The young boy sat silently in the NYPD lobby as Lindsay analyzed the crime scene photo of Catherine delos Reyes' arm. As Hammerback had thought, the size of the boy's hands was too small to make the bruises on the victim's arm.
Lindsay looked at the boy's eyes. They were brown and big. He was generally motionless except for the swinging of his legs under his seat. He didn't look like a typical New York raised American boy --- he was four feet tall, he didn't look like he was into sports. But there it was again, a calmness in his face, a peace Lindsay had never seen before.
"What's your name?" Lindsay asked.
The boy turned to her. "Manuel Constantino"
"What were you doing at that woman's apartment, Manuel?" Lindsay asked, bending towards the boy as he spoke a little to softly.
"I wanted to save Catherine" Manuel answered.
"Did you touch her?" Lindsay continued.
"I thought I did" Manuel answered. He turned to Lindsay "She lived a life of suffering"
Lindsay took a swab from her pocket. "Manuel, I'm going to need to…."
"You have suffered, too" Manuel cut her off. "It has been years"
Lindsay looked at him, baffled. "You said a while ago that you were Christ. Are you?"
"I was" Manuel answered "But he's not here right now. He left." The boy smiles. "He never forgets to say thank you."
Lindsay shakes her head. "You're going to talk to a doctor, Manuel, about these voices in your head."
"Have you?" Manuel asked her.
"Have I done what?" Lindsay said.
"Talked to anyone. About the voices." Manuel said. "You have suffered for years, and now you need an answer."
Lindsay looked at him annoyed as she swabs the boy's fingernails. She was about to say something but Manuel found his voice first.
"Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted" Manuel said.
"Manuel!"
A woman from across the room comes runs towards Lindsay and Manuel. The woman hugs the boy.
"I am his mother, Ester" the woman said in stammering English. "He's not, uh, guilty of death of Cathy."
"Mrs. Constantino, we will have to keep him here until the evidence clears him" Lindsay answered. She turns around and she sees the dead woman's fiancé, Edward Bledel, thundering towards them, yelling at the boy.
"You!" Edward screamed as he lounged for the boy's neck. "You killed my girlfriend! You hack!"
Lindsay did her best to fight off the huge man and pulled him off of the boy. She kept saying "Sir, calm down, sir" but Edward Bledel was pushing her, almost scratching her arms. Good thing Danny was turning the corner.
Seeing Lindsay being assaulted by a man made Danny see red.
Danny grabs Edward Bledel's arm and slams him on the wall, twisting his arm. "How about you calm down there, sir. You just assaulted a police officer….one of the pretty ones."
Lindsay just shook her head. She turns around and checks on the boy "Are you alright, Manuel?"
The boy smiles at her. "Mourn no more".