Okie doke! Here is chapter 7. Hope you enjoy! Review please and thanks! :D

OooOooO

Shawn only stopped once on his way back to Santa Barbara, and it was to fill up the tank of his bike and grab something to drink. Stepping into the cool interior of the gas station, Shawn pulled out his cell phone. He dialed Gus's number and impatiently waited for his best friend to answer his phone.

"Burton Guster."

"Hey buddy, what's up?"

"Nothing, Shawn. Why are you calling me when you know I'm at work? This had better be important." Shawn was a little stung by the sharpness in his partner's voice.

"Gus I need you to do a background check on Kathleen Fox." For his part, Gus was equally taken aback by the seriousness in Shawn's voice.

"What for?"

"Oh, well I'm thinking of going into identity theft. What do you think? We're solving a murder, remember?" Shawn replied sarcastically.

"Well for your information Shawn, I already did a background check a few days ago. You know, when she actually became our client."

"Yes, I vaguely remember." Shawn mused as he pulled a coke from the fridge at the back of the store.

"Well that makes sense considering you were too busy building a cabin out of egg rolls to actually do any work."

"A lodge Gus, it was a lodge. For all of the rice babies to live in. Haven't we already had this conversation?"

"Do you want to hear about Kathleen Fox or not." Gus said, annoyed.

"Go on."

"She's 28 years old. No immediate family. No current boyfriend. She's had financial issues lately considering she's an amateur actress—" Gus rattled out.

"Wait, what was that last one?" Shawn cut him off.

"She was an amateur actress. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Uh, nothing. Nothing at all, buddy. Thanks." Shawn hung up his cell phone, leaving Gus in the dark. He grabbed his soda and raced out to his Norton. This case was beginning to make a whole lot more sense.

OooOooO

Juliet walked into the station wearily, thoughts still racing. This was going to be a long day.

"O'Hara!" Lassiter's voice came from across the station. "What the hell has been keeping you so long?"

Juliet glanced down at her watch. Great. Have I really been out there for half an hour?

"Um, nothing. Sorry. I just needed to clear my head."

Lassiter's gaze was sympathetic for a moment before turning professional again. "Well, did you get a hold of Spencer?"

Juliet hesitated for a fraction of a second. "No. Uh, no, he didn't answer."

Lassiter opened his mouth to curse, but was interrupted before he could start.

"Excuse me! Please! Somebody! I need help!" Juliet spun around and saw a young guy, mid thirties, frantically searching the station for assistance. She shot a glance back to her partner and, after seeing a nod of confirmation, approached the man.

"Hello, sir. I'm Detective Juliet O'Hara." The man turned terrified eyes on the detective.

"Detective. Thank God. My name is Ron Turner. I need to report a missing persons case."

"For whom?"

"My friend, I think she was kidnapped. I can't be sure. I just saw a man walk into her house. I thought it was all fine. I thought she knew him. But I haven't heard from her in over a day and we were supposed to meet for breakfast this morning." Ron was talking so fast Juliet could hardly follow what he was saying.

"Well, we can't start an investigation until it's been 48 hours. But… why don't you give me her name. If we hear anything I can alert you." She added the last part purely as a response to the desperation in the man's eyes.

"It's Kathleen, Kathleen Fox."

Juliet was shocked to silence for a moment. "Kathleen Fox?" Ron nodded distractedly. Juliet spun around and caught Lassiter's, who was watching the exchange with interest, eyes. She motioned for him to come over and led Ron to one of the benched lining the walls.

"What's going on here?" Carlton questioned.

Ron opened his mouth to answer but Juliet was faster. "He's here to report a missing person. Kathleen Fox." The partners exchanged a meaningful glance. Ron Turner nodded in confirmation.

"Could you describe her, please?" Lassiter asked.

"Um, well, she's 28. Probably about as tall as you" He gestured to Juliet. "Her hair is brown. A really light brown." The man chuckled sadly "She always tries to convince people that it's blonde." He stopped talking, lost in thought.

"Is there anything else? Anything distinctive to look for?" Juliet asked softly.

"What? Oh, yeah. Yeah, she has this scar. It's pretty big. A bit to the right of her belly button. When she was a kid she fell climbing a tree. The branch right near went straight through her. She still loves climbing though…" The man was lost in thought once more.

The two detectives made eye contact once again. A silent message was understood by both. It's her.

Lassiter decided to be the one to break the news. "I'm very sorry, sir. The woman you just described was found murdered earlier today."

"Wha- but, no! There has to be some kind of mistake. I mean, are you sure?!" Ron cried.

Juliet nodded sadly. "Kathleen Fox was found murdered in her home around noon today." There was a moment of troubled silence before she continued. "You mentioned seeing a man walk into her house. When was this?"

Ron dried his eyes with his sleeve. "Well, that was this morning. I drove by her house when she didn't show up for breakfast and saw him walking in. He didn't seem out of place at the time. I drove by her house a little later and her car was there, but the doors and windows were locked. Blinds drawn, lights out. I called in a few times but she didn't answer. I left but got worried after a few hours, so I came here."

There's something about his story that isn't adding up… O'Hara thought.

"Could you describe this man?" Lassiter asked impatiently.

Ron thought for a moment. "He's average height. Kind of messy brown hair. He was wearing jeans and this red polo. Wait… he drove a motorcycle. Black. I think it was a Norton, but I'm no completely sure."

Juliet's heart sunk to her toes. There was only one person he could be talking about. Shawn.

OooOooO

It's starting to come together, isn't it? Well, it is for me of course. I'm the one writing it. I'm going to try to update as quickly as possible, but I'm super busy this week. Worse case scenario the next chapter will be up next Sunday.

Thanks so much for reviewing! It really means a lot to me! So keep it up! Please review! Thanks!