Chapter 11.
Calleigh looked at the heart and liver in front of her and felt something she had never felt before, like she had and unstoppable desire to eat. She thought about it for a second wondering if she was going crazy and took up and army knife from her boot, cut a piece from the heart, but then changed her mind and pushed the plate away before she run to the bathroom and threw up in disgust over what she had just done.
When she got back she packed the liver and the heart in plastic bags with ice before she went into the DNA and said, "I have to fix something, be back in thirty minutes."
"Okay," said Jake hardly looking up from the DNA test he was performing.
"If Horatio gets back before me tell him I went uhm to the crime scene or something," she said.
"Will do," said Jake not exactly listening to what she said.
Calleigh ran out to her car and started it before she drove over to the animal humane society to find a dog.
She walked up to the reception and said, "I want a dog."
"What kind?" the receptionist asked.
"Uhm I didn't think about that, I just want a dog," she said since she did.
"Can you provide for it?" said the receptionist like she doubted Calleigh.
"I can, it would be spoiled to bits," she said.
"Well I'll take you to them so you can see," said the receptionist and took Calleigh to the dogs.
Calleigh looked at the different dogs in the cages all running to great her, all except one.
"What's wrong with that one?" she asked and pointed at the Rottweiler.
"She doesn't like people, her owner treated her very bad" said the receptionist.
"May I take a closer look at her?" Calleigh asked.
"I don't know if that such a good idea, she tends to attack," said the receptionist.
"I would still like to look at her," said Calleigh and looked at the young dog that was sitting with the back towards her. She guessed it was two years or so.
"Well okay," said the receptionist and opened the cage. The dog turned and snarled at them.
Calleigh got closer to her and said, "Now is that a way to greet people."
The dog snarled and grid teeth at her, but Calleigh didn't back away, she sat down and said, "I'm not gonna harm you my angel."
The dog stopped snarling and walked over to her to sniff on her, but when Calleigh tried to pet it, it backed of fastly and whimpered.
"Oh I'm sorry angel, I didn't mean that, so what do you say, you wanna come home with me?" said Calleigh.
The dog walked closer again and for a short second it looked like it nodded towards her and Calleigh said, "I'll take her."
"Ok, you just have to fill out some forms," said the receptionist, Calleigh just nodded and followed her.
A moment later Calleigh opened the door to her apartment and said, "Hanni you home?"
"Yeah," he said from the living room.
"Look what I got isn't she the cutest?" asked Calleigh, and happily showed him the dog.
"What on earth did you get that for?" he asked surprised.
"Well kinda had to cause I told Horatio I got a dog since I wanted to take a liver and a heart home for you and I really liked her, isn't she just adorable?" said Calleigh.
"She is, but when are you going to have time for her since you work so much," he said.
"I can always bring her, but I have to go back," said Calleigh and started to walk against the door when the dog started to whimper scared.
"What's wrong?" said Calleigh and looked at the dog.
The dog got closer to her and nudged her and Calleigh said, "You wanna come with me don't ya, well ok I guess, see you later Hanni."
"Yes and thanks for the food," he said as he heard the door close.
It was about an hour later and Calleigh were asleep over her case files and the dog was resting by her feet when Horatio entered the room.
The dog looked annoyed at him for disturbing the peace and quickly got up and blocked his way so he couldn't get to her at all.
Horatio looked at the dog even if it was young it was huge and it didn't look too happy.
Horatio took a steep closer and the dog snarled in a warning matter to tell him to back of.
Calleigh got woken up by the snarls and asked, Angel, what's wrong?"
The dog snarled angry and barked and Calleigh turned saw Horatio looking angrily at the dog and said, "Easy girl, he means no harm, do you Horatio?"
"What the heck do you have that beast here for?" he asked angrily.
"What do you mean calling me little angel a beast?" she snarled back.
"Well she's not very friendly, snarling and barking at me like that now is she, again why do you have a dog here for?" he said.
"Because my little angel doesn't like to be alone," she said honest.
"That is as far from a little angel you can get, where on earth did you find this thing?" he asked.
"At the pound where else, and she's quite cute, but no wonder she barks at you, rude as you are towards her, now what do you want?" she asked a bit annoyed as she pet the dog's head gently and did sign for it to calm down. The dog stepped aside, but still looked angrily at Horatio.
"Well I'm sorry and I agree she's a bit cute and very protective of you which are a good thing, so is her name Angel? And I just stopped by to see if you knew something more about the bodies," he said.
"Her name is Angel yes and I do, the insides were removed after they were killed, then they were eaten at least for two of them, the other two is hard to say as it was almost nothing left," she said with a sigh.
"It still makes you sick don't it?" he said and looked concerned at her.
"Yes, but I got a lot of other things on my mind these days that confuses me too," she admitted with another sigh.
Horatio walked closer and put a hand on her shoulder while the dog watched to see what his intentions was in case she had to step up, Horatio looked at her and said, "Sure you're ok, you have been acting a little different lately."
"I think so, just a bit tired and this case is making me sick that's all," she said and looked at him.
"You need more time of?" he asked.
"No I'm fine, I let you know, oh do you have the case file on that drowning case last week cause there was something I would like to check," she said and looked at him.
"I'll bring it right down" he answered and took one last look at her before he left.
Not more than a second later Calleigh fell down from her chair and passed out on the floor, the dog nudged her gently without no luck, before it lay down next to her to watch over her to not leave her alone in that state.
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