Chapter 7- Thoughts of you

Lily stood and just stared at what she was seeing. Her head immediately flew to the most enticing ideas of what this could mean, but she tried to rationalise her thoughts.

"Maybe she just changed her name?" she said. It was a reasonable enough thought. Maybe not the most interesting but reasonable none the less.

"Yeah," said Scotty, "Or maybe she was in the Witness Protection Program. That could explain a lot of things."

Yes it could, thought Lily, like why there seemed to be no one with a motive before. "Yes, but why didn't the investigating officers notice this the last time? They should have pulled her birth certificate."

With that thought she walked over to the white box that held all the information from the previous investigation. She dug through the files until she found the one that she was looking for. "This one says it was issued in 1960." She held the sheet up to the light until she saw what she had been looking for.

"You see that there?" she said pointing to a small section of the paper that seemed slightly paler when held up to the light.

"Yeah," came Scotty's response as he stepped closer to her and waited for her to continue her explanation.

"Someone's bleached out the date of issue and changed it." she concluded.

"So I guess that's why in the original investigation they didn't discover what we just have," said Scotty, glad to have found something that might finally make sense of the situation.

"Where did they find the birth certificate?" he asked.

Lily sorted through the assortment of sheets in the box until she found the one that documented the evidence and where things had been found. "It was at her house," she stated, "that's where they found it. Maybe she changed it herself."

"Well let's see, she got married in '87, so do you think her husband knows?" asked Scotty.

"I don't know, but judging by his hospitality earlier, I don't think we'd get anything out of him if we saw him now," Lily said, looking at the clock on the wall. It was almost half past eight.

"Alright then," said Lily sighing, " I guess there's not much we can do until tomorrow."

"Yeah well I'll see you tomorrow then. Night Lil," said Scotty yawning as he collected his coat and began to leave.

"Night Scotty," she called after him.

He drove home in silence, reflecting on the days events. His thoughts drifted to Lily. They lingered on her for a few minutes. He knew it wasn't right for him to think about her like this, she was his partner and more importantly his friend., but he couldn't help himself. He was intoxicated by her very presence and he knew he wasn't the only one.

But what made her different from other women he'd fallen for was that she knew she was sexually attractive and appealed to many of the mean throughout the building but she didn't use their attraction to her advantage. She pretty much ignored it.

Scotty pulled up to the curb out the front of his place. He got out of his car and proceeded to the front door. He turned his key in the lock and opened the door before flicking on the lights.

He couldn't be bothered eating, he was too tired for that. He hadn't been sleeping properly at all lately. Instead he headed straight for his bedroom. He stripped out of his suit and into a comfy shirt and pair of boxers. He fell into bed and to sleep almost immediately.

A/N: Ok I apologise for the shortness of this chapter but you should be happy to know that there will be another one posted today also (I just have to finish writing it!) It's just that what I needed to finish up in this chapter wouldn't really fit with what will be starting in the next one. Also thanks to everyone who has reviewed, its always appreciated!