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Previously on 'We Belong Together'…
"There's a dead body in front of our house." He sighed, climbing up to where he was sleeping. Natalia widened her eyes.
"W-What? Ryan, a-are you serious?" She asked surprised when Ryan rested his back against the headboard.
"Yes. There's a murder in this neighborhood." He answered firmly.
"Oh. My. God." Natalia gasped.
On with the story…
"Are you sure? Isn't it too dark to see? It could be just a shadow." Natalia asked just to make sure. It's hard to believe that something very horrible like murder happened just in front of their house.
"No, it's not. Take a look yourself." Ryan eyed the window. Natalia just walked to the window and looked out. Her heart skipped the beat when she saw bloodstain that led to the young lady's dead body.
"Oh gosh. Did you lock every door in the house?" Natalia asked, feeling unsafe.
"I did. But don't worry. The sirens keep getting louder. I think the cops are coming."
"What should we do now? The killer is still out there." Natalia said anxiously and sighed. Ryan just opened his arms.
"Come here." He said as he pulled her into his arms.
"Whoever that did this, I hope he is not around." She said as she rested her head against his chest. "Me too." He said, caressing her back.
At 2:30 a.m., police officers arrived the neighborhood. Ryan opened the door when he heard the knocks. There was a young police officer who was tall, thin and looked weak.
"Hello sir. The body in front of your house, can you explain what happened?" Asked the officer.
"Ah. I'm sorry. I didn't hear or see a thing. I was sleeping."
"What about the lady?" He eyed Natalia that was standing behind Ryan.
"She didn't hear anything either. We both were sleeping. She woke me up when she heard the sirens. We're sorry."
"You two didn't hear anything at all? I mean anything, like dog barking, footsteps, people talking or-"
"Look, we know how to give you details, okay? I was a CSI and she is a CSI. But we had some alcohol last night. We didn't hear anything, alright? We're sorry." With that, Natalia put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down. The weak officer just looked at him in the eyes and nodded.
"Alright. We will see if the man is still around and let the CSI take care of the body. Thanks for devoting your time. You two may now go back to sleep." He said and walked back to the crime scene that was surrounded by the yellow tapes.
A few moments later, someone that Ryan and Natalia both knew reached the crime scene and knocked on their door. Natalia opened it and was surprised to see who was there standing.
"Horatio? What are you doing here?" She asked surprised.
"Miss Boa Vista? I think I knocked on Mr. Wolfe's door." Horatio said, smiling. Natalia just giggled.
"Nat, who are you talking to?" Said the voice behind Natalia.
"…Horatio? Hey, H, what's up? What is he doing here, honey?" He asked her as she still giggled.
"Well, I'm waiting for his answer, too." Said Natalia and looked at Horatio who was laughing silently.
"…To work out the case. You two have anything to say?"
"No, we don't. I'm sorry, H. We were sleeping." Replied Ryan.
"That's okay." Said Horatio. Ryan just nodded as a reply.
"But, H, this is a night time, why are you here to work?" Asked Ryan.
"The night shift needs my help." Replied Horatio firmly.
"I see." Said Ryan. He and Natalia both nodded in unison.
"Call us if you need anything." Said Natalia.
"Thanks." Said Horatio, smiling before he walked to the crime scene.
At 7 a.m., the dead body was already moved to crime lab. There was only bloodstain left at the crime scene. Ryan stared at it from the inside of his house. He didn't recognize the dead girl. He never saw her around in his neighborhood. So who was she? He was so curious. He needed to ask Horatio right now. Ryan quickly pulled out his phone and called H.
"Horatio Caine speaking."
"Hey, H, it's Wolfe. Who was the victim?" Asked Ryan, still staring at the crime scene. He saw tire tracks.
"Her name was Giselle Parker."
"Cause of death?"
"She got slashed at the throat and bled to death."
"Do you think she got murdered in front of my house?"
"We're still working on that. What did you find, Mr. Wolfe?"
"Tire tracks. The CSI probably saw it and took some pictures already. I know it's not my job but I got some details."
"Mr. Wolfe, I'm listening."
"Well, first, I think Giselle got murdered from somewhere else and the killer dropped her here."
"How do you know that?"
"The tire tracks looked fresh and was pretty close to the body and I'm one hundred percent sure that it wasn't there yesterday plus the pattern doesn't match to any car in this neighborhood. It looks like some kind of Cadillac."
"Cadillac." Horatio repeated.
"Yes. And you said that her throat got slashed. Normally, if you get slashed at the throat, blood will splatter every where. Don't you think it's kind of weird that there's no blood splatter on the floor but there were some on her body?"
"That's right, Mr. Wolfe." Horatio said in a sound of realization. "So the killer hurt her from somewhere else then left her alive on the street and that explains the bloodstain that led to her body. She was crawling in pain to get to your house and ask for help because she couldn't scream or make any noise when her larynx was seriously injured. That helps a lot, Mr. Wolfe. So all I need to do now is looking for a suspicious Cadillac and send someone to interrogate your neighbors if they saw anything last night. Thank you, Mr. Wolfe."
"Anytime, H." He hung up and walked into the kitchen to have breakfast that Natalia made.
"Wow. Waffles." Ryan sat down on the chair and smelled his favorite breakfast.
"Would you like some maple syrup with that?" Natalia asked.
"Yes, please." Ryan replied.
"Here you go." Natalia handed him a bottle of maple syrup.
"Thanks." He said, pouring maple syrup on his waffles and started eating. Natalia just sat in the opposite direction from him watching him ate. He bit the waffle little by little.
"How it tastes?"
"It tastes good." He smiled and took another bite. She smiled.
And before he done eating, he heard people talking outside. At first he thought people in the neighborhood were being interrogated because Horatio said he would send a CSI to interrogate his neighbors. But he just hung up from Horatio like five minutes ago. How could the CSI reach the crime scene so quick? Ryan got out of his chair and walked to the window.
"Ryan, where're you going? Are you full?" Natalia asked. Ryan just stood there in front of the window looking out.
"Ryan?" Natalia called out.
"I'll be back." With that, he walked out the door to the person he was looking at from the inside of the house.
"Erica Sikes." Ryan called out her name. She turned around, holding a microphone in one hand.
"Ryan Wolfe?" She asked.
"Hi." He greeted.
"Wow. Long time no see."
"Yeah." He nodded. "What are you doing here?" He folded his arms over the chest.
"What am I doing?" She chuckled. "I know it's been a long time but I'm a reporter, remember?" She laughed.
"Oh, right." He nodded. "Ah. How are you?" He asked, and they both started to chat.
Natalia who was still inside the house looked out the window and saw Ryan was talking to someone she recognized. Is Erica Sikes here? And she's talking to Ryan? She thought.
"Ryan!" Natalia called out, walking to him. "Yeah?" Ryan turned around. Erica raised her eyebrow when she saw Natalia.
"Natalia Boa Vista?" Asked Erica. Natalia just smiled and nodded.
"And you are Erica Sikes."
"Yes. Wow. You two married? Never told me." Erica said surprised.
"Ah. No. We moved in together." Replied Ryan.
"Oh." Said Erica and left speechless.
"Ah…" Ryan broke the silence. "Natalia, have you eaten anything this morning?" He asked.
"Not yet. Going to have some waffles."
"Oh well. I'll see you inside."
"Okay." Said Natalia and got inside the house.
She got upstairs, forgetting that she was thinking of having breakfast. She watched Ryan and Erica talking from their bedroom window. They both kept laughing and smiling during the conversation. What's so amusing? She thought before walked into the bathroom and had a shower for like ten minutes, and then applied tanning lotion on her body skin, brushed her hair, put a natural make up on and got dressed.
She walked to the window again and found Ryan and Erica were still talking to each other. That's way too long. She told herself and became a little shock when Ryan pulled out his phone and pressed numbers on it as Erica did the same thing. What the hell? Are they exchanging their phone numbers? That's too much! Natalia became angry. She didn't like Erica at all. Never did. So now she got to show Ryan how unhappy she was to see him exchanging his number with that stupid blonde reporter.
When Ryan and Erica done talking. They said goodbye to each other. Erica got back to work and Ryan got back in the house. He stepped into the kitchen and saw Natalia sitting at the dining table in silence, looking upset. He asked her what's wrong? and she didn't answered but looked at him with an unhappy look.
I'm truly sorry that it took me so long to post this chapter but there were lots of mistake that needed to correct and I did correct some. It was difficult. I had to read over and over and over to find the mistakes and correct them, but still, I can't correct them all on my own. I need to practice English more, so I hope you enjoy the story and the language mistakes. LOL. Thanks for reading and don't forget to REVIEW. New chapter coming soon. ^_^