Mac sat in his office and thought about the news he got from Lindsay. The bullet which killed Cassandra came from Stella's gun. Mac thought she was missing but the fact that he found her car open and he didn't find her gun and he found blood of an unknown man on her car could be seen as a false trace Stella created. Mac knew she didn't do anything like that but he also knew that this case would be solved by the Internal Affairs because a detective would be the main suspect. He had to cede this case to another department. No matter if he wants or not. But as long as nobody came to take this case he would keep investigating. At least he would keep trying to find Stella.

Can't believe she did this… but she's not at home, she's not here and she didn't answer her cell phone. I know that other people will believe in the evidence and at this moment all the evidence point at her. But I know she's innocent. She didn't do something like that. Now it's my job to prove that... I need to find her...

Don Flack opened the door to his office and pulled him back to reality. Flack looked at Mac with a worried look in his eyes.

"Hey Mac you're okay?" he asked.

"Depends on what kind of well being you mean." Mac replied.

"Excuse me?" Flack didn't really get what Mac was trying to tell him.

"If you mean my physical well being then yes, I'm okay. But if you mean my mental well being then I'm not okay."

"It's about Stella, isn't it?"

"Lindsay analyzed the bullet which killed our vic Cassandra. It came from Stella's gun. This case involves a detective as a main suspect and you know what that means. I can't keep investigating this case because that detective belongs to my team. That involves me and that involves all of us. If Sinclair finds out that Stella's the main suspect and I investigate this case all alone he will knock the stuffing out of me. All I can do is trying to prove that she's innocent."

"That's a hard job if Internal Affairs starts to investigate this case. I mean at this time all the evidence point at Stella. And these guys manage to see the blood on her car and the fact that it was open as a false trace."

"I know. And they won't believe that her keys lay in the car because I took them and locked the car. I have them here. We have to find Stella before anybody else gets wind of this case."

"Did you try to locate her cell phone?" Flack asked.

Mac was shocked. He put his hands on his forehead.

"It didn't come into my mind. Don't know why but I didn't have that idea."

Mac accused himself of that 'mistake'. He should have that idea much earlier. They could have found Stella if he had that idea earlier.

He stood up and made his way to the lab where Adam was working on some evidence.

"Mac? I have nothing for you. Sorry." Adam said. But then he saw the look on Macs face and asked: "What can I do for you?"

"We need to locate Stella's cell phone. Hopefully we'll find her with the help of her phone." Mac said.

Adam went to one of the computers and typed something. He opened a program and typed Stella's cell phone number into the computer and the program started to localize the phone. Finally the program showed an address. It was the address of the harbor. But the old part which wasn't used for years.

"There are a lot of abandoned warehouses at this area. We need some people to search this area." Mac said.

"I'm on it." Flack said.

"You need me out there?" Adam asked his boss.

"No. I need you here in the lab. Observe her cell phone and call me if there's a changing of the location."

"Okay."

Mac and Flack left the lab and on the way to his car Mac called Danny and Lindsay and ordered to join them. A few minutes later Flack had called for assistance and they were on their way to the harbor.

So this was my new chapter... I know it went on very fast but I didn't have any better idea how to go on... Sorry... I hope you like it :)

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