Sam left and came back a few minutes later, laying a sandwich on Deeks desk.

"What's this?" Deeks asked, suspiciously.

"It's about time you ate something."

Deeks peeled the sandwich open, "Turkey on whole wheat?"

"With stone ground mustard, cheese, lettuce and tomato."

Deeks grinned at Sam, "You make this yourself?"

Sam sat down in his chair and shuffled through the papers on his desk, not looking at the detective. "Nope."

"Where did you get it?"

"Home."

"So if you didn't make it …"

"Just eat the damn sandwich." Sam tossed him a pint bottle of milk.

"What, no cookie?"

"I'll give you a cookie." Sam growled, hiding a grin.

"Thanks." Deeks took a bite of the sandwich. "Mmm. This is really good."

Deeks startled, almost choking on his milk when Hetty spoke from behind the screen.

"Mr. Hanna, Chris Santori called and he insists on meeting with you to give you some new information on the Robert Lansing murder. He will meet you at the boathouse."

"Me?"

"You or Mr. Callen. Since Kensi and G are still interviewing one of the friends from your other open case, I suggest that you meet with Mr. Santori."

"What about…" Sam waved at Deeks who was hurriedly finishing off the sandwich.

"Take him with you, Mr. Hanna. He is your partner for the afternoon."

"But…"

"The case is getting colder, Mr. Hanna." She made a shooing motion with her hands. "Go. Now."

Sam grabbed his jacket and headed out to the challenger, Deeks close on his heels.

Chris Santori was waiting at the boathouse, pacing in front of the door.

"Where have you been?" he demanded, "I called like twenty times!"

Sam glowered at the ex Navy man, "We've got other leads to follow, I can't drop everything and come running whenever you call." Sam opened the door and Santori pushed in ahead of him.

"Well I've got important leads!" Chris dropped into one of the mismatched chairs at the table, ignoring Sam's pointed look at the door to the interrogation room. "I found a lead on the guy who killed Robert."

"Robert who?" asked Deeks.

Santori stopped, cocked his head and glared at Deeks. "I know you from somewhere." he growled.

"I don't think so," Deeks said with a puzzled frown, "I've positive we've never met."

Santori reached out and grabbed the detective, "Yeah, yeah I do know you. You used to be a lawyer before you became a cop."

"I was." Deeks admitted, disentangling himself and stepping back.

"You defended my cousin Bobby on a GTA charge." He grinned, "You were a hell of a defense lawyer, why'd you go to the other side?

Deeks shrugged and Santori went back to glowering at Sam.

"I found the jewelry store Robert visited on the day he was murdered but the damn owner won't let me see the footage from the store. All he did was tell me that Robert was being shadowed by some white guy in a pea coat."

"Pea coat?" asked Deeks.

"Yeah, a green jacket." Chris turned to Sam, "You know the kind I'm talking about, right?"

Sam nodded, "Like they give you in the military."

"Yeah."

"A green fiber was recovered from one of Robert's fingernails." Sam admitted, "It could have come from a coat like that."

"So this guy had to have been the one that killed him." Chris insisted, "We have to get his picture off that video camera and nail the bastard."

"Not we." Sam said. "You aren't going with us."

"Damn it, it's MY clue!" Santori shouted, jumping up and knocking the chair over.

"And you are a civilian, not a cop." Sam reminded him. "My partner and I will check it out, see if we can identify this guy and then get back to you."

"Fucking better get back to me!" Santori yelled, "I'm doing more to solve Robert's murder than all of you put together."

ZZzzzzzz

I'm so, so sorry it's taken me so very long to get another chapter up and sorry that it's such a short one this time. My frustration level with this got really out of hand and coupled with some other problems I just let it slip.

I'm getting back into it now, actually got the end written, I just have to knit something for the between parts now.

A big, big thank you goes to Amblue36 who kept prodding me, propping me up and encouraging me even though she's going through a rough time herself.

I hope to have another chapter, a longer one, up soon.