Chapter 6: Cold Words in Fire Arms
After the round from was removed from the chest of the female victim and recovered the suspected murder weapon the three CSI's separated, Ryan to trace, and Eric and Calleigh to their personal areas of expertise prints and fire arms. Calleigh had finished test fires to do to compare bullet striations when he sensed another person in the room, and could tell it wasn't one of the team. "I was wondering how long it would be until you stopped by."
"Cut me a break Calleigh, I just got back into town." said Jake smirking as much as he could with a black eye. "I came as soon as I got your message. What'd you want to see me about?"
"I talked to Eric Delko this morning." said Calleigh crossing her arms.
"What, I don't see you for months and the first thing you want to talk about is Delko." said Jake then pointing to his eye added. "He told you he did this to me last night? What else did he say?"
"That's not what this is about. I called you here to give you the benefit of the doubt." said Calleigh knowing it was an empty hope. "So you maybe you could tell me it's just Eric being paranoid, making something out of nothing. But that's not the truth though is it?"
"Calleigh it wasn't like that." said Jake after a moment of silence.
"So you didn't tell Eric to stay away from me?" said Calleigh her eyes narrowing. "Don't lie to me Jake. Why did you go see him when you got back why not come talk to me?"
"I was gonna but then I saw you with him outside the court house." said Jake running a hand through his hair. "Decided to go him man to man tell him to back off, and here's the end result."
"So you thought you'd speak for me? Did you really think that would work?" said Calleigh disbelievingly. "I told you didn't I that I wouldn't put my life on waiting for you?"
"You wouldn't wait for me." Jake repeated. "But word is you waited a hell of a lot longer for what some Cuban illegal?"
That earned Jake a nice hard slap across the face. "Don't alright; don't think you have any idea about what happens between me and Eric." said Calleigh, it took all she had not to shake with rage. "How would you know anything about what's ever happened? Even when you were around I never heard from you."
"Calleigh I've always cared about you." said Jake somewhat desperately. "I thought you knew that."
"I do and there's a part of me that will always care about you to." said Calleigh reluctantly.
"Great so what's the problem?" asked Jake with a tone of false hope.
"The problem is, there is a big difference between you caring and you being there." said Calleigh indignantly. "That is something you've never been able to do."
"And one who is there is Delko?" asked Jake with a retuning smirk. "Come on Cal, I find that a bit hard to believe."
"I am not having this conversation with you." said Calleigh turning back to the computer screens. "Now if you don't mind I have bullet striations to compare and a case to close."
"Calleigh, we need to talk about this." said Jake.
"Jake I can't afford for you to distract me from my job." said Calleigh turning back to face Jake. "Now I want you out of my lab."
"Your lab?" Jake chuckled.
"Yes, I'm the Miami Dade Fire Arms expert that makes this my lab." said Calleigh her patience wearing very thin. "Get out, and don't ever let me catch you around here again."
"Alright you win, I wish you the best." said Jake not wanting to cause trouble with the lab, not just yet at least, he walked down the hall to the elevator unaware that in Q.D to examine a note from their suspect was Ryan Wolfe and Eric Delko.