He briskly walked down the hall to the elevator. He got to the parking garage and got into his car, which he had Ryan get from the gardens. By the time he got back to the lab, it was going on five o'clock. He found Frank and pulled him off into an interrogation room. After talking for about fifteen minutes, Scott showed up. He took a look around and walked into the interrogation room
"It looks likes the news about Detective Davis has gotten around," Scott said.
"Yes, it would appear that way," commented Horatio.
"Hey Scott," Frank greeted.
"Hello Frank," replied Scott, "Horatio, how's Bec?"
"She out of surgery and is resting. Eric Delko is with her."
"Good, what room is she in?" Scott asked.
Horatio hesitated, recalling the conversation with Brianna, shortly after Collins had shown at yesterday's crime scene.
A knock on Horatio's office door, pulled him from his thoughts. "Come in."
Detective Davis stepped into the office and closed the door. The troubled expression in her eyes told him that something was bothering her.
"What can I do for you, Detective Davis?" he asked as he gestured for her to sit down.
Alexia walked over to the floor to ceiling glass window that made up one side of the office. She didn't say anything right away, but took a deep breath. "I think I'm trouble, Lieutenant."
Horatio got up from his desk and stood by Alexia. "What kind of trouble, Alexia?"
Alexia hesitated, but she couldn't get passed the nagging feel that something was wrong about Scott's reaction. She had never made accusations against a fellow officer, let alone a superior, without sufficient evidence.
He waited patiently in that familiar stance until he saw her shoulders relax.
"Let's call it a gut feeling, Lieutenant."
"You mean about Collins?" Horatio coaxed.
She shook her head. "No, about my Lieutenant." Alexia stated.
"Detective Davis, that's a serious accusation."
"Yes, sir."
"Has Lieutenant Dresden become a liability to your investigation?"
"That's the problem, sir. Captain Dobbs and my deputy chief informed me that everyone involved were given orders regarding Collins."
Horatio cocked his head to the side. "What were the orders?"
"Because of the depth of the investigation, the orders where to shoot on sight."
"No one fired at Collins today."
"We're aware that we have a mole along our chain of command and in the department."
He smiled. Horatio, now understanding why she had come to him. "since you don't know where it is or who it might be, you can't exactly go to your immediate superiors."
"That would be correct, sir." Alexia agreed.
Horatio made a decision. "She's in ICU, right now."
Scott nodded. That definitely doesn't improve the situation. It appears we'll have to go to plan B, he thought.
"Bec?" Frank asked, "who's that?"
Horatio looked at Scott and he nodded. "Frank, Detective Alexia Davis' real name is Brianna Elizabeth Caine."
"Your daughter, who was kidnapped twenty years ago?" Frank asked, in disbelief. Well, that does explain why she does things the way she does, he thought.
"Yes, my daughter. She has been undercover for the past three years, working in Cobalt. " Horatio affirmed.
"Damn, if Rick gets a hold of this--" Frank started.
"Frank, he is the person that Brianna and Scott are after," Horatio said, silencing Frank.
Frank just stood there, blinked and shook his head. "So, what's the next move?"
"Ryan and I brought in the material that Brianna had at her condo. She has been gathering it during for the last three years. It's up in Horatio's office," Scott explained.
"Well, if Brianna is anything like you when you're on a hunt Horatio, she's probably has everything we need to arrest Rick," Frank said.
The three men walked out of the room and head up to Horatio's office. When they came out of the elevator, Ryan met them. In his hand were the results from the account numbers.
"H, I've got the information on those account numbers," Ryan explained.
"Good," said Horatio, "come up to the office with us."
Ryan followed them up to Horatio's office. He was the last to enter and closed the door behind him. Ryan sat the folder down and helped the guys with the boxes. They got them up on the table. Ryan opened one box and found it to be pack with material.
"Wow," Ryan said, "this is three years of undercover work?"
"No, Ryan, this is about half of it," Scott replied.
"Mr. Wolfe, what did you get on the accounts that Brianna gave us?" Horatio asked.
"The account numbers all belong to one main account," Ryan began to explain.
"So who do they belong to?" Frank asked.
"It's easier to work backwards," Ryan said, "the account into which the money was deposited belongs to Stetler," Ryan looked at Scott, who nodded in agreement.
Ryan continued, "The money was wired from an account in the Caymans which is usually untraceable. However, this account has a social security number attached to it. That account belongs to a Fred Maxim."
"He was the associate of Collins' who turned state's evidence. Whoever is using the account has to be an associate," Scott said.
"What's funny is that the account receives money from two other accounts which belong to a Phillip Collins--"
"Ryan, did you say Phillip Collins?" Scott interrupted.
"Yeah,"
"Phillip is Andrew Collins' first name," Horatio said.
"That's right," Scott interjected, "when he was in PD, he went by his middle name because his partner was Phillip Ericson."
"So," Frank began, "Collins has been wiring money into Rick Stetler's account?"
"It would appear so," replied Horatio, "Scott do you know what Rick was receiving the money for?"
"No, nothing solid. I think Brianna has a theory, but she wasn't sharing what it was."
"Sounds like you Horatio," Frank mused.
"H, there's one more thing." Ryan interjected.
"Yes, Mister Wolfe?"
"There a couple missing accounts. You see monetary movement, but not no source."
"Mister Wolfe, come with me please?" Horatio suggested.
"We'll finish pulling this stuff out, Horatio." Frank said.
Horatio nodded as he and Ryan walked out of the office. He opened the door to the conference room. Ryan was beginning to get the feel that he was in trouble.
"Ryan, did a clearance authorization come up when you tried to find who the account belonged to?"
"Yeah, I did …" Ryan said slowly, "but how did you know?"
"Keep me posted, Mister Wolfe." Horatio said as he and Ryan walked out of the conference room.
While the guys went through the files at the lab, Eric was checking on Brianna. He got up and stretched. He paused in the doorway, watching Brianna. Funny, Eric thought, life does come full circle.
Brianna opened her eyes and looked around. She focused on the man who was standing in the doorway. She blinked and tried to sit up. She hissed as she accidentally put weight on her right shoulder.
Eric walked up to the bed, putting an arm around her waist, helped Brianna sit up.
She looked up at him. "Thank you Eric," Brianna said.
"Not a problem," he replied, as he pulled a strand of hair behind her ear.
Brianna looked around and reached for the hair band on the side table. She tried to pull her hair back to put it up but couldn't do it.
"Would you like some help Brianna?" Eric asked.
"You know my real name?" She asked him.
"Horatio told us what happened when you were little," he explained.
Brianna nodded and handed the hair band to Eric. He took it from her. He gently gathered her hair and put it in a ponytail. He noticed that she looked a little pale.
"Bri, are you ok?"
"Yeah," she replied, "but I'm hunger."
Eric was about to answer her when a nurse came into the room.
"Officer Delko," the nurse said, "may I speak with you?"
Eric nodded. "I'll be right back Bri, okay?" he said.
He followed the nurse out to the hall. "What's the problem?" Eric asked the nurse.
"We just had to have a man removed from the hospital."
"Who was it, ma'am?"
"He said his name was Sergeant Rick Stetler and that he was with the police department."
"Okay, what did he want?"
"He said he had questions for Detective Davis," the nurse explained, "we told him that we were left instruction that Detective Davis was not to be disturbed."
"What was his reaction?" Eric inquired of the nurse.
"He became very upset and demanded to know who had left the instructions. I told him that we aren't permitted to release that information. He then, became loud and belligerent, so we had to have security remove him from the building."
"Thank you very much, ma'am," Eric thanked the nurse.
Eric looked in on Brianna. Pulling out his cell phone, he called Horatio.
Horatio, Scott, Ryan and Frank were still in Horatio's office going through the four boxes of evidence material. Horatio and Frank kept looking at each other as they began to realize how deep Brianna was into the investigation. Scott became uneasy and quickly shuffled the files in the box he was looking through.
"Everything ok, Scott?" Frank asked.
"No, there's two filed missing."
Horatio looked up from the file her was reading. "Which ones are missing and what were in them?"
"One of them is Brianna's real personnel file and the other is Rick Stetler's personnel file."
Horatio's phone rang. It was Eric. "Eric, is Brianna alright?"
Scott, Frank and Ryan looked up when they heard Horatio speak.
"I think you should come back down here. Stetler was just removed from the hospital after being told that he would be unable to see Detective Davis."
"Thank you Eric. I'll be right there," Horatio said, hanging up.
Scott looked at Horatio. "Is there trouble, Horatio?"
"Stetler was just removed from the hospital. I'll be on the cell."
The men nodded as Horatio walked out of his office and out of the building. He got into the Hummer and headed to the hospital. It was 8:30 p.m. when he arrived. He found Eric sitting in the room next to Brianna. Horatio watched them for a few moments. He noticed that her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she was lying on her left side.
"Eric," Horatio said.
Eric looked up to find Horatio in the doorway. He got up and went out into the hall.
"How is she?" Horatio asked.
"She's good," Eric affirmed, "she woke up earlier. I helped her set up and put her hair back," he finished as he looked back into the room.
"Good, has she eaten yet?"
"She ordered dinner. They should be bringing it around shortly."
"Okay," Horatio nodded. "Now, tell me what happened with Stetler."
"The nurse came and said that Stetler wanted to talk to Brianna, but when she told him that she was not to be disturbed, he became belligerent. They had to call security and have him removed."
"This won't be the last time he comes calling."
"Do you think he's connected to the attacks on Brianna?"
Horatio expression became uneasy. "From what we've looked through of Brianna's files, it appears that way."
Eric nodded. Horatio's focus turned to back to the room. He turned and opened the door, followed by Eric. Horatio put his cell phone on the side table and sat down next to the bed.
"I'll go get something to eat, H. Do you want anything?" Eric asked.
Horatio shook his head, turning his full attention back to his daughter. She looks so peaceful, he thought. He reached up and gently caressed her cheek. He still couldn't believe that his daughter was here. Horatio smiled as he remembered watching her over the past two months. His smile grew even wider as he recalled the night at D'Lounge, showing she could hold her own with Stetler and yesterday evening as he watched her put him on the ground.