Howard, Richard, and Cole tracked a lieutenant's whereabouts, as well as decided on the best way to snatch him, and when.

Friday February 13th—

John took the closed case box in the storage room, then when he walked back up, he saw his detectives start to leave.

"Where are you all going?"

"Going to lunch Boss," Scotty said as he, Will, Lilly, and Kat started to walk out.

"Want to come?" Lilly asked.

"Maybe I'll join you later."

"Okay, Boss," Lilly said.

12:15 at the restaurant where the detectives are—

"So, do you know if Nick ever found out who took his last donut?" Will asked as he snickered.

"No, but I think when he gets back, he will find the person," Scotty said.

"It wasn't me!" Lilly said.

"Don't look at me. It was the boss," Kat said.

"NO!" Will, Scotty, and Lilly said in surprise as they laughed.

"Yes, after he finished the donut, he had a white crust on his lip," Kat said, and then they laughed again.

After they ordered their meal, Stillman called Jefferies to find out their location then joined them as they chatted. Since Rush and Miller finished their lunch, Stillman was offered their leftover cheese fries which he accepted, then the waitress got him a drink. After ten minutes Rush and Miller left to go back to the office, so Stillman moved to sit where they sat and a few minutes later the check came.

"Who's payin'?" Will asked with a smirk.

"You're payin', Boss?" Scotty said.

"Me? I just got here."

"So, you're the boss," Scotty said as he and Will snickered while they left.

"Guess I am."

He looked at the bill then paid it and after a few minutes he went back to the office.

Will and Kat were out of the room, Lilly and Scotty were at their desks working on a case file when John walked into his office. Twenty minutes later Kat and Will walked back into the office as they saw John take a file from his inbox.

"Did he say anything?" Will asked.

"Nope," Scotty said.

"Ah, he does that to us so, we do it to him," Lilly said as John walked out of his office, taking his jacket with him.

"I'm going to run some errands and be back later."

"Okay, Boss. Thanks for lunch," Scotty said as Lilly and Will scoffed and Kat snickered.

"Anytime." He looked at them with a smile, walked away, and disappeared into the elevator.

4pm

After Stillman came back from errands, he talked with his detectives about a case they worked on, and directed Valens and Rush to interview a witness who lived in Germantown. They left while Jefferies and Miller looked over a file and re-read the interviews, then a half hour later, Miller and Jefferies went home for the day. Stillman was working quietly in his office when he heard his stomach grumble. He looked at the time and called Rush to tell her he was going home a bit early since he had a date.

5:10pm—

Rita Hart, who was once married to John, excitedly left her home to have dinner at a restaurant they used to go to. They had restarted their friendship five months ago; she was surprised he made a concerted effort to not be as busy. She thought he had regrets when he was married to her, and how absent he was for Janie growing up. After she arrived, a waiter took her to a table; she waited while drinking some water. She looked around to see people eating while there were a few empty tables. At 5:30 pm he didn't call or show; she called his cell, got his voicemail, then started to worry.

Meanwhile at Central Headquarters 5:30—

"I'm going to call the boss and let him know we are back and having dinner," Lilly said.

"I don't think you should, his date might get mad," Scotty snickered while Lilly dialed Stillman's cell.

"Boss, we finished the interview, we're eating takeout, then we'll head home after. Bye."

"Good job," Scotty said as he winked.

"Thanks Scotty."

6:00pm—

"Well, I'm going home for the day so I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay Scotty, night."

"Night," Scotty said as he put on his jacket, and walked out to the elevators just as Rita walked up to the desk.

"Hi. Is John still here?" Rita asked as Scotty walked over to her and Rush looked up.

"No, he's out for the night, did you have a date with him?" Scotty asked as Rush got up and walked towards the desk.

"Yes. I waited then I called his home and cell but no answer. So after a while I called his home and cell again, but no answer. He did call me to say he was on his way about 5:00 or so."

"Let me try calling him on his cell phone." Lilly said then continued after she hung up a few seconds later, "It went back to voicemail.

"Let me call his home," Scotty said just as his cell phone rang. He answered, "Valens. Hi Mom, I'll do that. Bye,"

"I just got a bad feeling about something and I don't know what," Rita said as Valens dialed Stillman's home number.

He hung up. "Just answering machine."

"I asked them at the restaurant to call me if he did show up but they haven't called me back yet."

"Sorry, I gotta get home. I'm sure it's nothing," Scotty said even though he had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"I don't know where he could be," Lilly said.

"I'll pop over to his house, see if maybe his car didn't start or something," Rita said.

"Okay," Lilly said as Rita left. As she walked back to her desk, she also had a bad feeling.

Rita went to his home. She saw a few cars lined up along the one way street; so she parked a block away and headed for his place.