Author's Note: Since Speed'sGirl22 was so demanding. Here's another chapter. lol.
---TALLEIGH---
Tim tossed and turned in bed. Tim accidentally elbowed Calleigh and she woke with a start rubbing her eye. Calleigh turned over seeing Tim with an angry look on his face. Calleigh sighed and looked down at the bed. He was having a nightmare. "Tim..." said Calleigh as she shook her husband. Tim shoved her hand away. "Tim honey...wake up. Your having a nightmare." Tim again shrugged her hand away. Calleigh sat their watching her husband toss and turn for a few more minutes, before she had enough and shook him. "Tim wake up!" Tim grabbed Calleigh's arm. Obviously still asleep.
"I told you nobody hurts my family." said Tim angrily in his sleep.
"Ow Tim... your hurting me."
Tim woke up and realized what he was doing and let go off Calleigh's arm. "Calleigh...i'm...i'm..." said Tim and jumped out of bed.
"Tim...its ok it was a nightmare."
"No...I hurt you...I gotta get out of here."
"Tim..."
Tim ignored her and put his jeans on. Calleigh crawled across the bed and put her cool arms around his neck. "It's ok."
Tim sighed and leaned into her embrace. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine."
Tim turned around and went to say something, but noticed the bruise forming around her eye. "Did I do that to you?"
Calleigh looked down at the bed. Tim shook his head. "I gotta get out of here."
"Tim..."
---TALLEIGH---
Tim needed time to clear his head. He tried walking on the beach but that wasn't helping much, so he decided to go back to the lab. Tim didn't know any of the particulars of the case. After he found out his brother died he went home. All he knew was James was killed with a 57 magnum. Tim sighed when he walked into trace. Belmontes clearly pulling a double.
"Sam, why don't you go home and get some sleep. I'll take care of this."
"Speedle its alright."
"No your tired. You could over look something. I got it."
Sam hesitated but nodded. "Alright."
Tim waited until same walked out and then went over to the lab table. The machine beeped a few minutes later and Tim took the results. "Sun screen?" muttered Tim to himself. Tim put down the results and walked into the A/V lab. He didn't see Tyler around so he took the security tape from the evidence box and put it into the VCR.
He saw his brother walking to his car. And a women walking to hers. He then saw another man, unable to see his face force the young women against a car. James noticed this and tried to pull the man off the poor women. The struggled for a few mintues until the man pulled out a gun from behind him. Tim closed his eyes when his brother fell to the ground. The next thing Tim knew was two delicate arms go around him.
"Stop torturing yourself. You did nothing wrong." whispered Calleigh into his ear.
Tim sighed. "How's your eye?" asked Tim not looking at her.
"It's got a little bruise but its fine." Tim looked down at her wrist and noticed a hand print wrapped around it.
"You should probably get some ice for that."
"I already did before I came here." said Calleigh as she reached over and stopped the tape. "You need to get some sleep."
"I can't."
"Tim...just come home. Well figure this out in the morning."
"I don't want to figure it out in the morning Cal. I want to figure it out now."
"Tim...cases take time. Horatio and Eric and Stetler are already working this, it won't kill you to get some sleep."
"No but it will kill you." said Tim as he wrote down the license plate number of the car that the man pushed the women against.
Calleigh sighed and let her husband walk out the door.
---TALLEIGH---
"Detective..." said Stetler as he walked into the break room.
"Stetler..." said Calleigh with a fake smile.
"Ouch." said Stetler lifting Calleigh's chin to look at her eye. "A perp elbow you?"
"No." said Calleigh flatly.
"Did...did Speedle do this to you?" Calleigh didn't say anything. "Is your husband abusing you?"
"No."
"Then who did it to you?"
---TALLEIGH---
"Horatio." said Calleigh frantically as she pushed the door open to trace. "I need to talk to you."
"Calleigh nows not really a good time."
"Horatio...its about Tim." started Calleigh. "Outside. Now!"
Horatio nodded and walked out the door that Calleigh held open for him. "What's going on?"
"I was in the break room getting a cup of coffee, and Stetler walked in. He saw my eye and the bruise on my arm. I tried to explain it to him, that it was just a nightmare. But he wouldn't hear it. Horatio he's gone after Tim. I think he's going to take his badge away from him."
Horatio paused for a second. Letting all the information soak in before he spoke. "Alright...were is Tim know?"
"I don't know. Early this morning he found something on the video survaliance and he took off like a bat out of hell."
"Alright...Calleigh you hang tight ok. Well get this all figured out."
Calleigh nodded and watched Horatio walk down the hall.
---TALLEIGH---
Tim stepped out of his SUV and knocked loudly on the car owner's door. "Can I help you?"
"Miami-Dade Police department." said Tim holding up his badge. "I believe that your car was used in a murder last night. Would it be ok if I examine your car?"
The women nodded, and lead Tim to the garage. "My car was involved in a murder?"
"Yeah...it was." said Tim as he took out his finerprint powder and walked over to the trunk.
"Do you mind if I ask who died?" asked the elderly lady sweetly.
"He was a cop." Tim stated soflty, his voice cracking.
"Oh...not the one I heared about on the news?"
"Yeah...him." said Tim flatly.
"Oh his poor family." Tim faught as hard as he could to hold back his tears. "You...you look alot like that boy...are you related to him young man?"
Tim stopped what he was doing and looked at the lady. Sadness in his eyes. "He was my brother."
"I'm so sorry."
Tim nodded. "That makes two of us."
---TALLEIGH---
"Delko I got multiple prints can you run them for me please?" asked Tim as he came out of the elevator.
"Yeah..." said Eric softly.
"Speedle..."
"Stetler to what do I owe this pleasure?" asked Tim sarcastically.
"Your under arrest."
"What?" asked Claudia Speedle frantically.
"What in the hell did I do?"
"You lose your brother so you figure you'd take it out on your wife?"
"What...I never...I would never hurt Calleigh."
"Then explain the bruise on her eye and arm."
"I..."
"Exactly. Tim Speedle your under the arrest for assault of Detective Calleigh Speedle-"
"Rick I am telling you Tim did not do this on purpose." said Calleigh tears slowly streaming down her face.
"But he did do it?"
Calleigh didn't say anything.
"Exactly. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can-"
"Timmy."
"It's going to be ok mom. I didn't do anything wrong."
"Can and will be held against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can not afford one, one will be appointed for you."
"Your just loving this aren't you Rick?" asked Horatio.
Stetler turned to face Horatio. "What are you saying Caine?"
"You abused Yelina. You and I both know it. This was an accident. He just lost his brother. And you arrest him infront of his friends and family for something he did not do."
"Well that remains to be proven." said Stetler. "Until then. He'll be at county lock up. Let's go Speedle." said Stetler as he pulled Tim into the elevator.
"Tim..." said Calleigh.
"Its ok baby. Everything's going to be ok." said Tim just as the elevator doors closed.
Calleigh sighed as her cell phone rang. "Speedle!" Calleigh said angrily.
"Calleigh...i'm sorry this is Kelly with Miami children's program. Did I catch you at a bad time?"
"Kelly...um...no uh...can I help you?"
"Are you and your husband still interested in adoption?"
TBC...Ok I used to give old Stetie the benefit of the doubt. But now...i'm not so sure. lol. Please review. Thanks in advance.
