Frank and Horatio looked at Marcus.
"We know that too." Frank said.
"Yeah, but I heard that you couldn't prove it." Marcus said.
"And you can prove who did it?" Horatio asked.
Marcus nodded.
"Sure can." He said.
"Well, start talking." Frank said.
"First I want you to make sure that I don't get a highter sentence then 15 years." Marcus said.
Horatio thought for a second.
"Frank, can I talk with you for a minute?" He asked.
Frank nodded and he and Horatio stepped outside the room.
"What's on your mind?" Frank asked.
"I'm not eniterly sure that it is a good idea to make a deal with him." Horatio said.
"Nether do I." Frank said, "But maybe we don't have to make a deal for real."
"You mean fool him?"
"Yeah, exactly." Frank said, "This guy doesn't regret what he did. He should pay pay for what he did. Pay full prize so to speak."
Horatio nodded.
"Hmm... alright, Frank, alright." He said.
Frank and Horatio went back inside.
"Alright, you tell us what you know and there is a big chance that we can at least get your sentence down to 18 years." Frank said.
Marcus nodded.
"Alright, cool." He said, "Several addicts have been talking about it since the shooting. Apparently, a woman named Missy Hills, this rich, spoiled addict, gave ten thousand dollars to another rich person."
"Was there anyone else there?" Horatio asked.
"No." Marcus said.
"That's all you know?" Frank asked, "You don't know any reasons or any names?"
Marcus shook his head.
"Well, thank you anyway." Horatio said and left the room.
"So I can get 18 years now right?" Marcus asked Frank.
"Hmm... no, sorry, we completely forgot to tell a lawyer or a judge about this deal." Frank grinned.
"What?! But you said..."
"Yeah, well only three people know about that." Frank smirked, "And no one will believe an addict like you."
"You fucking bastard!" Marcus growled.
"No, you're a bastard. You killed a man." Frank said and left.
-I-
Horatio and Natalia had driven out to a location where drug addicts used to hang out.
They were looking for Missy Hills.
"Excuse me, do you know a Missy Hills?" Natalia asked a woman. The woman shook her head.
Horatio asked a few young guys. No one looked like they were over 20. It was sad.
"I know Missy Hills." A man said to Natalia and Horatio.
"But her name isn't Missy Hills." He said.
"What's her name?" Nat asked.
"Chleo Kilmer." He said, "She's daughter of this rich guy who import wine and all kinds of crap."
"Fredrick Kilmer." Horatio said.
"Yeah, that's his name."
"Who are you?" Nat asked.
"Daniel."
"Okay, Daniel, any idea where we might find Missy?" Horatio asked.
"Yeah, in Europe." Daniel said.
"Europe? Why is she there?" Nat asked.
"Don't know. But she ain't coming back." Daniel said.
"Do you know if she gave a woman ten thousand dollars?" Horatio asked.
Daniel nodded.
"Yeah, she took out fifty thousand dollars, gave ten to a woman, and then she just flew to Europe to live with the rest f the money." Daniel said, "She said something about getting away from her dad."
"Did you ever see the woman she gave the money to?" Nat asked.
"No, nobody has seen that woman. We all just heard about it." Daniel said, "Missy told me about it."
"What more did she tell you?" Horatio asked.
"Nothing. But Missy told me that she had met this woman one day before that cop and other guy were shot." Daniel said.
"Thank you very much Daniel, are you willing to testify in court?" Nat asked.
"No, no way. I can't do that." Daniel said, "I'll stay here, I ain't going to a court house or police station."
"Thanks anyway." Horatio said, "Let's go Natalia."
"So Raquel planned the whole thing." Natalia said, "Mabe Jason Ash was her 2nd choice of hitman. And she knew he wouldn't do it for free."
"Yes, but we need to get her in some other way." Horatio said, "And I have a plan."
-I-
Ryan looked at his food. It looked like dog food. Even worse in fact.
"Ryan it's just soup and shrimps, and..."
"And a cat that went through a meat grinder." Ryan said.
Calleigh chuckled.
"I thought you loved food." She said.
"Yeah, food, Cal, food for humans." Ryan said, "Not crap that's worse than dog food."
"Dog food?"
"It's even worse than that. It's like food for worms or something."
"Ryan, you are so mean." Calleigh chuckled, "What if the chef hears you?"
"Calleigh, he is in the kitchen." Ryan said.
"But one of the guests or waiters might tell him." Calleigh said.
"Yeah, but I have a trigger-happy wife." Ryan grinned.
"Who doesn't have a gun with her on her honeymoon." Cal smiled.
Ryan chuckled.
"This isn't food." He said.
"Can you at least try it?" Cal asked.
Ryan nodded and took a bite.
"Mmm, It's actually good." He smiled.
"I knew you'd say that." Cal smiled.
"Excuse me, sir?" A waiter said.
"Yes?" Ryan asked.
"May I take your plate with me?" The waiter asked.
"Why?" Ryan asked.
"Because you got the wrong food."
"Wrong food, what do you mean?" Cal asked.
"The newest waiter gave you the wrong food."
"And who's food is this?" Ryan asked.
The waiter pointed at three large dogs. Ryan paled, stood up and ran towards the bathroom.
He barely made it to the toilet before he threw up.
Oh my god!! I liked the dog food! I ate dog food! He thought.
After ten minutes he came out and saw Calleigh grinning at him.
"Seriously Cal, it's not funny." He said.
"I know, sorry." She said.
"It's okay, just take me to the hotell."
Calleigh gave Ryan a kiss on the cheek and they walked back to their hotell.
Ryan still felt like throwing up. But instead he layed down on the couch.
Calleigh straddled him. She kissed him softly on the cheek.
"I want a kiss on the mouth." Ryan said.
"Not after what you ate." Cal grinned.
"Ugh, don't remind me."
Calleigh chuckled. She ran her hands down Ryan chest. Softly.
"Cal, what are you doing?" He asked smiling.
"Making your night end good." Cal grinned.
She had a white dress on her. But she quickly pulled it off over her head.
Ryan swallowed when he saw his blonde wife, straddling him in only her underwear.
"Like what you see?" She asked.
Ryan nodded.
"You are wearing two much clothes." She grinned.
-I-
8th July
Eric was nervous as he walked inside a visitation room to see his mother. Horatio had asked him to talk to her, and see if maybe she would confess or reveal something that they didn't know.
"Mom." Eric greeted as he sat down at a table. Across his mother.
"Eric." Raquel greeted back.
"How are you?" Eric asked.
"What do you think? I'm being accused of something that I haven't done."
"You know how scared I was?" Eric asked, ignoring what his mother had just said, "I was so scared that I'd lose Horatio and dad. Seeing H in the hospital bed, made me so scared of going home alone. I was so scared that I'd never get a chance to talk to him again, or hold him."
"Wimp." Rauqel said.
"And I was so happy that dad has started accepting me and H. And then he got shot. I was so scared that I'd lose him too." Eric said, "It really made me realize how much they mean to me, when I saw them hurt."
"Oh stop with your stupid gay feelings." Rauqel said, "It's not normal."
"Yes, it is." Eric said, "If Horatio was a woman, you would be comforting me now."
"But he is a man."
"A man that I love, why can't you understand that?"
"Because it's wrong!" Raquel growled.
"I'ts not wrong. It's having people like you on the streets that's wrong."
"So, you mean that I deserve to be here?"
"Don't you?" Eric asked, tears falling down his cheeks, "You tried to kill my boyfriend and father."
"Boyfriend?" Raquel asked, "I will not let that man use you as a toy."
"He's not."
"You weren't born like this Eric, you were normal. That man did something to you!"
"He has shown me what real love is!" Eric said.
"Real love isn't what you have! It's a plague."
"No, meeting Horatio is the best thing that has ever happened to me." Eric said.
"You're filthy!" Raquel growled, almost shouted, "You don't deserve love! It's wrong and I was going to teach you and your dad a lesson! While on the same time making sure that, that old man, would never be happy again!" Rauqel shouted, "You may think that it's right! But it's wrong, and I may not have been able to kill you with Jason Ash's help, but I will make sure that you two are unhppy for the rest of your life!"
"You did it?!" Eric growled, "You payed Jason Ash to shoot me and dad!"
"Yeah. But the idiot shot Joseph and the read head!" Raquel shouted.
"His name is Horatio." Eric said.
"His name belongs on a tomb stone!" Raquel growled, "And I will make sure that as soon as I walk out of the court house as a free woman, you will pay for this."
Eric wiped his tears away and stood up.
"You will never be a free woman again." He said.
"You have no evidence." Raquel smirked.
"I do now." Eric said and lifted his shirt up, revealing a microphone on a wire, "I have your confession."
Eric walked out the door and Raquel bolted after him. Furious.
"This is now how you treat your mother!" She shouted, "I am your mother!"
Eric turned around.
"You are not my mother anymore." He said and walked away.
Horatio and Frank walked towards him. Horatio embraced him. Holding him tightly. He knew that it had not been easy for Eric.
Hearing his mother confess and hearing how much she hated him was something that he would never forget.
"I love you H." Eric sobbed again his chest.
"It's alright." Horatio said softly, "I love you too."
-I-
Valera and Jason were on their first appointment with a gynecologist.
His name was Dr. Trevor Wallace.
"Well, Ms Valera, it looks good." Trevor said, "You are five weeks pregnant."
Valera nodded.
"Wow, look at that." Jason smiled widely and pointed at the monitor screen.
Even if it didn't look much like a baby yet, it still was one on the screen. And Jason was so excited that he could explode.
"Yes, it is." Valera smiled.
"Hm..." Trevor said.
He frowned and Valera and Jason got worried.
"Is something wrong?" Valera asked.
"Wait a minute." Trevor said, "I just want to be sure."
He turned up the sound, and soon the baby's heartbeat filled the room.
"It sounds perfectly normal." Valera said.
Trevor moved the probe around and still only heartbeats filled the room. Valera looked confused. But Jason knew what it was.
"Oh my god!" He said, "It's..."
"Yes, it is." Trevor smiled.
"Twins?" Valera asked.
"Actually, triplets." Trevor said.
Jason looked with wide eyes at Trevor. Then he got pale and suddenly fell off his chair.
"Whoa." Trevor said and got up from his chair to see if Jason was alright.
"He's okay, he just fainted... again." Valera smiled, "Three?"
Trevor smiled.
"Three."
Valera started to cry. She was so happy. She and Jason were going to have triplets!
TBC...
AN: Please review! You know you want to, lol!