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Chapter 10

Mac, Jo, Adam, Danny and Lindsey were all sat around the conference table, discussing what evidence they had on their newest case. A woman had been found raped and murdered in an alley. The cause of death was obvious as more than a dozen knife wounds covered the practically naked woman's body, but the fatal blow had been to the neck from which the knife had remained lodged.

"Hawkes was able to run a partial print from the weapon. It's barely a print so getting a match will be a long process." Mac announced.

"Unless we get lucky." Adam said.

Jo could only smile at the young tech. She loved how he always tried to look on the bright side. She wished she could be more like that. "Flack is going back over old unsolved cases from recent years that occurred in the area, seeing if there are any similarities. There's a good chance this isn't our perps first kill." she said to the team.

"I agree, the brutality of the murder, the rape. Sid said had she survived she would have needed extensive surgery to repair the damage he did to her, probably would have took years. She would never have been able to have children again." Lindsay said sadly.

"Her husband said they had two children, boy and a girl aged five and three." Danny said glumly, "They were trying for baby number three."

Lindsey reached under the table and placed her hand on top of her husbands, she turned to smile at him and Danny smiled right back at her before they turned and listened to Mac.

"This case is already on the news," Mac began.

"I'm not surprised." Lindsey scoffed, "The scene was swarming with reporters."

"Well hopefully it will persuade women to stay indoors until we catch whoever is doing this." Mac said.

"And if it doesn't?" Danny asked.

"If it doesn't…we should be prepared for the next victim because I don't think our perp is done yet." Mac said.

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Jo and Mac were sat in a coffee shop across the street from the crime building. It was easier to be here than it was to have a coffee together back at the crime building café. There weren't asmany people in the small coffee shop, just another couple in the corner who were paying attention to no one but each other, an obvious business man in a very expensive looking suit, two women chatting loudly over their coffee and a man in a baseball cap reading the paper.

"Doesn't it make you feel like a couple of teenage forbidden lovers running around hiding what we have from the others?" Jo said to Mac before taking a sip of her coffee.

"We're not forbidden lovers, Jo." he told her.

"Pity, it was kind of a turn on thinking that we were." she said with a seductive look in her eyes that made Mac go weak at the knees.

"I thought you agreed that it was best to keep it a secret for now?"

"I did, I do… I just wish we didn't have to sneak off out of the crime lab building just so that we can hold hands." Jo replied.

Mac smiled at her then glanced down at his hands which were hugging his mug of coffee, "Jo, we're not holding hands." he told her.

Jo laughed and reached out and peeled his hand away from his mug and held it between her hands. Mac smiled again at her and then took hold of her hand with his other, enveloping her hand between his. He brought her hands up to his lips and sweetly kissed them in turn. "I promise you next time you just want to hold hands we won't leave the building." he said.

Jo could only smile back at him.

~0~0~0~0~

Jo was in Mac's apartment, sat on his couch and loving just how comfortable it was. She had thought her own was comfortable but Mac's was like sitting on a cloud. "I may never get off this couch again." she said to Mac as he walked over to her from the kitchen carrying two fresh glasses of merlot.

"That's a shame because I was going to take you out for a meal at the Italian tomorrow night, but if you'd rather stay on my couch I could always go alone."

"Shut-up and sit down Mac Taylor." Jo said playfully as she took one of the glasses of wine from him and then grabbed his wrist and pulled him down onto the couch with her.

As soon as he was seated she shuffled closer to him and snuggled into his side. Mac wrapped an arm around her and held her gently. He placed a soft kiss on her head and said, "I like spending time you like this. To be totally honest after Claire I didn't think I would ever want to let myself fall in love again."

Jo suddenly sat up and turned to look at Mac, a sort of confused look was plastered over her face. "What are you saying, Mac?" she asked.

"I'm saying that I love you, Jo." he said, hoping it wasn't too soon for him to say it, but it wasn't like him loving her was a new thing. He had pretty much fallen in love with her from the first moment he had seen her.

Jo smiled and then leaned forward and kissed Mac passionately. She then pulled back and replied, "I love you too, Mac."

~0~0~

Jo and Mac where lay in bed, they were both trying to catch their breaths after making love, both of them still coming down from the high it had taken them too. Mac was placing soft kisses on Jo's lips as their bodies remained as one. He moved his kisses to her cheeks, her forehead and then the tip of her nose.

Jo could only laugh slightly before she kissed him back, the same way he had just kissed her. Mac moved to lie beside Jo who snuggled into his side, her head resting on his chest. The sound of his heart beating was soothing to her. Mac knew it was what she was listening too and he kissed the top of her head before he wrapped both his arms around her. It didn't take long for them to fall asleep wrapped in each other's arms.

Once more as they lay there asleep they were completely unaware that they were being watched. Brett stood there staring at Jo. She had completely bewitched him, he had fallen for her completely and seeing Mac have her was like some sort of cruel torture. He wanted her, and if he couldn't…then no one else would have her either, this he swore to.

TBC

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