It had been weeks since the murder of Brian and Amber and the LAPD were still on the case. There seemed to be no leads in who must've done. Meanwhile, Denise had stalked Riggs every chance she got. She followed him, unbeknown to him, everywhere he went. From scenes of him at a crime scene to following him at the coffee shop, the market, even picking out the same items as he did. Denise followed him and made sure she got pictures of him. When watching a crime scene from afar, she made sure she was out of view so he wouldn't see her looking at him. She went as far as saying to another bystander, "See that cop over there? That's my boyfriend."
"Oh...very nice." was all the bystander said.
"Yes...it is..." Denise replied while watching Riggs.
Walking back into the office, Riggs found a donut and coffee on his desk. Roger, confused, said to his partner, "Who's that from?"
"I don't know but I'm not complaining." Riggs replied as he stuffed his mouth with the donut.
Roger cringed at the sight.
Soon, what turned into once a week turned into more random treats on Riggs' desk everyday; hamburgers, shakes, donuts, coffee...all of Riggs' food! Roger found it odd. Who was leaving Riggs food?
After constant persistence from Roger, Riggs finally made an appointment to see Cahill. He sat there and started to tell her everything.
"I was at a bar...there was this girl who looked about 21 or so...we had a couple drinks and talked."
"What kinds of things did you talk about?" Cahill asked.
"She talked about her time in the hospital and how screwed up her childhood was. I told her about Miranda. I was thinking about Miranda and Palmer all night."
"What happened after that?" Cahill asked.
"We went home and slept together." Riggs ran his fingers through his hair. "She told me to tell her that I loved her even if I didn't mean it. I won't lie but...when I was with her...when she said that, I was thinking about Miranda and pictured Miranda's face."
Cahill nodded her head and listened on.
"It was funny, you know...I was thinking about Miranda all night when I slept with this girl." Riggs stated.
"What was it that made you think of your late wife?"
"I think it was her hair and her skin color."
"I noticed you mentioned Karen Palmer." Cahill stated.
"Yeah..." Riggs shrugged.
"Are you looking to want to start something with her again? You obviously care about her still." Cahill said.
"I never said I did." Riggs snapped.
"Well...you mentioned her in the beginning of the session. Something tells me you do." Cahill gave a small smile.
Riggs just laid his head back and didn't want to admit to himself that Cahill was right.
"I tried to get her to come to dinner with me but she turned me down." Riggs told her.
"Riggs, do you sincerely want a relationship with Karen?" Cahill asked him.
"No. I don't" He flat out said.
Cahill knew he was lying.
"Well what was it that attracted you the first time?"
Riggs started to think. He was thinking about the first time he saw her in a while and that was only weeks ago. He remembered her green eyes and how beautiful she still was to him.
"She has the most beautiful green eyes I'd ever seen. I miss her smile, I miss talking to her...I know when I'm with her, things will be okay..."
At that moment, Riggs stopped himself and Cahill gave him a look.
"Oh shit...I'm still in love with her..."
Later that night, Palmer was leaving work when she stopped and looked at her looked at her windshield. She saw pink and white lillies, her favorite flowers. Next to the flowers was a note. She opened up the note and it read:
Please give me another chance?
-Riggs
She couldn't help but smile at this. She took the flowers and the note into her car and she drove off into the night.
The next day...
Roger and Riggs were getting coffee before their case until a voice cried out, "Martin!"
The two turned around and it was Denise.
"Oh, hey! It's you!" Riggs said.
Denise smiled at him. Riggs couldn't quite remember her name.
"Denise?" she chuckled.
"Yes, Denise!" Riggs chuckled again and she giggled.
Roger made a face and sipped on his coffee.
"Hey...um...what are you doing here?" Riggs asked casually.
"Oh you know, just getting some coffee before running a load of errands. You know how it is." Denise giggled.
Roger discreetly took out his phone and texted Avery, 'Hey. Please text me back?'
"Oh I'm sure I know how it is." Riggs replied.
"So do you want to sit down? I just got here." Denise offered a chair to Riggs.
Roger took out his phone and looked at Riggs and said, "Hey, Riggs, we really got to go"
"Uh...yeah, sorry but I got to go. You take care of yourself though." Riggs smiled to her.
"Oh will do!" She said with a smile.
Once the two were out of the coffee shop, Roger said to Riggs, "Man, there is something off with that girl."
Riggs just shrugged if off and said, "Eh...she's harmless."
Denise watched them through the window of the cafe. How could Riggs not remember her name? How could he not be happy to see her? Why was his partner so hell bent in keeping them apart? While wrapped up in her thoughts, a young waiter, who looked about 18-years-old, walked over to her table and said, "Are you ready to order?"
Denise looked up at the young man and almost yelled, "If I'm ready, I would've told you!"
This caused everyone around her to look at her. Denise noticed other people looking at her and screamed, "What? What! What are you all looking at!"
Everyone got back to what they were doing. One child was frightened by Denise and started to cry. The young waiter slowly walked off leaving Denise alone. Denise let out an exasperated sigh and said, "Looks like I need to try other motives to make him mine."
