Back at the Boston County Morgue a few hours later. "Dr. M, can I have a word with you?"

"Sure Bug, what is it?" questioned Macy waving him into his office.

"Something's still bothering me about those ballistic results that Nigel ran. I'd like to rum them again, but I can't find the results."

"That's because Lu or Woody has them per the ADA. What are you thinking?" questioned Macy.

"I'm not exactly sure, but that's why I want a second opinion. I called in a friend of mine that works ballistics here in Massachusetts, a Samantha Redstone. She's waiting in the break room."

"Bug, you've got my okay. Just tread carefully huh?"

"You've got it." Said Bug with a grin as he then tried not to race to the break room.

"So?" questioned Sam as she saw him enter the break room with a look on his face that she couldn't quite tell if it was good news or bad.

"We're good to go. Next stop the Boston Police Department."

(A half an hour later) "Sorry to keep you waiting Bug."

"Understandable. Woody, I'd like you to meet Dr. Samantha Redstone, ballistics expert. Sam, Detective Woodrow Hoyt."

"Pleasure to meet you. So, what can I do for the two of you? Your message was a little cryptic."

"We'd like to go over the ballistics test results and reports one more time." Said Sam.

"Sure thing. Not a problem with me. Just keep your head down if Detective Simmons comes around. She's got Leah in her crosshairs for some unknown reason."

"Got it. I'll try to use my charming personality if she gets prickly." Said Sam.

A few minutes later Bug and Sam were set up with some help from Woody. "Okay, let's see, we've got two gun shots. Positive test for fingerprints, handprints, GSR and woah."

"Woah what?" questioned Bug as he was going over the write up on the crime scene.

"I thought I had read an earlier report that Leah was right handed, but here Dr. Macy has written down that Leah had GSR on her left hand. I mean I know a few people that are ambidextrous when it comes to firing guns, but it's not that often an occurrence, and Dr. Macy is not one to make mistakes."

"Anything you can do to find out for sure?"

"Yeah, I can re-run a few of the tests and look at Leah's proficiency tests, because she was a cop at one time." Said Sam as Bug's pager then went off.

"I've got to go, you have everything under control here?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I have a few more things to go over and you'll be the first to know what I've found out."

A few hours later Same was glad that Woody had given her the heads up about Lu.

"Who are you?" she questioned as she approached Sam.

"I'm Samantha Redstone. I was called in for a second opinion by Dr. Vijay and Ms. Rysten's lawyer."

"A second opinion? This case looks pretty much open and shut to me based on the evidence at hand." Said Lu.

"Oh really? I'm under the impression right now that you'd do just about anything to see Ms. Rysten behind bars." Said Sam trying not to lose her temper, as Woody then came up to the two of them. "Lu, can I have a word with you for a minute in my office please?"

"Of course."

Seconds later they were in Woody's office. "I can't believe you!"

"Excuse me?"

"You've all ready got her tried and convicted in your mind. What in the hell did she ever do to you? If you still have that crazy idea that Leah and I were romantically involved, we never and I mean never ever were. I've worked with Leah once before I cam to Boston. We both grew up in Wisconsin, me just a bit longer than her, but that's besides the point. Everyone here and at the morgue have bent over backwards to make you feel welcome." Said Woody.

"And sometimes you can become so blinded by friendship that you can't see the truth!"

"That's where I think you're wrong. Are we through? Are we through!"

"Yes," said Lu as she beat a hasty retreat.

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"I came as soon as I could. Any news?" questioned Wilson with a concerned look on his face.

"Just that she's still knocked out and that there's not much else for me to do."

"And seeing as Cameron and the others weren't at the last presentation you've got them either running tests or breaking and entering into Leah's apartment, or there's the likelier option of the two they're doing both. So, you know as well as I do, that they'll page or call you when they've got something."

"Yeah, I know, but there's one blonde detective working this case that seems to have a bulls eye painted on her."

"And you're not liking it in the least."

"Oh, you could say that."

"Just don't do anything that will land you in jail huh? I don't want to have to bake you a cake with a file in it."

"If it comes to that make it a pineapple upside down cake." Said House as Wilson rolled his eyes.