At the Courthouse...

"Your Honor, Victor Peretti viciously raped and killed three women, he is a flight risk, and we are asking for remand " said Casey.

" Your honor, my client has no previous record, is a well respected family man, and has ample ties to the community " stated the opposing counsel.

" Nice try Mr. Granger, but bail is denied " replied Judge Donelley. " Court will reconvene at 9:00 A.M., we're adjourned " said the judge. As Casey

gathered up her things and was starting to leave, Peretti gave her a sly grin. " You made a big mistake " he said, as he was escorted out. Casey

brushed it off as an empty threat, because threats were all part of a days work for her. Still, she was a bit unerved. She decided to spend the night

at her office because she was still a little uneasy about Peretti's threat, and also because she was too tired to deal with the whole baby situation

with Chester.

The next morning...

" You may call your next witness Mrs. Novak " said the judge. " The people call Ana Peretti to the stand " said Casey. When Ana didn't come in,

Casey knew that something had to be very wrong. " Well Mrs. Novak " Inquired Judge Donelley. " Give me a moment your Honor " said Casey. She

walked back to where Elliot and Olivia were. " Where is Ana ?" asked Casey. " I don't know, we told her when to be here " said Elliot. " He must

have done something to her, go to her apartment and see if she's there and if she's okay " said Casey. Olivia and Elliot left to go check on Ana. "

Your Honor, the people are asking for a continuance " said Casey. " On what grounds ? " inquired Judge Donelley. " We need time to locate our

witness " said Casey. " Obviously she backed out of testifying " said the judge. " Your Honor she had every intention of testifying today, and we

have reason to believe that she may have been harmed "replied Casey. " That's absurd, the prosecution lost their witness and are just making

things up to help their case; I hope you can see this

for what it is your Honor, a blatant attempt to violate my client's civil liberties " said Granger. " That's enough Mr. Granger " said the judge. " I'm

granting the continuance, we will reconvene in two days at this appointed time, we're adjourned " said Donelley. The Bailiff got Peretti and was

taking him back to his cell when he yelled. " You'll be sorry bitch, nobody messes with Victor Alonzo Peretti. " Casey left the courthouse and got into

her car. She turned on the heater, then pulled out and started home. She looked in her rearview mirror and there was a black suv behind her. She

didn't think anything of it until she had driven about fifteen minutes, and then she felt like it was following her. Suddenly her phone rang. " Novak "

she answered. " Casey, we've got bad news, Ana Peretti's dead " said Olivia. " What, what the hell happened ? " asked Casey. " She was run off

the road, we also found multiple holes in the car from what appear to be an A-K 47. said Olivia. " Witnesses say it was a black suv, but that's about

all we've got " said Olivia.

" This has Victor Peretti written all over " said Casey. " So what do you want to do ? " asked Elliot. " Well, I got the continuance, but I don't see

how it's gonna do us any good now, with our only witness dead ; and unless we can definitively link Peretti to her murder, then we're screwed and

Peretti walks " said Casey, obviously stressed. Suddenly a cascade of bullets went flying. Casey dropped the phone. Olivia heard the gunshots. "

Case, Casey, what happened " she yelled frantically into the phone. Casey tried to dodge the bullets, and one hit her in the shoulder. She cried

out in pain. Though the pain in her shoulder was intense, she managed to keep control of the vehicle. The shooter knew that she had been hit,

and sent another hail of bullet into the vehicle. Then the suv slammed into the back of Casey's car, with her still managing to keep control. The suv

slammed into her car twice more and she finally lost control and vered off into a ditch and the car flipped twice.