Chapter 4: This is about Horatio
Yelina had been gagged and her hands tied behind her back. She had been taken to an abandoned warehouse and beaten. She had bruised ribs, bruised eye and possibly a broken nose. Rick was the kidnapper, she had recognized him immediately. Rick removed the gag from Yelina's mouth
"Why Rick?" Rick sniggered. Yelina had made the wrong choice when chose Rick over Horatio. She had loved Horatio since the day they met but she chose Ray over his brother and deep inside her soul she had regretted her choice
"First Raymond and now his brother, it seems you have a weakness for men with Caine as their surname" Yelina knew why Rick kidnapped her. It was an emotional attack on Horatio. "What does Horatio have that I don't?" Yelina could have named an entire list
"Compassion, a good aim and respect for those he loves" Rick slapped Yelina hard across her face. It caused her lip to bleed. Rick was jealous of Horatio and he always had been
"I respect and love you" Yelina laughed and shook her head. If Rick loved and respected her he wouldn't have beaten her or kidnapped her "But every time you have a problem you run to Horatio for help, you don't come to me" Yelina never trusted Rick like she trusted Horatio and she never loved Rick like she loved Horatio and she knew it deep down that she could have never been happy with Rick like she could have been with Horatio. She had no idea if Horatio still loved her or if he had accepted her choice to date Rick or not. She wanted to know all the answers to the questions that ran through her head and she knew only Horatio knew the answers
"If you love me like you claim you so then why do this" Rick glared at her. His cold eyes pierced into her soul. Yelina was scared of Rick. They both knew it and so did Horatio and Ray Jr. Yelina was grateful that Horatio had taken Ray on the fishing trip. Yelina knew Ray would have also been kidnapped and beaten if Rick had his way as it would twice the amount of pain for Horatio
"Because I want Horatio to know what it feels like to lose someone he loves" Yelina knew Horatio had been subjected to a great deal of personal loss. First Speed, then Marisol and then Ray and she had begun to realise she could be the next in line to cause Horatio even more grief and pain
"He knows what it feels like, he's an expert on the subject" Rick also knew that to be true but he knew that if Horatio was to lose the one person he had loved for so long it would, most likely, be the end of Horatio Caine and the man he was
"But you would be the icing on the cake because he has loved you for so long and the guilt of never letting you know how much would kill him" Yelina knew that Rick had been trying to get one over Horatio since Horatio won the promotion to Lieutenant instead of him
"After you kill me then what, kill Horatio?" Yelina had hit the spot. Rick had wanted to kill Rick ever since Rick learned that Horatio had won the promotion if not before and now that she had dated Rick, he felt like he had won, at least, one of the many battles he and Horatio had fought "That's it isn't it? Kill everyone Horatio ever cared about and then kill him" Rick sniggered. He was impressed by Yelina
"Very good and when it comes to the funeral arrangements I'll make sure you're buried together" Rick picked up a knife. Yelina's eyes widen with fear. Rick began to cut Yelina's neck. He was going to make her beg for her life before killing her.
TBC...