I know I left you guys hanging in the last chapter and you might be disappointed by this one...but I have to move the story along!! Enjoy
Lab
Ryan waited impatiently for his computer to find a match for one of the prints found at the scene. His thoughts wondered to the crime scene, the sight of his friend's blood on the floor and the broken object which inflicted the wound. He attempted to dig his cell phone out of pocket to call Eric at the hospital when the computer indicated it had a match.
"Ryan"
"Horatio, the computer just spit out a match for one of the prints found at the scene"
"Which print?"
"The one on the pillar next to Melissa Farnsworth's body"
"So no match on the either the murder weapon or the vase used to attack Calleigh?"
"No"
"So who does our print belong to?"
"It belongs to one Jonathan Williams. He is the head of the loan department at Miami-Dade National"
"The bank our victim worked at"
"Yeah it says here he deals in international loans, which is why his prints are in the system. All bankers who deal internationally have to be bonded"
"I think it is time we brought Mr. Williams in for a chat, don't you?"
Ryan nodded
Interrogation Room
"Mr. Williams, do you know why you were brought down here?"
"I can guess that it has something to do with Melissa"
"That is correct" replied Horatio as he studied his suspect like an animal studies its prey
"Ok what do you want to know? She was an excellent worker and person"
"That's not why you're here, Mr. Williams" replied Ryan
"Well then…"
"Can you explain why we found your prints at the murder scene?"
Williams paled at the question. He was nervous enough but now they had proof that he was there. "I've been to her place before"
"What was on the disc?" asked Horatio getting up close to Williams
"What? What disc?" he stammered
"The disc that you or your accomplice left behind and upon return to the scene beat an officer with a vase to get" replied Ryan sliding a picture of the blood with the disc void from the scene.
"I don't…"
"One person is already dead and my officer is fighting for her life, and your prints were found at the scene. So don't tell me you don't know" hissed Horatio
"Melissa figured out what we were doing?"
"Who is we?" asked Ryan
"His name is Michael Alexander. We've been friends for years. Two years ago he came to me with a plan to get rich"
"Go on"
"He would create dummy companies and come in and ask for a loan. We turn the loan money into cash and then transfer it into off-shore accounts. Melissa found out what we were doing. She said she had proof"
"So you and Michael went to her house to confront her and get that proof" added Horatio
"Yes but when she wouldn't give it up or negotiate Michael went nuts and hit her"
Flashback
"Give us the disc"
"No. The only people who are getting this disc are the FEDS"
Her head recoiled from the punch Michael inflicted
"Get Out"
"Man lets just get out of here" pleaded Williams
"I'm not leaving without that disc" with that Alexander headed into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. When he returned he stabbed Melissa several times.
"Oh my god, what the hell have you done?" screamed Willaims from pillar where he hid
"We need to get out of here"
"We need to call the police" replied Williams
"You call the police and I'll stab you. Now move"
End Flashback
"We left through the back of the house but not before Mike clean up in the kitchen. Neither of us realized we left the disc behind till later"
"So Michael went back for the disc?"
"Yes"
"Where is he now?"
"Probably home…I don't know. He told me he was going to go back for the disc and I told him I was out he'd have to go back himself"
Ryan passed Williams a pad and pen "write down his address"
Williams took the pen and wrote down the address and handed the pad back to Ryan
TBC…..Ok next chapter we find out what is happening with Calleigh..I promise!! Please review.