A/N: It makes me sad to end this fic, and I would happily drag it on forever, but with schoolwork, and the beginning of hockey season, updates would be even worse then they already are, and that would just suck. Also, believe it or not, THIS FIC SUCKS. It started out okay, but it just went downhill these past few chapters. Now, I get on with the last chapter.
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It had been a long, frustrating week since Vera and Jeffries had speculated that the attacks were carried out for necklaces. This lead them to the conclusion that there had to be more cases. This lead to a trip downstairs, and a week that the Cold Case team spent half of going through boxes and boxes of 49 reports, trying to find the m.o. Much to Lil's liking, Lil and Scottie were allowed to help go through the reports. After all, Lil was the most likely to find a detail that told them that they were dealing with the same guy. In the end, they had ten cases, not including the two already open. Now, they were waiting for the lab to match hairs from some of the scenes, including Laura's murder. The hairs were obviously male, and matched John's hair color, which, along with Lil's testimony, had been enough to get a search warrant for his apartment. With the discovery of a lock of blonde hair, along with a newspaper clipping from Lil's attack, they had gotten a warrant for the hairs and a sample of John's handwriting, and his DNA. And so, Lil, Scottie, Vera and Jeffries, who incidentally found himself with the nickname Elvis nowadays, found themselves sitting at their respective desks, bored out of their wits. Well, Vera and Jeffries were bored out of their wits. Lil and Scottie had long since discovered the magic of IM.
Svalens- What's on your mind?
Superwoman-Do you think Jeffries will ever shake the nickname?
Svalens- Are you serious? Talk about philosophical. Umm…do I think he'll shake it? Not if he is Elvis.
Superwoman- And if he's not…Svalens- Believe me, he is.
Superwoman- What's on your mind?
Svalens- How much I love you.
Superwoman- Stop. You're making me blush.:)
Svalens- Ahh but you look so cute when you blush. :)
Superwoman- Could you get any cheesier? (I love you too)
Svalens- Me? Cheesy? What gave you that impression?
But Scottie never got his question answered. Just then, Vera's phone rang and his computer informed him that Superwoman has signed offline .
"Okay, thanks. We'll be right over," Vera informed the phone, before hanging it up.
"Lab results are in." All four cold case detectives filed out, heading over to the lab. The tech handed the printout to Jeffries, who immediately had it snatched out of his hands by Lil. A grin formed on her lips.
"Blonde hair is mine, the others are Johns." They turned, heading as one to the judge to get the arrest warrant.
LSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLS"Okay John. Here's the deal. You tell us how Ridley's involved, you get life. We have to pry it out of you, and you're looking at the death penalty," Jeffries informed the 50-something guy sitting across the table from him.
"Why should I bother?"
"Come on man. You're going to jail. Why bother being loyal now?"
"Why not?"
"Okay fine. Why'd you do it? Just to sell the necklaces to Ridley? That's stupid. But you didn't sell Ridley all the necklaces did you? You kept one. Why?"
"She had so much spunk. Fought me tooth and nail. I guess I just wanted a souvenir," John said, his demeanor now one of bragging, like he couldn't help himself.
Behind the glass, Scottie balled his fist, and Lil reached over, taking his hands. With a sigh, he wrapped his arms around her, kissing the top of her head.
"Is that how it started? Your next victim happened to have a necklace too, so you decided to sell them to Ridley?"
"No. I decided to do that before my next victim," John admitted with a sigh. "About two months before I quit Ridley questioned where I was getting all these necklaces. I told him. Then threatened to go after his daughter. That's when he told me about Laura. Of course I'd resigned myself to quitting by then. But she was so much like the first one…I had too. Then went she went to you guys it pissed me off. I should have killed that blonde detective when I had the chance. But of course by the time I recognized her that Hispanic guy won't let me near her. So I killed Laura instead." Lil choked back a sob as Scottie held her closer.
"Let's go," Vera demanded.
Leading John out, Vera met up with Lil and Scottie who were coming out of the observation room. Scottie instantly stepped in between Lil and John, but Lil gently placed her hand on his shoulder, moving him aside to look her attacker in the eye.
"You know Scottie, days like this I'm glad he did what he did," Lil said, her tone one of disgust as well as finality. "If he hadn't I wouldn't have been able to put him away for it."
LSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSLSThat night, watching a movie, Lil began absentmindedly playing with Scottie's hair. He smiled. This had become a game for them. Sort of feeling each other out. Scottie traced circles on her bare skin, loving the way it felt. He saw the corner of her mouth flick up in a smile, and he pulled her to him, tasting her lips. Her tongue flicked across his lips, demanding entrance, and he gladly gave it to her. Pulling her shirt up to get at the skin underneath, he felt her smile against him and she broke the kiss, albeit reluctantly to rid herself of her shirt. He followed suit, nodding toward the bedroom. She grinned, stopping the movie and following him. She pushed him on the bed, leaning over him. She took her time sending him over the edge, enjoying the look of tortured pleasure on his face. Afterwards, as she lay next to him, he caught her watching him.
"What?"
"I couldn't have done that without you Scottie." He took in her expression, loving how much she needed him. He pulled her close, twirling her hair in his fingers as he realized that there were tears soaking his shoulder.
"It's over Lily. It's over."
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Question. Should or shouldn't Scottie have tossed the letter? My mom says he shouldn't have I think that he needed to move on. I was actually surprised they brought Alyssa up again. But I'm thinking that's me as a ScottieLil shipper talking, not me as an unbiased Cold Case fan. So… what do you guys think? Wait, what am I thinking…you guys are ScottieLil shippers too…LOL. Well, most of you.
StwbrryCSI- Who said he didn't do it?
justawritier- Yes. I did.
Nix- Lazy much? Your lasat two reviews have been anon. And if you think you're a DramaQueen, you should met my friend Kelsey.
rudaxf- Thank you for being so accepting. LOL.
givemecookies- Thanks. cookies were yummy.
Mellie- There. Now you know what he has to do with it.
kawaii-peach14-Of course Scottie wanted to comfort her. And if Lil had known about that thing it last nights epi, she would have comforted him...LOL.
daya- Thank you. I liked that line too, and that's saying something.
TV LUVIN HOTTIE- love the screen name. LOL I'm TV obsessed.