You didn't have to be a captain in law enforcement to notice the chill that rolled into the room when Eames and Goren made eye contact so, of course, this one knew something was different. What? He didn't know.
"Please sit, Detective." The captain gestured to the chair in front of his desk and beside Bobby. She obliged but turned the chair so that its angle put a distance between her and the doctor. The move didn't get past Goren who suppressed the urge to fold inward.
"Continue, please, Dr. Goren." The ice queen had returned and all Bobby could was watch and wonder what he had done.
Focus, you idiot. No one cares how screwed up you are. The quicker you give your findings, the quicker you can get out of here and never see Detective Eames again.
"Her injuries seem to be staged. The places where the bruising occurred suggests that the assailant was trying to inflict the least amount of damage but still try and get their point across."
"This was a shake down." Hannah spoke up.
Bobby brought his hands together causing his fingers to meet his lips. "Her death was an accident." His hands came down and his left leg bounced with purpose up and down. "She was supposed to be scared. But- " He cut himself off. This how I got here. Just stop. Stop talking.
His friend wasn't going to let it go though. "But what?"
Bobby hesitated. With a quick inhale of air he replied. "I don't think she was the main target."
Hannah leaned forward in his chair. "Get to the point, Bobby."
"I-I-I think sh-she was attacked to scare her brother off." He stole glance in Alex's direction. To anyone else, the seasoned detective gave no reaction but Bobby, he saw it. The hurt, pain, and anger burst through her eyes before she clamp down the wall.
"Her brother?" Hannah wasn't following. Where is he going with this?
"Manny Delgado has information. Information about J-J-Joseph D-Dutton's murder." Goren stuttered his way through his reasoning. His subconscious was running a sprint. The bouncing his leg had been doing intensified. The captain turned to his detective.
"Eames, what do you think about all this?" Alex, who had been almost glaring at Bobby since he said her late husband's name, shifted her eyes to her boss.
"I'll take his opinion into consideration, Captain. This case is gonna go where it's gonna go. Right now, I'm gonna investigate the murder of AnnMarie Delgado. Nothing less and nothing more." She paused a moment. "If there's nothing else, I like to continue doing my job." Eames stood up. The captain sighed and dismissed her with his hand. Alex turned away from Goren and exited the office. Not once did she look back.
Joe watched her sit behind her desk and make a phone call. He then shifted his attention to his friend. Not surprisingly, he wasn't comforted by what he saw. Bobby was chewing on his thumb with his head leaning away from the door and gazing at an imaginary point on the wall. Crap. He knew that look. He's seen before. He's retreating. Yeah, something definitely happened.
Hannah walked around to the other side of his desk and sat with one leg propped up on it and the other planted on the floor right in front of Goren. "Bobby." No reaction. "Hey, Bobby."
The man in question jerked his head in the captain's direction. "Yes?"
"You wanna tell me what happened?"
Bobby looked at him like he had three heads. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Uh-huh." Joe smirked. "Try that again but with more feeling." Bobby looked at him a look of feigned confusion. "Look, you can't tell me you don't know when you walk in here hungover." His friend's eyes darted to the floor. "I notice things too."
"Nothing happened, Joe. Okay?" Bobby stood up and made for his exit. The energy coming off of this man could blow up at any moment. Joe had to tread lightly. He chose to keep going.
"Come on, man. I know you. What happened?" Goren didn't turned around. Joe reached out and grabbed his shoulder. Goren flinched hard causing Hannah to almost fall into his desk.
"Sorry. I-I-I gotta go." His head jerking in every direction. A thoughts racing again. "S-Sorry." Bobby ran towards the stairs not caring who saw him as he did and leaving Hannah with even more concern for his former partner and friend.
What he didn't see, however, was Eames. She saw it all. All of it. It was then she realized it. She had caused the one man in the world who could and would help her to break all over again. The freshly formed ice that covered her heart began to melt away. She took off to the parking garage but Bobby was nowhere to be found. I'm too late. She was alone again.
A/N: Hi everyone! Long time no see. I hope everyone is okay with all the craziness that's going on. Apologies for the incredibly long wait. I think I've finally got time to write. At least for a little while anyway. So, hopefully you are not too mad at me and that this was worth the wait. Enjoy and stay safe guys!