Chapter 13
"Hi, I'm Dennis Emmery," A tall man with dark hair approached the officer sitting at the front desk. "I'm here to see…"
"Mr. Emmery, hello! I'm Natalia, we spoke on the phone."
"Yes! Where is my daughter, I can't wait to see her."
"If you'll follow me upstairs we can discuss the particulars surrounding your daughter." Natalia lead the way to the elevator.
"Is she alright? I mean you said she was in protective custody? Is someone after her?" The doors opened and they stepped out of the elevator into the hall of the lab.
"She was assaulted a few days ago, and the man who attacked her, tried to hurt her again in the hospital."
"Oh my god… Is she going to be ok? I demand to see her!"
"Sir, we… we don't actually have her in custody at the moment, she slipped past security."
"You lost her? She's in danger and you lost her in this city. She's out there all alone!" Calleigh heard yelling from the break room. He was here. She took off towards the sound like a rampaging bull.
"I need you to calm down…"
"Calm down? You want me to calm down after you lost my kid with a madman after her? I'm going to go out there and find her. Then I'm taking her home!"
"Mr. Emmery…" Natalia was cut of by Calleigh.
"You son-of-a-bitch!" She grabbed his shirt and slammed him into the wall next to the elevator doors.
"Calleigh, stop!" Natalia grabbed the older woman's arms at the elbows and tried to pull her off the stunned man. Calleigh shook her off with a force that caused her to stumble and fall in her heels.
"She ran away from you, you sick bastard!" This time the person pulling her back was much stronger.
"Calleigh," Eric said, his breath close to her ear. She reluctantly relaxed her grip and eventually let go.
"You bitch!" Mr. Emmery straightened out his shirt. "How dare you say the things you said? You will lose your job for this. I'll personally make sure of that."
"I highly doubt that!"
"You don't want to fight me, sweetie."
"Is that what you used to say to her? When she begged you to stop? When she would go to the hospital all bloody and broken? When she wanted to tell the cops or the doctors what was really happening to her?"
"Where is my daughter?"
"Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. You're never going to see her again."
"You listen, and you listen well," He took a step toward her looked down into her eyes, "No one, not you, not the state, not even the federal government will take her away from me."
"I'm gonna take her from you. You better come to terms with that." Natalia stood next to Eric and watched the interaction. They could have sworn his eyes flashed red for a split-second before he straightened his shoulders and got into the open elevator.
"We'll see." His words were soaked with spite. The doors closed.
"Okay… Let's get going." Calleigh turned to look at her co-workers. They were staring at her.
"Calleigh, that was a little extreme." Eric stated.
"He's a monster and he needs to be put down, be happy I didn't do that." She looked at them with a very serious look. Neither of them commented. "Eric, I want you to go to my apartment, I'm going to check in with Horatio. Call me when you get there."
"What do you want me to do?" Natalia asked
"Stay out of it. You've done enough." Calleigh walked past the pair to search for Horatio. They gave each other a worried look and went their separate ways.