CHAPTER ONE
AN: This is my first CSI miami fiction. I hope you like it. Please don't hold it against me if there are some mistakes (which will certainly be the case) in it. As I am from Belgium, English is not my first language. I hope you understand. ENJOY
Calleigh and Eric drove through one of Miami's richest neighbourhoods and stopped at the house with the yellow crime scene do not cross lint. Outside, the house looked loving and warm but as soon as they entered the house turned dark and chilly.
Earlier that day, a young woman Mrs Kate Harrison was murdered. She was shot four times. Once in the head and three times in the stomach. There were obvious marks of a forced entry but the fact that Yelina hadn't been able to locate or contact the husband, made Horatio and Calleigh suspicious of him. Eric on the other hand seemed self assured. He told Calleigh not to worry and that he would protect her. She knew he would, he always did.
Eric left Calleigh downstairs to check the master bedroom for more evidence. The evidence they gathered that morning wasn't enough to determine whether the missing husband was or wasn't involved. The neighbours told the Csi- team the couple was happily married and that Thomas Harrison loved his wife more than anything. They stated he would die for her. The sister in law, on the other hand, had an entirely different story. She says he'd sometimes beat Kate up for no reason. Nothing Kate did was ever good enough. No loving husband but a loose canon according to her. He even threatened her once for helping her sister.
Calleigh just found something important when she heard noises of a struggle upstairs. She hadn't reached the stairs yet or she heard the gunshots. When she entered the bedroom, gun drawn, she saw Eric laying on the ground. His once white shirt had turned red. After clearing the room Calleigh called 911 and kneeled down trying to stop the bleeding.
"It's okay Eric, it's gonna be okay. Medics will be here in a minute." She gave him a comforting smile. Eric tried to speak but Calleigh placed her finger on his lips, saying he shouldn't try to speak to safe his strengts. Calleigh, having flashbacks of Speed, let a tear roll down her cheek. Eric grabbed her hand "Cal…Calleigh..I ..There's something I.." Again Calleigh interrupted him. But Eric was going to say what he wanted to say. "Cal..If this doesn't end well.."
"Don't say that Eric" Calleigh said in a high emotional voice, as more tears rolled down her cheeks. "You're gonna be fine." She kept pressuring the wound but the bandages were soaked in blood. She knew he was hurt bad. She knew he was going to be lucky if he survived this, since the bullet hadn't exited his body.
"I love to see" Eric coughed a few times before he went on "I love to see you in the morning, to work with you…" He needed to catch his breath first then he kept going "I love the hours we spent on thinking of the possible theories." He coughed a few times again. "I love that smile you make… that smile when you match a bullet with a murder weapon." He needed to catch his breath again "I love the way you smell" Calleigh let a small smile appear on her face but it quickly changed into a scared and concerned look when she noticed Eric was closing his eyes. "Eric" softly slapping him, but hard enough for him to open his eyes. "You hold on Eric, stay with me." She let a sigh of relieve when she heard the sirens in the distance, although she knew he wouldn't be out of the woods yet.
Horatio arrived just a minute after the medics did. In order to let the medics do their job, he left the house to get some fresh air. He probably wouldn't admit it, but he needed it. This whole thing brought back the memories of Speed with which he thought he had come to terms with. It was obvious he didn't. He took a deep breath and turned around, only to see Rick approaching him. "You should really let your team check their guns. This is the second one in a short period." Horatio was filled with anger. He walked up to Rick who was keeping his distance and pushed him. Calleigh who witnessed the whole thing (since she was letting the medics do their job) stepped in between before things were said or done which could never be undone. Calleigh told Horatio she was riding with the ambulance to the hospital and that he should meet her at the hospital. Horatio nodded and followed Calleigh but stopped at the point where Rick stood and said: "This isn't over" Rick nodded in agreement.