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Momentarily paralyzed Horatio stared at his phone.
He gathered himself together and snapped his phone shut.
he jogged to the break room were he found his team.
"Calleigh, Eric! your with me asap"
ten minutes later they arrive at the crime scene.
"were are we? " A slightly shaken Calleigh asked her boss. She never had seen him drive like this.
"were at the house of mrs and mr Speedle"
"Speed's parents? "Eric asks
Horatio nods giving himself no time to react to their questions but walks straight to the patrol officer who seems in charge.
"what happened? "
"it seemed to have been a simple B&E luitenant. Except the perp found the family home up on entering. Luckily the husband came home just before the perp could do any harm. He clubbed him right on the back of his head. Real beauty of a goose egg. He's screaming abuse and claiming a lawyer so it wasn't that hard. A shame, family is been through enough"
Horatio sighted in relieve and nodded his agreement.
Horatio walked towards the victims. Who were currently talking to officer Fields
"i called him sir, he is on his way" Horatio heard Fields say who walked away after this announcement leaving the family to comfort the small child mrs Speedle was holding
"hum "He tried to get their attention. They both looked up.
"lt Caine"Mr Speelde nodded.
"Horatio please, i'm sorry this had to happen to you. And i want you to know that i will take care of this."
Mr Speedle nodded "thank you sir "
Suddenly a car swerved on to the front lawn taking down part of the fence. The car came to a screeching halt. Before anyone could react a figure left the car and ran towards the door. Completely ignoring the crime scene tape the figure ran past Horatio and his team straight towards the Speedle family home. Eric tried to stop them but he was held back by and officer. "lemme go man. The..." and then Eric fell silent.
The little blond girl who had been sitting on mrs Speedle's lap with her face buried in her chest looked up at the nudge she gave her and as soon as she noticed the man running towards her, jumped up and yelled "DADDY, over here!! "
The figure adjusted his path but not his speed and soon the little girl was up in his arms.
Horatio watched the lone figure holding on to his little girl.
At the corner of his eyes he saw Calleigh brushing away a tear
"i didn't know that Speed was an uncle or something."Eric remarked.
Calleigh shrugged," maybe they baby sit, who knows."
" Lady and gentleman there is work to be done "Horatio called them back to attention and they proceeded towards the crime scene
i'd like to say thank you for all of you who keep reviewing this story..your kind words keep me going and make this so much more funn than it already was.
I few more chapters to go yet but i finally know how it will end
