Hey everybody! Sorry that you had to wait a few days for the new chapter, but I just couldn't throw it at you so fast :) Actually, now that I am done with my exams and can stay at home I have too much time :) Mostly I am writing chapter for that story :) But I also started the sequel to my last story "Happy Birthday Sweetheart" and I think I'll post the sequel in the next few days. I hope you'll have a look at it also :)
So now Enjoy the new chapter :) (And sorry for throwing case details at you now, I know it's not that interesting, but it belongs to the case ;) I hope you like it though.)
Chapter Four: First News
It was the first day back at work now. The day after the first night I spent at Mac's place. At least having him around me was much more comforting and comfortable than having an unknown officer always around me and watching my every move.
I had been up much earlier than Mac, at least that was what I thought. So when I decided to get up I went into the kitchen and made some coffee for me and for him and softly knocked at his bedroom door. Not knowing that he had been in his bathroom I jumped as I heard his voice right behind me asking me if I was looking for him and if everything was okay. In the end we ended up smiling at each other and making fun of him being able to shock me that easy.
Now we were back in the lab and Mac had ordered to come together in the conference room, where Mac and I already waited for the others.
"Did you at least get a few ours of sleep?" he asked me and I could hear a tiny note of concern in his voice.
"Not really. Was too excited after what happened. But I guess I slept two or three hours… and you?" I asked looking at him a bit concerned.
"Not much more than you either. Was thinking about how he got into your apartment. That kept me awake."
"Same problems, hu?" I mentioned with the tiny hint of a smile.
A few minutes later everybody had arrived. Lindsay and Danny, Sheldon, Adam and also Sid had come upstairs, which was very rare.
"Well we should talk about our latest case: Mr. Worthfield. Since Stella surprised someone in her apartment who is connected to the case we need to collect what we found out by now. Sid? I know you have… um… patients waiting for you… thanks for taking the time to come up here. What can you tell us about Mr. Worthfield?" Mac started the conference.
"Well… I just finished my work on Mr. Worthfield and COD were several stab wounds all over his abdomen. One of it cut the main vein in his abdomen which was officially the COD. He simply bled out. But I also found blood on his body which didn't belong to him and I took it to the lab. I also found epitheliums under his fingernails. So we might have plenty of DNA to get our killer. Considering the way Mr. Worthfield was stabbed I assume that he's not very familiar with killing people. He might be a first timer or he planned to let it look like he was." Sid explained.
"Good. Thank you Sid." Mac said.
"Well, the print Danny found on the doorknob on the apartment door." Lindsay said looking a bit contritely at Mac "Was no match to CODIS or any other data base we're able to search in."
"I analyzed the powdery substance you found on the carpet right in front of the door… it contains nitrogen, phosphate and potassium oxide. Considering the other substances mixed with those I'd say it's kind of a fertilizer. We didn't find that substance under the victims shoes so it might be from the perp. I'd say he has something to do with plants. Maybe he's a florist or something like that." Sheldon added.
"I'm still waiting for the results of the DNA Sid brought me. Till now I haven't found anything." Adam said.
"Flack and I am still searching for the missin' wife." Danny informed us. I looked at him in a confused way.
"What?" he asked me.
"As far as I know Harris Worthfield wasn't married."
"But he was wearing a wedding ring with a name and a date engraved… we also found the certificate…" Mac said.
I just shock my head. I thought Harris was kind of friend to me, but I had to realize that I really didn't know him. I didn't know he had a girlfriend and I also didn't know he had a wife. At least I did not pay much attention to that.
"So married and cheating? What else will we find out about him?" I said a bit more angrily than I wanted.
"Stella… you said you know him? Did he ever mention someone called Melissa?" Mac asked me. "I'm asking because that's the name engraved on the ring."
I thought for a few seconds and again shock my head. He never mentioned that name.
"Fine. Danny, keep on looking, Sheldon find out who uses that fertilizer near that apartment building and Lindsay analyze the envelope and the picture Stella found yesterday. That man might be our killer and I want everything we can find. He said it's not over yet and he also threatened Stella so we need to proceed carefully but fast." Mac instructed.
"Mac, there is one problem with the fertilizer…" Sheldon said, after everybody left to do what Mac wanted them to do.
""What is it?"
"It's very common. You can buy fertilizers like that in every shop. It'll be hard to find a company which doesn't use that fertilizer."
"Right… then… Try to find out more details about Harris Worthfield."
Sheldon nodded and left the room, too. I was leaning against the table and had my arms crossed over my chest. I was confused and also a bit angry. I was just staring at the picture of Harris Worthfield taken at the crime scene. I wasn't just able to say something, but I noticed Mac looking at me and so I turned my head and looked at him. I could see the mixture of understanding and concern in his eyes as he took a step closer to me and placed his hand on my shoulder.
"What's going on inside your head, Stell?" he asked me with concern, but also a hint of curiosity in his voice. Did he really care what was going on in my mind? I had a few things spinning around in my head and only a few of them hadn't anything to do with him. My mind wanted to go back to the tiny little moments that we shared, when he was so caring and yet I thought loving. Stella, focus! I reminded me.
"I'm just confused. Thought he was a friend and yet I know nothing about him. I didn't know he was married and I didn't know he had a girlfriend… I just can't think of him like that… it seems he's cheating in his wife and to me he wasn't that kinda man." I said.
"You know, people can act in a different way than they really are. And people can lie. They also have secrets."
"I know. But I just can't believe he tricked us so well. What about that girlfriend Stacy Travis? Think she knows more about him?"
"We'll find out. You want to join me asking her some questions?"
"I have nothing better to do…"
"Come on. Don't look that angry. You couldn't have known, Stell and it's not your fault."
"Never said that. Just angry that he was able to trick me."
"I don't think that too bad." He said with a half smile playing on his lips.
"Pardon?"
"Shows me that you're still human. Just like you always try to show me." He explained and was now smiling at me.
He was smiling at me quite often. Maybe he did before and I just didn't notice, but somehow it seemed he was doing that more often since yesterday. Maybe I was just seeing more that was really there? Do I want to see more? Stella, you should focus on the things at hand… I told myself. But still those thoughts wouldn't leave my mind all day, which I would find out soon.
"Come on, Stell, let's go." Mac said and we left the room to go and see Stacy Travis.
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