Two days passed without any more word on the case, and Goren was getting agitated. Eames tried to distract him, playing Scrabble with him, deliberately trying to make him laugh…but he still worried about the case. She accepted that—it was just the way he was. She was concerned about how Logan and Barek were progressing, but it didn't disturb her the way it did her partner.
It was early evening, and she'd been able to con him into another game of Scrabble. The doctor had come by just after dinner, very pleased with the progress Goren was making. "Keep it up, detective," he'd said with a smile. "And I'll be able to send you home in another week or so."
"Hello?" came a voice from the doorway.
Logan and Barek came into the room. "Hey," Logan said. "How's it going tonight?"
"We're ok," Eames answered. "What'd you find out?"
Logan looked at the Scrabble board. "Thrombus? Let me guess, that was your word, Goren."
Eames said, "It's a blood clot."
Logan looked at Goren, shaking his head with a grin as he and his partner sat down. Logan said, "Well, you deserve your reputation, Goren. Henry was released on parole two months ago. The guy at AJ's made a positive ID on that rifle purchase. We found out his mom passed away last year, from complications of pneumonia. She never did get that transplant. His sister left the area. She got married and moved out to Burbank two years ago. Just had her second kid and there's no record she's been back since, not even for her mother's funeral. PO gave us an address in the East Village, and we nailed him this morning."
Barek shook her head. "He's nothing like I expected him to be. His place was neat as a pin. We found a couple of cases of ammo for the rifle, but nothing that would tell us he's an ex-con."
Logan continued, "He lawyered up, but Carver says theammo and the ID from AJ's fingering him as the purchaser is good enough to chargehim with multiple counts of assault with a deadlyweapon, murder andattempted murder of a bunch of cops. I tried talking to him, but didn't get anywhere. I think you need to talk to him when you get out of here, Goren. If anyone can get him to say the wrong thing about those murdered women, you can."
"It's going to be another week before I get out of here."
"Don't worry about it. This guy's not going anywhere."