Woohoo! This is the 10th chapter and this story has reached over 10,000 words! ^-^ I think this case is just a couple chapters away from being solved... :) Then we'll move on to other ideas... :D Well, I've stopped working on my ideas for my Doctor Who fic, so it's just this fic and the CSI:NY fic that I'm working on now. :)

Chaz4Benedict: Thanks! :) We might be getting some fluffy action between Matt and Jess in a couple of chapters. I might even do just a short chapter totally devoted to fluff...maybe... :D

Torchwood Cardiff: Thank you! xD

Jess and Matt had returned to the main office and waited for Ronnie to show up. The three detectives were now sitting with their chairs facing each other.

"How'd Sage take the news?" Jess asked.

"It shook him up pretty bad," Ronnie replied. "He started rambling about how he 'knew the business would get them killed' and that he had to contact all his living family to 'get them out of the line of fire'. I barely got any information out of him, and what little I got was what we already know."

"Wow." Matt shook his head.

"Yeah," Ronnie nodded. "How was Walsh?"

"Pretty calm," Matt replied. "I'd say he handled it better than most."

"Lucky you." Ronnie grinned.

Jess smiled and turned back to her computer. Something had to turn this case around, but what?

For the next couple of days, the three detectives spent their time chasing down every little connection they could find between the two bombings. Several times, it seemed like they were on to something, but it turned out to be yet another false lead. The chase was getting tiring, and the three detectives found themselves losing hope that they would be able to solve the two cases...

One afternoon, Ronnie and Matt had left the office to run down a possible suspect, leaving Jess alone. She sat at her computer, going back over the files.

"You all right?" Natalie walked in.

"Yeah," Jess replied as she looked up and smiled at her boss. "Just trying to find something to put these cases together. Man, I've said that a lot over the past few days..."

"I imagine you have." Natalie leaned against the desk. "But don't let that discourage you."

"I'm not," Jess sighed. "But it is getting hard..."

"Just keep going through the files," Natalie gave Jess a friendly pat on the shoulder and turned to walked back to her office. "I know you'll find something."

"Thanks," Jess replied.

She continued going through the old files for several minutes, until a realization hit her. She brought up a certain file and scanned through it.

"Gotcha!" Jess exclaimed before frowning. "How could I have missed that!"

Matt and Ronnie walked into the office, but stopped when they saw Jess. She was standing at their desks, a piece of paper in her hand and a triumphant grin on her face.

"I hope that smile means you've got something good," Ronnie said.

"Oh, I do," Jess replied.

"Spill!" Matt said as he and Ronnie approached Jess.

"Well, I was going back over some of the record on Harvey Rogers," Jess began. "And I found the medical record from when he was pronounced dead, then identified."

"And?" Ronnie asked, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"It says he was positively identified by his belongings and a scar."

"We already know that..." Matt raised an eyebrow. Surely Jess wouldn't be so excited over old information...

"But what we didn't know was that there was one other form of identification used," Jess said. "I dug a little deeper. Apparently, they wanted to be absolutely sure that he was Harvey Rogers, but he didn't have any known family. So they called in an old friend to identify his body."

"Who was the friend?" Ronnie interrupted.

"I'm getting to it." Jess took a deep breath. "The old friend was one Dalton Walsh."

"What?" Matt's eyes widened. "I thought..."

His voice trailed off as Jess' words sunk in. Dalton Walsh knew Rogers was dead; he'd known it all along...

"Something you want to share with me?" Ronnie looked confused.

"When we spoke with Walsh," Jess said. "He acted like he didn't know Rogers was dead; he seemed shocked when we told him."

"He deliberately misled us," Matt said, his eyes narrowing. "Why?"

"My question, too." Jess crossed her arms. "I say we call him back in."

"I second that motion." Matt looked at Ronnie.

"Bring him in," Ronnie said with a nod. "Good catch, Jess."

"You're getting good at this," Matt teased.

Jess laughed and gave Matt a playful shove as she grabbed her phone. She glanced at a file and dialed the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Walsh?" Jess began. "This is DS O'Connor...Good, thank you. We've got a few more questions for you...Yes, we would...Thank you very much. Goodbye."

"Well?" Ronnie looked at her.

"He's on his way," Jess replied. "He sounded almost, well, happy that we had more questions. It was weird..."

"Hm." Matt rubbed his chin. "He might not be so happy when he hears the questions..."

We might have a suspect...we'll see. :) I'm thinking about this case being solve in 2 or 3 chapters, then we can move on. I just don't want the solution to be too rushed... What do you think?

If you spot errors, feel free let me know. :) I would also love some reviews, please... xD

Kristy :3