Disclaimer: Don't own cold case or it's characters soooooo wish i did though. But then doesn't every fan.
Chapter 5: Opening old wounds
Scotty, Lilly and Kat arrived at the Davidson's house fifteen minutes later and headed for the door. An old man opened the door as they approached a concerned look on his face.
"Can I help you?" He asked
" Yes sir I am detective Valens, These are Detectives Rush and Miller are you Andrew Davidson?" Scotty looked at the man that turned his back on his son and he felt an immediate dislike for the man
"Yes, why?" the man looked at Kat and shot her a look of disgust that she returned in full force.
"We wanna to talk to you about your son Phillip, about his murder in 81" Lilly replied
The old man shifted his gaze to Lilly "I talk to you and him" he said indicating Scotty "But I am not talking to her" He pointed to Miller
"Sir, Detective Miller aint going anywhere so either we talk here or we can do it down at the precinct" Scotty replied icyily
The old man sighed " Fine come in I guess" he shuffled off in to the cool of his house and they followed.
"When was the last time you saw your son Mr Davidson?" Lilly asked as the old man sat in his easy chair.
"The day I kicked his sorry, treaterous arse out of my house about three years before he was shot" the man replied without the faintest trace of remorse.
"Was it just you and him before...you kicked him out" Scotty asked taking out his notebook.
"His mother died when he was three, I raised him by myself"
"Why did you kick him out?" Miller asked finally breaking her silence
He refused to look at her instead staring at Lilly as if she was asking the question.
"He married a woman I did not approve of" was all the man said
"Because she was black?" Millers anger was in every syllable.
" Yes, and I never spoke to him again so I don't see why you are waisting your time with me" The man struggled to his feet "In fact I want you to leave now" he pointed to the door.
"Thank you for your time, sir" Miller said the last word as if she was spitting venom out of her mouth and the three detectives left.
"What fucking Bigot" Miller spat as they left his house.
"Lets hope Vera and Jefferies had some luck" Lilly said
Across town Vera and Jefferies were knocking on the door of Phillips wife. A middle aged woman opened it.
"Can I help you?" She asked softly
"Yes, We are detectives Vera and Jefferies we wanted to talk to you about your late husbands murder"
the woman's face fell "You finally caught the bastard that killed him" She said with the faintest hint of hope that she thought was lost
"No, but we had a new lead can we come in" Jefferies inquired and she nodded stepping
"What have you found out?" She said sitting down and gesturing for them to do the same.
"A armed robbery went down last night, ballistics matched the bullets to the same gun that murdered your husband so we are looking into his case again. When was the last time you saw your husband Mrs Davidson?"
"Please call me Claudia. the last time I saw Phillip was a few hours before he died" tears started to whell up in her eys and she took a deep breath " He was on his way to work"
"Where did he work" Vera asked
" At the convenience store on the corner" Claudia replied
" Can you think of anyone that had a grudge against your husband Claudia?" Jefferies looked up from his notebook.
" You mean apart from his father, no everyone loved him" She reached over a pick up a photo frame " This was taken a few days before he died" she handed it to Jefferies
Claudia and Phillip were sitting on the couch a new born baby in Phillips arms.
"My daughter will never know her father, I want you to catch the son of a bitch who did this to Phil, whoever it is"
Vera handed her a card " If you can think of anything eles call us down at the Department"
They all arrived back at the department at the same time and quickly relayed the information they had gathered to Stillman.
"The father was no help claims to not have spoken to his son since he kicked him out three years before" Scotty said slumping down on in the seat by his desk.
"Wife says he worked at the local convenice store maybe a disgruntled customer took it out on Phillip" Vera said
"Nah, that many shots close range, looks more like someone who he trusted to get that close you aint exactly gonna stand there when someone pulls a gun on you' Scotty replied
"I Think we have done all we can for today all of you head home and I'll see you bright and early tomorrow" Stillmann announced and the detectives nodded Kat heading off to the break room to get Veronica.
Scotty and Lilly walked to his car and glancing around to see that they were alone scotty pushed her against the car kissing her and she smiled and draped her arms around his neck.
"You know what I was thinkin'" he asked breaking the kiss resting his forehead against hers
"I have a pretty good idea " she said suggestively and he chuckled
"No not that, although now that's what I am thinkin, I was just gonna say that I think that this..You and me.. I think that keepin this a secret is gonna be hard especially when you look like that" he said looking her up and down and she giggled again.
A/n Try to post a couple more chapters before i go away please let me know what you think so far, or any suggestions you may have. thanks