Cody woke up to the smell of coffee. He slowly opened his eyes. At first he didn't realize where he was, but soon he figured out that he was lying on Zack's couch. He slowly got up off of the couch, rubbed his blurry eyes, and walked into the kitchen.

Zack was in the kitchen getting his things together for work. "Your awake!" Zack said with a smile, "I was gonna wake you up before I left."

"What time is it?" Cody asked.

Zack looked at his watch,"Exactly 6:23a.m.."

Cody nodded, then he suddenly remembered that he was supposed to be with Anna, "Oh my God," He said in a panicked, but quiet tone so he didn't wake Ella up.

"What?"

"Anna, I'm supposed to be sleeping with her!"

"Excuse me?"

Cody glared at Zack, "I didn't mean it like that... I promised I would stay with her for a while after what happened with Walter."

"I was just kiddin' ya," Zack said with a laugh, then added, "No worries, I called her last night. I told her that you fell asleep at my house and I didn't want to wake you up. She was fine."

"Oh, thanks."

"No prob.."

Cody looked around the room, lost in thought.

"What's wrong?" Zack asked as he poured some coffee into his mug.

"How exactly did I get here? I don't remember coming into your house... I don't even remember driving home after..." Cody became embarrassed as he thought about how he had a nervous breakdown in front of his brother.

"After you decided to drive like you lived in Australia?" Zack finished, to lighten the mood a bit.

"Yeah," Cody said with a small smile.

"Can't say I blame you for forgetting, you were pretty exhausted. After we talked for a few minutes I drove us back here in your car. By the time we got here you were sound asleep so-"

Cody cut him off, "You didn't carry me in here did you?"

Zack snorted, "No. I woke you up, but you were still kinda out of it so I helped you in and laid you on the couch. By the time your head hit the pillow you had gone back to sleep."

"I can't believe I actually slept," Cody said in surprise, "And I didn't have one nightmare." Cody sighed, "Well, I better get going. I need to change and I don't want to be to late for work."

"You can borrow something of mine if you want," Zack offered.

"That would be great. Thanks."


When Cody got to work he sat at his desk and tried to ignore the fact that Toby kept staring at him.

After three minutes Cody couldn't handle it anymore, "What!" He said in an annoyed tone.

"Nothing," Toby replied. He took his eyes off of Cody and got back on his work, but in less than a minute he returned to staring at Cody.

"Oh my God what is it!"

"Boss knows."

Cody was confused, "Boss knows what?"

"About Walter. He got a call this morning from a judge who is a friend of his."

"Well, how do you know?"

Toby looked around to make sure Jimmy wasn't standing near-by, "I may have been eavesdropping a little bit."

Cody rolled his eyes, "Did he seem mad?"

"Uh... Well... He didn't seem happy."

"Great."

Just then Anna walked into the precinct. Gasps could be heard as some people saw her face. She ignored them and walked over to her desk.

"What happened to you?" A concerned Toby asked when he saw her.

"I fell when I went for a run the other day."

"You look horrible."

"Thanks so much."

Cody looked at Anna and she gave him a small smile, then she sat at her desk and began working.

Just then Jimmy came storming out of his office, "Cody! My office! Now!"

Cody took a deep breath as he got up, walked passed Jimmy, and made his way into his office. As Jimmy turned to go back into his office he noticed Anna's face. He went to ask her about it but decided to deal with Cody first.


Jimmy closed his office door and walked over by Cody, who was sitting in one of the chairs, "What the hell were you thinking?" He said in an angry, but calm tone.

"I was angry," Was all Cody could think of to say. He knew it was a childish excuse the moment it escaped his mouth.

"You were angry? That's why you decided to go to a mans house, punch him, kick him between his legs, and slam him down on the ground?"

"He's a jackass!" Cody said as a sudden rush of anger came over him.

"We all know that Cody. We've all had the displeasure of meeting Walter, but we don't all go to his house and beat the crap out of him!"

Cody got up out of his seat, "Did you see her face?" He said angrily as he stared Jimmy down, "He did that to her! Plus put an even bigger bruise on her back and threw some other things around her living room. I couldn't just let him get away with that. When she told me what happened I got so angry! There is alot of things in my life that I regret but I will never ever be sorry for beating him up! I lo... I care about Anna and I seeing her the way she was the other night... I couldn't let him get away with it!"

Jimmy was shocked. He couldn't believe that Walter beat Anna like that. And, he couldn't say that he wouldn't have done the same thing Cody did.

"I'm guessing she doesn't want to press charges?" Jimmy asked.

Cody shook his head and sat back down, "No. I tried to change her mind but for some reason she won't do it."

Jimmy nodded, "Okay... Listen to me Cody, don't worry about the lawsuit. I'll take care of it. We've got an even bigger problem to deal with right now and I need your full attention on our case." Jimmy walked behind his desk, picked up something, and handed it to Cody. "Anytime you leave this building, this gets put on."

"A bulletproof vest! Are you serious?"

"It's either desk duty or the vest."

"I have to wear it even when I go to get lunch?"

"If you leave the building to get lunch, then yes."

Cody sighed, "Fine."


At the end of the day no one had any leads on the case. Toby, Cody and Anna were all packing up to go home when another detective came up to Cody, "Hey Cody, I just found some of your mail at my desk," He said as he handed the envelope to Cody.

"Thanks."

The detective nodded and walked away.

Cody opened the envelope and began to read the note to himself,

Years have changed you
Once you were an innocent young boy
Until a man took your innocence away from you

Waiting is all I do now
I see the bodies in front of me, but they bring no satisfaction
Long are the hours I wait for you
Long are the days I think about having you to myself

Did I not give you enough clues to find me yet?
Is there going to have to be more bodies?
Eventually our day will come


It's been a crazy busy week! Not sure it will get less busy any time soon, but I will definitely continue writing. I always find the time to write... Even if I don't get to every day, at least once a week I get to! Anyway, tell me what you guys think!