"Doctor has she been behaving herself?" Eric inquired when he and Speed went to visit her that evening. Horatio was still tied up at the lab.
"You mean wanting to get out of bed despite the fact that she had surgery yesterday?" He responded.
"Something like that." Eric replied.
"Pay no attention to him." Calleigh instructed.
"Try not to shuffle too much and we'll put the permanent cast on as soon as the swelling has gone down." He said. "And I'll see you tomorrow."
"Thank you." Calleigh smiled. "So?" She asked turning her attention back to Eric and Speed.
"So what?" Speed prompted.
"Did you get him?" Calleigh asked.
"Him who?" Eric said knowing what information she wanted. He kept his had safely behind his back.
"The guy you were trying to hunt down, Horatio called this morning and left a message that he wouldn't be here because you were trying to track a suspect down. Then Alexx came and we had a bizarre conversation and she gave me a few more details. So did you get him?"
"I don't know Eric did we get him?" Speed asked.
"I don't know did we?"
"Such comedians." Calleigh rolled her eyes. "I'm an injured woman here and you heard the doctor I can't get up to clip you round the ears."
"I believe these are for you." Eric pulled a bouquet wrapped in pink tissue paper from behind his back and handed to her.
"You didn't have to…." Instead of flowers, in amongst the satin leaves were stems of chocolate roses. "You got me a Godiva bouquet." Calleigh's face lit up.
"More environmentally friendly, the flowers can kick back their small amount of oxygen." Speed said.
"We got him." Eric replied. "After a small stand off."
"Was anyone hurt?"
"A squad car got its window shot out and another ended up with a flat tire. But nobody was injured."
"That's good."
"Horatio said to tell you he'll be here as soon as he can, but it seems his ballistics expert is decided absent so he has to process the bullets himself."
"I'd be there if I could."
"We know."
"Who was he and why did he do it?"
"Robert Kellerman he's a CPA." Eric supplied.
"What he got fed up with filing tax returns and decided to give murder a try?" Calleigh asked.
"He was ex-army and apparently the father cut him off a week or so." Eric added.
"So he killed a whole family as revenge?" Calleigh asked.
"Yes." Speed confirmed.
"Okay that is it one hell of a way to get revenge."
"He didn't show a single drop of remorse when they interviewed him." Eric remarked.
"There are some bad people in this world. But that is just cold blooded."
"DA is going to go for the death penalty."
"Good. I'm not exactly decided on my stance of capital punishment but in this case."
"We hear you." Speed said.
"So what was strange about your conversation with Alexx this morning?" Eric asked.
"She wanted me to tell her… Oh no I'm not telling you that."
"Oh come on we shared; now it's your turn." Eric prompted.
"I forget now, it must be an effect of my concussion." Calleigh replied.
"That excuse will only work for so long you know."
"I know." Calleigh grinned. "I may as well make the most of it."
TBC
