A/N: I KNOW THE LAST CHAPTER WAS MOSTLY JORDAN/WOODY, THERE WILL BE MORE DOLLY/NIGEL, I PROMISE. IT'S JUST I LOVE HOW WOODY AND JORDAN WORK TOGETHER(THEY'RE MY FAVORITE COUPLE, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ALREADY). THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHARACTER INTRODUCED IN THIS CHAPTER; IF YOU WATCHED EPISODE TWO OF SEASON FIVE, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. I DO NOT OWN CJ, LAS VEGAS, CSI OR ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES(ALTHOUGH I DO LOVE PLAYING WITH HIS SONG TITLES). I WOULD LOVE THE FEEDBACK, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW.
CHAPTER 11: DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Jordan was anxiously waiting for Woody in the lobby of the Montecito hotel. "Same time tomorrow, Man?", Mitch called as he made his way to the employee elevators. "You bet.", Woody replied, meeting up to Jordan. "Hey Jordan.", Mitch greeted. "Hey Mitch, how was the basketball game?", she asked with a smile. "Great, but he's fierce.", Mitch answered, in regards to Woody's game tactics. "Yeah, this baby face can be deceiving.", she joked, giving his cheek a rub. Mitch chuckled and waived as the elevator doors closed. Jordan immediately turned to her husband, her smile turning serious. "You need to get showered and changed, we're meeting Dr. Robbins, Gil, Catherine and Det. Rice in about an hour.", she informed him, looking up at the clock on the wall.
Bug and Nigel had come along, so there were now eight people hovering around the body of the late Joey Tonoli. "So what do we know?", Gil asked the group before him. "With the finding of the Orhithodoros parkeri tick, and the sand on his boots, we know Mr. Tonoli was in the desert sometime between the time he left the reception and time of death." , Bug replied. "There was fresh blood found imbedded in the crevices of his diamond ring, so we know he punched someone, shortly before he died.", Catherine added. "There was no bruising on his body that suggests the person hit back. There was, however, a small dose of chloroform detected in his blood stream. This is probably how the assailant over powered him.", Gil responded.
"This is all fine and dandy, but we know he was murdered and it probably had something to do with money . How is repeating it going to help us find the murderer?", Det. Rice complained, reaching for a cigarette. "Jack, take it outside.", Gil ordered, nodding to the cigarette the detective was holding. "What do you have on the money trail Woody?", Jordan asked her husband. "The money started disappearing about a year ago. All the large amounts were taken out as cash, so there nothing really suspicious, except for three checks written, in the amount of ten thousand each, to a John Smith for home repairs. Mrs. Tonoli confirmed the repairs but says she never met Mr. Smith in person. And unless there's a check in there written to Pocahontas, I'm pretty sure John Smith is an alias.", Woody answered, waiving the bank records in the air.
"So now were back to this blood incrusted on Joey's ring. Who's is it and how do we find them?", Nigel asked, becoming increasingly frustrated. "Him. We know it's a male but the DNA we extracted is not in our data base.", Dr. Robbins added. "What's your secret?", Gil asked the ring as he held it up to the light. "Wait, can I see that?", Woody asked holding his had out for the ring. "Nigel, can you show me what a ring like this could do to someone's face?", he added. "Sure if we were in I use this…..", Nigel nodded to the computer in the far corner of the room. "Be my guest.", Dr. Robbins replied.
Nigel's quick fingers flew over the keys as Woody told him exactly what he saw. "There was a guy on the surveillance video who was walking into the hotel with a triangular scar on his left cheek.", Woody stated. "That's great but Tonoli was a lefty and the wound would have to be fresh.", Catherine commented. "Right, but this ring has to be a one-of -a kind. So we can find out if Joey had it made or if he bought it…and if we can ID this mystery man with the scar…..", Woody tried to sound confident. "At least is a lead.", he added looking around the group. "And it's the only one we have right now.", Gil replied with a nod.
"No that's Joey's….Tony's actually.", Gina Tonoli told Det. Rice. "Tony, Ma'am?", he asked. "Joey's older brother. He moved away a little over a year ago, sent the ring to Joey soon after. He hasn't taken it off since.", she cried. "Thank you for the information Mrs. Tonoli.", Det. Rice said, nodding his hed 'goodbye'. "Detective, if you could, I'd like to have that ring back as soon as your done with it. I'd like our little Joey to have it, to remember his father.", she sobbed into the arms of her mother. "Of course.", he replied, leaving the house. "Danny Mc Coy just called. They've ID'd the mystery man.", Woody said as Det. Rice got back into the car.
"Meet Big Angelo, Jimmy Ng's right hand man.", Danny said with a huge smile as they looked at the surveillance tape again. "Who's Jimmy Ng?", Woody asked. "Only the biggest drug dealer in Las Vegas.", Det. Rice replied taking a drag of his cigarette, and blowing the smoke across the room. "And only our biggest whale.", Sam commented sarcastically. Ed took the cigarette right out of Rice's mouth and stomped it out. "Sam don't you have something else to do, like take care of those other 'whales'?", he asked, shooing her out with his hands. "This could be it Jack, we could finally be able to put Jimmy Ng away for good.", Ed smiled at Det. Rice, then looked back at the face on the screen.
