Okay, I would first like to thank some people from DLChem for last chapter's idea. You rock. Thanks Kristin for being my little person who I bounce ideas off of. Thanks to all who review and to those few who have reviewed every chapter. Thanks for sticking with me!

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To: soccermesser hotmail . com

Date: March 16, 2009

Subject: Hey li sis

Okay, sorry about last week, but personally I had a lot of fun beating up on Flack. Now I get to beat up on you! This is so exciting! Yippy!

Alright, I need to grow up a little…

Anyway, I heard you're working at Joe's. Haha, I would like to take the opportunity to say "I told you so." I always thought you would end up getting a job there. I feel so proud of myself.

Stella told me before you go crazy. She told me about asking you about a homicide that was outside the store that you did not see… how you managed that I have no idea. They have a few suspects, no one really shouting "I did it!" Stella and Mac are working it though, they'll find something.

I have to go, sorry this was such a short email. I'll give you a call later on tonight. Love ya.

-Danny

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Cara, Sam and Kristin walked out of the science lab, laughing at an event that had happened back in the classroom.

"Did you see his face?" Kristin asked as Cara leaned against Sam, still laughing.

"Well, it's your fault that you put to much backing soda in the mixture," Sam shout at Kristin who was still giggling.

"Still, it was pretty funny," Cara said rubbing her eyes and smiling.

"We all got zeros on the lab I hope you know," Sam said stopping and crossing her arms and looking at her two friends. Cara rolled her eyes.

"Relax, it's no problem. I think Mr. Lewis thought it was pretty funny and it was a complete accident. We'll talk to him tomorrow and see if we can make it up or anything special, alright?" Cara suggested and Sam seemed to agree with Cara because she nodded and continued walking down the hallway.The girls continued chattering as they made their way to their lockers when Sam suddenly stopped causing Cara to run into her.

"What the heck, Sam?" Cara asked and followed Sam's gaze to the lockers down the hall where Andrew's lockers where. Leaning up against them was Andrew and in front of him was a girl from the small cheerleading squad. She was moving toward him, saying something low to him and smirking. Cara's breath hitched in her throat, not knowing what to do. He wouldn't take it, this was Andrew.

Cara saw Andrew move toward her and Cara almost died.

That…

She took a deep breath, looked at her watch and gave a forced smile, "I have to go to work. I'll see you guys later," she said and headed out of the hallway, before bumping into the cheerleader who fell into Andrew. Andrew looked at the cheerleader and than up at Cara who had disappeared behind the doors to the school. Andrew pushed the girl off of him and followed Cara out the doors.

"Cara! Hey Cara! Wait up!" Andrew called out running to catch up with her.

Cara didn't listen, just kept on walking and ignoring him. She didn't want to deal with it, not right now. Andrew caught up with her and grabbed her arm, "Cara, I can explain,"

"Yeah? You can explain. You know what, just forget it. I have to get to work," she said pulling her arm out of his grasp and continued walking.

"It wasn't what you think it is! She came on to me!" Andrew said following her and Cara shook her head.

"Yeah. Right. That's what they all say," Cara growled, turned on her heel and ended the conversation and leaving Andrew standing in the middle of the sidewalk, dumbfounded.

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Flack hurried off of the elevator and began checking every lab and office for Mac. He was slightly mumbling to himself as he walked and was frantic. He ran into Danny, who still was a little upset at him from eating the cake sample.

"Hey, have you seen Mac?" Flack asked and Danny shook his head.

"Last time I saw him he was heading down the ME's office. What's up?" Danny asked crossing his arms and giving his friend a look.

"We just received a note from one of our suspects in the drug dealer case," Flack explained.

"Really? The one on Staten Island?" Danny asked and Flack nodded.

"Yeah, turns out he's our guy and he's going to kill again, we just don't know where," Flack said and Mac came up snapping a folder shut and looking at the detectives.

"I heard my name," he stated and Flack looked very relieved to see him.

"We need to get going. We just received a note from one of our suspects. He's going to kill again," Flack hurried.

"Where?"

"We don't know. I already have guys out looking for him," Flack said.

"Alright, lets get going," Mac said and the two left Danny to finish his work.

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Cara wiped her eyes and sat up straighter on the stood she was sitting on. A small pack of tissues sat on the counter and she grabbed another one to blow her nose with.

"I'm being stupid," she grumbled and threw the tissue into the trash can, "Maybe I'm overreacting and he was telling the truth. I don't give him enough credit,"

She rubbed her hands together quickly and looked up to see two men and a woman with a baby walk into the store. She nodded to them and they went their separate ways in the store, disappearing behind the aisles. Cara rubbed her temples and began wishing for an Advil when she heard a scuffle in the back and a muffled gunshot. She jumped up and a man came out from the back, gun in hand, a wild look on his face.

"Where is he?" the man asked his voice deep and horse.

"Where is who?" Cara asked her hands raised in surrender as she slowly backed away.

"Him… him!" the man yelled his hands shaking.

"I don't know who you are talking about," Cara said and a gun shot ran out. Cara froze and looked over to her side where a small hole now was present in the wall behind her.

"Don't lie to me!" the man said.

Cara was about to open her mouth to say something when in the distance they heard sirens in the distant. The man's ears seemed to perk up as he listened and returned his attention to Cara.

"You called the cops…" he stated and Cara shook her head, her mouth getting dryer by the second.

"You called the cops!" he screamed and in the back of the store, a baby started to cry. Cara looked back to see the woman who had walked in earlier trying to settle down her restless child and looking very frightened herself. The man took little notice in the crying baby and continued to focus on Cara.

"He was supposed to be here. We had a plan. We were going to take over, drugs. Our dealer cheated us out of everything!" The man said. His breath began getting ragged and Cara licked her suddenly dry lips. From the corner of her eye, she could see police cars coming up to the front of the store and cops jumping out, guns in hand. The man looked outside and then at Cara and he smirked.

"You can help me," the man stated and grabbed Cara by the arm and pulled her in front of her and pointed the gun to her throat.

"God damn, déjà vu," Cara thought as her mind went back to the night in the cemetery.

"Alright, sir! No one has to get hurt," a voice came from one of the cop cars.

"How do you know!" the man yelled, "I could pull the trigger right now and end her life!"

"You don't want to do that!" another voice said and Cara shifted uncomfortably and she felt the barrel of the gun being shoved against her neck.

The man growled and pulled Cara more toward the back of the store where the woman sat, trying to comfort her child. The baby continued whimpering and then suddenly let out a lout wail. The man glared at the woman and growled, "Shut the kid up. Shut it up now!"

The woman looked very stressed and scared, not sure what do or say to her child to try and relax her baby. The baby continued crying and the man turned around and waved the gun in front of her, "Shut it up! SHUT IT UP!" the man yelled and Cara could hear him cock the gun, causing the woman to get a very panicky.

Cara knew she had to do something, out of instinct. She slowly twisted herself and she saw the man's finger slowly beginning to squeeze. Without thinking, she pulled herself out of the man's arms and pushed him over, causing the gun to go off into a packet of chips, causing Cheetos to fly everywhere. The man fell on the ground and the gun went skidding down one of the aisles. Cara jumped up and grabbed the gun and pointed at it at the man.

The doors to the store burst opened and several SWAT members came in with Flack and Mac bring up the rear. Mac went and arrested the man and Flack hurried over to Cara, who was still frozen with the gun in her hand. Flack slowly grabbed the gun from Cara and she began shaking. Flack led her out of the store and Mac handed the man off to another cop while he helped the woman who had been in the store as well. Flack didn't say anything as he led her to an EMS vehicle. She sat down and took deep breaths trying to calm herself down. Flack sat next to her, rubbing her back.

Andrew's face popped up in the small crowd as he looked around trying to look around and search for people. Cara looked up and saw Andrew in the crowd and forgetting about how angry she was at him earlier and stood up and ran over to him, jumping up in his arms. Andrew tighten his arms around her as Cara hid her face in the crook of his neck and cried.

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"Messer,"

"Hey Danny, it's Don,"

"Hey Don, how did the arrest go?"

"Um… how quick can you get to your house?"

"Why? Don, what happened?"

"It's Cara, she was involved in the standoff. She needs you right now,"

"I'll be there,"

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