2100 Hours

Steve closed up the little goathouse after feeding Daniel and making sure the little goat was doing well. With Trina injured, he was helping out with her animals. He walked onto the back porch and several of the outdoor cats sat there looking at him expectantly.

"She really has you guys spoiled." He chuckled as he opened the food bin.

He filled a few large dishes for the cats to eat out of as they wanted. Several more came running when they heard him open the food bin. He smiled as the cats began eating. He had never seen someone care about animals as much as Trina did.

He stood up and walked into the house. He shrugged out of his coat and pulled off his shoes. He wandered into the living room where Trina was seated on the couch with her leg propped up. She was dressed in comfortable flannel pajamas but he thought she looked cute. Jack was asleep in front of the Christmas tree with Wonder sleeping against him.

"All the animals are fed." Steve told her.

"Thank you so much. I really appreciate you helping out." She said.

"Baby, I am glad to take care of you. Animals too." He smiled and sat down next to her. "How you feel?"

"My leg is throbbing but I don't want any pain killers until bed time. They make me so tired. And I don't want to risk getting hooked on them." Trina said.

"Are you okay? You seem a little shook up." He frowned.

"It's silly." She shrugged.

"Tell me anyway." He encouraged.

"Well, I mean now I understand that I wasn't hurt that bad. I mean it was serious but quick reaction from Seth and EMS kept it from becoming life threatening. So please don't think I am being overly dramatic." She took his hand. "But when I was first stabbed, with all the adrenaline…. I guess I had a bit of a panic attack. I was so afraid I was hurt bad."

"That is normal. Everyone panics when injured or in an accident." Steve assured her.

"When you were shot, you were so calm." She said.

"I tried to stay calm, but I was scared. But I didn't want to scare you. And I knew I had to stay strong for my boys and you."

"I understand."

"So what is on your mind?" he prodded.

"I am just thinking how glad I am that it was nothing serious. That I will be able to go on like normal. But most importantly, that I have more time with you." She smiled. "I don't mean to get sappy but… I love you so much. You mean the world to me. You make me so happy. I never knew I could love someone so much."

"I am glad I have more time with you too." He squeezed her hand. "And you make me very happy. You and the boys are my world."

"You are such a good dad. I love that about you." She curled up against him.

"And some day you are going to be a very good mom." Steve kissed her forehead.

"You want more children?" she looked up at him.

He smiled at her. "I would. I love being a dad."

"I knew you weren't Richard." She chuckled.

"Huh?"

"Joke between me and Seth." She laughed.

December 23rd, 0800 Hours

Steve helped Trina on her crutches into the Davis station. He had tried to talk her into staying home and resting, but she was insistent on working the case and getting as much done as possible before Christmas. She slowly moved over to her desk as Steve dragged an extra chair over for her to prop her leg up on.

"You feel okay?" he asked.

"Leg hurts but I got too much to do. Get me everything from the Heyman case that I have missed. All the evidence, reports, everything." She said.

"I wish you would reconsider. You need more rest." Steve sighed.

"As soon as I am caught up on everything, and we have finished Heyman's interview I will see how I feel and if I need to I will go home." Trina told him. "I will be okay. I promise."

Steve kissed her forehead. "I worry about you."

"I know you do. And I love you for it." She smiled.

"Trina, what are you doing here?" Seth walked out of the locker room.

"Working. We have too much to do for me to stay out for very long." She smiled. "Besides, someone has to keep you in line."

"Keep an eye on her for me. I have to go to Parsons for a while." Steve said as he placed a box of evidence on her desk.

"Sure thing. I agreed to stay until noon today." Seth said.

"Make sure she uses her crutches to move around so she doesn't pull on her stitches. She has to keep her leg elevated as much as possible." Steve said.

"I am sitting right here listening." She rolled her eyes.

"Yes but I know how ambitious you can get." Steve winked. "Love you."

"Love you too." Seth and Trina said at the same time making Steve laugh as he walked out.

"Quit telling my boyfriend you love him. Someone is going to start thinking that we're in a threesome relationship." Trina began looking through the box.

"So everything is a go for this afternoon." Seth sat down at his desk.

"Great, I owe you a huge one." She said.

"Oh it is the holidays; I am glad to help out." Seth smiled.

Trina began reading through some of the reports on evidence found out at Heyman's house.

"This says a handgun was found at Heyman's home in a closet." Trina read.

"Yeah, it was sent off for ballistics testing. Possibly the gun used to shoot Helmsley." Seth said.

Trina read over the extensive report from the forensic evidence Dolph had collected in Heyman's play room at his home. He found several items that appeared to match the wounds found on their victims. Nipple clamps like those used on Trish Stratus, an electric wand like the one used on Kristal Marshall and several piercing devices like those used on Kristal and Stephanie. He had taken swabs from everything and had collected the items to compare to the wounds at the lab.

"They also found clippings of Heyman's murders from Texas and ones of his murders here in West Virginia. We also found clippings of murders in several other states. Chief thinks they might be the unknown girls in the photo album." Seth said.

"What photo album?" she looked up.

"Should be in the box. The twins found it at his shop. Apparently he was trying to get it out of there before we found it when we came in to arrest him." Seth said.

Trina dug through the box until she found the photo album and began flipping through it.

"He looks so young in some of these. And the girls are very pretty. Calaway was right, he could pull some good looking girls." She looked at the pictures closely.

"Sheriff found eight bottles of bleach under the sink in the bathroom." Seth said.

"He used it to clean up the girls. Bleach destroys a lot of evidence too." She said as she pulled out the clips from his murders.

"I should probably go check on our prisoners. I took them breakfast a bit ago. Karen should be released this afternoon. Jerry and Damien worked it out that if she agrees to stay away from the girlfriend, and exchanges the kids with Kurt in a public place, she can be released on her own recognizance. But if she causes anymore problems she is staying in jail until her court hearing no matter if she misses Christmas at home or not." Seth sighed.

"Let me know if there is anything I can do to help." Trina said as she began reading.

As she read she grabbed her profile notes and began jotting things down as she read through the old articles and matched them with pictures from the album. Seth went downstairs to check on the prisoners and gather the trays from breakfast. Jerry came in with Damien. He frowned seeing Trina back to work so soon but shrugged it off and went to talk with Damien in his office. He knew Steve wouldn't let her do anything that would put her in danger.

Seth came back from downstairs and sat down at his desk to catch up on paperwork. He noticed Trina was deep in thought. She wasn't even singing along with the holiday music.

1000 Hours

Steve walked into the Davis station to find Trina still at her desk looking over the evidence and writing on her profile. Seth was finishing up paperwork. Everyone seemed to be working. He walked over to Trina's desk to see what she was working on.

"Hey baby, how you feeling?" He kissed her.

"Not too bad. Leg isn't hurting as bad as I thought it would." She smiled. "Steve, I have expanded my profile on Heyman. And I want to start searching on these other victims. I want to find out who they are so we do not have to make any deals with him. If Texas wants to execute him, I am gonna do all I can to let them have him."

"Sounds like you have been busy." Steve sat down next to her.

"You have no idea. She has been working non-stop since you left." Seth said.

"I want to figure out as much as I can." She shrugged.

"Tell me what you got so far." Steve told her.

"This photo album, this is a form of trophy for him. A way to look back and remember not just the murders, but the girls themselves. Another way for him to gloat about all the pretty girls he had. Heyman seems to be constantly showing off, his album, the way he displays the murdered girls." Trina said.

"He seems to like to show off a lot." Steve frowned.

"And this map of the logging trails….it is how he knew where to leave the bodies. And he had a huge comfort zone because he traveled to so many places for his work." Trina said.

"Any ideas about these four girls we don't know?" Steve asked. "We haven't investigated them much, been focusing on our victims first."

"Not yet, but I am gonna start on it. I have some newspaper articles here that don't have any dates on them, but I am gonna search online and see what I can find about victims and the cities mentioned in them." She said.

"You sure you are okay to work?" Steve checked on her.

"I am fine. I want to find out who these girls are. I don't want to have to offer him a deal." Trina said.

"Go get it then." Steve chuckled.

"Coulter is gonna be here this afternoon. Damien wants to do an interview with Heyman." Trina said.

"I will be here." Steve said. "Can I get you anything?"

"No I am okay for now. I want to get started on tracking down these unknown girls." Trina said.

1200 Hours

"Is your girl okay?" Seth asked Steve as he put on his jacket to leave.

Steve looked over to where Trina was talking on the phone and writing quickly on a notepad. "She is fine. She needs to do this. Her heart is set on making sure Heyman gets everything coming to him and that every victim gets justice."

"Well I am going home." Seth said. "Take care of her."

"You know it." Steve said.

Seth walked by and winked at Trina as he passed. She waved as she continued talking on the phone.

"Okay, thank you so much detective. I will be in touch." Trina hung up the phone. "Baby, I got two of these figured out."

Steve stepped out of the breakroom and walked over to her desk. "What did you find out?"

"I have managed to figure out who two of these girls are and contacted the detectives investigating their cases. Strangest thing…. these cases aren't in Texas." Trina said.

"I can't believe that weird little man downstairs is a serial killer." Steve sighed.

"And he seems to have a dreadful record. The first girl…the blonde, her name is Beth Kocianski and she was murdered in New York City in 1993. Case went cold, no suspects, very little evidence. She was found neatly laid out near the East River." She said. "I spoke with an NYPD Cold Case Detective and got her autopsy results. No semen was found but she had rectal tearing and welts on her thighs. She was a student at NYU. She had no boyfriend at the time and despite multiple interviews with friends and family, they never caught a lead."

"Heyman grew up in New York and has family there." Steve frowned.

"From what I can tell, she is the first victim. Not sure how he knew her but NYPD is now looking at him. I think he killed her before moving to Texas. She shows signs of being a victim of a new killer, similar to a few of the Texas girls." Trina said.

"What about the second girl you identified?" Steve looked through her notes.

"Her name is Lisa Marie Varon, and she was murdered two years ago in Seattle Washington. I was able to match her name in the article with pictures and a few online searches led me to the Seattle police." She said pointed to a picture of Heyman with a dark-haired lady.

"Seattle?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, I can't figure out how she fits in the picture yet. But she was found neatly dressed and displayed in an abandoned lot. I just spoke with one of their detectives and he said her autopsy showed vaginal trauma, no semen found. But we might have some evidence to conclusively link him…. Varon had a bite mark on her left nipple." Trina said.

"We'll get a warrant for dental impressions." Steve said.

"I am still working on the last two victims. The newspaper clippings are sketchy. And this lady here…with the short dark hair…she doesn't seem to fit in with all these other young girls. Then again, Heyman appears to have a wide variety of taste in women." She said.

"Good work. I am so proud of you." He smiled. "Now grab your coat. I am taking my lady to lunch."

"But…"

"No buts, you need to move around a bit, you need to eat and you need a break." He said.

"Sounds wonderful, a nice lunch with a handsome detective." She smiled.

1300 Hours

Steve helped Trina as she walked back into the station using her crutches. They had enjoyed lunch at the diner down the street. Steve was worried Trina should be home resting, but knew that arguing with her was pointless. As they walked in they saw Damian and Zeb Coulter were there.

"Must be time to interview Heyman." Steve said.

"But I haven't figured out who the other two girls are yet." She said.

"You will. We already have more than enough to confront him with." Steve helped her take her coat off.

"I am helping in this interview." She insisted.

"Will you then go home and get some rest? You can take your laptop and work from home but I worry about you overdoing it." Steve said.

"Sure, it will give me a chance to get started on the food for Christmas eve tomorrow." She said.

Steve groaned. "Is the words 'take it easy' in your vocabulary?"

"I promise to not rip my stitches." She said.

"I would tie you up, but you'd just call Naomi to untie you." He shook his head.

"John went to bring Heyman to an interview room." Damian walked over to them. "You two ready?"

"Yes, and as a bonus, Trina has uncovered who two of the four mystery women are." Steve said.

"Good, we might be able to use that as leverage. Coulter insists Heyman invoke his 5th amendment rights." Damian sighed.

"Let's see if we can get him to talk. Even if he doesn't, we have more than enough evidence to prosecute and so does Texas." Steve said.

"Be warned, Coulter is screaming police brutality on Rollins." Damian said.

"Does he have a case?" Trina asked.

"Hell no. He stabbed you, and then fought with Rollins to avoid arrest. Who can tell what really happened?" Damian winked.

"Damian, you're beautiful." Trina smiled.

"Let's get back there and get this started." Steve said.

Steve carried the files and followed Trina on her crutches to the back to the interview room. Heyman and Coulter were already inside with John standing guard inside the room. Jerry was standing outside the one-way glass watching on.

"You guys ready?" Jerry asked them.

"Yeah, he'll be arraigned the 26th." Damian said.

Jerry nodded as they walked into the interview room. Steve helped Trina into a chair as Damian looked through a few files. Steve then set out the tape recorder.

"Interview with suspect Paul Heyman AKA Paul Dangerously. December 23rd. Present is council for Mr. Heyman, Zeb Coulter…Detective Steve Borden, Officers Trinvilla Conley and John Layfield and DA Damian Sandow." Steve said.

"Mr. Heyman you have been charged with five counts of murder, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault of an officer with a deadly weapon. More charges are pending." Damian read off the file. "Would you like to make a statement at this time?"

"I have advised my client to invoke his 5th amendment rights." Coulter said.

"That is fine. Let's start with the assault charge. We have two witnesses to the assault on Officer Conley and the weapon left behind." Steve said.

"One of your so-called witnesses assaulted my client." Coulter said.

"You have no proof of assault." Damian calmly replied.

"Mr. Heyman says Officer Rollins punched him after he was handcuffed and subdued. That is undue force." Coulter said.

"Mr. Heyman had stabbed one officer and was attempting to flee from another. Officer Rollins had to use force and pepper spray to subdue Mr. Heyman. I have read Officer Rollins' report and saw nothing unusual." Steve said.

"No offense detective, but you are dating the alleged assault victim…"

"Alleged? Alleged? Must be why Rollins had to call those alleged paramedics to Mr. Heyman's place of business. And why Officer Conley had to have alleged surgery to repair the damage to her thigh. And now has alleged stitches in her leg." Steve glared.

"I will be contacting the sheriff and mayor about an investigation into this." Coulter said.

"Go ahead, waste tax dollars. I am sure the citizens will appreciate that the next time you decide to run for public office." Trina said.

"Since he doesn't wish to discuss the assault on Officer Conley, let's talk about the five homicides he is charged with." Damian said.

"Again, he invokes his 5th amendment rights." Coulter said.

Steve laid out photos of the five victims. It was a ploy to loosen Heyman's tongue.

"Amy Dumas, Trish Stratus, Kristal Marshall, Stephanie McMahon and Hunter Helmsley. We have found photos of the four female victims in your place of business. You are in the photos with each victim." Trina said.

"We also have witnesses that can place all five victims in your place of business, the private bondage playground in the lower level of your building." Steve said.

Heyman stared at them but said nothing. Steve and Trina glanced at each other.

"You know that when the ballistics come back for the gun found in your home it is going to match the gun that was used to kill Mr. Helmsley." Steve said.

"And when the forensic evidence tested from your home playground comes back, we're going to find matches to either these four women, or maybe the six in Texas. How often do you buy new equipment?" Trina asked, trying to goad him into speaking.

"No charges have been brought from Texas, we're not here to discuss that." Coulter said.

"Sure we are. Mr. Heyman is a serial killer, we just stopped him. He has killed in Texas, Washington, New York, West Virginia and who knows where else. It is all connected." Steve said.

Heyman gave a startled look when Steve mentioned Washington and New York.

"Oh yes, we know about Lisa Marie Varon and Beth Kocianski." Trina crossed her arms. "And I promise you, I will figure out who those other two women are too."

"Why don't you tell us your side of the story? You know you are caught; you can't get out of this. Unburden yourself. You must want to try explaining yourself." Steve said.

Heyman shook his head, refusing to speak.

"Did you ever tell Calaway about Lisa Marie and Beth? He knew all about Mickie, Alicia, Serena, Melina, Eve…." Trina started.

"Enough, that is the word of a convicted murderer." Coulter said.

"Yes it is, a murderer that was a close friend and associate of Mr. Heyman's when he lived in Texas." Steve said.

"What I don't understand is, why kill these girls? You display them after death in a way to show them off, and they were lovely girls…. but why not keep them alive and show them off? Take them out, go to parties, go to dinner, go to the theater with a beautiful girl on your arm?" Trina said, trying to make him talk.

"That is enough." Coulter said.

"Wouldn't you rather have a steady girlfriend or wife that was into bondage rather than finding a new girl all the time?" Trina ignored Coulter.

"This interview is over." Coulter yelled.

"Calaway said he killed because he got off on the violence that goes into killing. He told us you enjoy turning killer on the girls after they are bound and helpless to fight back!" Trina yelled.

"Take my client out of here. We do not have to listen to this." Coulter was fuming.

"Oh he can go, but you two better remember one thing… we are able to link him to murders in Texas and Washington, both of which have the death penalty." Steve said.

"And I am willing to let another state have him that can execute." Damian said.

"And I will find out who those last two women are." Trina glared.

Steve helped Trina up and they walked out of the interview room first. Jerry was waiting for them on the other side of the glass.

"He won't talk." Jerry sighed.

"We don't need him to. Between what we already have and the lab results we are waiting on, we have more than enough." Steve said.

"Well we tried." Jerry shook his head. "He is just being stubborn."

"I am gonna take Trina home. I want her to rest for a while away from the station." Steve said.

"I agree. She can come in tomorrow. We're only working until noon anyway since it's Christmas eve. I will work the holiday since everyone else has family, plans etc." Jerry said.

"I'll be back later this afternoon after I get her settled at home." Steve said.

"Worry about her, Heyman isn't going anywhere. Get some rest yourself. Between working on the case and taking care of Trina, you have been run ragged." Jerry told him.

"Come on baby, you can help me in the kitchen. If those twins don't get that glaze they like so much, they might turn into the Grinch." She giggled.

Author's Note- Sorry for the delay, the holiday and family visiting got me a little behind. I hope everybody had a good Easter if you celebrate it. Paisley2 (I promise everything will be explained. Nothing as deep as you looked but hopefully a few surprises.) jcott3 (You must've been a few steps ahead of me because I had a few ideas for the Heyman arrest. LOL And the nurse will be mentioned again. Moppy, there is something I haven't thought of in a while.) Carlyrosanna83 (Glad you liked it.) Batistasprincess (Don't worry, I have plans for Heyman.) the DarkRyder (Don't worry, there are a few twists coming…and I am toying with making this a trilogy. A big idea hit me recently.)