Calleigh sighed heavily, she had a massive headache and the stress of her father wasn't helping the case that was going nowhere. "So we have nothing, absoultley nothing."

Tim looked at his wife knowing the frustration she felt. "There's gotta be something?"

"There isn't."

"Well why don't we go back to the scene. May be we missed something?"

"Tim we've been to the scene three times. We didn't miss anything." Tim sighed and Calleigh noticed for the first time the tiredness in his eyes. "I think were just going to have to let this one go."

"Calleigh we've never not caught the bad guy."

"I know that. But there's a first time for everything right?" said Calleigh with a fake smile on her face. Something that Tim and her employees were starting to know to well.

"That's not funny."

Calleigh sighed. "Well what do you want me to do Tim?" said Calleigh with more forcefulness then she attended.

"I didn't say there was anything you could do, Cal." started Tim. "I just don't like the fact that there is a criminal out on the streets."

"Well I don't necassarily like that idea either Timmy."

Tim sighed. "Look why don't we just go home."

"Fine." said Calleigh as she took her lab coat off. "Feel free to sleep on the couch."

Tim starred at Calleigh. "Look I know your stressed but there's no reason for you to take it out on me." Calleigh closed her eyes tightly and started to say something when her cell phone went off.

"Duquesne? Yes...yes he is...oh my god. I'll be right there." Calleigh hung up her cell phone and starred at it.

"Cal, what is it?"

"That was Grace Memorial."

"And?"

"My father...he's dead."

Close To Home

Calleigh laid her head back onto the wall as she waited impatiently for her father's doctor to come and speak with her. Tim sat next to her watching her intently. "Baby are you ok?"

Calleigh ignored him. She couldn't believe her father was dead. She just talked to him two days ago. She didn't even get to...

"Mrs. Speedle?"

"Yes, that's me."

"I was your father's Doctor. Dr. Callaway."

"What happend to him."

"Well he came in saying he was having chest pain so we admitted him immediatly to ICU. We rain some tests and at the time he wasn't having a heart attack, so we drew some blood and found acid-"

"Like the drug?"

"No he had a whole in his stomach. It was leaking gastric acid. So we rushed him to surgery, he lost alot of blood and we had to give him a transfusion, after the surgery he was fine. But about 2 hours ago he started to complain of chest pain. He had a heart attack and he flat lined, we used the paddles he came back for a few mintues but then he had another heartattack and there was nothing we could do."

"I want to know why I wasn't notified when he was ammitted."

The doctor paused. "Mr. Duquesne didn't want anybody to know unless he lost his life."

Calleigh shook her head and began to feel uneasy. Tim noticed this and put his hands on her shoulder. "Mrs. Speedle i'm terribly sorry for your loss, but I have to ask you to sign these release papers so we can hand over your fathers body to the morguetition."

Calleigh nodded and took the paper. "I want him to go to Dr. Alexx Woods."

"Um...maybe you do but protocal is that he goes to the morguetion provided by the hospital."

"Well I don't give a damn what protocal is he's going to Alexx Woods. You've got a problem with that?"

"No."

"Good."

The doctor nodded and walked away. Calleigh sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "I just don't get it Tim, he was fine the other day. He..."

"Hey, this was in no way your fault."

Calleigh shook her head. "Then why do I feel like its all my fault."

"Because that's who you are. Come on why don't we go home and i'll make the necassary phone calls." Calleigh nodded and let her husband take her hand and lead her out of the building.

Close To Home

"Ok and how much is that? Ok thank you very much...yes...7:00 in the morning, I'll be there. Thank you so much...ok bye." Tim sighed and hung up the phone. He glanced over and saw Calleigh sleeping peacefully on the couch. He smiled and walked over to her. "I love you." said Tim as he ran his hands threw her golden locks. Tim took a second to admire the beauty of his wife and picked her up. Whatever it was she was going to go through he'd stick with her no matter what. He loved her and nothing was going to change that.

TBC...