- Continued from where I took off -
He was walking towards his office replaying what Adam told him in his mind, he needed to take care of this situation; he needed to know what the hell was going on. First thing that came to his mind was to ask Sid about Angell's autopsy. He headed towards the M.E.'s office and found Sid still performing an autopsy on the victim. He stopped at the door and cleared his throat, Sid looked up surprised. "Mac? I wasn't expecting you until after the autopsy." Sid said in a surprised yet in a questioning way.
"Sorry Sid, I just need to ask you something" Mac informed.
"Oh, okay sure, go ahead, ask anything" Sid said giving Mac the green light.
"You were in charge of detective Angell's autopsy am I right?" Mac asked just to make sure.
"Yes, but I didn't perform one on her" Sid said clarifying things for him, he noticed the lost look Mac had on his face and quickly explained "Uuh when I was with Angell, her doctor came in and said that there was no need for an autopsy, that the bullet fragments were sent to the lab, and her COD was already issued" Sid said explaining what happened.
"And what happened after that?" Mac asked needing more information.
"Well, I asked for her death certificate to make sure of it myself, once I was finished I went out and called Flack to inform him, why is there something wrong?" Sid asked curiously wondering if he had done something wrong or if something wasn't right.
"Not at all, thank you for your time Sid" Mac told Sid who just nodded. "Sorry to bother you" and with that Mac turned around and left. Sid let out a sigh full of sadness at remembering that Detective Angell wasn't around anymore and continued on the body.
A few minutes later, he was in his car driving to the hospital detective Angell passed away in, hoping to find some answers. He was determined to find out what was happening even if he had to talk to a million people. Part of him didn't believe the possibility that she was alive, and part of him was hoping Angell was out there somewhere. Once he arrived at the hospital he went to search for the doctor who was in charge of Angell, the doctor who declared her dead. He headed to the receptionist on front of him. "Excuse me; do you know where I can find Doctor Eliza McGregor?" He asked.
"Sure, she's right over there." The receptionist said pointing to one of the doctors talking to some nurses. Mac thanked her and walked towards the doctor. "Excuse me, Doctor McGregor?" Mac said catching her attention "I'm detective Taylor from the New York crime lab, I was wondering if I could ask you some questions" Mac requested politely.
"Okay sure no problem" The doctor replied.
"Do you remember when you operated on Detective Angell?" Mac asked trying to hide any emotion indicating he was worried.
"Yes, yes I do, Detective Jessica Angell, I'm truly sorry I wasn't able to do anything." The doctor apologized sincerely.
"There's no need for you to apologize, there wasn't anything you could do." Mac said trying to remove her guilt feeling. Immediately, he asked her another question to distract her from the guilt that she felt. "Do you remember what happened after Dr. Hammerback left?" Mac asked hoping she remembered.
"Um yes, once Dr. Hammerback left I covered Detective Angell's body and went out"
"Did anyone enter the room after you left?"
I don't recall anyone entering the room after me" She answered him carefully trying to remember every detail.
"How about her family? When did they take her body?"
"I'm not sure, about an hour or two after Detective Angell's death, I think one of her brothers went to the receptionist and asked if he could take his sister's body home"
"Do you happen to have security cameras inside that room?"
"No sir"
Mac nodded, thanked her, and headed to his car, but before he could get in, his phone rang. "Taylor" Mac answered.
"Mac, hey it's Stella, we need you over at the New York Public Library, I'm afraid there's another body" Stella informed him with a sigh.
"I'll try to get there as soon as possible, I just need to take care of something right now, and in the meantime, I want you to stay on top of this case" Mac said tiredly, like he hadn't slept in while.
"Alright, I'm on it" Stella assured him and hang up, but she knew there was something big on his mind, she was worried, but she decided to wait for him to tell her what he had on his mind.
At the Library…..
A pile of books lay on top of the seventh victim, early twenties. Frustration was building up, it's been a week and each day someone had to die a painful death, and the CSIs weren't getting any closer in identifying this serial killer that ran loose in the city.
Lindsay was photographing the body when she turned to look at Stella "You don't look good Stel, is there something wrong?" Lindsay asked her worriedly.
Stella looked at her friend's eyes looking for some reassurance and comfort and sighed. "I just got off the phone with Mac, he won't be able to come right now so he put me in charge. And I'm worried because Mac only puts someone else in charge when he's got something big on his hands and mind."
"Like the time Flack was missing?" Lindsay asked remembering the day when Flack went AWOL.
Stella just nodded trying to figure out the reason why Mac left her in charge. What was he taking care of? How big was it? And several other questions raced her mind but were interrupted by a familiar voice.
"What about the time when I went missing?" Flack asked both Stella and Lindsay obviously hearing what Lindsay has said and noticing the confused and worried look they had on their faces. "Is there something wrong?" He asked with sincere concern in his voice.
Lindsay looked at Stella and could tell by the look on her face that this was really bothering her, so she decided to distract her so she wouldn't feel that way. "Um you know what, let's talk about this later, and let's process the scene first" Lindsay said.
Flack understood what she meant and informed them what he knew.
[After processing the scene]
Flack was outside the library talking on his phone when he saw Stella and Lindsay walk out of there. "Got it, thanks Adam." He closed his phone and headed towards the two CSIs. "Adam got a hit on our Vic's finger prints; it belongs to a Trish Cardoza."
Stella gave him a surprised look. "Any relation to Terrance Cardoza?" Stella asked.
"Yeah, apparently Trish Cardoza was his baby sister; she was just a kid he got murdered on front of her." Flack answered looking at their reactions.
"Flack, didn't she come by the precinct the other day saying that she remembered who her brother's murderer was?" Lindsay asked looking like a kid who figured out the hardest question in class.
Flack stared blankly at the floor. "Come to think of it, she did, ugh I can't believe I didn't recognize her" Flack said angrily.
"It's not your fault Flack, you couldn't have known, she was covered in blood and was in a bad shape from all of those bruises." Lindsay said trying to calm him down.
As a detective, he was supposed to remember things like that, he felt angry with himself, but tried to calm down. "Thanks Linds." Flack said with a smile.
Lindsay gave back a smile and started to leave with Stella.
"Hang on a second, you've been awfully quiet Stella, you wanna tell me what's bothering you?" Flack asked her thoughtfully.
Stella saw the determination in his eyes and knew that he wasn't going anywhere without an answer. "It's Mac, he put me in charge while he's off dealing with something else."
"Yeah?"
"He only does that when he's off dealing with something important, and he sounded stressed, tired, I don't know, something just didn't sound right about his voice." Stella said knowing that she sounded ridiculous.
Flack smiled at her and at her concern. "I totally understand, but you gotta stop worrying yourself like that Stel, I'm sure it's nothing, and if it's something really big, he'll definitely open up to you, okay?" He said reassuring her.
Stella gave him a slight smile. "Thanks Flack."
Okay that's it for now. I know it's not that much an I'm sorry but I hope you all liked it.
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