Well - this is the almost the ending for this chapter!!! Two more and it
will be done!
I don't own them - as you already all know
And I think third part of the series will be up in a few weeks as soon as I finish this one - asp re the request of my faithful audience the third chapter will have a lot more insight into Horatio and Jamie's relationship and a little more of the characters personal life too.
So stay with me and keep reviewing - I love to hear your opinion!!!
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"Dammit!" Horatio spat as he slammed down the phone
"Well that is unusual for you Horatio" came Alexx's voice from behind him and Horatio had to hide a small smile to hide his embarrassment at being caught.
When he turned around, Alexx was leaning against his doorway giving him her maternal look. "What did the DA say?"
"He has a confession, a high profile case, he doesn't want to hear a word about it" Horatio sighed
"Are you sure he didn't do it? Maybe you're wrong on this one H, maybe the father did do it" Alexx said in a hopeful tone.
"He didn't" came Speed's voice from behind her a moment before he became visible in the doorway followed closely by Jamie "We finished running the tests. There's no way he could have give these blows to Lori's head"
"Are you sure?"
"As sure as we can be H" Jamie cut in " The impact and the velocity as well as the angle of the blows does not match a man his size and force"
"What about hesitation blows?" Horatio tried, grasping at straws at this point.
"You read the statement he gave the police as well as we did H" Speed shook his head "He said he killed her in rage after finding out she was pregnant - rage killings don't have hesitation blows"
"Besides" Jamie added "who ever heard of three hesitation blows? Those blows were given By the sister H, he's protecting his daughter"
"How did he even know you were closing in on the girl?" Alexx wondered out load
"He didn't" Horatio said gravely, leaning his elbows against his desk "He knew we were coming after her long before that - didn't he Jamie?" He lifted his gaze and locked eyes with her. Uncomfortably, she lowered her gaze to her feet as she answered.
"Yeah, he was there, he saw her do it. That's how the blood got to his shoe. He saw Dana kill Lori and then stepped into the pool of blood. He knew we were coming after her before we even collected out first piece of evidence"
"OK" Horatio said, getting to his feet and grabbing the file "So now I have to go convince the DA"
As everybody started to leave the room he lingered for a second "Jamie, a word please"
She joined him and he waited until he was sure the others were out of earshot "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was a hunch Horatio, I had nothing to base it on and I was hoping against hope that we'll find something that will prove me wrong" she said, still avoiding eye contact
"That's not how it works and you know it James, you have a feeling you let me know, your hunches are better than most evidence and you know it. You deliberately stalled the case Jamie - and single handily put us in this situation. If you had said something before we might have been able to pick up the sister before the father had time to confess!!! "
"That's not fair Horatio and you know it. I'm not psychic and you can't send a man to jail based on my hunches!" she raised her voice just a bit, trying hard to keep her anger an frustration under control - after all, personal history or not - she was still addressing her boss "My hunches need to be backed up by evidence and that is exactly what I've been doing - working the evidence!!! I'm not about to become you crystal ball here Horatio and if that's what you expect from me you better fire me right here and right now!!!"
With that she stormed away and left him standing in the hall.
* CASE 2 - 59 Lincoln Drive - Jeff Wilson's apartment building.
"So what are we doing here EriK?" Calleigh asked as she joined him out side the apartment building "And what's the rush?"
"Well we need to prove that David Wilson was in his brother's apartment" Erik started explaining as he started leading her to the back of the building "When we were there the apartment looked real clean - too clean for a single bachelor - trust me! I know! He must have cleaned it recently. So I was thinking we better have a look through the trash, maybe he left something behind"
"A morning of sifting through the trash - be still my beating heart!" Calleigh said with her usual southern drawl, causing Eric to smile.
When the two of them got to the back of the building though - they saw a garbage truck starting to clear out piles of garbage. To his relief Erik noticed that they had yet to touch the large container marked with Jeff Wilson's apartment number.
"And that's why we needed to rush!" Erik said in an exprated tone "They clear the trash every Friday and Wednesday - as in today!"
"Let me take care of that!" Calleigh winked at him, releasing her hair from it's bun and pulling out her ID
* CASE 1 - Dade county DA's office
"John" Horatio sighed and started again for what seemed like the hundredth time "He didn't do it. He's protecting someone else. I've showed you the evidence - they don't match his story. He didn't do it John. His daughter did"
"Nothing you brought me is conclusive Caine, It's all circumstantial - and I have a confession!!! You want me to drop a locked case against a child killer to go after a young girl?" John shook his head "You know I can't do that!!!"
"Ok" Horatio said slowly in a tone that was recognized be anyone who worked with him as the tone he took just before he lost his patience "Now I want you to stop thinking about your own job for about a second here and try to grasp at the fact that you are sending an innocent man to jail?" "Look, Horatio, I know how you feel, but as long as he's confessing there's nothing that I can do!"
* CASE 2 - 59 Lincoln Drive
For 20 minutes Erik simply stood by and watched as Calleigh work her magic on the team of garbage workers. He had to admit - it was a thing of beauty to watch! The southern drawl and the damsel in distress routine worked like a charm on practically any man - and Erik could hardly blame them.
"The trash is all ours" she said with a triumphant smile when she made her way back to him
"Well then let's dig in"
They both turned to the huge pile of trash in the can marked with Wilson's apartment number
"I have to tell you Erik" Calleigh smiled at him again, pulling gloves on her hands "You sure take me to the nicest places"
2 - Hours later
"So do we have any idea what are we looking for here?" Erik asked over the piles of trash
"Well, it was your idea!" Calleigh laughed
"Hey, wait a minute! Does Jeff Wilson smoke?"
"Not that I remember! I don't think so!"
"Well I have quite a few cigarette buds here - take a look at those!" He passed the bud to Calleigh who took a closer look at it through a magnifying glass she took out from her kit "We can get some DNA from it match it to David - even though it still doesn't prove a lot!"
"Actually - I think you might have got it Erik" Calleigh smiled passing the bud and the magnifying glass back over to him "you see that black smudge on the tip of the bud? Bow that isn't ashes and I'm going to bet you anything you want that's going to be gun oil!"
I don't own them - as you already all know
And I think third part of the series will be up in a few weeks as soon as I finish this one - asp re the request of my faithful audience the third chapter will have a lot more insight into Horatio and Jamie's relationship and a little more of the characters personal life too.
So stay with me and keep reviewing - I love to hear your opinion!!!
*
"Dammit!" Horatio spat as he slammed down the phone
"Well that is unusual for you Horatio" came Alexx's voice from behind him and Horatio had to hide a small smile to hide his embarrassment at being caught.
When he turned around, Alexx was leaning against his doorway giving him her maternal look. "What did the DA say?"
"He has a confession, a high profile case, he doesn't want to hear a word about it" Horatio sighed
"Are you sure he didn't do it? Maybe you're wrong on this one H, maybe the father did do it" Alexx said in a hopeful tone.
"He didn't" came Speed's voice from behind her a moment before he became visible in the doorway followed closely by Jamie "We finished running the tests. There's no way he could have give these blows to Lori's head"
"Are you sure?"
"As sure as we can be H" Jamie cut in " The impact and the velocity as well as the angle of the blows does not match a man his size and force"
"What about hesitation blows?" Horatio tried, grasping at straws at this point.
"You read the statement he gave the police as well as we did H" Speed shook his head "He said he killed her in rage after finding out she was pregnant - rage killings don't have hesitation blows"
"Besides" Jamie added "who ever heard of three hesitation blows? Those blows were given By the sister H, he's protecting his daughter"
"How did he even know you were closing in on the girl?" Alexx wondered out load
"He didn't" Horatio said gravely, leaning his elbows against his desk "He knew we were coming after her long before that - didn't he Jamie?" He lifted his gaze and locked eyes with her. Uncomfortably, she lowered her gaze to her feet as she answered.
"Yeah, he was there, he saw her do it. That's how the blood got to his shoe. He saw Dana kill Lori and then stepped into the pool of blood. He knew we were coming after her before we even collected out first piece of evidence"
"OK" Horatio said, getting to his feet and grabbing the file "So now I have to go convince the DA"
As everybody started to leave the room he lingered for a second "Jamie, a word please"
She joined him and he waited until he was sure the others were out of earshot "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was a hunch Horatio, I had nothing to base it on and I was hoping against hope that we'll find something that will prove me wrong" she said, still avoiding eye contact
"That's not how it works and you know it James, you have a feeling you let me know, your hunches are better than most evidence and you know it. You deliberately stalled the case Jamie - and single handily put us in this situation. If you had said something before we might have been able to pick up the sister before the father had time to confess!!! "
"That's not fair Horatio and you know it. I'm not psychic and you can't send a man to jail based on my hunches!" she raised her voice just a bit, trying hard to keep her anger an frustration under control - after all, personal history or not - she was still addressing her boss "My hunches need to be backed up by evidence and that is exactly what I've been doing - working the evidence!!! I'm not about to become you crystal ball here Horatio and if that's what you expect from me you better fire me right here and right now!!!"
With that she stormed away and left him standing in the hall.
* CASE 2 - 59 Lincoln Drive - Jeff Wilson's apartment building.
"So what are we doing here EriK?" Calleigh asked as she joined him out side the apartment building "And what's the rush?"
"Well we need to prove that David Wilson was in his brother's apartment" Erik started explaining as he started leading her to the back of the building "When we were there the apartment looked real clean - too clean for a single bachelor - trust me! I know! He must have cleaned it recently. So I was thinking we better have a look through the trash, maybe he left something behind"
"A morning of sifting through the trash - be still my beating heart!" Calleigh said with her usual southern drawl, causing Eric to smile.
When the two of them got to the back of the building though - they saw a garbage truck starting to clear out piles of garbage. To his relief Erik noticed that they had yet to touch the large container marked with Jeff Wilson's apartment number.
"And that's why we needed to rush!" Erik said in an exprated tone "They clear the trash every Friday and Wednesday - as in today!"
"Let me take care of that!" Calleigh winked at him, releasing her hair from it's bun and pulling out her ID
* CASE 1 - Dade county DA's office
"John" Horatio sighed and started again for what seemed like the hundredth time "He didn't do it. He's protecting someone else. I've showed you the evidence - they don't match his story. He didn't do it John. His daughter did"
"Nothing you brought me is conclusive Caine, It's all circumstantial - and I have a confession!!! You want me to drop a locked case against a child killer to go after a young girl?" John shook his head "You know I can't do that!!!"
"Ok" Horatio said slowly in a tone that was recognized be anyone who worked with him as the tone he took just before he lost his patience "Now I want you to stop thinking about your own job for about a second here and try to grasp at the fact that you are sending an innocent man to jail?" "Look, Horatio, I know how you feel, but as long as he's confessing there's nothing that I can do!"
* CASE 2 - 59 Lincoln Drive
For 20 minutes Erik simply stood by and watched as Calleigh work her magic on the team of garbage workers. He had to admit - it was a thing of beauty to watch! The southern drawl and the damsel in distress routine worked like a charm on practically any man - and Erik could hardly blame them.
"The trash is all ours" she said with a triumphant smile when she made her way back to him
"Well then let's dig in"
They both turned to the huge pile of trash in the can marked with Wilson's apartment number
"I have to tell you Erik" Calleigh smiled at him again, pulling gloves on her hands "You sure take me to the nicest places"
2 - Hours later
"So do we have any idea what are we looking for here?" Erik asked over the piles of trash
"Well, it was your idea!" Calleigh laughed
"Hey, wait a minute! Does Jeff Wilson smoke?"
"Not that I remember! I don't think so!"
"Well I have quite a few cigarette buds here - take a look at those!" He passed the bud to Calleigh who took a closer look at it through a magnifying glass she took out from her kit "We can get some DNA from it match it to David - even though it still doesn't prove a lot!"
"Actually - I think you might have got it Erik" Calleigh smiled passing the bud and the magnifying glass back over to him "you see that black smudge on the tip of the bud? Bow that isn't ashes and I'm going to bet you anything you want that's going to be gun oil!"
