CHAPTER FIVE

"Thomas Harrison, you're under the arrest for the murder of your wife Kate Harrison." By these words Thomas was taken into custody. He tried to plead his innocence to Horatio and Frank but none of them gave him any attention yet…

In the lab Ryan was still unsure about the results so he went to Calleigh for more information. "Calleigh, if you shoot someone from let's say 50 cm, then the entire t-shirt should be covered in blood spatters, right." Calleigh nodded a yes and came closer to where Ryan stood. Together they investigated Thomas' t-shirt again. Calleigh shook her head and Ryan took the words right out of her mouth "It's not him."

Ryan enlightened Horatio with the news of Thomas innocence. Together they went over the interviewees again but none of them seemed to have the closest thing to a possible motive. All were good friends, neighbours, colleges,.. "What about the sister? She's the only one who stated that Thomas was beating his wife, all the other said they were happily married."

"She was, wasn't she? Okay let's bring her in again." Ryan took his cell and called Yelina in order to pick up Eve, Kate's sister.

"Smart, tricking your brother in law for a murder you committed." Yelina commented her. The woman laughed at her and said she didn't know what Yelina was taking about. "Fine, we'll let the evidence talk then." She turned to Ryan and gave him the sign to explain what he had discovered.

"You see, when you shoot someone several times from such a close distance, the blood spatters are suppose to be all over the place, including the shooters t-shirt. On the shirt we've found, the spatters were only till the mid of the shirt." Ryan showed her the pictures and left them on the table so she would be able to take a good look at them.

"Your point is?" Eve asked annoyed. "There's no way, three shots can provide only that much spatters. The blood on the shirt was planted unless the shooter was a 9 year old."

"Okay, but why would I kill my own sister? I loved her."

"But you loved your brother in law more, didn't you? He told us he used to date you but then he met your sister and he was swept of his feet by her. You were jealous so you killed her."

"Prove it."

"That's a stupid thing to say to a CSI." Ryan's words made Yelina laugh, they reminded her of Horatio who said the same thing not so long ago. She regrouped and said that at the very moment the police was searching her house to retrieve her bloody clothes.

Eve her laugh turned into an evil smirk while she confessed her crime "She was always the favourite. She couldn't make any mistakes or do any harm. But she did it to me. She stole MY boyfriend. You damn right I hated her for it. She… they were gonna pay for what they did to me."

"Now it's your time to pay." Yelina said while she closed the file and gave the policemen the sign to bring her away. She also said to Ryan that he did a good job which made him feel proud of himself. When she reached the door she told Eve that the CSI she shot was going to be okay. But she didn't care…

Horatio joined Yelina and together they watched Eve being lead away. She turned to face him but he cut her off and said he was doing okay and that the reason he missed the questioning was because he got held up. She didn't believe him but she let the case rest for the sake of their relationship.

In the meantime Calleigh brought Eric back to her apartment where she told him the murderer was arrested. Eric let out a sigh of relieve, he was glad they found the woman responsible not for his sake but for the woman in the morgue. "I'm glad that's all behind us"

"Yeah" Calleigh answered and placed herself in the couch next to her new boyfriend. He wrapped his arm around her, while she snuck even closer to him. "Thanks for being here and taking care of me." She smiled and gave him a kiss on the mouth, something that still made him blush. This was the first time in a long, long time both of them were happy and they were planning on enjoying it for a long time.

Yelina opened the door after someone knocked on it for a few times. She was surprised to see Horatio standing at her doorstep. He hadn't visited in a while, well actually since she started to date Rick so she knew he really needed her. She didn't say a word and let him in. She offered something to drink which Horatio thanked her for. They started talking about small things like how Ray jr was doing in school, if he was home…

Out of the blue she asked him again if he was okay. He stared at the ground for a minute or two, smiled and admitted that he wasn't. He had a hard time coping with everything that had happened lately. Yelina stood up from her seat and sat down next to him. Her hand touched his chin and made him look her in the eye. "I'm here for you."

He knew she was, but not the way he wanted her to be for him. "Maybe I shouldn't have come" He moved away, stood up and stared out the window. She followed him to where he was standing and let her hand rest on his shoulder. He faced her and let a tear roll down his cheek which she softly wiped away. She whispered: "You've been strong long enough." He let his head rest in her neck and both wrapped their arms around each other. Yelina gave him a small kiss on the mouth, just for comforting. Horatio withheld at first but then he was the one who kissed her. It was a long, loving kiss, something they've both been waiting for, for a long time. Still Horatio was a bit uncertain "Maybe I should go home."

"Stay" Yelina whispered softly in his ear and how could he resist that, especially after she said there was no longer a Rick in her life.