Part 2

"Sorry I'm late." Sara hugged Sofia who was sitting on a bench in the diner, they wanted to have dinner in. She had called Sofia an hour before and had asked if she and Marco wants to join her and Ryan.

"You're not late, I was early."

"Looks like the guys are coming later. Ryan will be here any minute."

"Marco won't come."

"Why?"

"Who knows?" Sara stopped looking for the waitress and got all her attention on her best friend. The sound of the voice of her friend wasn't good.

"What's the matter, Sofia? Did you have a fight with Marco?"

"No. Kind of. No. Doesn't matter. What is your case doing?"

"Honey, I don't care about the case when you're like this."

"It's nothing you or me can change. Just a bad day."

"It was a good night when I called you."

Sofia sighed. She didn't want to talk about that topic now but had no idea how to stop her best friend from asking.

"Sof…"

"Sorry ladies I'm late." There was Sofia's rescue. Ryan arrived and sat on the bench opposite of them. "Oh, I'm not the last one."

"Actually you are." Sofia said. "Marco won't come."

"He'll miss out a breakfast with two beautiful women? He must be sick."

"You tell him." Sofia sighed.

Ryan looked at Sara who shrug her shoulders. She wished she would know what had happened to the blonde.

"I will. But first I'll enjoy your company if I'm allowed to."

"How could we refuse the company of Las Vegas' hottest lieutenant?" Sofia smiled a bit.

"Sofia, I wasn't saying that you are leaving the table, I was talking about me."

"He's charming, keep him, Sara."

"I will. But he enjoyed his job last night too much. Talking to a dozen half naked women. He forgot me the second I left the room."

"Not true." Ryan answered back.

"You'd never do that to me." Sara took Sofia in her arm. Something wasn't right with her friend and she didn't want to ask as long as Ryan was around so she hoped, having her arm around the blonde would make her more comfortable.

"I'd leave you for the American Dream Boys."

"I'd come with you, don't worry!"

"You've got me, you don't need some overrated men." Ryan said.

"I'd only look, dear. You look like you worked with them, no need to be jealous."

"I look better."

"True." Sofia agreed. "Even if I haven't seen you half naked – which is really a disaster – I assume you will be as good as them or even better."

"Are you hitting on my boyfriend? Again?"

"I haven't hit on him since…the second week he's with us." The time when she found out Ryan was interested in Sara and she had hoped her friend would use that caught the heart of the good looking new lieutenant.

"Go on with that."

"I like it when beautiful women fight for me."

"Get us some breakfast!" Sara narrowed her eyes. Ryan lived a dangerous life today. First the showgirls now flirting with Sofia.

"Yes Ma'am. Sofia, what do you want?"

"Just coffee."

"You need to eat. Did your mother not tell you that the breakfast is the most important meal of the day?" He shook his head and left them alone.

"What is wrong?" Sara looked worried at her friend.

"Not now, Sara. It's not the place to talk."

"Later?"

"I can handle it, don't worry."

"I do worry, Sofia."

"Don't. I'll be fine. Just a little downside."

"Sofia…"

"Ladies, breakfast." Ryan put a tray with coffee, eggs and toast in front of both.

"What will you have?"

"I'll have a bagel and leave you alone."

"What?" Sara furrowed her brows. They were suppose to spend the morning together. Why wanted Ryan to leave? What was wrong with the men today?

"I think the two of you need to talk and you don't need me. Have some breakfast, take the blonde home and I'll see you tonight. Both of you."

"Ryan…"

"It's alright, I'll have breakfast with you tomorrow, Sara. I'm not running away and if you want I'll serve breakfast in bed."

"Sounds good."

"Then it's settled. Talk to my lady, Sofia, she a smart woman and she likes you. No, she loves you, I should be jealous. Later ladies." He kissed Sara, pet Sofia's shoulder and left the two women alone.

Maybe there was nothing wrong with Ryan. Sara was sad on one side that he had left but very happy that her boyfriend was so sensitive and felt, that Sofia needed Sara to talk. She had always wanted a sensitive man in her life, now she had him.

"I'm sorry to destroy your morning." Sofia said sadly.

"You didn't."

"You had plans with Ryan after you spent the whole day with me yesterday."

"You make that sound like I do something I really don't like. Lieutenant, you know better." Sara pulled Sofia's head on her shoulder. "What happened? What did Marco do to you?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, he's not here, you're sad. He didn't say no with no reason or at least you suspect he has got a reason you don't like. Is he cheating on you?"

"He promised not to."

"You believe that?"

"Would you when Ryan promised?"

"As long as he won't act suspicious I would. If he starts to act like he's hiding something or I've the feeling he doesn't want to spend time with me, I'd be suspicious."

"He cancelled your morning together a minute ago."

"He didn't cancel it, he made some space because he could see that my best friend is upset and needs me."

"I asked Marco to join us. He said he wants to go to bed, he's tired. It has been the third time within a week that he cancelled an appointment. He didn't call or sent a text yesterday, he did that when we spent a day together before. He even was jealous because you were with me. Now there's nothing, he doesn't care anymore."

"Did you find any evidence that he has somebody else?"

"We're talking about my boyfriend, Sara, not a suspect. I can't poke around in his stuff and look for evidence that he's betraying me."

"You suspect something, he doesn't answer straight away, you're not poking around, you're getting answers. That's what you do, you detect things and you investigate."

"I'm not a detective or a csi anymore."

"You were it, you were great in both jobs, you know what to do. Or get him and ask him straight why he behaves the way he does. If he doesn't answer straight, you know he's hiding something."

"What if he does?"

"You kick his balls."

"I don't think I've the strength for that."

"Oh don't worry, I'll talk you in it. I'll make you very angry and you can relief the anger on him."

Sofia laughed a little bit. "Maybe I'm just overreacting and have too much fantasy."

"You do have fantasy, yes. But also have a really good eye for the hidden truth. That's why you are such a good lieutenant."

"The sexy lieutenant."

"The hottest lieutenant." Sara grinned.

"Yes. Ryan is very charming."

"I taught him to be nice to you or he has to sleep alone."

"He has to sleep alone now anyway."

"His own decision. Come on, let's got home." Sara saw that Sofia wasn't hungry and that the blonde wouldn't touch anything of her breakfast anymore. A few bites of the eggs, a little piece of the bagel, that was all Sara could expect Sofia would eat. Time to get her home and let her sleep.