Chapter 18

"I don't care, if you believe me or not" Calleigh replied angrily. I don't need to justify myself, Alexx. This is getting on my nerves."

"Ok , ok Cal" Alexx replied calming. "As you like."

"Good, because I don't want to think about him any longer." Her cell phone rang.

"Cal is it you?"

"Sure Tim, who else?" She answered and rolled her eyes.

"Where are you?"

"I can ask you the same question, Tim" she grinned.

"That's not funny, Cal. Where are you?" he said insistent.

"I'm in the firearms-lab. Why?"

"I have to talk to you."

"About what?"

"Horatio."

"I don't want to talk about him." Once again she became furious.

"But…"

"No, Tim. I'm not interested in what he wants to tell me."

Speed was enervated and tried hard to stay controlled. "Calleigh shut up and listen to me." There was silence.

"He was wounded, Cal."

"What?" She was shocked.

"A few minutes ago."

"How?"

"Never mind. He is in the Jackson Memorial. Hurry up, Cal, I don't know if he…"his voice cracked as he thought of the events that had just happened minutes ago.

"I'll be right there in a minute."

Speed hung up.

Calleigh felt like she lost the ground under her feet.

"What has happened?"

"Horatio. He was wounded. A few minutes ago." She stood up in a hurry. "I have to go to Jackson Memorial outright."

Alexx didn't know what to say or what to think. "What? How? Why got he wounded?"

"I have no idea. I have to go." Her mind was somewhere else.

"How bad?"

"Tim doesn't know if he will…" she lost her voice, too.

"Oh god." She had tears in her eyes.

"I have to go" Calleigh repeated.

"Yes for sure. I'll inform the others about it. He'll pull through, Calleigh. I'm sure."

Calleigh went away.

And I'll inform Yelina too." Alexx thought. She stroke off.

Calleigh had no idea how she arrived at the Hospital, but she knew that it felt like hours. She entered the hospital and went to the emergency room. Speed was already waiting there. She has never seen him like that before. He strode up and down the hallway with a face that was everything else than relaxed and positive. There was blood on his hands and clothes; he couldn't stay on one spot for long. His shoulders were dropped and his face was pale. A nurse came up to him and hand him something so that he could wipe off the blood on his hands. With quick steps Calleigh headed towards Speed.

"Tim……" was all she could say.

He looked at her. His eyes were full of worry and despair. The feelings she felt inside.

"Cal… I…." he embraced her.

"What happened?"

"The crime scene was freed, we were in the living-room, suddenly a shot" he just answered in fragments, because he had to get a grip on himself.

"How is he doing? Where is he?"

"I don't know. He's in surgery right now."

tbc

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