Chapter 8. So here is this chapter. I know you are all desperate to know what is going on in the case. So I will not talk anymore. ;-) Oh wait. Yes I will. This story will continue to run even now that the season has started. Now I will stop talking.

Disclaimer: Camille is not mine

Spoilers: The Beginning in the End

What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.

W. Edward Deming

"Oh dear," Elise said placing a consoling hand on Daniel's shoulder.

"I think 'oh crap' would be more appropriate," Katharine muttered as Daniel shrugged off Elise's hand.

"Swearing is never appropriate," Elise replied regally with look at Dr. Cramer, who nodded.

"I beg to differ," Katharine replied with a look at Angelene, who nodded.

Camille shook her head. The case was coming together in nasty ways as lines were being drawn between members of her team. This was not good on either count. "Dr. Burn. Ms. Dogood," Camille told them, "May I remind you of our conversation?"

"Yes, Dr. Saroyan," the two replied simultaneously.

"Good," Camille said with no hint of a smile, "Now Daniel would you explain to us how you know the victim and what you know about the case?"

"I was friends with Bonnie and Alexander in grad school," Daniel explained, "I looked after their son Simon sometimes and got to know the family really well. After grad school we kept in touch and I came to visit them. They live about fifty miles outside Carmel. I lived in the suburbs. The girls were born in 94. In 2002 the kids went out on the lake near their home but never came back. A search team found the overturned boat and a few days later Simon's body came ashore. Both girls were presumed dead as well. They were eight and Simon was twelve."

"And the lake was never dragged?" Angelene asked with no hint of sympathy or emotion whatsoever in her voice. She was not emotional when it came to her job. Some saw it as cold, but she saw it as a survival technique.

"No," Daniel replied, "This is small town California. They were presumed dead and that was all that was needed for it to become fact. That town has a sheriff and a coroner. That is the extent of their law enforcement."

"What's the girl's name?" Elise asked looking down at the victim on the table, "She deserves more than just a number."

"I don't know her name," Daniel said sadly also looking down at the girl. It almost killed him to know that he had known this girl. He had watched her grow up, and yet he could not grant her the dignity of a name.

"How can you not know?" Katharine demanded of him.

"They were twins," Daniel explained, "Are twins…"

"It just gets better and better," Angelene remarked sarcastically.

"Everybody chill," Camille told them annoyed. "Agent Bennett, calm down and drop the sarcasm a notch. Dr. Burn and Ms. Dogood stopped glaring at each other. Dr. Webber, please continue."

"What do you need?" Daniel asked with a firmer voice.

"Names and specifics of the accident if you have them," Camille told him, and though her voice had not lost its boss like quality, the edge was gone.

"Okay," Daniel replied, "The boy was named Simon. The two girls are Mary-Anne and Cassandra, Cassie for short. I can find the articles about the accident for you, but it will take a few hours. I don't have copies."

"So this is what we've got," Angelene summed up, "A dead sixteen year old girl who supposedly died when she was eight. A connection to a case in California eight years ago that was never really a case. A dead brother. A missing twin who may or may not be dead."

"In short we have a case," Katharine concluded, "That covers the entire country and nearly a decade."

"And has more questions than I have dollars in my bank account," Daniel added.

"There is also the potential for this case to turn into PR hell," Camille threw in. There were several long moments of silence. Finally Camille broke the trance. "Dr. Cramer," she told her, "Please resume you examination of the body. We need anything that can tell us how this girl ended up here eight years after she supposedly die, and we need to know if there is a chance her sister is still alive."

"Very well," he replied walking back to the body and beginning his work again.

"Ms. Dogood," Camille said turning to the artist. "I need anything you can get me on the accident and the investigation that followed. There probably won't be much, but try anyway."

Lastly Camille turned to Daniel and Katharine. "Does the family still live outside Carmel?" Camille asked him.

"I think so, but why?" Daniel asked. Then understanding flashed into his eyes. "No. I won't do it."

"You have to," Camille replied with no hint of emotion.

"Have to what?" Katharine asked exasperated because she had failed to follow the conversation.

"You and Dr. Webber," Camille explained, "Are going to Carmel California to dig up anything you can on this case." She hated giving that order, hated reopening wounds the family must have been trying to close for nearly a decade, but she knew it was the only way. If they wanted to figure out how the girl had died, then they were going to have to dig up the figurative skeletons that had buried in Carmel for eight years.

"Are you saying that the sheriff didn't do his job?" Daniel responded with anger and confusion overriding logical thought.

"First of all, I am your boss Dr. Webber," Camille replied with a steely edge in her voice. She was no longer being nice. If she had to become the cold hearted boss to get this case moving then that was what she was going to do. "And second of all that is not what I am saying."

"Then what are you saying?" Daniel asked, his tone hovering between snide and diplomatic.

"I am saying," Camille retuned with no anger or resentment only firmness, "That eight years ago this was an accident that happened in a small town. Now we know it was a homicide and quite likely a double kidnapping. If it is in fact a kidnapping then one of the victims has already been killed. If the other girl is still alive and you want there to be any chance of her staying that way, then we need to know what happened in Carmel eight years ago. Clear enough?"

"Crystal," Daniel replied.

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