I am back! Thank you so much for all the reviews! I am not suggesting this but just putting it out there…. There are a couple of petitions to bring The Glades back and if you are really upset and didn't know about these, you can search the internet and sign if you felt like it. Just a thought.

Thank you to duskbutterfly for the suggestion on how to add scene breaks. I hope I have been successful on this one.

Also, one more added note, I am suffering from a bit of writer's block so this chapter is a bit short and my next chapter may take me a teensy bit of time before I publish. Again, thank you so much for all the support.

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Colleen walked silently toward the dim room stopping in the doorway. The sight in front of her brought tears to her eyes. Her lieutenant lay motionless with tubes and wires emerging all over. Callie was slumped in a chair with her head resting on his bed, her strong hand clasping his limp one. The chief knew how much Jim loved her but it was clear the feeling was entirely mutual. Feeling guilty, she entered. They had an attempted murder to figure out and Colleen needed some answers.

"Callie?" her voice was low half hoping not to disturb the sleeping woman's rest but her eye's fluttered open and squinted toward the visitor.

"Mmmm?"

"Hey, I know this not a great time but I really need to ask you some questions."

Callie nodded and stood uncomfortably from her chair. Manus wondered how long she had been sitting there but she already knew the answer, the whole time. She motioned for the exhausted woman to lead her out of the room into the waiting area.

Once seated in the badly lit ICU room, the questions began.

"Callie, were you aware that your ex-husband has been in contact with your son?"

Head shake.

"Did you know that he has left the program and is no longer in witness protection?"

Stronger head shake and confused look. (Or was that fear?)

Colleen rubbed her temples. This was going to be much harder than she thought.

"Ok, um, is there anything you can think of that was unusual about the past couple of days?" What else could she ask?

"I've been planning a wedding with a massive storm rolling in. There have been cancellations… I haven't…. I don't….." She was overwhelmed by the news she had just heard and exhausted from the past 4 days watching the chest of the man she loved to make sure it was still rising and falling. How was she going to handle more?

"Callie, when was the last time you slept? When did you last eat?"

"Look, I'm fine. I am not leaving him. I need to get back in there." She walked away still mumbling, "I'm not leaving…"

Colleen just sat in the silent room holding her head in her hands, "Four days ago." Those two should be on the pristine beaches of Bermuda enjoying their honeymoon. Not in this dreary place hoping that Jim pulls through. She let out a heavy sigh to bolster herself and headed back to the station.

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Daniel was leaning forward typing as fast as he could. He was a bit like a fox on a hound and Carlos was immediately drawn to his desk. Standing behind the youngster, he tried to keep up with the frantic searching that was taking place on the computer screen in front of them.

"What are you looking at?" The medical examiner's sudden deep voice caused his assistant to jump in surprise.

"What!? OH! Um, sir, I just… I can't get Detective Longworth out of my head. Someone shot him!" He turned to reveal a wan face, dark circles clearly visible under his eyes. The kid was distraught!

"Daniel, I know you are worried about Jim. We all are. But you need to go home and get some rest. We will figure all of this out in due time. The whole team is working on it." Carlos began to back away from the desk to head back to the lab. The reminder of his friend's current state was a constant black cloud over his day.

"But sir, I have been looking into some details of the new house. Did you know that Marshall Morales investigated the Detective Longworth and Callie's new neighborhood recently? Why do you think he would do that?" Daniel's voice was sounding more frantic as the questions seemed to begin rolling off his tongue uncontrollably.

"DANIEL, STOP!" Carlos rarely got mad so his demanding voice halted the young intern in his tracks. "THE TEAM IS RESEARCHING EVERYTHING THEY CAN." He took a deep breath to control his temper and blew out between his lips. Daniel stood there almost shaking from the explosion he had witnessed.

"Look, we are going to catch whoever is responsible for shooting Detective Longworth…. Jim…." He looked sincerely at his young assistant and finished, "everyone is doing everything we can." Closing his eyes and slumping his shoulders, he turned to continue back to the lab.

Colleen approached catching the tail end of her medical examiner's emotional explosion. She watched him walk away knowing that what had happened to their co-worker turned friend was taking its toll on all of them. She had her own suspicions but was choosing to do her own investigations. She patted Daniel on the back as she went by but stopped when he looked up at her like a pathetic puppy.

"Do you think you need to take some time off? I know this has been hard on you." Jim had been the reason that Daniel had this opportunity to fulfill his dream. She knew he loved this job more than anything and losing his mentor was proving devastating. Was he tearing up? Yes, he was! "Do you want to go home?"

"I really think I want to be here, Chief Manus. I just don't think… I can't go… I don't want to go home."

She nodded understanding leaving him to search the internet while wiping his eyes as she headed to the lab. She had another employee she needed to talk through this situation.