Friday, November 6th, 11:00
Valera sighed. She liked bying baby clothes. But it was getting hard, she was now 18 weeks pregnant, and tried not walk around too much. But Jason was working and someone needed to buy clothes for their babies. She had to buy alot clothes, considering that she and Jason would either get three boys, three girls, one boy and two girls, or two boys and one girl.
I'm whale, dammit! I big whale!, She thought and sighed. As she turned around she almost bumped into an old lady.
"Oh sorry." Valera said.
"No, it's alright. Don't need to apologize." The woman said, and she noticed Valera's big belly. She gaped at Valera.
"Oh my, you must be in your last month, when are you due?" The woman asked.
"16th Paril, 2008." Valera said.
The woman looked shocked at Valera.
"I'ts triplets." Valera smirked.
The woman nodded and smiled, then she went away to buy whatever it was she came to buy.
Valera sighed, it was hopeless. She couldn't by baby clothes without Natalia, and Natalia was still in the hospital, for at least four more days.
So insead she called Maya and Trish. After a few minutes they showed up in the store and helped Valera pick out some girl and boy clothes.
Then they went to a small café.
"So I heard that you found out when you were due." Trish said.
"Yeah, 16th April, next year." Valera smiled.
"Elena is due on 14th April." Trish smiled, "Are you and Jason thinking about getting married?"
Valera shook her head.
"Nope, not until the kids are at least six years old." Valera said, "You know I got pregnant so early in our relationship, so I told him that marriage could wait."
"And you want the kids to participate don't you?" Maya asked.
Valera nodded, "Yeah, that would be great. Do you guys realize that I'm going to have to sit up during the night to feed three babies?"
"Yeah." Trish and Maya said.
"But two of them can only be fed on the same time, so the third one will have to wait. And that one will probably cry like crazy."
"Jason will help you." Trish said.
"Yeah, but my nights will be filled with cries." Valera said, "But it's a prize I'm willing to pay." She grinned.
"Did you hear that our dad has a girlfriend?" Maya asked.
Valera nodded, "He seems happy."
"Yeah, but I still just want to ask her a few questions." Maya smirked, "Tie her to a cair and force some answer out of her."
"Have you ever thought about making a career as a professional dominatrix?" Valera asked.
Maya laughed, "No, but maybe I should try."
"You will interrogate her anyway Maya." Trish said, "You'll just ask too many question if you know what I mean."
Maya smacked Trish's arm, "It won't do any harm."
"And Jason, I hear, is going to become an ME." Trish smiled.
"Yeah, Alexx called him this morning. Told him that his practice starts on Monday." Valera smiled, "He's so excited about it."
"Good." Trish smiled, "It's Christimas soon."
"It's still November." Maya snorted.
"Yeah, but when you have two kids you have to buy gifts early." Trsih said, "And plan eveyrthing at least one month ahead."
"What are you doing this Christimas?" Valera asked.
"The usual, Delko family dinner." Maya said, "At my place this time, you're welcome to come if you want."
"Thanks, but Jason and I are going to Washington to visit his parents. They're only there for three days. And I haven't met them yet." Valera said.
"Don't pull a Get-Rid-Of-Raquel- thing on them." Maya laughed.
-I-
11:30
Horatio panted as he rolled over onto his back. He and Eric had decided to take an early lunch.
"That was amazing." Horatio panted. He rubbed Eric's back.
"Eric?" He asked.
He chukled as he heard Eric snoring.
"It was that good huh?" Horatio asked his sleeping lover. He gently caressed his cheek and called his name.
Eric muttered and then opened his eyes.
"Sorry." He yawned.
"It's okay. I'm glad you fell asleep after and not in the middle of it." Horatio chuckled.
He climbed out of bed and pulled Eric to his feet. Then he pulled Eric towards the bathroom and into the shower.
They took a quick shower and then got dressed. Then quickly into the hummer and back to work, were they met a grinning Frank in the lab entrance.
"Horatio, let me ask you something." Frank grinned, "Why do you have a white shirt on you?"
Horatio looked down at his shirt and blushed.
"I mean you came into work this morning with a blue one, so..." Frank grinned.
"Frank." Horatio said, "Say no more or I'll tell everybody how much you suck at poker."
Frank's grin disappeared.
"I've told a thousand times, I don't suck at it. It's you that can't shuffle the cards." Frank said.
Eric sighed and left Horatio and Frank alone to bicker about the never ending subject: poker.
"Yeah, and when I don't shuffle the cards it's my spirit or whatever that makes you lose, right?" Horatio asked.
"Yeah, that's correct." Frank said, "I always win when you're not around."
"That's because you play against people who are worse than you, and where to you find those people by the way?" Horatio asked, grinning.
Frank chuckled, "Very Funny H, very funny."
Horatio grinned, "No retort?"
Frank glared at him, "I'm getting old and running out of things to say."
"Yeah, I was wondering when you'd noticed that the grey hair of yours is a sign of age." Horatio grinned.
Frank growled and poked Horatio in the arm.
"What was that for?" Hoatio asked.
Frank shrugged.
"See you later." Frank said and poked Horatio one last time before he walked away.
Horatio shook his head and went to find Eric.
-I-
12:00
Joseph loved walking. He could walk for a very long time too. He'd been walking for three hours already. Just around in Miami.
He thought about Lucia Muranes, he really liked that woman. Maybe he was falling in love with her. His children were supposed to meet her tomorrow and he really looked forward to it. Lucia was a very kind and gentle woman, she wasn't afraid of many things, and would have no problem pasing his daughter's interrogations. But he still didn't want them to do it. Lucia was someone that everybody could trust, and he hoped his daughters would see that right away.
Joseph was so lost in his thoughts, that he didn't notice the red car driving slowly behind him. Nor did he notice that the car stopped and a familiar man stepped out on the curb.
Suddenly Joseph felt a hand grab his neck and a gun being pressed into his head.
"You saw my face and told the police. Now everybody knows what I look like." The man growled.
Joseph recognized the voice too well. It was the robber. Joseph's heart was pounding, he knew what the man was capable of.
"Now, you are going to get into the car with me and you won't say one word, because if you do I will blow your brains out."
Joseph nodded and walked with the robber towards his car. He sat down in the passenger seat. The robber sat down in the driver's seat and started the car.
Then he knocked Joseph unconscious with the gun.
-I-
12:30
Eric looked at the display on his phone. It was his father calling.
"Hi dad." He answered.
"I want a private jet and I want to be able to fly out of here without you cops following me. You got 24 hours to fix it or this idiot dies!"
The phone line went dead and Eric just stared at his phone.
Someone had kidnapped his father. Eric was sure that it was the robber. He was the only one with a motive.
Eric ran out of his lab and straight to Horatio's office.
"H, the robber has my father!" Eric said as he entered the office.
TBC...
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