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A/N: Here's the next chappie!! Thanks to all who reviewed. As always, please R&R. My muse loves the attention. :D The chapter title belongs to the wonderful Gin Blossoms!! And many thanks to Axellia for giving me the idea of a pet insurance database and for both her and Aphina betaing it! Any mistakes left are mine and mine alone!

Chapter 36.

Hey Jealousy

Danny heard his phone go off about seven a.m. Quickly, he picked it up so that it didn't wake up Cory. "Messer," he said quietly.

"Danny, it's Stella."

"Hey, Stel. Give me a sec," he asked her as he walked out of bedroom. He closed the door. "Okay. What's up?"

"I think I might have a lead on the cat hair."

"Really?"

"Yeah. When can you get here?"

Danny debated with himself for a moment. While he wanted to be there when Cory woke up, he knew that she would be upset if he let her come between him and his work. Sighing, he made is decision. "Let me get a shower and I'll be there." He shook his head as he hung up the phone. Quickly, he went into the guest bathroom as not to awaken Cory.

Twenty minutes later, he snuck back into the bedroom, where Cory was still dead to the world. He smiled softly, loving the innocent look she had in her sleep. He got dressed and before walking out of the apartment, left her a note on the chalkboard.

Stella practically pounced on him when he walked into the lab. "Danny! What took you so long? Come on."

Danny shook his head, feeling the need for a very strong cup of coffee. "Stel? I haven't even had coffee, yet. Why the hell are you so happy?"

Stella drew back and noticed the bags under his eyes. "You okay?"

Danny rolled his eyes lightly. "Just tired. Cory had a raid last night and didn't get home until a little after four. I couldn't sleep until she got home."

Stella studied him. "You were worried after what happened last time, weren't you?"

Danny sighed and looked away from her. "I really don't want to talk about it, Stella."

Stella nodded, sensing that he wasn't ready to talk. "Okay. I'll accept that for now, but I'm here if you need to talk. Anyway, I was talking to Mac last night and he suggested that if you're going to have that expensive of a pet, wouldn't you have insurance?"

Danny nodded. "I get where you're going. I take it that there is an insurance registry for pets?"

"Yeah. We've got a suspect list. There are four people in the city that have Siberian cats."

Danny looked at Stella. "You've got that look. What else do we have?"

"One of them happens to be a surgeon."

Danny raised is eyebrows. "You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"

"That our vic was having an affair that went wrong? Yeah."

Danny thought for a moment. "Do we have anything that ties them together?"

"He works at the same hospital as the husband," Stella said with a gleam in her eyes.

Danny smirked. "What are we waiting for? Let's go pay him a visit."

Cory woke up around nine and glanced around. Damn. Danny must have gone in already. She sighed and she stretched. Feeling the vertebra in her neck pop as she stretched, she reluctantly got out of bed and into a hot shower.

An hour later, Cory finally felt human again as she reluctantly made her way into the office. Even though it was Saturday, she was still dressed in a suit. When she got to her office, she sat down and tried to figure out who was going to interrogate who. Grabbing a notepad, she began to make a list.

"Hey. Did you get any sleep last night?" Lydia queried from the doorway.

Cory looked up. "Probably about as much as you. How are we going to interrogate them?"

Lydia smiled. "Let me take that one. They claim to only speak Spanish. I've got the first one lined up, if you want to observe."

Cory's left eyebrow rose. "Like that's going to do me any good. I don't speak Spanish." She shook her head before continuing, "Why don't I work on the numbers side of it and you let me know what you find out. I'm really curious to see what was so damn important to get into this country that Los Dios would sacrifice six million in cocaine."

Lydia nodded. "If you figure that out, please let me know. I've been wondering the same thing."

Cory nodded and went back to making her list. A couple of hours later, she looked at the report from her forensics squad. Eight million, street value. Why the hell is Montoya willing to take that as a loss? Something else is going on here. Something big. I just can't figure it out. In her frustration, she threw the pen across the room, just missing Lydia as she walked in.

"Hey! What did the pen do to piss you off?" she asked jokingly.

Cory just shook her head. "Nothing. Please tell me you got something out of them. Please."

Lydia just nodded. "Not a damn thing." Lydia studied Cory carefully. "Listen. Go home. I know you're tired. Hell, I'm exhausted! Get some sleep. Let's pick this back up on Monday. These guys aren't going anywhere. Maybe a couple of days in lock up will loosen their tongues."

Cory yawned in response. "Awight. You're right. Maybe I can figure it out after some sleep."

Danny and Angell arrived at the hospital only to find that their suspect, Dr. Lang, had the day off. Danny called Stella to let her know and she shared the results of Sid sexual activity assessment.

Nodding as he hung up the phone, he turned to Angell. "Vic did have sex before she died. Sid found semen and is in the process of doing a DNA test." Angell nodded and they made their way to his home address. After they knocked, Danny stared at the door. "I hope he doesn't run."

Angell just smirked. "Why? Afraid of running?"

Danny rolled his eyes. "Nope. Just don't want to have to chase anyone today."

His fear was alleviated when the man opened the door. Angell looked at Dr. Lang, who was just wearing a pair of pajama pants. "Dr. Lang? I'm Detective Angell; this is Detective Messer, NYPD. We'd like to ask you a few questions."

Dr. Lang stood aside and motioned for them to enter. "What's this about?"

"Do you know Pamela Shelton?"

The doctor nodded. "Yes. I work with her husband. Is everything alright?"

Angell looked at him. "Other than she was murdered, yeah, everything is fine."

The doctor tried to look surprised, but wasn't able to pull the look off. Danny noticed this and got ready to jump in for the kill. "Were you having an affair with her?"

"With Pam? No," he denied.

Danny watched as white and cream colored cat walked into the room. "Nice cat. It's a Siberian, right?"

Dr. Lang looked at Danny in confusion. "Yes, she is. Are you a cat fancier?"

Danny shook his head. "Nope. Tell me something, Dr. Lang. Was Pam here the morning after Thanksgiving?"

"No."

Angell raised her eyebrows. "Really? You see, she was covered in cat hair. From a Siberian cat, to be exact. Now how is it that she was covered in hair from your cat, yet she wasn't here?"

Dr. Lang didn't say anything. Danny and Angell turned at the sound of the bedroom door opening up.

"Honey? Are you coming back to bed?"

Danny felt his mouth drop open when Dr. Shelton walked out of the bedroom, dressed in just a robe.

Danny shook his head when he got back to the lab, with both of the doctors in tow. He quickly filled Stella in on their discovery.

"You've got to be joking, right?" she asked in surprise.

"Nope. So who you want? Shelton or Lang?"

"Since you and Angell have already questioned Shelton, I'll take Lang. See what I can get out of him."

Danny nodded and made his way to interrogation one. Stella made her way to interrogation two.

Danny and Angell walked into to see a somber looking Shelton looking at them.

"Dr. Shelton, for a grieving husband, you certainly got over you grief quickly," Angell stated. "What is the nature of your relationship with Dr. Lang?"

"Am I under arrest?" he asked belligerently.

Danny looked at him. "Nope. But I really do want to see whatcha know. You see, cat hairs, that are going to match your lover's cat, were found in your wife's pubic hair. So, anything you want to tell me?"

The doctor just stared at him in shock. "What?"

"Come on, man. Did you love your wife?" At the man's nod, Danny continued, "Then help us catch the man you murdered your wife."

"Doug and I have been together for about a year. Wait! It's not what you think. Pam and I had an open relationship. We loved each other, but we had different needs. She knew that I was seeing Doug. She was fine with it."

Angell frowned. "Was this a two way street? Was she allowed to see other people?"

"Of course."

"So, who was she seeing?" Danny probed.

"I don't know. She had been seeing someone for about a month, but she hadn't told me who it was."

Danny and Angell looked at each other. "Why don't you sit tight here? If we have anymore questions, we'll be back," Angell said as they left the room.

Stella looked at them as they walked out. "So, they had an open relationship. Shelton was sleeping with the suspect. That's not enough to put him as the killer. There has to be something else."

"What about the cat hair? Did what I collected from Dr. Shelton's cat match the cat hair found on the body?" Danny asked.

Stella nodded. "Yeah. Kendall just made the match." She looked at Angell. "Angell? Want to question him with me?"

"Yeah. Let's go!"

Angell and Stella walked into the room. "So, Dr. Lang," Angell began. "Can you tell me why hair from your cat ended up in the pubic hair of Pamela Shelton?"

"We were sleeping together."

"Really?" Stella asked. "So you were sleeping with both of them?"

"Yes. Reginald didn't know."

"Why? Why did you kill her then?" Angell persisted, going with her gut.

"He wouldn't leave her. I wanted to take our relationship to the next level, but he wouldn't leave her."

Stella and Angell just shook their head, surprised at the easy confession. Stella pushed a notepad in front of him. "Write everything down."

Silently, the two women left the room, shaking their heads.

When Danny got home, after completing his paperwork, he noticed Cory asleep on the couch. He smiled down at her, running his hand lightly on her hair.

Cory opened her eyes at the light touch. "Hey," she said sleepily.

"Hi. How are you?"

"Tired. Last night really took it out of me. I'm not used to being up for twenty-four hours at a time anymore," she admitted, sitting up.

Danny smiled softly and sat down beside her, pulling her into his arms. "You haven't been back in the field for very long, bella. It's to be expected. Just let yourself ease back into it."

Cory sighed. "I know, but I have this horrible feeling that I don't have the luxury of time. Montoya is stepping up his business and in order to catch him, I'll have to be at the top of my game."

Danny kissed the top of her head. "You'll do just fine, sweetheart."

Cory smiled as she snuggled into Danny's arms, drifting back off to sleep.

AN: Okay...So there is the conclusion of the cat case! Wow, it's been so long since I've written this that I had to go back over it!! Please, let me know what you think!! Go read Gotham's Heroes!!!!

Kris - Yeah! New reviewer!!! (:p) I'm not likely to forget you, since my name is Kris as well!! I love cliffies, so I tend to write them a lot! There were several things going on in the last chapter, but you won't get a response to your question until around chapter 40 (maybe...I'm not sure right now. I can't remember which chapter I put it in!). You're welcome. I love to write and I definitely think that my writing style has evolved since I started posting the first story a year and a half ago! It's not bravery, though, it's just an intense desire to get the plot bunnies to leave me alone for a while! (:p)

Soccer-Bitch - I'm in a verrrryyyyy good mood! I love my Cowboys! It was especially satisfying since I went o happy out with a few people from work and they were all cheering the Packers!! Revenge is so very sweet! Anyway, I'm glad you loved the chapter, and I hope you like what's coming up. (Let's just say that my beta's were like...ummm, can I have the next chapter please? What do you mean you haven't written it! Write it!)

Aphina - Yeah, I can just see Danny's expression of WTF? It was a fun scene to write because Cory is so nonchalent about it. Haven't you noticed that I love misdirection? I do leave subtle clues, but sometimes it just goes completely different than I had planned! I like that Danny stayed up for her because it shows the effect of her being shot! (I really am trying to write 46 tonight, but it maybe later this week when I get to it.)

CSI Junkie - Then jump for more joy! I just got 44 and 45 back from my beta's and I'm trying to work on 46 tonight. I just need to plot out the next 5 or so chapters. (I still don't see an end to this story anytime soon!) You're right, that was the point (to confuse people) because I wanted to confuse Cory! What was in the other shipment is going to become very important and if you are on top of it, you might be able to guess part of the plot coming up! (If you want to try to figure it out...check out some of the early chapters. There are hints in there!). Thanks!!!

Okay...I know I said that I wasn't going to update until I got 5 reviews...but I'm 10 chapters ahead, so here y'all go!!! (:D)