AN/ Hey all well it's been another while and a long time but this is the
final chapter of CSI: Toronto please review and let the legacy live on!
Chapter 14
Eryka and Morigan were in their cars when Morigan got an idea. Obviously a guess that Steven was saving to buy a wedding ring wasn't enough to really burn Mindy, so Morigan called Eryka on her cellphone.
"What's up Morigan?" Asked Eryka.
"Eryka, I wanna search Steven's office one last time for some solid evidence that he was gonna buy a ring, remember we really need it to get Mindy where we want her, so just hold off on the arrest for a couple minutes ok?" Eryka let out a great sigh as if she was a small child waiting in line for something that had just been canceled,
"Alright Morigan but TEN MINUTES that's all". They each hung up their phones and bolted towards their destinations.
Morigan pulled up to Steven's super market flashing her badge around to get access to Steven's office. There had to be something there that implied he was planning on buying a ring. After ruffling quickly through a few papers she found a phone number for Antonio's Jewelers. Morigan immediately tossed the papers off the phone and called it.
"Hello Antonio's Jewelers how can I help you today?" Said the salesmen.
"Hi, I'm from the Toronto crime lab and my name's Morigan, I need to know if you have ever talked to a Mr. Steven Finch about the purchase of a wedding ring". The man on the phone coughed and then said,
"Uh.. Steven Finch, Steven Finch", (as if he was trying to recall any previous conversations), "ain't that the guy who works in the..the.. SUPER MARKET!". He yelled like the words could not reached the open air fast enough and continued on, "yeah, I remember that guy 'cause he was real heckler, but we managed to hammer out a payment plan".
"Well I hate to break it to you but Mr. Finch is dead and I was wondering if I could borrow that ring for just a couple of hours", responded Morigan. The salesmen seeming stunned just whispered under his breath,
"Yeah, sure I guess..." Morigan hung up the phone before the salemen could even finish his sentence and headed to the jewelers.
Just as she stepped out of her car the dark gloomy clouds began to shower on her so she ran as quickly as she could into the store, grabbed the ring and hopped back into her car knowing that she had taken 20 minutes instead of 10. Morigan pulled into Mindy's driveway only to see a half soggy and distraught Eryka looking back at her. She got out of the car and dashed past Eryka so as not to be scoulded by her. Eryka followed behind and stood beside her at Mindy's door.
"We'll talk about this later", said Eryka with a frown on her face, but nothing could get either of them really angry. Afterall they were about to catch Mindy and finish off the case. Morigan, with what seemed like endless confidence now, knocked on the door. It swung open and Morigan and Eryka weren't exactly welcomed with the kindest of greetings from Mindy,
"Oh.. it's you TWO again. What do you want now?" Eryka reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.
"Mindy Lanigan, we have a warrant here for your arrest so we can question you down at the police station". Erkya pulled out her handcuffs and put them on a very stunned looking Mindy. Morigan just smiled as they put Mindy in the back of a squad car.
Meanwhile
Pamela sat in her hospital bed feeling completely useless just as Jason walked in to see how she was doing.
"Is there anything I can do for you Pam?" He said very politely. Pamela pulled him in closer and whispered,
"Get me outta her right now"
"What about the doctors and..."
"Look! You wanna help? Get these Ivs out of me and sneak me out of this damn hospital", Pamela said sounding impatient. Jason, looking a little nervous did everything Pamela asked him to.
"OK now how are we supposed to get you out of the building without anyone noticing?" Asked Jason. Pamela scanned the room looking for an escape route, then it came to her.
"You know how those clowns come in and dress up for the sick kids? (Jason nodded yes), Well, go down to the left wing of the hospital and I don't care how you do it, but get me one of those clown costumes". Jason just nodded and left but he was really wondering how he was gonna get that costume.
"You owe me exactly 50 bucks for this costume", said Jason a short while later while handing it to her.
"Wow.. those clowns sure drive a hard bargain", laughed Pamela as she was putting the costume on and grabbing some crutches. Jason reached for the door with Pamela following behind her. They had almost reached the elevator for the underground parking when a nurse stopped them and said,
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Well to go cheer up the sick kids of course", said Jason thinking that they were busted for sure now.
"Well what's with the crutches?" Asked the nurse inquisitivly. Both Pamela and Jason were now scrambling for an answer.
"WELL... you see, we like to make the kids feel a little more normal so I pretend that I'm sick also", said Pamela quickly. The nurse just smiled at her and started walking the other way. Both Jason and Pamela looked at each other as if to say that was a close one and they headed down to the underground parking. Pamela gave Morigan a call and she explained their whole plain on how they were going to interrogate Mindy. Pamela wasn't one to stay out of the action so she convinced Jason to drive her down to the station while she changed out of her ridiculous outfit.
At the Station
Morigan and Eryka were about to step into the interrogation when Pamela limped into the station. Morigan and Eryka looked at Pamela wide eyed as if to ask "how". Pamela Just nodded her head and said,
"Don't even ask".
"Well guys you all know the plan and there's no one else I'd rather do this with than you two", said Eryka. They all nodded and walked into the room. Mindy was sitting there looking a bit nervous with her lawyer right beside her. Pamela decided to start,
"Ms. Lanigan, you may remember me my name is Pamela. We're just here to ask a few questions about your boyfriend's murder. So where were you exacting on the night Steven was killed?"
"Well I was..just sitting at home in bed watching the news", said Mindy with caution in her voice.
Eryka just smirked and then said, "let's be honest with ourselves here. You knew Steven wasn't actually going to the bars didn't you?" Mindy looked like she was about to jump out of he seat and say something but before she could the lawyer said,
"My client has no comments on that matter at this time". Then Morigan came in with another shot at her,
"Comeon Mindy, we've got proof that he was having an affair right here," as Eryka slid some fake phone records and papers infront of her. Mindy looking even more enraged now stood up out of her seat and yelled,
"I KNEW IT!!!" Then Pamela, Eryka and Morigan all looked at each other and delivered the final blows that would really push Mindy over the edge.
"You knew he was never going to marry you".
"He didn't even love you".
"He planned to marry this other girl". Each sentence seemed to aggravate Mindy and her lawyer tried to hold her back but she just suddenly blurted out,
"He's a bastard and that's why he had TO DIE! He deserved everything he got and I knew I had to kill him". Mindy's lawyer grimaced at her and put his head down.
"Thank you Mindy, you'll be serving 25 to life for the murder of Steven Finch", said Eryka.
"Will you please arrest Ms. Lanigan and let it go on the record that Mindy Lanigan admitted to the murder of Mr. Finch", said Morigan signaling the police officer in the room to come and take Mindy away.
"Can't you get me a deal??" Cried Mindy to her lawyer. The lawyer nodded no and said,
"There's no deal for me to get here Mindy, good bye" He picked up his briefcase and left the room. Just then Pamela reached into the bag from Antonio's Jewelers and said,
"Oh, Ms. Lanigan", she turned around still in the officer's grasp, "I just thought you should know, you're husband wasn't really having an affair. He was working over time for you, for this ring". Pamela opened the box and showed it to Mindy. She looked stunned and horrified at what she had done and began crying and almost shrieking.
"Assumptions are a dangerous thing and one of them just ruined your life", said Pamela and with that the officer practically carried Mindy out of the room. Each CSI looked at each other with great pride. They all walked together outside and stood in the pouring rain.
"The things people will do eh girls?", said Eryka. They all smirked at each other and headed to their cars. Pamela sat in her car, looking at the rain and said,
"Tomorrow is just another day".
THE END
AN: What can I say, it's been a long time coming. Writing this story has been one of the best experiences and I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you.
Chapter 14
Eryka and Morigan were in their cars when Morigan got an idea. Obviously a guess that Steven was saving to buy a wedding ring wasn't enough to really burn Mindy, so Morigan called Eryka on her cellphone.
"What's up Morigan?" Asked Eryka.
"Eryka, I wanna search Steven's office one last time for some solid evidence that he was gonna buy a ring, remember we really need it to get Mindy where we want her, so just hold off on the arrest for a couple minutes ok?" Eryka let out a great sigh as if she was a small child waiting in line for something that had just been canceled,
"Alright Morigan but TEN MINUTES that's all". They each hung up their phones and bolted towards their destinations.
Morigan pulled up to Steven's super market flashing her badge around to get access to Steven's office. There had to be something there that implied he was planning on buying a ring. After ruffling quickly through a few papers she found a phone number for Antonio's Jewelers. Morigan immediately tossed the papers off the phone and called it.
"Hello Antonio's Jewelers how can I help you today?" Said the salesmen.
"Hi, I'm from the Toronto crime lab and my name's Morigan, I need to know if you have ever talked to a Mr. Steven Finch about the purchase of a wedding ring". The man on the phone coughed and then said,
"Uh.. Steven Finch, Steven Finch", (as if he was trying to recall any previous conversations), "ain't that the guy who works in the..the.. SUPER MARKET!". He yelled like the words could not reached the open air fast enough and continued on, "yeah, I remember that guy 'cause he was real heckler, but we managed to hammer out a payment plan".
"Well I hate to break it to you but Mr. Finch is dead and I was wondering if I could borrow that ring for just a couple of hours", responded Morigan. The salesmen seeming stunned just whispered under his breath,
"Yeah, sure I guess..." Morigan hung up the phone before the salemen could even finish his sentence and headed to the jewelers.
Just as she stepped out of her car the dark gloomy clouds began to shower on her so she ran as quickly as she could into the store, grabbed the ring and hopped back into her car knowing that she had taken 20 minutes instead of 10. Morigan pulled into Mindy's driveway only to see a half soggy and distraught Eryka looking back at her. She got out of the car and dashed past Eryka so as not to be scoulded by her. Eryka followed behind and stood beside her at Mindy's door.
"We'll talk about this later", said Eryka with a frown on her face, but nothing could get either of them really angry. Afterall they were about to catch Mindy and finish off the case. Morigan, with what seemed like endless confidence now, knocked on the door. It swung open and Morigan and Eryka weren't exactly welcomed with the kindest of greetings from Mindy,
"Oh.. it's you TWO again. What do you want now?" Eryka reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.
"Mindy Lanigan, we have a warrant here for your arrest so we can question you down at the police station". Erkya pulled out her handcuffs and put them on a very stunned looking Mindy. Morigan just smiled as they put Mindy in the back of a squad car.
Meanwhile
Pamela sat in her hospital bed feeling completely useless just as Jason walked in to see how she was doing.
"Is there anything I can do for you Pam?" He said very politely. Pamela pulled him in closer and whispered,
"Get me outta her right now"
"What about the doctors and..."
"Look! You wanna help? Get these Ivs out of me and sneak me out of this damn hospital", Pamela said sounding impatient. Jason, looking a little nervous did everything Pamela asked him to.
"OK now how are we supposed to get you out of the building without anyone noticing?" Asked Jason. Pamela scanned the room looking for an escape route, then it came to her.
"You know how those clowns come in and dress up for the sick kids? (Jason nodded yes), Well, go down to the left wing of the hospital and I don't care how you do it, but get me one of those clown costumes". Jason just nodded and left but he was really wondering how he was gonna get that costume.
"You owe me exactly 50 bucks for this costume", said Jason a short while later while handing it to her.
"Wow.. those clowns sure drive a hard bargain", laughed Pamela as she was putting the costume on and grabbing some crutches. Jason reached for the door with Pamela following behind her. They had almost reached the elevator for the underground parking when a nurse stopped them and said,
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Well to go cheer up the sick kids of course", said Jason thinking that they were busted for sure now.
"Well what's with the crutches?" Asked the nurse inquisitivly. Both Pamela and Jason were now scrambling for an answer.
"WELL... you see, we like to make the kids feel a little more normal so I pretend that I'm sick also", said Pamela quickly. The nurse just smiled at her and started walking the other way. Both Jason and Pamela looked at each other as if to say that was a close one and they headed down to the underground parking. Pamela gave Morigan a call and she explained their whole plain on how they were going to interrogate Mindy. Pamela wasn't one to stay out of the action so she convinced Jason to drive her down to the station while she changed out of her ridiculous outfit.
At the Station
Morigan and Eryka were about to step into the interrogation when Pamela limped into the station. Morigan and Eryka looked at Pamela wide eyed as if to ask "how". Pamela Just nodded her head and said,
"Don't even ask".
"Well guys you all know the plan and there's no one else I'd rather do this with than you two", said Eryka. They all nodded and walked into the room. Mindy was sitting there looking a bit nervous with her lawyer right beside her. Pamela decided to start,
"Ms. Lanigan, you may remember me my name is Pamela. We're just here to ask a few questions about your boyfriend's murder. So where were you exacting on the night Steven was killed?"
"Well I was..just sitting at home in bed watching the news", said Mindy with caution in her voice.
Eryka just smirked and then said, "let's be honest with ourselves here. You knew Steven wasn't actually going to the bars didn't you?" Mindy looked like she was about to jump out of he seat and say something but before she could the lawyer said,
"My client has no comments on that matter at this time". Then Morigan came in with another shot at her,
"Comeon Mindy, we've got proof that he was having an affair right here," as Eryka slid some fake phone records and papers infront of her. Mindy looking even more enraged now stood up out of her seat and yelled,
"I KNEW IT!!!" Then Pamela, Eryka and Morigan all looked at each other and delivered the final blows that would really push Mindy over the edge.
"You knew he was never going to marry you".
"He didn't even love you".
"He planned to marry this other girl". Each sentence seemed to aggravate Mindy and her lawyer tried to hold her back but she just suddenly blurted out,
"He's a bastard and that's why he had TO DIE! He deserved everything he got and I knew I had to kill him". Mindy's lawyer grimaced at her and put his head down.
"Thank you Mindy, you'll be serving 25 to life for the murder of Steven Finch", said Eryka.
"Will you please arrest Ms. Lanigan and let it go on the record that Mindy Lanigan admitted to the murder of Mr. Finch", said Morigan signaling the police officer in the room to come and take Mindy away.
"Can't you get me a deal??" Cried Mindy to her lawyer. The lawyer nodded no and said,
"There's no deal for me to get here Mindy, good bye" He picked up his briefcase and left the room. Just then Pamela reached into the bag from Antonio's Jewelers and said,
"Oh, Ms. Lanigan", she turned around still in the officer's grasp, "I just thought you should know, you're husband wasn't really having an affair. He was working over time for you, for this ring". Pamela opened the box and showed it to Mindy. She looked stunned and horrified at what she had done and began crying and almost shrieking.
"Assumptions are a dangerous thing and one of them just ruined your life", said Pamela and with that the officer practically carried Mindy out of the room. Each CSI looked at each other with great pride. They all walked together outside and stood in the pouring rain.
"The things people will do eh girls?", said Eryka. They all smirked at each other and headed to their cars. Pamela sat in her car, looking at the rain and said,
"Tomorrow is just another day".
THE END
AN: What can I say, it's been a long time coming. Writing this story has been one of the best experiences and I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you.