FB, FW Chapter 9

Horatio led Anna and Tony to the archives. He requested the evidence box that he needed and the officer went to fetch it.

"It had better be here Horatio, just one phone call from me and my men will do the rest."

The officer came back with an evidence box which Horatio signed for, "here's the box Lieutenant. I thought that this case was closed?"

"It is, the suspect's lawyer wants to go over a few things," Horatio gestured towards Tony.

"Oh right, okay then. Just let me know when you've finished."

Anna picked up the box and took it to the table in the corner as Horatio handed the form back to the officer. He then followed Anna and Tony to the table.

"I don't know what you're expecting to find in here, all of the evidence points to Clavo," Anna broke the seal and opened the box.

"Just shut up and get on with it."

Anna took some folders out and handed them to Horatio. Tony sat down on one of the chairs.

Kyle yawned as he was sat with Chloe laid across his lap, fast asleep. Donna and Daisy Jo had fallen asleep next to Chloe.

"Mom? Where are we going to put the girls for the night?"

Julia was sat in the armchair with a glass of wine in her hand, "we'll put them in the big guest room. They should be okay in there. It's a king size bed so there should be enough room for them all. I'll take one of the twins up and then come down for the other one and you can take Chloe up."

Kyle nodded as Julia picked up Daisy Jo and took her upstairs. She came back for Donna and Kyle carried Chloe to the bedroom. They tucked the girls in and left the room.

Kyle yawned again, "I'm going to hit the hay, see you in the morning."

"Okay, goodnight."

Kyle went into his bedroom and Julia went downstairs. She took her glass into the kitchen, made sure that the doors were locked, turned out the lights and made her way upstairs. She stopped outside Kyle's room and opened the door. She saw that he was in bed already but the curtains were still open and the window was open a couple of inches. She shut the window properly and closed the curtains.

"Kyle, it will all be over in the morning, Horatio will be fine. He's tougher than he looks," Julia approached the bed and sat on it, "Kyle?"

She pulled back the covers slightly and saw some pillows and stuffed teddies in the bed but no Kyle. Julia started to panic.

"Oh Kyle, no."

She ran to the window to see if he was still about. She saw nothing and ran to her bedroom and picked up the phone.

In the lab parking lot, officers had surrounded the suspected car. Hal brought the chauffeur in for questioning after he had confirmed where Horatio was so the suspect didn't bump into them. He sat the chauffeur down at the table.

"What does Tony want Lieutenant Caine and Dr McBreadle for?"

"How did you know about that?"

"I ran the plates to the car you were in. It's registered a Tony Correllia, father of Clavo. It also seems that he's a relation of yours as well, Joe."

Joe looked confused.

"You have priors for embezzlement Joe, when we processed you in booking, your file came up. Now answer the question, what does Tony want with Lieutenant Caine and Dr McBreadle?"

Joe sat in silence.

"If you don't answer my questions and someone dies in all of this, you'll be charged with accessory to murder which is a much higher charge than your current one. That will mean a longer jail term. Now answer the d*mn question," Hal wasn't known for his patience with suspects so his raised voice startled Joe.

"Okay, okay, chill. He's trying to get Clavo out of the joint. He believes that Clavo is innocent. Horatio and Anna put him away in the first place back in London a few years ago. He wants them both to change the evidence to imply that someone else was behind the botched robberies."

"So why not Calleigh? She was there as well."

"He wanted to keep Calleigh at the hotel so that if Horatio does one thing wrong, Calleigh would pay for his mistake."

Hal sat back in his seat, "see, that wasn't so bad."

There was a knock on the door and a lady walked in, "boss, I need to speak to you urgently. It's about this case."

Hal walked out of the room and stood a short distance from the interrogation room.

"Julia rang again, Kyle, Horatio's son, has climbed out of his bedroom window and run off. Julia thinks that he may be on his way to the hotel to help his dad."
Hal paced slightly, "we need to get SWAT down there as soon as possible. How much longer are they going to be?"

"They're on there way now."

"Good, hopefully this will soon be over. We've just got to get Tony. We've got his chauffeur or I should say, his nephew. We've nearly got his 'soldiers' at the hotel. We just need a plan to get him. Are they still in the evidence archives?"

"Yes they are. I have got the security team keeping tabs on them using the CCTV. If they leave then you'll be the first to know."

"Thank you, I'm going to the hotel to meet the SWAT team. Make sure you keep a close eye on Horatio."

"Sure. I'll beep you if there's a development."

"Thanks," Hal went to his office, grabbed his keys and went to the parking lot