A/N: WELL HERE IT IS, THE LAST CHAPTER. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO READ AND ESPECIALLY TO MY REVIEWERS, IT REALLY HELPS TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, THE CHARACTER OF JIMMY NG WAS TAKEN FROM THE SEASON FIVE CROSSOVER(DOUBLE DOWN, TRIPLE THREAT), HE WAS THE MOB BOSS THAT WOODY WENT TO LAS VEGAS TO TAKE DOWN, AND SINCE SEASON FIVE DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN MY AU, I FIT HIM IN HERE. MY NEXT STORY WILL BE UP SOON. I WILL CONTINUE THIS SERIES AND WRITE STORIES THAT FOLLOW THESE CHARATERS. CJ, LAS VEGAS, CSI AND ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES ARE NOT MINE. HOPE YOU ENJOY!
CHAPTER 12: WHAT NOW MY LOVE
"So let me get this straight.", Dolly started as she looked at the group mulling around the office of Ed Deline. "Joey's brother Tony worked as a drug runner for this Jimmy Ng. Tony extorted over five-hundred thousand from Jimmy during the six years he worked for him. Tony left town last year with the money, so Jimmy went after Joey to pay back his brothers debt. So if Joey was paying up, then why did Jimmy kill him?", she asked. "That's the beauty of it Luv. You see, Jimmy found Tony before he skipped town. He recovered almost all of the money, but killed Tony anyway. Then he blackmailed Joey into paying back the money.", Nigel explained.
"Then this had nothing to do with heroin?", she questioned. "Well, yes and no. Jimmy was the biggest heroin dealer in the west. Joey found this out and was going to go to the police and expose Jimmy for drug dealing and blackmail, so he was eliminated.", Woody answered. "Jimmy's thugs injected Joey with the heroin first, to mask the puncture wound that was caused when they injected air into his vein. So technically, Joey died of a deliberate heart attack.", Jordan continued. "How did you guys figure all of this out?", Dolly asked.
"It wasn't easy. You see, we found the Ornithodoros Parkeri tick, it's a rare……", Dr. Vijay was interrupted. "Buggg.", they all complained. "Fine, I'll get to the point. We knew Joey was in the dessert before he was killed. We also knew that he wore a triangular shaped diamond ring his brother gave him, it had fresh blood in the crevices. Woody recognized a similarly shaped scar on one of Jimmy's men, while he was reviewing the surveillance videos.", Bug added.
"The scar was old, so we knew this wasn't the guy Joey hit, but we brought him in for questioning. He wouldn't give anything up so we went straight to the source, Jimmy Ng.", Woody replied. "When we met with Mr. Ng, we noticed he had a split lip that had required stitches. He gave us some lame excuse on how he got it and refused to answer anymore questions until his lawyer got there.", Det. Rice explained. "We were able to get a subpena for a blood sample, thanks to a judge friend of mine who owed me a favor.", Ed added.
"The sample matched the blood found on Joey's ring. It didn't take long for Mr. Ng to be charged with the murder. Soon after his arrest, an anonymus tip came in, remains were found deep in the dessert. The body belonged to Tony Tonoli, Joey's missing brother.", Gil said. "That's why they lured Joey to the dessert, they were going to kill him the same way they killed his brother, but Joey put up a fight and got away. So they followed him back here, and when they got him alone, they finished the job.", Jordan added.
"See, doesn't it all make perfect sense now, Luv?", Nigel asked Dolly. She looked around the room,amazed at how this group made up ofmainly strangers, worked together, perfectly, to solve this case."Of course Nige, perfect sense.", Dolly answered, still a little bewildered. "Congratulations.", Gil said to Dolly and Nigel. "And thanks for all of your help.", he added, shaking the hands of Jordan, Woody and Bug. After all of the 'thank yous' and 'goodbyes' were said, Dolly and Nigel were finally able to be together without a police presence or hotel security swarming them. "So Luv, you still up for a honeymoon?", Nigel asked with a smile. "Are you kidding, Nige? After a wedding like this, I need a vacation.", she chuckled, walking into their suite.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Everyone was meetingat the pogue to welcome Dolly and Nigel back from their honeymoon. Nigel was so excited to see his friends, that he immediately began to unpack the gifts they had brought back for everyone. Jordan, Lily and Colleen got beautiful tea pots from Nigel's Aunt Bea's tea shop. The babies were given fleece blankets with the Brittish flags emblem on them. Max was given some antique signs for the bar. Nigel met up with Bug's family while he was in England, and brought back some very special items for his best friend. He had just finished handing out the gifts to the rest of the gang when he remembered a box he'd left outside the door.
"I've saved the best for last, my father wanted to thank you all for being such good friends to us. So he decided to repay you the only way he knows how.", Nigel stated with a slight chuckled as he pulled out a bottle of his fathers infamous ale. "I think we've had enough of this stuff to last us a lifetime.", Garret protested, taking the bottle out of Nigel's hand. But before he could put it back into the box, Max intercepted the bottle. "I think this stuff might come in handy when my buddies come over to play poker. I could bleed them dry, and they'd never know what hit them.", Max laughed and the entire room soon followed.
The guys were hovered around the pool table, Bug and Sidney arguing yet again, this time, on the proper way to play pool. The ladies were sitting on a blanket on the floor, in a makeshift playground they had set up for Colin and Millie. "I can't believe how big they've gotten in just two weeks.", Dolly commented as Colin crawled over to his mother and Millie pulled herself up on a chair to stand. "Nigel's dad is so anxious to become a grandfather, I feel like I'm on some kind of schedule.", Dolly confided to her friends. "I know what you mean, Matt's mother has been driving us crazy. She calls every week to see if we're expecting yet. I mean, come on, we've only been married eight months.", Lily replied with a mock groan. "Oh please, my little sister was married and had two kids before I even met Cal. My mom thought I'd never have kids.", Colleen laughed. They all turned when Jordan let out a small gasp. She looked up from her date book with a dazed expression, "Guys, I think I'm pregnant again..."
TBC IN ANOTHER STORY
