Chapter 5

Sam turned around and saw Ryan standing there. Ryan glanced around to look at him.

"Sam?" Ryan questioned as he fully turned to him.

"Ah Ryan… I did think I recognised your name Zoë. My colleague is just fetching a few things, she'll be right through." He said as he stood at the end of her bed as she lifted her head and her eyes widened as they locked with his.

"No no no no, no." She said shaking her head as she sat up. They both saw the sheer fear in her eyes. Sam backed off.

"Zoë, I'm only here to help you, I can get another female nurse if you'd prefer that?" Sam asked softly. Zoë shook her head in fear as she began to tremble.

"I just need to attach the ECG leads, that's all." Sam said softly spreading his arms in a gesture to show her that he's not going to do anything else.

"Zoë, he's okay, really." Ryan said softly stepping closer to Zoë. She shook her head looking at him.

"Zoë, take a deep breath for me please." Sam asked gently as he then took another step closer. Zoë sharply shuffled back up the bed and then pushed herself off, as she flicked the oxygen mask off.

"Get away from me." She warned as she backed up to the wall. Sam put his hands in the air in submission seeing the panic in her eyes and backed off.

"Sam, could you give her some space please?" Ryan asked softly as he stepped over to Zoë placing a hand on her shoulder. He felt her trembling. She looked up at the ceiling trying to get some composure, still shaking and her breathing ragged.

"Zoë, it's okay." Ryan said softly as he placed his other hand on her face and turned it to him. She shook her head and Ryan released his grip instantly.

Horatio had gotten out of his bed hearing Zoë raise her voice; he walked through into her cubical.

"Zoë, sweetheart" Horatio said softly as he approached her seeing her trembling violently and obviously in a lot of distress. He stood in front of Zoë as Ryan moved to the side. Horatio pulled her shirt closed gently and held it closed. With his other hand he placed it on her face. He sharply inhaled as his hand that held her shirt sent pain coursing up his arm.

"Sweetheart, I need you to look at me." He said softly, doing his best to ignore the pain. She looked down from the ceiling and looked at him with fear in her eyes. He could feel her trembling.

"Sweetheart, it's okay. Take a deep breath for me." He said softly, she took a deep breath.

"Well done, now take another. You're okay. We've got you." Horatio said softly as Nathan walked through and stopped, seeing Horatio trying to calm Zoë. She looked over at Nathan.

"Zoë, focus on me." Horatio said softly. "You're okay, you're okay." He said caringly. He hissed in pain and then gritted his teeth, trying to hide it. The wounds on his legs began to sting and felt tight. 'Pull yourself together, she needs you.' He thought to himself. He exhaled and let the pain go with the breath.

Ryan was none the wiser about their relationship; he'd seen Horatio calm Zoë before and thought nothing of it, but thought that his hand was a little too close to her chest for his own comfort.

Zoë exhaled and nodded, her trembling began to cease as he lovingly brushed her cheek with his thumb.

"Thank you." She said after she swallowed.

"No problem sweetheart, can you get back on the bed for me please?" Horatio asked softly, he didn't think he could stand in that position any longer without his legs giving way from the pain. She nodded at him. He tried to help her over, doing his best, but Ryan did most of the work as he saw the extreme pain Horatio was experiencing.

"Nathan, I want you to put me in the cubical next to her please?" Horatio asked as he turned his head to look at him, as he stood beside Zoë, still holding her shirt closed with his other hand as he dropped his damaged hand to his side. Ryan still felt a little uncomfortable, seeing Horatio's hand so close to her chest. He'd rather have her shirt hang open. He didn't understand why Horatio was suddenly holding her shirt closed when he'd never done it before or that Zoë didn't seem bothered by his hand being so close.

"I can try." Nathan said as he walked back out. Zoë sat back as Ryan pulled the head of the bed up. She tried to button her shirt back up but her hands hurt too much. She looked to Horatio for some help.

"Could you please do my shirt up?" She questioned shyly, glancing over to Ryan briefly before looking to Horatio.

"Of course sweetheart" Horatio said softly as he looked down at her shirt and began to do them back up. Ryan tried to look anywhere but her shirt or Horatio's hands. But he felt jealous that she had asked Horatio to do it for her. Horatio saw where his badge had cut her slightly, but it was only a small wound.

"Okay?" Horatio questioned.

"Yes, thank you." She said as she put her head back. Horatio gave her a small smile.

"Thank you." She said as she looked at Ryan. He gave her a small smile and a nod.

Nathan came back. "Horatio, I've managed to get you a bed next door, if you'd come through, please?" Nathan questioned and Horatio gave him a nod.

"I'm right next door, okay?" Horatio said softly. She gave him a small nod. He looked at Ryan and silently told him to stay with her. Ryan gave him a nod too and Horatio walked through with Nathan.

"Okay?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, thanks Ryan." She said softly. Nathan walked back in.

"Right, let's get you sorted." He said as he walked over.

"I'm just going to attach the ECG leads, okay?" Nathan said softly as he looked back at Ryan.

"I'll wait–" Ryan began to say.

"No, just turn around." Zoë said. Ryan turned around and Nathan unbuttoned her shirt and attached the leads then did it back up as best he could, leaving the last 3 buttons undone.

"I'm just going to look at your hands and arms now, okay?" Nathan said as he put gloves on then took a hold of Zoë's left hand.

"Can I?" Ryan asked.

"Yes." She said and Ryan turned back around. Nathan looked at the wounds and felt around. She hissed in pain. He asked her a few questions and she answered.

"Does that hurt?" He asked as he felt her left wrist and she pulled her hand away from him.

"Yes it hurts! It has been under a bathtub for the last hour!" She said getting stressed and agitated.

"Okay, sorry, I know it's a stupid question." Nathan said backing off.

"I'm going to send you for an x-ray on this, okay?" Nathan said looking at her swollen wrist.

"Do you want some pain medication?" Nathan asked softly.

"No." She said bluntly. Horatio also refused pain medication.

"Okay, I just think that it's best." Nathan said softly.

"and I said no. Thank you." Zoë said with a raised eyebrow.

He reached over and picked up her right hand. He asked her a few questions as he looked at it and felt the bones. The feeling had returned back to the hand, but it hurt her a little.

"You've just got bruised fingers and arm with a few cuts. Nothing serious" Nathan said softly. He gently washed and dressed the small wounds on her right hand and arm. It was mainly bruised. He then cleaned up her left, being very careful.

"I need to cut your trousers off to get a good look at your legs." Nathan asked softly.

"Can't I just take them off?" Zoë asked him.

"Unfortunately not, I'll get you a pair of lovely scrubs as my apology though?" He asked raising his eyebrows with a small smile.

"Fine" She said as she rolled her eyes at him.

"Could you turn over please?" Nathan asked.

"You've got to be joking me?" Zoë asked raising an eyebrow.

"No, your wounds are on the backs of your legs, so you need to turn around." Nathan said softly.

"Can I stand up?" Zoë asked.

"No, it's best if you lay down." Nathan said as Zoë just looked at him. She stared at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Well?" Nathan asked.

"Fine" She said rolling her eyes again.

"It may be best if you wait outside for this one Ryan, thank you." Nathan said softly as he turned around and then a nurse came in. Zoë jumped in the bed and stared at her.

"Nurse, will you please wait outside." Nathan said seeing her come in. The nurse nodded and then went back out.

"I'm sorry Zoë." He apologised.

"I'll be right back." Nathan said softly. He snapped the gloves off and threw them away and walked out. The nurse handed him the trolley once Nathan explained that it's just him treating Zoë. Nathan then grabbed a female doctor to stand in while he treated Zoë as he knew she wouldn't allow the female doctor to treat her but her knew that it would be misconduct if he treated her alone. Nathan came back in with the trolley and the female doctor following.

"Sorry about that, she was just bringing the trolley in. This is Denise, she's just going to stand in the corner, okay?" Nathan said softly when Zoë stared at the woman and then nodded as the doctor gave her a gentle smile. He turned to Ryan again and Ryan looked over at Zoë. Zoë didn't know what to say, she wanted him to stay, but she didn't at the same time.

"I'll wait outside, if you need me, you give me a shout. Okay?" Ryan said softly. She gave him a small smile and nodded at him. Nathan pulled on some more gloves. He picked up a pair of scissors and she looked at him.

"If you cut anything else off other than my trousers, even if it's by accident, those scissors are going somewhere you won't want them to be going, okay?" She said sternly but also letting him know that she was playing with him. They then heard Horatio chuckling from the next cubical.

"Eavesdropping are we?" Zoë asked through the curtain as a grin appeared across her face, hearing his laugh alleviated some of her stress, just to know that he was there with her.

"Something like that, just making sure Nathan actually gets his job done." He said softly with a smile.

"At least someone's on my side" Nathan said with a smile as he lowered the head of the bed so it was flat.

"Just going to take your shoes off" Nathan said as he pulled the sheet off her legs.

"How on Earth do you work in those?" Nathan asked as he pulled her heels off.

"I'm used to them." Zoë said with a smile.

"and you run after people in those? How are you not in here for broken ankles all the time?" Nathan asked with a smile as he placed them on the floor.

"Because I'm a woman" she said with a smile.

"You're full of surprises." He said with a smile at her.

"Now you, can you please turn over? Be careful of that wrist." Nathan said as he helped her to turn over.

"Just going to cut your trousers off; and that's it okay." He said with a small smile.

"Okay." Zoë said softly as Horatio had his trousers cut off too by a nurse. He also asked if he could just take them off, he got the same response.

Their trousers were thrown away and wounds dressed, they only had slight lacerations to the legs where the table had cut into them, they weren't too deep and surgical glue was used to hold the wounds together with steri-strips, they were just mainly severely bruised. Horatio's were worse, his legs were bigger than Zoë's so took most of the table.

"I'm going to send you for that x-ray now." Nathan said as he snapped his gloves off.

"You are going to get me some trousers first, aren't you?" Zoë asked raising her eyebrow at him.

"I'll be right back with them." Nathan said softly. He left with the female doctor, Ryan remained outside and then Nathan returned. He put them on the end of the bed.

"If you need any help, give me a shout, okay?" He asked and she nodded at him as he walked back out. Zoë got up and pulled the scrubs on and then put her shoes back on. She then walked out of the cubical when Nathan walked out of Horatio's. Nathan handed her the x-ray slip.

"Come back when you're finished… are you sure you're okay to walk?"

"I'm fine thank you Nathan." She said with a small smile. She looked down.

"Somehow, I think dirty shirts, oversized scrubs and heels don't go together…" She said looking up at both Nathan and Ryan. Horatio walked out in a pair of scrubs.

"You think you got it bad?" Horatio said looking down at the scrubs he was wearing. Zoë looked at him and a massive grin appeared across her face.

"Well, we can look like dummies together then." Zoë said trying to stifle a snigger.

"You wouldn't happen to have my handbag, would you Ryan?" She asked softly.

"No sorry Zoë, I came straight here."

"Okay, not a problem." She said with a smile as Nathan handed Horatio an x-ray slip.

"What did you do?" Zoë asked seeing Horatio take the slip.

"Possible broken finger, that's it. Nothing to worry about." He said softly.

"Both of you come back here and wait in the cubicles." Nathan said softly as he walked away.

They walked off to x-ray.

"Here sweetheart, the doctor passed it to me when one of the paramedics handed it to him." Horatio said as he handed her the inhaler. She quickly took it and looked up at Ryan, shyly.

"Thank you." She said softly, looking back round to Horatio as she placed it in her pocket. Horatio gave her a reassuring smile.

"Are you going to be okay in there, Zoë?" Ryan asked softly.

"Yeah" she said with a smile but was herself worrying a little; she'd not been in the hospital and conscious of x-rays being taken lately. Horatio noted the hesitation in her voice.

"Are you sure?" Horatio asked.

"Yes." She said sounding more sure of herself. They gave their slips to the radiologist. Horatio was called in first and then came back out when Zoë was called in. She walked in and then came back out.

"Okay?" They both asked.

"Yes." She said with a small smile, assuring them. They headed back to the cubicles.

"I didn't hurt you too much, did I Horatio?" Zoë asked, still worrying about when she was on him.

"No, you're light. It was that table that did the damage." Horatio said softly.

"But the table was pushing me down on you." Zoë said looking over to him.

"Yes, it was the table that hurt, not you." Horatio said, hoping to give her some reassurance.

"Don't worry about it sweetheart, I'm just a little stiff. No real harm done. Okay?" He said looking at her, seeing the unease in her eyes. She swallowed and nodded at him. Still feeling bad about it.

"Who has a dining table that big anyway?" She asked, trying to lighten the situation.

"I don't know, but I'm almost certain that the table weighed more than you…" Horatio said with a small smile.

"I'm sure that it weighed more than you too, it was huge." Zoë said with a small smile. They parted ways into their cubicles.

Nathan came back in to Zoë's cubical.

"You've got a small hairline fracture of your wrist; I'm going to have to put you in a cast." He said as Ryan stepped closer to hear the verdict.

"No–" Zoë said as Horatio walked in with his little finger strapped up, she forgot what she was saying as she looked down at his hand.

"Just a small fracture" Horatio said softly, seeing her stare at his hand. "No lasting damage." Horatio added, hoping to put her mind at ease. 'I think I should have taken those painkillers when I had the chance.' Horatio thought to himself as the pain in his legs only increased.

"You need a plaster cast Zoë." Nathan said turning the attention back to her.

"No, I'll have an aircast. That way, I can easily work and it doesn't smell." Zoë said looking at him. "My insurance covers it." She said with a smile.

"Okay, I can set you up with that, I'll be right back." Nathan said as he walked out.

"An aircast?" Horatio asked her.

"Yeah, it's not a plaster cast, but it still supports the wrist like a normal cast but I can shower with it easily. It's also easier to work with." Zoë said with a smile.

"Okay… what is it though?" Ryan asked crossing his arms, not hearing of it before.

"It's a plastic frame with two airbags within the plastic frame, air is put into the bag and it keeps my wrist stable. I can also take it off to clean it and clean my arm, so you don't get that smell you get with those plaster casts." She said with a smile.

"Oh, okay." Ryan said imagining the cast.

"You're sure you can work with this?" Horatio asked.

"Positive." She said with a smile.

"Okay, if Nathan gives you the all clear, then we're good to go." Horatio said softly with a small smile. 'I'm not happy that this has happened, but hopefully it will keep her off work for a while, at least then she's out of harm's way.' Horatio thought to himself.

"Are you free to go?" Zoë questioned.

"Yes." Horatio said with a smile.

"Are you sure you're okay Horatio?" Zoë asked curiously, seeing a slither of pain in his eyes.

"Yes, I'm fine. It just hurts a little." Horatio said, knowing she saw the pain.

"Then why didn't you take those painkillers? I heard you refuse them." Zoë said, looking up at him.

"Most likely for the same reason why you refused them too" he said, looking at her.

She looked down at the bed and smiled a little.

"Yes, but you look to be in a little bit more pain." She said, looking back up at him.

"It's not too bad, I'll be fine." Horatio said with a reassuring smile.

Nathan walked back in with the aircast.

"Okay, just sit on the bed for me please Zoë." Nathan said as he sat on the edge. He placed it around her wrist and pumped the air into the bag.

"Nathan, will you please tell them that I'm fine to work with this." She said with a smile. He finished pumping it up and placed the pump next to her.

"She can work with it, she can drive with it, she can shower with it, she can swim with it, she can do most things with it… she just needs to be aware of it." Nathan said raising his eyebrow at her.

"I take it that you've had one of these before then?" Nathan asked her. She gave him a nod.

Horatio's hopes for her to be off work were shattered.

"Thank you Nathan." She said as she hopped off the bed, taking the pump with her.

"You're free to go, but you have an appointment with the ortho's in couple of weeks' time, you'll have catch up appointments from then on. Just be careful with it, here's a prescription for some stronger pain killers, should you need them." Nathan said handing her a slip, then did the same with Horatio. "You both need to come back and have your dressings changed, unless you can get Alexx to do them?" Nathan questioned.

"I'm sure Alexx will be fine with that, and I'm sure I can do it anyway." Zoë said with a smile.

"What makes you so sure?" Nathan questioned intrigued.

"I've got all of the bandages and dressings at home." She said looking at him.

"Doesn't mean you can dress them though, does it?" Nathan said giving her a small smile.

"I'm a first aid responder, I think I can handle a few cuts and bruises…" She said looking at him like he was stupid. 'I swear he knew that?' She questioned.

"I see, then why do you question everything I do and go against my wishes?" Nathan asked crossing his arms.

"Because I'm difficult" she said with a small smile.

"You can say that again." He said with a smile uncrossing his arms.

"I can guarantee that if you were brought into hospital, you'd be just as difficult. Doctors are the worst at being treated." She said to him with a smile.

"Hmm…" He raised an eyebrow at her, knowing that she was probably right.

"Thank you Nathan." She said softly as she shook his hand gingerly with her right. Ryan and Horatio both said thank you and shook his hand too, Nathan nodded at them and they slowly walked out to Ryan's hummer.

"I'm going to drive you back to your hummers, are you sure both of you are okay to drive?"

"Yes." They both said as they got into the hummer.

Ryan drove them over to the collapsed house where they got a good look at it just as it was getting dark.

"Ryan, did you get my kit? There was some evidence in there, which could be key to the case."

"Yep, we got it; Eric took it back to the lab." Horatio rang Eric he said that he'd fill him in tomorrow at work. Eric stayed at work and Ryan went back to help him while Horatio and Zoë went home after a long day. They both got into their beds, after having a shower and something to eat, and then after relaxing. They rang each other to make sure they were okay.

The next day they returned to work.

Eric had told them that the house was rigged; he went back after they were taken to the hospital and found 8 bombs that had been placed in the structure of the house to bring it down. He also found Mason's print on the pill bottle that Zoë had found.

"Thank you Eric, Mason is still in prison, is he not?" Horatio asked looking at the pot.

"Yeah, I phoned the prison and he's accounted for."

"This is linked to Ratner." Zoë said leaning on the table.

"Well, Alexx said that she found defensive wounds on the husband and wife, she says that she thinks that they were forced the pill." Ryan added as he leant on the table too.

"So how would Ratner fit in to this?" Eric asked.

"Ratner planted that pill pot with Mason's print on it, to send a message, I'm willing to bet that those bombs are also harbouring prints of our bomber and that he's connected to Ratner."

Zoë's phone beeped telling her she had a voicemail.

'Why won't you just die?' The voice said as she listened to it.

"It's Ratner." She said as she placed it on the table and played it out loud. They all heard the message. Horatio's phone then beeped and he listened to his.

'Actually, I guess you're quite lucky that you both survived, I've got a better plan for you both. Hahaha.' The voice said.

"I've got one too." Horatio said placing his phone on the table. They all heard it.

"I'm going to go over the messages and find out everything I can. Can I take your phone, Horatio?" She asked.

"Certainly" He said with a small smile. Zoë then picked their phones up and got to work.

They all caught up a few hours later.

"Have we got anything?" Horatio asked.

"I can't find anything on either of the messages." Zoë said as she handed his phone back to him.

"I've got nothing." Eric said as he leant on the table.

"Neither. There are no prints on the bombs and no known signature that we've seen before, we've got nothing H."

"Okay, patience ladies and gentlemen… patience." Horatio said as he walked out and back over to his office. Zoë cleared up her desk and looked over her notes for anything that could relate to his whereabouts. She couldn't find anything. She walked over to Horatio's office and he invited her in. She sat down.

"Horatio, what are we going to do? He's planning something…"

"Zoë, we're… we're not going to let him get the chance to plan anything." Horatio said looking at her softly.

"We've got nothing Horatio." She said leaning forward on his desk.

"We'll get something, he's got people working for him, and they're bound to leave a trace, we just need to find where." He said softly leaning forward, meeting her gaze. She then looked off into the distance and began thinking.

"Got something?" He questioned seeing her think.

"No…" She said still thinking, a small smile appeared across her face.

"Thank you Horatio." She said as she looked back to him.

"For what? What were you thinking about?" Horatio questioned intrigued.

"You'll find out when the time is right." She said as she stood up.

"I'll see you soon handsome." She said as she straightened her top out.

"Where are you going? What have you got in mind?" He asked curious, he knew she had thought of something.

"You'll see honey, I've just got to do something. Trust me handsome." She said with a smile as she walked out.

"I do…" He said as she walked out. She went to look for Ryan, she found him in the lab.

"Ryan, I need you for a moment please." Ryan walked out. Zoë walked away gesturing him to follow her. They stood in the corner of the hall and quietly spoke to each other. 8 minutes later they walked back into the lab.

"Eric, would you mind accompanying me to the scene again, we may have missed something." Zoë said as Eric gave her a nod. Zoë and Eric went to the scene and began looking again, they visualised where the bombs were placed and then Horatio rang Zoë.

"Zoë" she said as she looked around.

"Zoë, it's Horatio, where are you?" He asked.

"We've just come back out to the scene." Zoë said picking up a bit of debris.

"All 3 of you?" Horatio asked.

"No, just me and Eric" she said as she found what looked to be a sim card.

"Hold on Horatio." She said as she held the phone between her ear and shoulder.

"Eric, I've got a sim card." She said as she held it in the tweezers.

"I'll get it to trace." Eric said as she handed it to him. He bagged it.

"Sorry Horatio." She said as she apologised to him.

"Not a problem, got something?" He asked.

"Yeah, I found a sim card." She said as she followed Eric back to the hummer.

"Okay, get it back here." Horatio said softly.

"We're on it." She said as she made her way to the hummer.

"Do you know where Mr Wolfe is?" Horatio asked.

"No, sorry Horatio" she said as she got into the hummer.

"Okay, not to worry. I'll see you back here." Horatio said.

"See you there." She said as they hung up.

"That H?" Eric asked.

"Yeah" She said softly as they began to drive off.

Ryan got back to the lab, Eric and Zoë weren't long after.

"I'm going to see what I can find." Eric said as he headed off.

"Okay Delko." She replied as Ryan walked up to her.

"Got something?" He asked.

"Yeah, we found a sim card, could lead us to the bomber." She said with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah" She said with a nod.

"I'll er… see you soon then." Ryan said as he went to walk away and she gave him a nod. Zoë went to find Eric as Horatio walked past the lab and glanced around, giving them both a nod and smile, happy to see the both of them working closely.

He went back to his office to look over the notes the team had made.

"Eric, I've got to nip out quickly, I'll be back soon." She said as she walked out.

20 minutes later Zoë and Ryan came back up and walked out of the lift, giving each other a smile. Zoë went back into the lab where Eric was working.

"Got anything?" She asked.

"No, the sim was from the husband's phone, it wasn't used to detonate the bombs." He said as he lent on the table.

"We'll get him, don't worry." She said as she walked out and walked up to Horatio's office, he invited her in.

"Eric didn't get anything on the sim, it belonged to the husband." She said as she sat down and sighed.

"We'll get something, don't worry." Horatio said with a reassuring smile, she looked up at him and gave him a smile.

"Are you going to tell me what you were thinking about earlier then?" He asked with a smile.

"All in good time, patience is a virtue." She said with a cheeky smile. "Just trust me handsome." She said with a smile, reassuring him.

"Okay, I trust you." He said with a smile leaning on his desk. He thought back to earlier that morning, she could see him thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked.

"About this morning" he said with a smile.

"What about it?" She asked intrigued.

"Well, you started to smile and then said 'you've got to be kidding me.' When I asked what you were talking about and whether you were going to share it with me you said 'Believe me honey, we're already sharing it.' I'm still just a little confused." He said with a small curious smile. She began to chuckle a little and flushed bright red.

"Honey, you probably don't want to know." She said with a massive smile.

"Well I do want to know, so are you going to at least share that with me?" He asked seeing her bright red. She laughed a little more and then leaned on his desk.

"You really want to know?" She said with a massive grin, still flushing red.

"I do indeed." He said leaning in.

She lowered her voice. "Well, we had moved a little to try and get comfortable… moving made you..." She began as she then looked down at his crotch then back up to him. "move against me..." She said looking down at her lap. "Causing me to have some… feelings… is the best way to put it." She said bright red with a grin, half embarrassed. Horatio began to chuckle as he leant back in his chair. He smiled at her with a boyish grin then leaned forward again.

"Is that so?" He said quietly.

"It is." She said leaning forward. "Well, thank you for sharing with me." He said raising his eyebrows.

"Is the interrogation over?" She said with a smile.

"I think so, I shall see you soon." He said softly. She gave him a smile and a nod. She stood up and began to turn when she saw Horatio studying her.

"What?" She asked curiously.

"There's something different about you…" He said looking at her.

"Yeah, is it my shirt?" She questioned.

"Yes, that's it. It's long sleeved." Horatio said sitting back.

"Yes, I can't really be walking around with bandaged, cut and bruised arms, can I?" She said raising an eyebrow.

"No, I guess not." He said looking at her with a smile.

"I usually wear them in the winter." She said with a smile. "Anyway, I thought this interrogation was over." She added.

"It is, you're free to go." He said with a smile as she nodded at him. He watched her walk out and smiled to himself.

They didn't find anything else on the case and it had to be closed about a week after. They were all frustrated that it was closed, but couldn't find anything else to keep it open.

'This is just the beginning, I know it.' Zoë thought to herself.

The End

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