1Tim let out a groan when he felt Calleigh slip out of his grasp.
"Where ya going?"
"I need to drop Ally off at school." Calleigh replied, going through the closet. Tim groaned again his eyes met the bright sunlight.
"What time is it?"
"8:00."
"Come back to bed."
"I can't. I need to get her off to school. Afterwards I have to take Jason to his doctor's appointment."
"You want me to go?" Tim asked.
"No. We'll be fine." Calleigh replied. She quickly picked out clothes, got dressed, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "How are you doing?"
"I should be asking you that but I'm fine."
"Okay." Calleigh leaned down and kissed Tim quickly. "You staying in bed?"
"Might as well. Got nothing else to do." he grumbled. Calleigh gave a small smile.
"Right. I'll see you later." she kissed him again and then wandered off, out into the hallway. Tim laid in bed for a while and then when he heard the door slam shut, he went downstairs.
"Hi." Casey smiled.
"Morning. I didn't expect for you to be up so soon." Tim said. Casey shrugged.
"I'm always up early."
"Good for you. I can never get up in the morning."
"Calleigh just left."
"Yeah I know."
"She took the kids."
"I know." Tim stared at her. What was she getting at?
"Well I'm going upstairs." Casey said, standing up. "See you later."
Tim nodded, yawning in the process. He walked over to the coffee machine and started it.
S/C-----
Horatio suddenly woke up and had an epiphany. He was still in his office and in the same clothes from yesterday but he didn't care. Quickly, he ran out of his office and down into DNA.
"Valera!"
She let out a yelp and toppled over.
"Horatio!" Valera quickly scrambled to her feet.
"Valera I need Speed's DNA that's on file." Horatio said, a smile on his face. She nodded and quickly typed away on her computer. A few minutes later a results sheet printed out and Horatio thanked the lab tech and walked back to his office. He compared the two results and again, ran out of his office, this time to the Hummer.
S/C-----
Tim was staring out the window, waiting for the coffee machine to start working. He made a mental note to remind Calleigh they needed a new one. A noise behind him made Tim turn around and his eyes widened when he saw Casey, who looked furious.
"What's wrong?"
"You."
"Huh?"
"You shouldn't have left! This wasn't the way things were supposed to be! It was supposed to be you, me, and Mom. No Calleigh, no bratty little Ally, or that annoying Jason." Casey said, her hands behind her back. "She went along with it for a while but then she decided not to."
"What are you talking about Casey?" Tim asked.
S/C-----
"Dammit!" Horatio hissed, re-dialing Tim's number. Why wasn't he picking up the phone?
S/C------
"Don't answer it!" Casey ordered. "God! Why can't she just leave you alone?"
Tim was now pressed up against the counter, wondering what was going on.
"Why can't she get that she's not supposed to be apart of everything?"
The answering machine went off again.
"Hey you've reached Tim and Calleigh. And Ally and Jason! We're not here right now so leave a message after the beep and we'll get back to you as soon as we can."
"Speed, its H. Pick up the phone. I know you're there."
"Who's H?" Casey demanded.
"My boss. Casey, let me answer it." Tim really believed he was a wuss now. Here he was, a grown 38 year old man but he was taking orders from his 17 year old daughter, who he knew nothing about and was beginning to freak him out.
"No!"
"Speed, listen to me. I found out who did it. Just pick up the phone. Look I'm coming over."
The phone went dead and Casey let out a scream of frustration.
"They have to make it so hard!" she muttered and disappeared from the room.
S/C------
Horatio growled in annoyance as he got stopped at another red light. Luckily he was only about a block from Tim and Calleigh's house. Finally he pulled up into their driveway and hopped out of the Hummer. Horatio ran to the front door and banged on it, loudly.
"Speed!"
"What is he doing here?" Casey asked.
"He said he knows who killed your mom." Tim replied.
"He has to tell you in person?"
Horatio tried the doorknob but found it to be locked. He swerved around when he heard a door slam.
"Calleigh!"
"Horatio, hey! What are you doing here?" she asked, grabbing Jason out of the back seat.
"Get that door open now."
"Why? What's going on?"
"Just get it open!" Horatio snapped. Calleigh nodded and handed him Jason for a second. She got her keys out of her pocket, unlocked the door and went to push it open but it was stuck. "What?"
"It won't open." Calleigh said. "Tim! Honey open the door!"
Jason squealed with joy as he tried to get Horatio's sunglasses off his face.
"Great. The whole family is here." Casey said sarcastically. "They won't be able to get in."
"Really?" Tim asked.
"I blocked the door and I swear if you go and try and open it," Casey finally moved her hands in front of her. Tim felt his jaw drop slightly when he saw she was holding Calleigh's police issued 9mm.
"Why won't the door open?" Horatio demanded. Calleigh shrugged and pushed into the door with her body.
"I don't know." she admitted. "Hold on."
She pulled out her cell phone and called the house phone.
"He won't pick the phone up." Horatio said. Calleigh waved her hand at him and sighed.
"Baby, come on its me. Can you please open the door? I have no idea what you're doing in there but I need to get my checkbook and I can't miss Jason's appointment."
"Oh isn't that sweet." Casey cooed. Calleigh sighed and snapped her phone shut.
"Forget this. I'll go in through the garage." she muttered and walked back over to her SUV. She hit the button on her visor and the garage door opened. Calleigh went to walk in but Horatio handed her Jason and pulled out his gun. "Oh-kay. What the hell is going on in there?"
"I don't know but I'm going to find out. Stay here." he replied.
"Like hell I will. That's my husband in there!" Calleigh exclaimed. Horatio ignored her however and walked silently through the garage to the door.
Tim stared at Casey, who had a gleam in her eyes.
"Put it down Casey."
"Don't talk to me like I'm a five-year-old." she snapped. "It's not fair!"
"What's not fair. Come on. We'll talk this over."
"No. Damage has been done." Casey shook her head. Tim saw the door swing open slightly behind Casey and he stepped forward. "No! Stay there."
"Casey, put the gun down."
"No! You hurt us. Gotta pay for what you did." she pulled the trigger.
