Within a few days Horatio had discovered quite a few of those involved with the capture of Nancy Drew.

"You know it wasn't very wise to hold your hostage in a house in your name where your neighbors could see her" Horatio told one captor "If you tell me who the client was that was going to pay you for Nancy I'll be willing to tell the DA that you were cooperative with this investigation"

The man just sat there like a statue

"You know we have our ways of finding things out." Horatio said "or maybe you like the idea of spending several years in a federal prison"

That didn't get anything, but what they didn't know was that the one that showed them where Nancy was would finally rat the client, it was the newly released sex offender

"So you decided to start going after minors" Horatio said looking the man up and down. He looked like a regular business man, but Horatio knew what this man was capable of

"Well, Nancy is beautiful; I thought I'd get her early and mold her into the woman I wanted"

That phrase alone made Horatio feel physically ill.

"She is not a piece of clay, she's a human being!" Horatio roared "You can't 'mold' her into whatever you want her to be… she can only be herself!"

The man leaned back looking smug, he enjoyed pushing Horatio's buttons; he had found early on that it could get entertaining.

"You like pushing buttons, getting a rise out of me, but I hope you have fun in prison, 'cause that is where you're going." Horatio said then ordered for him to be taken out

Later that day Horatio went to talk to Nancy and Carson Drew.

"Carson, I have to admit your daughter was able to describe the men that had her hostage down to some fine details and if what I heard was correctly she didn't see them but for a few moments at a time" Horatio said he had been completely surprised at how much detail Nancy remembered of the captors. "I heard a term once that recently came back to my mind it's called eidetic memory or more commonly known as a photographic memory"

"I always knew Nancy had an eye for detail, but I never thought she could have and eidetic memory… until now" Carson said

"How is Nancy, by the way?" Horatio said

"She's on the phone with her friends Bess and George; she seems to be doing okay"

"That is good to hear, and believe me; the men that did this will be put in prison for quite a while"

Nancy came into the room with Horatio and Carson

"Nancy, how are you feeling?" Horatio asked

"I'm doing okay, all things considered" Nancy replied a smile gracing her features, but Horatio knew that she had a rather difficult road ahead of her

"Nancy, I want you to know you have the support of the Miami Dade Crime lab, we will make sure that those that captured you and hurt you will be brought to justice" Horatio said

"Thank you very much"

"It is no problem, Nancy, you help police so much, its time that a police force returned the favor" Horatio said gently

"Either way I feel like I ought to thank you for everything you and your team has done for me"

"You, Miss Drew, have a way of leaving a subtle trail"

"A trail, how did you do that?" Carson asked his daughter

"A few hairs here, a fingerprint there… just let them know that I had been at a place by leaving physical evidence behind" Nancy smiled

"She grabbed a pipe to leave a full handprint, and according to Eric that those fingerprints you left were the cleanest he's seen from a hostage." Horatio commented

"It's all about keeping a cool head, when you're in a pinch you have to use your head, not lose it." Nancy explained.

It didn't take that long for a guilty verdict to be handed down. Nancy and her father went back to River Heights to a warm reception from their friends.

Hanna had one of Nancy's favorite dishes prepared for Nancy when she got home from the airport.

"Oh Nancy, I'm so glad you're okay" Hanna hugged Nancy

"Hanna, I've missed you, it's so good to be home"

Horatio took off his sunglasses as he walked back into the crime lab, he had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time the Drew family was seen in Miami, he just hoped that the next time Nancy was in Miami she got to enjoy the sights and the beaches.

The End

(…Or is it?)