Chapter 3

Once Adam fell asleep the others left as Mac thanked them he closed the door behind himself walking over to the living room he sat himself down on the chair nearest to Adam so he could keep a close eye out on his lover. He couldn't believe how close he came to losing him tonight he cursed himself for leaving him alone like that and vowed until this psycho who was bent on revenge was caught he was not going to leave him alone again at least not by himself nor without protection. He was brought out of his thoughts when Adam groaned in his sleep Mac sat up so he would be able to rush to his side if needed, but when he didn't wake. He somewhat relaxed he smiled to himself and drifted off to sleep.

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Tommy was angry beyond words not only had he almost been caught, but he also had him, he had him in his grasp and he got away all because some dumb ass cops stopped him. He screamed in frustration they weren't going to stop him he waited too long for this and no cop was going to stop him from exacting his revenge. He had no idea that he was ranting out loud until he passed a couple who we're looking at him funny he rolled his eyes at them.

"What! What are you looking at?" he growled angrily the man shrugged and kept on walking, but not before he heard him mutter.

"Weirdo" Tommy quickly turned and pinned the man up against the wall bringing out his knife. His wife stood frozen with fear.

"What did you call me?" Tommy asked angrily

"Whoa man chill! I didn't mean anything by it I swear" The man said fearfully.

"Then you shouldn't have said it!" Tommy said stabbing him in the chest then he took off as the guy's wife called 911 and rushed to her husband's side.

The paramedics arrived shortly after luckily they we're on call and not that far from the crime scene. When they arrived they assisted the injured man onto the gurney and into the back of the ambulance as the wife jumped in as well. Upon arrival they wheeled him right into surgery as she was approached by the detectives who had gotten the call sometime after the 'incident'.

"Excuse me ma'am! I'm detective Flack and these are detective Mac Taylor and CSI Messer from the Crime Lab do you mind telling us what happened?" Flack asked softly, but professionally.

She looked over to them and nodded as she choked back a sob.

"Well we we're walking down the street minding our own business when we heard a scream of frustration followed by a man talking to himself about how he almost got his revenge on someone named Adam and how the cops stopped him that's when my husband muttered weirdo and that led to him being in here" The woman said as she was now sobbing.

"Did he look like this?" Mac asked holding a picture of the man

She nodded "Yes that's him" Mac put the picture back into the folder when the Dr. finally came out.

"Hi I'm Dr. Stevens who is here for James McGee?" He asked the wife came forward.

"I'm Lilly McGee I'm his wife" Lilly said he nodded.

"I need to speak to you in private!" Dr. Stevens said, but before she could nod Mac walked up.

"I'm sorry Dr. my name is Det. Mac Taylor, but we need to know his condition! It's for our current investigation" Mac said showing him his badge he nodded and spoke.

"I'm sorry Mrs. McGee, but we did the best we could I'm afraid we lost him! Again I'm sorry" Dr. Stevens said sadly and walked off leaving the broken hearted woman in tears.

Lilly sank down in the nearest chair bursting with sobs. She lost her husband and now she was alone. Mac sat down next to her trying to figure out what to say when she looked over at him his heart broke for this woman. He knew he would be in her shoes if he lost Adam so he did the only thing he could think of.

"Mrs. McGee we are working none stop around the clock to catch this guy, but I promise you that when we do catch him I will call you first thing" Mac said she smiled and thanked him, but before she could get up Mac stopped her "Ma'am if it's alright with you we would like to take his body to our corner he doesn't have to perform the autopsy without your permission frankly we don't have to take him without your permission either" Mac said she looked at him for a moment.

"W-Will it help you catch the man responsible for James's death?" She asked through her tears.

Mac nodded reassuringly "yes"

"Then take him! Just be careful and gentle with him!" Mac nodded once again.

"Thank You!" Mac softly spoke. She got up to leave then stopped dead in her tracks she turned and looked at him.

"Det. Taylor do you have someone you love?" She asked out of the blue this caught him off guard, but he quickly regained his composure he nodded "What would you do if she was taken from you like my James was?" She asked Mac was unsure how to answer, but he did it honestly.

"In all honesty I would try to get revenge if someone were to take him from me" Mac said the word 'him' surprised her a little.

"Then how would you go about stopping yourself if this guy was trying to take him away from you?" Lilly asked.

"He already is trying" Mac stated she gasped at him "The guy this man was saying his name is Adam Ross! He already tried to kill him tonight, but we managed to stop him" Mac said sadly. Lilly lashed out at him with anger, hurt and sadness, but when Flack tried to stop her Mac shook his head at him.

"YOU MEAN HE KILLED MY HUSBAND BECAUSE OF YOUR BOYFRIEND? MY JAMES IS DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM AND YOU LET HIM GET AWAY? HOW COULD YOU? HOW COULD YOU?" Lilly ravaged angrily through her tears drawing attention as she beat on Mac's chest when she finally calmed down she looked at him in his eyes she could see sadness in them "I-I'm sorry" She said apologetic her voice was rasped from crying, but Mac shook his head

"Ma'am no need for you to be sorry! You have every right to be angry" Mac told her gently she looked up at him and smiled.

"I had no right to blame you or your boyfriend! It wasn't his fault" Lilly stated softly as she sat down.

"Ma'am! Adam was already a victim by this guy 15 years ago" Mac said sadly she could see his love for him and the hurt.

"What did he do to him?" She asked.

"I cannot tell you that, but let's just say it took a while for him to trust anyone again" Mac stated she nodded understanding. "We have to get back to work! Like I said I will call you when we catch this guy" she nodded giving him her cell number as they turned and walked out of the hospital. Danny turned to Mac.

"Mac! What was that?" Danny asked.

"What? She deserves justice for the murder of her husband" Mac said.

"I know that, but it's not your responsibility to take care of her Adam is" Danny told him firmly Mac looked at him then to Flack who nodded in agreement he sighed.

"Yeah I know, but I made a promise to both Adam and that lady and I will not break it!" Mac said angrily as he walked away Danny caught up with him as did Flack.

"I'm not saying you have to break your promise, but let us take care of this and you can call her once we captured this guy, But Mac you know you cannot be in on this investigation because of your relationship with Adam, remember it's a conflicted of interest" Danny said sternly Flack had to agree with him on this.

Mac turned and looked at the both of them with anger in his eyes, but he knew they were right so he sighed shaking as he looked at them both.

"Yeah your right! Tell Stella that she's in charge of this investigation I will be at my office, but I will not be investigating" Mac said Danny nodded and smiled.

"Ok! We'll keep you informed and give you updates at all costs" Danny told him he nodded as did Flack.

They walked off towards the lab unaware that things are about to get a whole lot more complicated.

Tbc...