart, he stroked her hair from her face and kissed her temple.
"I love you." He kissed her again, this time less forcibly. "We better get going, or we're gonna be late for dinner."
"Then why don't we miss dinner?" she asked, batting her eyes seductively.
Ryan scoffed and led her to the passenger side of the car. "C'mon."
Dinner moved pretty fast with the two talking. They went back to Ryan's apartment and lay in the bed. Ryan took her hand and turned to face her. He rubbed his nose against her cheek and pulled her closer. She kissed him. Ryan didn't pull back when she climbed on top of him; he didn't pull back when she took off his jacket; or when she pushed his mouth open with her tongue to slip it in. Instead, he rolled over on top of her and kissed her just as deeply as she had been kissing him.
Ryan was surprised to find her pulling away from him. "My cell." She answered it quickly. "Hi... what's up?" She frowned. "O--ok... I'll be there as soon as I can. Bye."
Ryan looked at her, stroking her hair lovingly. "What's wrong?"
"I dunno... Dad just asked me to come home." She played with her phone in her hands. "Will you come with me? It didn't sound good."
Ryan nodded. "Well what did he say?"
"Just that I needed to come home ASAP... He needs to show me something."
Ryan reached up and kissed her. "Come on."
When they got there, Morgan smiled. "Did we nearly--?"
Ryan bit his lip and nodded. "I wanna take things slow."
"Ok... Well, will you come in with me?" Ryan looked doubtful. "Please... I'm scared."
Ryan nodded. Morgan unlocked the front door. "Dad?" she called. "Ryan's here."
Horatio emerged from the kitchen. "Hi."
"Hey..." She walked further into the room. "I was scared so I asked Ryan to come."
Ryan was shocked to see Susan Kyles step out from the kitchen. "You?"
"Surprise, darling."
