A/N: Thanks to everyone who's reading. I hope you enjoy the new chapter. Please let me know what you think with a comment/review. This chapter is really heavy on the case side of things. The next chapter will be their night at the club for Alexis's birthday.
Also for those of you that haven't checked it out yet, I do have another shorter LoVe story that I'm working on. It's called Dangerous Curves Ahead. Thought I'd put another quick plug here for that too. There are 3 chapters posted and I'll be putting chapter 4 out tomorrow since I published this one tonight. The chapters are shorter for that one, so I've been writing those faster and you can read through them faster too.
Disclaimer: As always, characters belong to Rob Thomas.
Chapter 10 – Case Work
Veronica woke up in the morning, her arms were wrapped tightly around Logan's chest and his arms were wrapped tightly around her. She didn't remember him waking up in the middle of the night from any nightmares, so she was hoping their time together before they fell asleep really did help. Either that or he was so exhausted from no sleep the night before and their activities before they dozed off, that he finally was able to stay asleep. Either way, she was thankful that he seemed to have a better night. As she laid there for another few seconds, she realized the reason she woke up was a cell phone ringing.
"Phone," Logan mumbled as he released her from his arms and rolled over on his side away from her.
She finally realized the ringing wasn't from one of their phones, but from the one Leo had given her the night before that was still in her bag that she'd set on one of the chairs in their bedroom. She groaned slightly and crawled out of bed to retrieve it. Logan woke up enough to realize that it also wasn't her normal ring tone and watched her a bit suspiciously as she pulled the other phone from her purse and answered it. She'd meant to forward calls from it to her regular phone so she wouldn't have to actually answer it directly, but had forgotten to do that.
"Hello?" She said as she finally answered it. Of course she already expected it to be Troy, but thought to be safe she shouldn't say his name.
"Hey, Good Morning, Veronica. I was hoping you'd be able to meet this morning to talk a little bit about the case."
"Okay." Veronica answered, looking carefully at Logan.
"Great," Troy replied. "There's a little café that's just a couple blocks from my apartment that we can meet at. Sunny Side Up. Say in about an hour?"
"Sure." Veronica replied then remembered she'd just woken up and likely needed to discuss this with Logan a bit before she'd be able to leave. "Probably closer to an hour and a half."
Logan raised his eyes in a questioning expression as she hung up the phone.
"So that was Troy," Veronica explained as she went back over and sat next to him on the bed.
Logan let out a slightly frustrated sigh and ran his hand over his face and through his hair.
"He wanted to meet to talk about the missing person case. We're meeting at a café near his apartment." She continued a bit cautiously.
Logan looked at her intently. "Let me come with you then. I can at least just wait in the car and make sure nothing bad happens."
"That's not necessary Logan," Veronica quickly replied.
"I really don't want you going alone Veronica." Logan countered back just as quickly with a stern expression starting to form on his face.
"I meant you don't have to wait in the car." She gave him a sweet smile. "You can come in to the café with me."
He smiled back and then grabbed her and pulled her down for a passionate kiss. "Thank you," he said after their lips parted.
"Don't thank me yet," she said with a devious grin, "I might make you buy me breakfast."
"For letting me come along, I'd even be willing to buy Troy's breakfast," he replied, then rolled them over and pinned her beneath him. He started nibbling on her neck making her laugh and wiggle underneath him.
After an enjoyable time in the shower, they drove over to the café. Troy was already sitting at a booth in a back corner as they walked in. Logan had put on a baseball cap and was wearing some sunglasses as he wasn't sure Troy would appreciate it if anyone noticed he was having breakfast with the Mayor. Veronica even let him keep his morning scruff if he promised to shave it later before they went to dinner. Logan and Veronica were holding hands, as they walked through the restaurant toward the table. As they came closer, Troy gave Logan an uncertain look. "You're not going to try to break my nose again are you?" he asked as they sat down in the booth across from him.
"Don't do anything to piss me off and I won't," Logan replied back in a less than friendly tone. He removed his sunglasses and gave him a slightly threatening stare.
Veronica caught the concerned look that Troy flashed her for a moment. Definitely better not mention that he opened the door in only a towel to Logan. Veronica just smiled back and shrugged her shoulders.
"So why did you want to meet?" Veronica asked after a waitress took their orders and brought coffee.
"I wanted to see what you found out about the missing woman case, and to give you some information too."
Veronica filled him in on what had happened at the station and that Gavin was the guy who had taken the missing woman home. Troy listened intently as she recalled the events from the night before. She paused momentarily as the waitress came over with their meals.
Troy gave her a conflicted look before he spoke again. "I put a bug on Molly's phone so I could keep tabs on conversations she was having with Liam in case there was anything that would help with Debbie's case." Veronica gave him a scolding look. "I know it's not a legal phone tap, so we can't use it for evidence in any cases, but I'm not really following the rules with Debbie's situation anyway, so if it meant it was a way for me to keep her safe, I was going to do it." Veronica sighed and nodded in understanding. "Molly was pissed last night after your Deputy showed up to take Gavin into the station. She went into her office and called Liam as soon they left the club." Troy took out a memory stick and laid it on the table in front of Veronica. "I thought you might want to hear the conversation too."
Veronica had brought her laptop in her shoulder bag and pulled it out, along with some headphones. She gave Logan one of the earbuds, so he could listen too. He gave her a small smile as she handed it to him.
Veronica started the recording which started with Molly's voice. 'What the hell did you get Gavin into Liam?" It was obvious from her tone that she was extremely furious. Liam's voice came through on the recording next. "Cool down Molly, Gavin didn't do anything. The cops won't have anything to hold him on. He's got an airtight alibi for what they're interested in." Molly practically growled at him before replying, "Oh, and you know exactly what they're interested in? What did you do now Liam?" Liam laughed his wickedly evil laugh, "Nothing for you to worry your pretty little head about. Just go back to playing hostess Molly and stay out of my business. Gavin should be released in a few hours at the most." A frustrated sigh could be heard from Molly, "He'd better be, or you're going to have to answer to Stella, and you know she's going to be pissed." Liam laughed again, "Yeah, like I'm scared of my step-mommy. She's about as scary as you are Molly." Molly's tone became even angrier, "Screw you Liam. You'd better not piss me off or do anything that gets Gavin into trouble, or so help me you'll regret it." Liam's laugh became dark, "Right, like you could touch me Molly." Molly laughed a bit darkly in return, "You should know better than that. I told you before what I have and if anything happens to me, or Gavin, it will find its way into the hands of people you really don't want to have it, so keep that in mind the next time you mess with one of us." And with that the line went dead.
Logan and Veronica gave each other a surprised look as they finished listening to the call. "Any idea what Molly might have on Liam?" Veronica asked Troy.
Troy shook his head. "Hard to say with all the crap he's done. I wish I could find out though. I'm planning to snoop around her office a bit more now that I know she has something on him, which is why I wanted you to know about the call and about what I was planning to do." His voice became serious and he looked down at his plate for a moment before he looked at her again. "If something happens to me, I was hoping you could tell Debbie and make sure she stays safe. Do you remember the combination to my safe?" Veronica nodded slowly in reply, "I keep the phone to contact her in the safe, so if something does happen to me, could you do that for me, please?"
Veronica looked at Logan for a moment, and noticed a slight amount of concern on his face but not a total objection, so she turned back to Troy and nodded that she would.
"Do you know anything about Stella and why Molly would think Liam should be afraid of her?" Veronica asked next.
Troy shrugged, "I've heard her name mentioned a couple times by Molly when she talks with her cousins, but haven't done much investigating into her."
Logan cleared his throat for a moment, and both Veronica and Troy turned to look at him. "She's Gavin's mom. She was married to Liam's dad when he died. Wife number three, I think." They both gave him a slightly surprised look. "What? I told you I was working with Leo to try to take down the Fitzpatrick's for a while now," he said to Veronica before turning back with a slightly annoyed glance at Troy, "of course Leo didn't mention his own little secret about his working with you."
"But why would Molly think that Liam should be worried about her?" Veronica asked, still not understanding what the woman could possibly do to Liam.
Logan fidgeted with his coffee cup and didn't give her an immediate answer. Veronica studied him suspiciously for a few moments before he finally stopped and looked up at her, then he sighed deeply before he spoke. "Her name before she married Liam's dad was Stella Sorokin."
Veronica's eyes opened wide and her mouth fell open slightly in surprise. Troy shot Logan a concerned look and leaned closer. "As in the Russian mob family?" he asked in a bit of a hushed tone.
Logan slowly nodded, keeping his eyes locked on Veronica. "Gory's aunt," he added knowing Veronica would probably be asking about that connection next.
"Wow," Veronica finally said. "So Liam and Gory are cousins?" She shook her head in disbelief.
"Well only by marriage I suppose," Logan replied with a slight nod, "But Gavin and Gory would be full cousins."
Veronica sat quietly looking at her barely touched breakfast plate. Logan had paused a moment to let all that sink in before he continued. "I really don't think she has much connection to the rest of the family though since she's still here in Neptune, and the rest of the family is all back East. Even Gory went back to New York after he graduated from Hearst. But given Molly's threat, I'd say she must still have some connections to them that could cause problems for Liam."
Troy nodded in agreement. "One of the cases I worked on took me across the path of some Sorokins. Not a bunch I'd want to have pissed off at me, that's for sure."
"Do you think if you took the recording to the DA, he'd consider giving you a warrant for an official phone tap?" Logan asked looking back and forth between the two.
"Let me talk it over with Leo after I share the recording with him. We might be able to say my Dad was working on a case and had stumbled across it, so we can keep Troy off of everyone's radar for now. I'm sure my Dad would be happy to go along with it for us given how much he hates the Fitzpatricks." Veronica smiled thinking back to some of the other bugs that her dad had planted for her over the years.
Troy nodded in agreement again, "That sounds like a good plan. I'll see what else I might be able to dig up knowing that Molly has some incriminating evidence on Liam. With all the stuff he's done, I'm sure there's a lot that people could have collected on him over the years."
Veronica gave him a concerned look, "Just be careful. You can't do anything to help Debbie if you end up dead you know." She gave Logan a quick glance after she spoke to see how he was doing with every thing. She moved her hand down to rest on his thigh, and he reached down and squeezed it gently, then gave her a small smile.
"Thanks Veronica," Troy said with an almost shy look on his face. "It's nice to have a reminder of that every once in a while. I feel better knowing you'll be able to help her stay safe if something were to happen. I know I can count on you to do everything in your power to protect her if the need arises."
Logan gave Troy a grim smile as well, "Hey man, just stay safe so it doesn't come to that."
Troy looked a bit surprised at Logan's remark, and smiled back and nodded. He looked between the two of them and then smiled again, "I'm sure you know what it's like to want to do anything to protect the person you love most."
A small smile formed on Veronica's lips and she nodded and leaned closer and kissed Logan on the cheek. He squeezed her hand again and nodded as well.
Troy cleared his throat again and his expression became more serious. "Actually if something does happen to me, there might still be a way for me to help." Veronica gave him a questioning look before he continued. "In the safe there's also information about a tracking chip that's injected under my skin. If Liam's dumping bodies in one location, and something does happen, you might be able to finally find the evidence you need to take him down."
Veronica gave Troy a stern look, "Let's hope it doesn't come down to that Troy. I'm sure we'll find something else, so don't do anything too risky, okay? Of course you realize that if he thinks the missing woman was the one who saw him that night, then Debbie should be in even less danger now. As unfortunate as that is for that poor girl." Veronica felt a shiver run through her body at actually saying that out loud, though she'd been thinking it for quite some time.
Troy nodded slowly and then shook his head, "I still hope you find her alive, though knowing Liam, I'm doubtful."
The three didn't say much the rest of their meal, and then when they were finished, Logan politely offered to pick up the tab. Troy gave him an appreciative smile and thanked him before he left.
On the way out of the café Veronica's phone rang. Logan watched her as she spoke with whoever had called and caught her half of the conversation. She had initially thanked whoever it was for returning her call and agreed to meet them in about 30 minutes. He gave her an expectant look as she disconnected the call.
"That was one of the victims of the jewelry robberies. I've been going back through some of the old case files that are missing information to see what else I can find. They'd been out of town until late last night and were just now able to get back to me. I need to swing by their house, so I could drop you off at home first if you'd like. I'm thinking that having the Mayor tag along with me might seem a bit odd."
Logan gave her an understanding smile. "I could just wait in the car for you, so you don't have to make an extra stop. I don't mind. I'll just play games on my phone."
She raised an eyebrow at him a bit suspiciously. "What? Can't a guy work on getting a new high score on Angry Birds without being judged?" he protested when he saw the skeptical look on her face. She just laughed and shook her head. She put the address into the GPS once they were in the car and 20 minutes later they were pulling up in front of a very sophisticated looking 09er residence.
"Stay out of trouble," she teased as she climbed out of the car and headed in to talk to the woman who'd called.
She was about to ring the bell when the front door opened. Veronica immediately recognized the high school aged girl who had opened the door as Stephanie Whitman. She was holding the hand of a little girl with curly reddish hair and freckles. A woman in her mid-30's who had the same coloring as the little girl stood right behind them.
"Oh hello," She called out when she saw Veronica. "You must be Miss Mars." Veronica smiled and nodded.
"I'm Monica Spencer and I was just saying good bye to my daughter Amanda and our sitter Stephanie."
"Nice to meet you," Veronica said and held out her hand to Monica first and then Stephanie. "Stephanie Whitman, right?" Veronica asked, to which the young girl nodded, looking a bit confused. "I was at your father's office yesterday and saw a picture of you there. Neptune sure can seem like a small place sometimes."
"Well we're thankful it was small enough that we were able to find Stephanie," Monica replied. "She's by far Amanda's favorite sitter. We're just devastated that she'll be leaving for college in France next year." She pouted a bit and turned to Stephanie, "Are you sure there isn't any way we can convince you to stay and go to school locally? I hear Hearst has wonderful programs too."
Stephanie seemed to blush slightly at the compliment and shook her head in a slightly embarrassed manner. "You know Jake's been waiting all year for me to graduate and move over there with him. You don't want me to disappoint him, now do you?"
"I suppose since he's my nephew I have to say no right?" Monica teased back. "It still doesn't mean I have to like losing our favorite sitter. Well, I'd better let you two go so you can meet the other kids at the park. I'll see you in a few hours. Be good for Stephanie." Monica leaned down and placed a kiss on Amanda's forehead before she gave them one final smile and lead Veronica into the house.
The Spencer's were the second robbery that had occurred, and at that point it still seemed more like two random robberies than the beginning of a related string, so there were several things that were missing in the file. Veronica started by having Monica check over the list of people who might have had access to the house again. She encouraged her to think of anyone at all, even baby sitters who might have been there. Monica had laughed and said she doubted any of their sitters were cat burglars, but wrote down their names anyway. Veronica also asked to take pictures of the safe, which was an older style dial safe this time and not digital. After doing that she asked who may all have known the combination. Besides herself and her husband, she did say that Amanda knew the combination but couldn't think of anyone else who would have. She also asked who the jeweler was that the necklace was purchased from.
"Oh, I have no idea. Sadly, it was actually a family heirloom of sorts. My grandmother had passed it down to my mother, and then she passed it on to me." Monica explained.
Veronica said that she didn't have any other questions for now, and would get back to her if she did or if she had any news on apprehending the criminal responsible. She thanked her for her time and headed back out to the car.
"Did you beat your high score?" she teased Logan as she climbed back into the car. He gave her a playful smile, then shook his head and leaned over and gave her a kiss.
"How about you? Any big breaks in the case?" Logan asked as he started the car.
She shook her head. "I ran into Stephanie Whitman though. She sure seems to be a popular babysitter with all these 09ers."
"So, speaking of babies, Weevil texted while you were inside and asked if we wanted to stop by to see Natalia. They were released this morning and are already getting settled in at home." Logan explained as he pulled out of the driveway.
Veronica didn't reply right away, so Logan gave her a quick glance to figure out what was going on. "Other plans?" He asked curiously, since she hadn't mentioned what other things she needed to do.
"Norris was going to go back and interview people at the apartment complex of the missing woman and I wanted to talk with Leo about the recording." She replied tentatively.
"I see," Logan replied, a bit of disappointment apparent in his tone. He let out a disgruntled sigh before he spoke again, "So do you want me to take you back to the house first for your car, or drop you at the station and pick you up later?"
"I'm sorry Logan, but it is an important case and I want to be there to help as much as I can." She reached out and rested her hand above his knee.
"I understand," He replied, keeping his eyes on the road, his tone still a bit discouraged. "So which would you prefer?"
"You could drop me off and I'll get a ride back to the house from Norris and then we can go to dinner before we go to Growlers later. But you could still go visit Weevil and Carmen if you wanted to."
He nodded and gave her a quick smile. She could see through the smile though and could tell that he wasn't terribly happy that she was going to spend the rest of the afternoon working, but she felt like the case was too important to just back out of it now. Since he was already in a less than cheery mood, she decided to bring up a topic that had been bouncing around in her head since they met with Troy.
"So the Sorokin and Fitzpatrick connection is pretty surprising. Why didn't you mention it before?"
He shrugged and kept his focus on the road. "Like I said at the café, I don't think she has much involvement with her family. Leo and I couldn't find any specific evidence of direct deals between the two families. The Fitzpatrick's aren't exactly the same caliber of criminal as Russian mobsters, so maybe they never really found a reason to work together."
"I wonder if the evidence Molly has is something that would get him into more trouble with them or the authorities. She was pretty vague about that on the recording. I've been thinking that maybe we should try to set a trap to see if we can force Liam to make some bad moves."
Logan thought about what she'd told him and Troy about the case as he continued to drive in silence. When they pulled up to the Sheriff's station he turned and looked more intently at her. "Didn't you say that the woman's keys were missing that night?" Veronica nodded and looked at him with an interested expression. "What if a replica of the keys appeared in Gavin's possession, in such a way that it looks like Liam planted them there. I'd be willing to bet money that the keys didn't just disappear, but that Gavin lifted them off of her so they could get back into her apartment later. If she was as inebriated as he described when they left the bar, I'm sure it would have been easy for him to take them without her noticing. Knowing Liam, they may have snuck something more into her drink than just alcohol." Veronica shuddered a bit, her experience with GHB on multiple occasions still haunted her. "But you'd want to get the DA and Leo on board so you could get some legal phone taps to see how he reacts when you took action. Molly could slip too and you might be able to figure out what she has on him."
Veronica thought about the suggestion. "That's sort of planting evidence though Logan," she countered, though still trying to figure out a legal way to make it work.
"Does it matter if you're just doing it to smoke Liam out and not actually planning to charge Gavin for it?"
"I'll talk it over with Leo and see what he thinks," she gave him a loving smile. "You've got the makings of some great PI chops there mister."
"Well you know, once this Mayor gig's up, I'm going to be an unemployed bum, so maybe your dad would let me join the old family business." He said it in a teasing tone, but she couldn't help but wonder if he was partially serious. She raised her eyebrow in a questioning expression and he just laughed and shrugged. "Stay out of trouble this afternoon, okay? It's too hard to find a last minute date, and I don't want to go to Growlers alone tonight."
She leaned closer and kissed him on the lips, "Thanks for understanding. I'll see you tonight for dinner." He nodded and she climbed out of the car and headed into the office, giving him a little wave over her shoulder before she disappeared behind the door.
Veronica found Leo in his office when she arrived, so she closed his office door and filled him in on her meeting with Troy and let him listen to the recording. She shared her suggestion about saying it was a recording from her dad and taking it to the DA. She also shared Logan's idea with him. Leo thought both ideas had some merit and said he'd give it some thought and let her know if he came up with anything else. He wanted to be sure they were playing strictly by the book though because if they did nail Liam for anything, he wanted to make sure there was no way he'd walk.
Norris arrived a few minutes later and the two of them headed over to the apartment building to interview some of the neighbors. They didn't have much luck at the first couple of units, and moved on to the one that was directly next to Corina's. A teenage girl answered the door and they introduced themselves. The girl said her mother would be back in a moment, as she had just gone back to the laundry room to put clothes in the dryer. They took a seat on the couch that she motioned them to and she went back to working on homework at the kitchen table. A few minutes later, her mother came back carrying an empty laundry basket, a bit surprised to see a uniformed deputy and a strange woman sitting in her living room. They quickly explained what they were there for.
"Oh yes, that poor girl. I saw the news report this morning and instantly recognized her as our neighbor. I didn't actually talk with her much since she was coming and going quite a bit with her college work, but she was always friendly when we would pass each other."
"Did you hear anything suspicious last Saturday night, early Sunday morning? It probably would have been sometime after midnight." Veronica asked her in a friendly tone.
"I'm afraid I work the night shift at the hospital, and that was one of the nights I was working so I wouldn't have been home until around 7am. I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary when I did come home though."
"How about your daughter?" Veronica asked as she looked over to the young girl at the kitchen table.
"Oh she doesn't stay here when I'm working. She stays with her father so she wouldn't have been home that night either."
Veronica caught a look pass the girls face as her mother spoke that looked like worry, but she didn't say anything.
"Actually you stayed over at Christy's house last weekend didn't you, Jenny?"
The girl nodded and kept her eyes locked on her papers.
Ah the classics… tell your parents I'm staying at your place and you're staying at mine, and have a party in an empty apartment. "Well if either of you think of anything that would help us, will you please let us know?" Veronica took out her card and handed it to the mother.
Once they'd left the apartment, Veronica turned to Norris. "Did you see the look on the kid's face?" He shook his head. "I'd bet money that she knows something but doesn't want to get in trouble for being at the apartment when she wasn't suppose to be." Norris seemed a bit surprised, but didn't argue with her. "One of them has to go back for the laundry, and when they do, I want to talk to the girl alone. If you want to interview a few other neighbors, I'll just sort of hang out and watch for an opportunity." Norris agreed and headed on to another unit in the complex.
The opportunity came about 30 minutes later when Jenny came out of the apartment carrying the empty laundry basket. She frowned when she saw Veronica hanging around outside and headed toward the laundry room. "So Jenny," Veronica said in a friendly tone as she caught up with her. "I was a teenager once too you know, and I'd be willing to bet you weren't at Christy's house Saturday night were you."
Jenny let out a frustrated sigh and shook her head. "Please don't tell my mom though. I'd be in so much trouble if she found out."
"Look Jenny, I don't want to get you into trouble, but I also really want to find out what happened to Corina." Veronica spoke in a compassionate voice. "Tell me what you saw or heard on Saturday night, and we'll see if we can't keep you out of trouble with your mom. But if we need you to come and make a statement at the station, we'll have to let her know since you're under 18." Veronica was guessing she was only 15 or 16.
Jenny looked completely frightened all of a sudden and shook her head. "No, I'm sorry. I didn't see or hear anything." They'd reached the laundry room and she started taking clothes out of the dryer and putting them into the basket.
"Jenny please," Veronica pleaded with her, "Corina could be in serious trouble, and we just want to find her and get her back safely." Unlikely she's still alive at this point, but that would likely only make it worse on the kid. "If something ever happened to you or your mom, wouldn't you want someone to help find you?"
Jenny nodded, but still looked terrified and didn't say anything.
Veronica continued on, "Did you hear something suspicious that night?"
Jenny finally let out a discouraged sigh and nodded, "Yeah. There's this guy, Todd, that I've sort of been dating, and he'd stopped by to see me and Christy, but he had snuck out of his friend's house and needed to get back before he was caught missing by his friend's parents. I'd walked him out front to say goodbye and we were…." She hesitated for a moment and Veronica nodded to encourage her to continue. "We were kissing in front of the door before he left, and I heard the door to Corina's apartment open. It scared me and I may have yelped a little, and Todd had laughed at me slightly, but then no one came out and the door closed again. I didn't think anything of it until you showed up today."
Veronica nodded in understanding. "Do you know what time it was?"
Jenny looked down at her feet and sighed again, "Yeah it was about 2am. We'd watched a couple movies and then he needed to get back and so after the movie we started at midnight was over, he decided he'd better go."
"And you didn't see or hear any thing else?"
Jenny shook her head. "So do you have to tell my mom?"
Veronica gave her a sympathetic smile, "For now I think we can just keep it between us, and I'll talk it over with the Sheriff and let you know. It does help to know someone was in her apartment at 2am though, so thank you for doing the right thing and telling me. And I'd suggest not lying to your mom anymore, okay? No more secret sleepovers when she's working the night shift."
Jenny nodded and grabbed her basket and headed back to her apartment.
Veronica texted Norris to let him know she was done talking with Jenny and to meet her at the car when he wrapped up with the person he was currently talking to. About 5 minutes later he walked up to where she was leaning against the car waiting for him. He hadn't learned anything new from the people he'd talked with since they split up. She filled him in on what Jenny had told her.
"Well at least we have a time frame to work with, and it seems very likely she was taken that night and not later in the week." Norris said as she finished. She nodded in agreement and they decided to see if anyone else at the complex had seen or heard anything suspicious around that time. They didn't have any luck though, and headed back to the station to talk the case over with Leo.
So far they hadn't received any tips from the press release, so Leo was glad that they had at least made a little progress with the information from Jenny. Veronica suggested seeing if Mac could find anything on the traffic cameras around that area of town now that they had a time frame to work with. Leo said he'd talk more with the DA on Monday as well to see what other options they might be able to pursue. After Veronica spent a bit of time updating her jewelry case files, she asked Norris for a ride home. She chuckled a bit to herself as he dropped her off and told her to have a great night. Yeah, spending more time with Alexis, sure to be a blast