SBPD
"Get here as soon as you can!" said Lassiter finishing his phone call with Juliet.
'Thank God she is alright!' thought Lassiter as he breathed out the breath he just realized he was holding. 'I think I was a little harsh on her but at least I know she is alright, or so she says; although she didn't sound like herself.'
As Lassiter thought he sat down at his desk and pretended to do paperwork; though his mind was the farthest it could be from police work. 'I know she said she is alright and I don't think she would lie to me; but I still can shake the feeling that something is off.'
"Lassiter where is O'Hara?" Chief Vick asked as she stuck her head out of her office door.
"I just got off the phone with her a few minutes ago and she is on the way" said Lassiter with little confidence.
"Can I see you in my office a minute please?" said Vick.
"Sure" said Lassiter as he walked toward his superior's office.
INSIDE OF JULIET'S CAR
She knew she had to go to work but she had to get her act together first. She drove slow, trying to think of excuses and how to explain her appearance. She wore long pants, a loose turtle neck cami and a black jacket, loaded on the makeup and wore her hair down to cover bruises on her neck and face. She hated lying to Lassiter and started to wonder if she should go to the hospital but had worked enough cases to know there wasn't any evidence for them to take. There wasn't anything that could be done so there was no need for anyone to know about what happened, she just knew she would lose every bit of respect she had earned since she had started if she revealed the night before. She came to a decision . . . she would hide what happened to her.
SBPD
Lassiter got up from his desk and walked towards the chief's office. As he walked hundreds of thoughts were running through his head; he knew something was off with Juliet – he could hear it in her voice. He had been very stern with her over the phone and he knew he had sounded much harsher than needed but that was the just the way he expressed his relief at hearing from her, seeing as how he was already halfway out the door to go to her apartment when his phone rang. Although he knew Juliet had lied to him about oversleeping he planned on finding out what really had happened as soon as she got in. He still had not been able to shake the bad feeling he had the day before and as a matter of fact it had worsened overnight; and as if his stomach could take any more he walked through Vick's door, saw the look on her face and knew trouble was in the air.
Psych Headquarters
"Have you been able to get in touch with Juliet?" asked Gus as he plopped down on the couch in their office.
"No." said a very worried looking Shawn.
"Shawn, why are you so worried? She is probably on a case and can't talk right now and with recovery efforts from the flooding." Said Gus
"Yeah, maybe" said Shawn half-heartedly "I need to know for sure though, want to go with me?" said Shawn.
"Sure, I actually don't have anything else to do today." answered Gus as they headed out the front door of the Psych office.
SBPD
Lassiter walked through Chief Vick's door. "Shut the door behind you and take a seat."
said Vick.
Lassiter did as she asked and then asked "Should we wait for O'Hara to get here?"
"No, I actually needed to ask you about something or rather someone. I got a call this morning from Chief Anderson in New York about a case that went cold 10 years ago, the case that brought you to Santa Barbara PD."
"Smalls" asked Lassiter already knowing the answer.
"Yes, Anderson said the tips you gave him a couple of years ago gave them enough to issue a search warrant and they found enough evidence in his house to convict him of all three of the cop rape/murders along with 15 other similar cases. They arrested him and his father posted the 2 million dollar bail and Smalls skipped town. He also said that before Smalls skipped town he swore to get back at you in the worse way possible and said that if Justice was served then you would have consequences."
Lassiter sat sinking in the words chief Vick was speaking and realizing why he had the feelings he had been having lately. His heart dropped and he sat there stunned not really knowing what to say.
As Vick talked on she watched as Lassiter grew pale, she had never seen him without his strong presence and stern face. This worried her.
"Do they know his whereabouts?" said Lassiter.
Before the chief could answer there was a light knock on the chief's door.
"Come in." said Vick.
It was Juliet and by now the pain of the night before had started to kick in and she had broken out with a cold sweat all over.
"The recep said you wanted to see me" said Juliet very weakly, this did not go unnoticed by Vick and especially did not go unnoticed by Lassiter.
Lassiter took in her appearance and knew right away that she was not okay. She was pale, covered in sweat and looked like she would fall over at any second. Lassiter stood from his seat and walked her way just in time to catch her as fell to the ground.