Disclaimer: I own nothing but Emma.
A.N. Sorry it took so long.
Chapter 4
Emma woke up the next day, and got ready to go into work. She put on grey trousers, a white shirt with grey pinstripes and a grey jacket as well as grey stilettos. When she was walking up the steps of the precinct, Flack came out and told her to get in the car. And that they had a DB on Ellis Island.
When they first got there, it appeared to be a simple suicide case as the guy was hanging and had a note pinned on him saying that he shouldn't have tried to make a fast buck and he was sorry. And he answered the phone to his wife at 8am and was crying. But Sheldon told them that he couldn't have done as Gonzales died at 3am not 8am. Everyone knew then that Gonzales had been and the killer had answered his phone.
Mac found a compass in the man's pocket and the engraving on the back was scratched off. Emma found evidence of a struggle on the walkway that Gonzales was hanging from and Sheldon confirmed that he was strangled before the noose went round his neck. Emma and Flack find the victim's phone at Battery Park which they hand over to the CSIs. They then head back to the precinct.
The CSIs discover that Gonzales had a thing for three card monte, so Flack, Emma and Stella go and investigate. They find a card dealer in the street but as soon as he sees their badges, he tries to run for it, knocking Emma over when she tries to stop him. Stella makes sure that Emma is ok while Flack goes after him and is a bit more rough with him than he should have been but Emma just chalks it up to him being mad at the guy for running. In interrogation the guy tells them that he does recognise Gonzales, that he had a eight month prison stretch for assault against him but he didn't kill him. His handwriting sample confirms that he is not the killer.
After interrogation Emma sees Flack talking to an older shorter man and asks one of her other colleagues who he is and she is surprised to hear that the man is Cliff Angell, Jessica's father. But does not want to interfere so starts to get on with her paperwork.
Later on that day, another compass is sent to the precinct, this time the arrow is glued north. Everyone in the precinct concentrates their search for the killer in the Bronx. The CSIs discover a rare type of orchid that only grows in one area in the Bronx which is a conservatory. Mac, Emma and Flack go to the conservatory but they are too late as they find the body of the killer's second victim, Carol Hillcroft, hanging from a noose and the note pinned on her said "I should have written the letter when I had the chance. I am sorry."
That night Mac discovers that the Compass killer was in the morgue and left another compass but this one was working so they didn't know where he was.
Stella, Emma, Mac and Sheldon went out that night and on the way back to her apartment, Emma found herself confiding in Stella about Gavin and everything else. Stella swore that she would be there for her and also to give Flack time as he was grieving. Little did Stella know that Flack would have a major wakeup call very soon.