Dr. Robert Goren, the man who always had an answer, was speechless. He would've never imagined Alex Eames would sound so helpless. After recovering from the shock, he spoke. "What do you need?"

Alex took a deep breath and began to plead her case. "AnnMarie Delgado was murdered last night. Someone tuned her up pretty bad and left her at the bottom of the stairs of her apartment building."

Goren listened to her story. It sounded like a straight forward murder investigation.

"Her brother is Manny Delgado." Her body tensed as his name came across her lips. Bobby was silent even though Alex knew he had noticed. Grateful, she continued. "He's in prison for killing a cop." She didn't need to say anything else. Bobby put the pieces together pretty quick. Joe.

"What can I do?" Goren asked sincerely.

Eames relaxed slightly. "Delgado claims he has new information about the case. I went to see him." She tensed again at the admission. "Then, his sister turns up dead."

"You think they are related?" Bobby questioned. Eames answered with a shrug. "I'm still not quite sure of why you're here."

"I need fresh eyes on this. I don't want to miss anything and-" Alex paused nervously. "I trust you."

For the second time that day, Bobby was at a loss for words. It had been so long since anyone had told him that.

"I'm in."

Alex, who had been avoiding eye contact, looked directly at Bobby. Relief flooded through her.

"When do you want me to start?"

"I'm still waiting for forensics to come back. I'm gonna call them." Eames went out into the hallway. Goren smiled. Her confidence was back.

"Alright. Thanks. They have finished their report." Eames turned to face Goren who had followed her out into the hallway. "I'm heading back. Your house at 6 o'clock?"

"Works for me."

Eames nodded. It took all she had not to take of running to her vehicle. He's actually going to help me. Maybe, just maybe, I can finally put this behind me for good.

A/N: Hey everyone. Hopefully y'all are doing okay. I just typed this in class during an extremely boring lecture. Apologies for any typos.