A/N: Well, here's the next part. I know that it might not be what some people wanted, but for anyone who's ever read any of my other stuff, this really isn't a surprise, is it?

So you drive to town, and you ask around, scared of what you're thinking of. Has he been hurt? Has he been with her? 'Cause you can't help who you love.-Garth Brooks, You Can't Help Who You Love.

"Hello?"

"Horatio, its Calleigh." She whispered so that she wouldn't wake up the kids.

"Cal, what's wrong?" He questioned, not bothering to hide his concern for his friend. No one calls at 2am to catch up. Calleigh listened for some kind of gruffness in his voice to let her know if she had woken him or not, but his voice was clear. Tired, but clear.

"I, uh,…Do you know where Jake is by any chance? I haven't heard from him and frankly, I'm a little worried." She asked, slightly embarrassed.

Horatio wasn't Jake's biggest fan but he was one of her closest friends and someone she could always count on. He didn't answer right away and Calleigh's stomach did flip flops as all the possibilities ran through her head.

"Well, I talked to him this afternoon and he told me that he was pulling a double." He finally replied, sounding a little confused.

Calleigh closed her eyes. Whenever Jake wanted to hide what he was really doing, he hid behind work, using it as his excuse. A few tears began to burn her eyes as the realization set in. He was doing it again.

"You know what? He must have told me and it just completely slipped my mind. Life's just been so crazy lately with the new baby." She lied, but her tear filled voice failed her.

"Cal, are you okay?" He asked, not really believing her.

"I'm fine. It's just my damn hormones. Listen, I got to go. I think I hear him coming in right now. But thanks, Handsome." She lied again.

"No problem, Cal. I'm always here for you."

"I know." She choked out. The two hung up and Calleigh threw the phone down on the empty side of the bed as tears rolled silently down her cheeks.

Damn him and his inability to change his ways, but damn herself for putting herself through this. She knew that the only person Jake Berkeley cared about was Jake Berkeley and that meant that he was going to do what he wanted, when he wanted and not care about the consequences that may come and having a wife and two kids was not going to change him.

Pulling Audrey closer to her, Calleigh quietly cried herself to sleep.

Jake never came home that night.