Chapter 2
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Rick walked down through the bright halls and looked for the two men he wanted to speak with. He saw Eric in one of the rooms and Ryan was across the hall. He pointed to Delko and then Ryan and gestured to the conference room. He saw the two take a deep breath and collect themselves before joining him in the hall. They said nothing and walked into the door Rick held open.
He shut the door and closed all the blinds before speaking.
"I will only say this once. The only reason I will not have your asses arrested or suspended is because you are too valuable to this team." He looked between the two. "Don't do drugs on the property. Do not come to work with them, or smell like them. What I have to do to keep you out of trouble could get me fired." Rick said and glanced as someone tapped on the door. He let Horatio inside. "I do not want my boss to find out, so don't speak a word to anyone else, got it?"
They nodded.
"Good. Get clean." He walked out and Horatio followed him down to the morgue.
"What did you tell them?" Horatio asked.
"It doesn't matter." Rick said.
"Can I see the results?"
"Sure, why not." Stetler shrugged and watched as he read through the papers.
"What in the world showed up in Natalia's test?"
"I was hoping you knew."
"Never heard of it."
"Huh." Rick hummed.
"Did you talk to her?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Do you want me to?"
"I see your point." Horatio pursed his lips.
"I have to get back to IA. But first I need to clear their names." Rick with a tone in his voice that Horatio understood but didn't want to accept.
"Why can't you do it?"
"I won't pass a drug test," Rick snorted. "At least I don't think I will."
"Why not?"
"I had a Super Bowl party, and someone passed something around." Rick shrugged.
"Something?"
"I was drunk, I don't know everything that went on."
"Oh Rick." Horatio groaned. "Didn't you get that out of your system in college?"
"Growing up is overrated."