08:30
"Jake Berkley. You were a little bit out of your jurisdiction last night weren't ya?" Frank asked, grinning at the obviously nervous Jake.
Ten minutes ago, Natalia had shown the whole team the surveillance tapes from the hospital. He could be seen sneaking around and talking to Dr. Anna Marple outside the OR room. They knew, without a doubt, that Jake was responsible for Calleigh's disappearing. Frank was questioning Jake, while Eric questioned Anna in another room.
"What are you talking about, Tripp?" Jake asked.
Frank wondered why he put so much effort in pretending to be innocent when everyone knew he wasn't. Frank had come up with two reasons as to why Jake would kidnap Calleigh. One: He wanted to take her from Horatio. And He would never return her. She would remain missing. Or Two: He fought he was protecting her from whoever ordered the hit on her.
"Oh come on Jake. We have tapes of you talking with Dr. Marple. You were sneaking around at the hospital around midnight like a real felon." Frank said annoyed.
"It ain't a crime in talking with the doctor to a woman I happen to admire and care for very much." Jake snapped.
"No, but kidnapping her is."
"Kidnapping? I haven't kidnapped anyone."
"Oh really. Because we have five nurses stating that you paid them money to keep their mouths shut." Frank smirked evilly, "You should have paid them more."
"You don't know that I paid them money." Jake snorted.
"Oh but we do. We found your fingerprints on every single one of those bills." Frank smirked, "Do you have any idea what you've done?"
"Are you trying to charge me with anything?" Jake asked, "Because in that case I want a lawyer."
"I you care so much about Calleigh, how come you show it so badly?"
"I protect her. And I will keep on having her protected until Mario and his family is caught."
"Wherever she is right now she is not protected." Frank growled, "No cops are around her. She should be at a hospital, not in your little hiding place!"
"I'm doing a better job in protecting her that Caine!" Jake snapped, "Now, I'm not saying another word."
Frank nodded for an officer to handcuff Jake, while he tried to cool off. He had been seconds away from breaking Jake's jaw. Jake was so madly in love with Calleigh, and he wanted to protect her so much, he didn't see that what he was really doing, was hurting her. If Calleigh weren't found soon, Horatio would go into a nervous breakdown. And Frank was sure that once Calleigh realized what Jake had done, she would go crazy too.
In one of the other interrogation rooms, Eric tried to make Anna Marple speak.
"Come on Anna, we know you and Jake planned this whole thing." Eric sighed; he had tried for over half an hour to make Anna talk. She just wouldn't budge.
"He paid you to help him. You thought he worked for us. However, he works for LAPD. Probably not for very long, but he does for now." Eric said, "My friend is somewhere in Miami, without protection and without the proper medical help. You are a doctor because you want to help people right? Well, you just failed helping Ms. Duquesne. She could be dying right now. And then you will be a part of her death."
Anna looked surprised at Eric. She hadn't expected to be a felon. She thought she was off the hook.
"You look surprised. What, you didn't think it was a felony to help some kidnap a person? And if she dies you could be charged with manslaughter." Eric said. He gave Anna a death glare, "And I promise you, that if I find Ms. Duquesne dead, I will make sure that you're charged with felony murder."
"You can't do that! You said manslaughter!" Anna exclaimed.
"I know I said that. But that's only if you're lucky and the jury is nice to you." Eric said, "Do you know where, and I can't believe I'm calling him this, Dt. Berkley took Ms. Duquesne?" Eric asked.
Berkley didn't deserve to be called Dt. He didn't deserve to be called an officer of the law at all. He was a criminal. And he deserved to loose his badge and spend a long time with the rats he put in jail himself. He is one of them.
"No, I let him leave. Maybe the paramedic knows where." Anna sighed.
"What paramedic?"
"Desmond Kimmer." Anna sighed, "He was the one who drove Ms. Duquesne and Mr. Berkley to wherever they went."
"Thank you. Now this officer is going to show you to your new room for the following days." Eric smirked.
A female officer led Anna away. Eric did feel a bit sorry for Anna, even though he didn't show it. She was young and inexperienced. An older Dr. would have known to check the badge and probably wouldn't have believed Jake and his story of protecting Calleigh. Anna still had a lot to learn, and a part of Eric hoped that she would stay out of prison. Somehow, she didn't quite deserve it as much as Jake did.
Eric met with Frank in the lab; they asked Cooper to track down Desmond Kimmer.
"Well, the guy has been arrested for a bar fight." Cooper said, reading off his computer screen.
"Address?" Frank asked.
"Nope, there is no current address." Cooper sighed, "Sorry guys."
"It's okay. We'll just try at the hospital." Eric said.
-I-
Horatio looked down at his two boys in his arms. He was back at his and Calleigh's house. He had to believe that Molly's theory was true. That Calleigh was still alive. Natalia had called him a while ago and told him everything. And it was a good thing that Horatio wasn't at the PD, because he would probably have killed Jake if he was there. Jake's choice reminded Horatio even more abut Raymond. Raymond would have done the same thing as Jake did. They both made choices that were meant to be for good. But they forgot that they always ended up hurting someone else. Raymond and Horatio often thought about that. Horatio told Raymond he had to think about who her hurt when he made his stupid decisions sometimes. And Raymond would always say that he wasn't Almighty Horatio Caine, he wasn't some sort of God. It always broke Horatio's heart to hear his brother say that. He didn't want Raymond to think that he was a God, because he wasn't. He was just himself. Horatio couldn't remember when he and Raymond had started slipping apart. They hadn't always been fighting. But sometime after Horatio moved to Miami, things changed and the two of them fought more then ever before. Some people said that Raymond was jealous of Horatio's success. Horatio refused to believe that. Raymond was never jealous. No, the thing that bothered Raymond was that everybody always compared the two brothers to each other. Horatio always won, and Raymond always ended up as the brother who was a bit bad. Not as good as the Lt. After all Raymond was just a Dt. Horatio had tried telling Raymond to ignore it. Raymond was Horatio's world. And he wasn't worse of then Horatio. Unfortunately, Raymond could never really let go of the constant comparing.
"Here you are." Alexx's sweet voice said.
She sat down on the couch next to Horatio and gently rubbed his back.
"How are you holding up?" She asked.
She knew hope was restored to him. His eyes showed how much he wished that Molly was right.
"I've been better. I just hope Molly is right." Horatio said, his eyes not leaving his sons.
"Me too." Alexx said, "Are you hungry?"
Horatio shook his head. He was still tired. He had barely been sleeping. After Molly had been at Frank's house, he had slept for a while, but then woken up. Gone to Alexx to pickup the twins and then gone home to his home. Alexx hadn't been home when he had been there to take his sons home. Her husband Tony was there instead. Tony and Alexx seemed to be doing okay after Tony's affair. Horatio was sure things would work out perfectly for them.
"Horatio, have you eaten anything?"
"No, Alexx. I'm tired, not hungry." Horatio sighed.
"Go to sleep then, I will look after the boys."
"I can't sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I see Calleigh's smiling face. She's laughing and then suddenly goes sad and tells me it's my fault she's dead." Horatio whispered sadly as the twins had fallen asleep, "She's slaps me and then Raymond shows up and they call me a murderer."
"Oh Horatio, it's not your fault, and remember what Molly said."
"I know, but in my dreams I am a murderer." Horatio sighed, "I don't feel like sleeping right now. I just want to watch over my boys. Our boys."
"Well, as soon as Jake open that dirty mouth of his and tells us where Cal is, you will have her back here in no time."
"He won't tell us where she is, because he believes he is keeping her safe."
"But he isn't. I hope Tripp can make him understand that." Alexx said, "I will make some coffee and you will eat something, okay?"
Horatio nodded.
-I-
09:10
Natalia and Molly were in one of the interrogation rooms. But now with Desmond Kimmer, the paramedic. No in front of them sat one Mario Santoya. He had been pulled over by a cop for speeding. Once the cop saw the name on the driver's license, he arrested him and brought him to interrogation. Everybody knew to look for a man named Mario. Once Molly and Natalia saw Mario Santoya's face they recognized it. Mario was a son to a mafia boss. The Muerte mafia.
"Well, officers why don't ya tell me why I am here." Mario smirked.
"You here because we suspect you killed Asami Matsui." Molly said, "And we also believe that you are involved with the attack of Lt. Caine, the murder of Kenwall Duquesne and the attempted murder of Calleigh Duquesne."
"That's a lot. But wait a minute here, attempted murder of Calleigh… what? I heard that cop died." Mario said, trying to hide his surprise to hear that Calleigh was still alive.
"She never died. But why are you so surprised to hear that?" Natalia asked, "You thought your plan worked, didn't you?"
"What plan?" Mario asked.
"You sent a man to stab her to death. Only the one thing you didn't count on was her fiancé. Lt. Caine." Molly said, "We know you did this Mario."
"What proof do you have?" Mario asked, smirking.
Molly cursed at herself mentally. They couldn't prove that Mario had anything to do with Calleigh's attempted murder. But they knew he was involved with Asami Matsui and Kenwall.
"We know that Asami Matsui followed you here to Miami from Japan. She wrote that in her diary. And we also know that you threatened Kenwall Duquesne." Natalia said.
"I never did that." Mario snorted.
Natalia smirked and played the tape from Kenwall's answering machine.
"Duquesne you little shit! We're coming to your place right now! That guy was a fucking cop! Horatio Caine is a god dam Cop!"
Natalia and Molly watched, smirking as Mario's face turned white. It was obvious that it was his voice on the answering machine.
"This call alone, places you in Lt. Caine's house when someone tried to drown him. And I'm sure that Lucas Dirao and the third person you were with won't have any problem talking once we charge you with murder of two."
"I never killed anyone Asami Matsui!" Mario growled, "And I never killed Kenwall either."
"But you know who did." Molly said, "Tell us who."
"No way, bitch. Figure it out yourself." Mario growled.
"Alright. You're on your way to jail now Mr. Santoya." Molly smirked, "And you'll be the one who is called Bitch there."
"I haven't done anything!" Mario exclaimed.
"You were with Lucas Dirao when he went to Kenwall Duquesne." Natalia said, "We know you and him, and whoever the third one was, took Kenwall somewhere and killed him."
Mario sighed and was handcuffed; he glared at Molly and Natalia all the time.
"Usted dos desearán que usted nunca me encontrara, reembolso es una perra." Mario smirked at Molly and Natalia.
"Diviértase en cárcel. Oh y nosotros hablará a su hermana después. Su pequeña cuadrilla va abajo. Adiós." Natalia smirked.
AN: Translation:
Mario: You two will wish that you never met me, Payback is a bitch.
Natalia: Have fun in jail. Oh and we will speak to your sister next. Your little gang is going down. Bye.
"Mario has a sister?" Molly asked.
"Yeah, Jake met her before. We don't know her name though." Natalia said, "But it's only a matter of time before someone from the Santoya family comes in here, trying to bail Mario out."
"And we will be waiting for them." Molly smirked.
TBC…
AN: Please review! I don't know if the translation is completely correct, but blame in internet if it isn't, lol!