Later that week
Copper was in her office looking over the email that Agent Maxwell sent her, she saw the TSA footage that was taken two weeks ago showing Meslov and two of his body guards walking through the terminal. She reached out to some of her old contacts and found out that they think Meslov was overseeing an arms deal but they weren't able to tell her more than that as she was no longer in the bureau, she was on her own.
Her assistant came to her office knocking as she walked in. "Hey Copper, these were left for you at security." She told her placing a vase of lilies on her desk. Copper got a smile on her lips, as she looked for the card, but there wasn't one. "Who delivered these?" "It was from Tiani's on Kalakaua, why is there no card?" "Nope, I wonder if it fell off. No matter, I think I know who they're from." Copper stated.
"It wouldn't happen to be a tall dark and deadly that brought you lunch the other day, would it?" She asked with a smirk. "Maybe, although I don't think I did anything to warrant flowers. I think I will call him." She said as she grabbed her cell phone. Her assistant left her office to give her privacy. "Hey Commander, I just wanted to say thanks for the flowers, they're beautiful." "What flowers?" "The Lillies, they were delivered by Tiani's just a little bit ago." She told him, suddenly feeling a tad ill.
"Danny...shut up...Sorry, unfortunately I didn't send the flowers, maybe it was from him, you have stated that he has tried on more than one occasion to try and apologize for his indiscretions." He told her, at that thought she eased up and realized that he was probably right. "I hadn't even thought of that, now I'm embarrassed. I will let you get back to work, you shouldn't be talking and driving at the same time Commander, you should know better." She told him with a mock scolding tone.
"Sorry mom." He told her. "Bye." She disconnected the line. Staring back at the flowers she grabbed them and threw them in the trash, packing her things up she realized she needed to get some air, letting her assistant know she was leaving for the rest of the day and that she would see her on Monday.
"When are we going to meet this mystery girl?" Danny asked him as they were driving to their latest crime scene. "We're just friends Danny, there isn't anything more than that." "I am going to level with you, and you can get pissy all you want, but I am going to call you out. You have been a complete asshole, and I stress the word complete, for the last 6 months. After Catherine left you were on auto pilot, working yourself to complete exhaustion, and then one night miraculously it changes, and for the better I might add. I want to meet the woman that has managed to get the stick out of your ass." He told him seriously.
Realizing that Danny wasn't going to give up, as he was like a dog with a bone, he exhaled an irritated breath. "Fine Danny you win, how about tomorrow, BBQ at the house, I will bring her then. But I mean it, no third degree, no unnecessary questions. We are friends and that is it, nothing more and nothing less." He told him giving in.
Pulling up to the crime scene they were met with the rest of the team and the medical examiner. "Commander, Detective, good afternoon." The ME greeted them both. "This is the third one in the last two weeks; unfortunately this is the only John Doe." Lou stated. "Same cuts and marks?" Danny asked as he surveyed the scene.
"Exactly the same, however, this one in particular lingered, I believe this is the one that caused him to die, 'pointing to a deep jagged X under his collar bone' but I won't be sure until I get him on my table." He told the men. "Thanks Max, let us know as soon as you have something." Steve told him. Steve turned to the others and Kono who just joined them after gathering statements and video footage. "We need to get this under control, otherwise protocol is to bring the feds in and I don't want them involved." Steve stated.
"Well, I talked to one guy who is a late night jogger and he said that a black SUV had been parked out front of this building for the last three nights, and then it wasn't there." Kono stated as she pointed to a large glass and steel building across the street the sign read Whitman and Kolai Holdings. He sent Chin and Lou to go in and start asking questions on if they recognize the decedent. There wasn't much more they could do today until they heard back from the lab and the ME so they called it a day and agreed to meet at Steve's the next night, to meet his new friend and to try and brain storm on just who the hell was trying to portray Jack the Ripper.