Cal busied himself with looking through the file Torres had left him. There wasn't much in it seeing as neither person knew that they were under the microscope. Cal had never met Gillian's brother. Surprisingly enough he had never met any of her family. He groaned, wondering how on earth he was supposed to tell her that her brother was being beaten up by his girlfriend. There had to be some kind of mistake. He picked up his phone and rang Torres' extension.

"Who brought in this investigation?"

"Local police." Cal shook his head.

"Yeah but who reported it?" He could hear Torres rustling papers on her end. She must have written it down somewhere. He reached and grabbed a pen.

"A…Sally Walters. Said she was a long time friend of David's and was worried about him." Cal pursed his lips and nodded his head.

"Ok." He hung up.

OXOXOXO

He was deep in thought later that morning when Gillian swung by,, having just got back from her meeting with the counsellor for Emily. She smiled a lovely wide beam at him as she came in. He smiled back but it didn't reach his eyes, even though the sight was a visual treat.

"Alright love?"

"Yeah, I've got a number for you here. And you can call any time, she'll fit Emily in no problem." She handed Cal the business card and he pocketed it. He took a deep breath. Gillian frowned.

"Cal? Are you ok?" He nodded, pursing his lips. She raised an eyebrow and turned to leave. When he was in a mood like this it was best to let him work his own way out of it, unless he asked for help.

"Gill, do you know a Sally Walters?" He watched as her shoulders tightened and she turned back to face him, a curious look on her face.

"Where'd you get that name from?" Cal held up the file for her brother.

"New case."

"What she do?"

"How do you know her?" Gillian sat down in one of the chairs opposite his desk, crossing one leg over the other offering Cal a nice view of her leg. He smirked.

"She dated my brother David for a while. God it must be back in high school. But they broke up. He said she was too clingy. I haven't heard anything about her since. Why? What's she done?" Cal sat forward in his chair, his elbows leaning on the desk. He was still holding the file. He put it down on the table and she looked at him cautiously.

"She's made an allegation. That concerns your brother." Gillian's eyes widened.

OXOXOXO

"This is nonsense." Gillian said as she finished reading the last page of the file. Cal nodded his head. It had been his assumption too, the minute he heard that neither partner had made the complaint. And the minute he knew it wasn't a family member.

"I agree. So what do you want to do?" he asked her quickly and she raised an eyebrow, in thought.

"I want to talk to my brother. And then I want to talk to Sally. This is a hoax and not a funny one." Cal watched her as she thumbed through the report again. She was mad. It turned him on greatly. He stared at her until she looked up, catching her eyes in his before looking back down again. She smirked.

"Cal, you're not being very subtle…"

"There's no one else here. I don't need to be." He grinned. She shrugged. They sat in a tense but comfortable silence for a few moments. Cal eventually broke it.

"What you doing tonight?" he asked, twisting a pen between his fingers. He had to remember to give Emily a call after lunch. And Reynolds, to find out what was happening with Gerardo and his gang. Cal had almost forgotten he was under surveillance this morning when he walked out the door. He wondered if they had reported to Reynolds about Gillian staying with him.

"I'm going to go see my brother. See what's going on, find out if anything's happened with Sally lately." Cal nodded his head and remained silent again for a moment.

"I have to go to Zoe's. Rick's parents are coming over. Probably to apologise and say what a nice young man Rick is and how "out of character" it is for him to leave a girl stranded on the side of the road…" Cal bit the inside of his cheek. Gillian reached across the table, her hand landing on his. He turned so their fingers interlocked.

"Stay cool, Cal. Don't, don't fly off the handle." He nodded and squeezed her hand.

"You coming over tonight? After your brother's?" he asked hopefully and she shook her head.

"It'll be late. You'll be late…"

"You're not staying in that house on your own." His grip on her hand tightened. She withdrew from him.

"Cal…"

"Gill…"

"No Cal. I'm 40 years old. I can look after myself. I can stay in my own house if I want to. I will be fine. Ok? Get that into your head god damn it." Cal looked at her and nodded his head.

"Ok. But you call me if there's so much as a cricket chirping a bit funny." She smirked and nodded her head.

"I will. But there won't be anything. I'll be fine Cal." With that she stood up and made her way towards the door. She'd done quite enough talking. The accounts weren't going to do themselves.

OXOXOXO

Ok, just a clarification. Have we ever been told Gillian's maiden name on the show? I don't believe so but if anyone can say for sure, I will change the name McCall. Don't know why I picked it, just popped into my head.