Victor Terraza faced Horatio Caine's piercing stare with trepidation. When the Lieutenant had shown his badge Victor had been nervous, but when caught in the man's stare; he could only describe it as truly unsettling.

Horatio studied the man before him and immediately deduced that he had something to hide. He decided he would take a gentle approach; he had come to return his daughter's cell phone and to ask what it was doing at the scene. A non-threatening approach would help make the man relax a little bit. After Horatio had Terraza relaxed he would go from there.

Emily didn't like Victor Terraza right away. She didn't know what she didn't like; she just knew there was something that…wasn't quite right here.

"Mr. Terraza, we found your daughter's cell phone at the park. I was just wondering what it was doing there," Horatio looked into the man's eyes; he could see that he was uncomfortable.

"I have no idea, Lieutenant Caine, I took her to the playground yesterday, perhaps it dropped out of her pocket," Victor Terraza replied tersely. He reached out his hand to take the phone, "Thank you for returning it, I'll make sure that it doesn't happen again."

Horatio pulled the phone farther from the man's grasp. "Your daughter's cell phone is part of a current investigation, Mr. Terraza; I just find it strange that your daughter's cell phone was found near the dead body of sex offender." He tilted his head to the side; Victor Terraza knew more than he was saying.

Emily looked at the two men. Her boss was skewering the other man with a penetrating stare that was starting to unnerve her. She was used to Horatio's interrogating tactics, but she could understand why the man was nervous.

"You wanna know?" Victor said, shifting and crossing his arms. "Some man tried to grab my daughter. I yelled at him to leave her alone so he ran. I saw some other guys chasing him."

"Did you follow them?" Emily asked.

Victor looked at her skeptically before turning back to Horatio. "I stayed behind to protect Isabel."

Emily glared silently at the suspect. Once again, she had been ignored because she was a kid. Her hands balled up into fists and she tensed in anger. She opened her mouth to say something, but Horatio's restraining hand on her shoulder stopped her. She curbed her temper, and allowed Horatio to speak.

"May I speak to your daughter?" Horatio said, nodding towards Isabel, who was playing with a teddy bear on a bench in the yard.

Victor nodded and stepped aside.

Emily followed Horatio as he walked over to the daughter.

"Hello Isabel." He said with a gentle smile.

Isabel looked up and smiled, taken by Horatio's gentle demeanor right away.

Emily shook her head in amazement. Horatio was amazing with children. If he and Calleigh had children someday, she knew he would be a wonderful father.

"Can you tell me what happened when you went to the park this morning?"

In the end, the interview with Isabel and Terraza didn't prove very fruitful. Isabel only confirmed her father's story. However, Emily and Horatio had found blood clearly visible on Isabel's clothes. They had taken the clothes to be processed, but for now they had nothing on Terraza.

Emily and Horatio arrived back at the lab. Horatio assigned Emily the job of processing Isabel's clothes.

He found Calleigh walking down the hall with some pictures.

"Horatio, I'm glad I found you!" She said as she walked up, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I found distinct impressions on the Vic's cheek. Looks like a shoe print. I'm going to run it."

"Get back to me with whatever you find," Horatio said with a nod.

Calleigh grinned and winked. "You know I will."

Ryan walked up, holding an evidence container. Horatio stopped him.

"How are things coming Mr. Wolfe?"

"Great. I got some trace out of the victim's hair. I'm going to drop it off now," Ryan said.

Horatio smiled. "Good. Let me know what comes up."

Horatio sighed. There would be nothing for another hour or so. He decided to catch up on more paperwork to pass the time.

His pager interrupted him about an hour after he started the paperwork. Emily and Ryan were calling him to the Trace lab.