Note: Thanks for reading. Incase you haven't noticed I changed Alex's name Alex Salter so it will be easier to follow along.

I DO NOT OWN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Chapter 45

Later that night Catherine walked out of the precinct. She was the last one out for the night. Brendan was right. She did lean on work when she was facing a personal conflict. But in reality work was the only thing that she really had. She looked the doors and made her was down the steps.

"Hey." A raspy voice said from behind her.

Catherine nearly jumped and turned around. "Vincent?" she asked surprised.

"Hi."

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you." Vincent said stuffing his hands in his coat pockets.

"Oh really?" Catherine asked putting the keys back in her pocket. "Decided to come see me now rather than a few nights ago?"

"Catherine I'm sorry I-"

"I get that you lost someone important to you Vincent believe me. I know it hurts like hell. But if you still have or rather had feelings for her why didn't you just say so?"

Vincent gave Catherine a confused look.

"I'm a big girl I can handle it. I just wish you would rather tell me than leave New York for the past couple days."

"Catherine I-"

"I'm basically sending my precinct on a wild goose chase. I'm making up so many stories from what happened the night Alex died. I know I have to lie to the people I care about in order to protect you but why bother when you and JT can just leave New York whenever? The day before I realized you two left I went down to the morgue and whipped Evan's entire hard drive. Why? Because I wanted to protect you. When he came down and noticed all the files on his computer were gone, even the ones that didn't even have to do with you, were all gone I felt like a jack ass but I know it was in order to keep you safe. Evan now has nothing, no files at all, old cases gone, old DNA gone, everything is gone because I wanted to protect you. But then you and JT just took off."

Vincent didn't say anything he just watched as Catherine eyes became red.

"But the fact you didn't even bother telling me? Vincent, I thought they got to you. I had no idea when Evan was going to launch this plan of his."

"Catherine I'm sorry..."

"It's a bit to late for apologizes Vincent." Catherine said. "Maybe it's time that I...rethink the risks I've taken to protect you." She took one last look at Vincent before walking away to her car.

The next morning Catherine and Heather walked into the precinct.

"You sure you wanna do this?" Catherine asked her sister.

Heather nodded. "Yeah I think it will be fun."

"You already look like you got the job" Catherine laughed refuring to Heather's red dress, high heels and clipboard.

"I just want to make a good first impression." Heather said defending herself.

"Okay." Catherine laughed. "I'm gunna go talk to Tess. If you go that way," Catherine said pointing to Joe's office. "You will find Joe's office. He is already expecting you."

Heather smiled. "Great, thanks so much!"

"No problem." Catherine smiled. "Good Luck."

While Catherine went to go find her partner Heather did as she was told. She headed in the direction of Joe's office when she tripped and fell onto her knees. "Damn these high heels." she said under her breath.

"Need a hand?" A voice asked.

Heather looked up and the minute she saw his face she couldn't help but smile. She grabbed the mans hand and said, "Um..thanks."

"No problem, I'm Darius. And you are?"

Heather couldn't help but blush as she rose back up to her feet. "Heather."

"It's nice to meet you Heather." Darius said.

"Nice too meet you to." Heather blushed. "Do you know where um..Joe Bishop's office is?"

Darius nodded. "Right there." he pointed to the door that was about 5 feet from where they were standing.

"Great." Heather smiled. "And um..thanks again."

Darius smiled. "Anytime, have a great day."

"Thanks you too." Heather said before making her way towards Joe's office.

Catherine made her way over to her desk and saw Tess smiling at her.

"What?" Catherine asked taking her jacket off.

"What? What do you mean what?" Tess said leaning on Catherine's desk.

Catherine looked down at her desk and noticed a pile of red roses.

"Looks like someone has a Valentine" Tess said smiling

Catherine laughed. "Valentines Day is not for another week and they are probably just from my dad."

"Why would your dad send you roses?" Tess asked confused.

"Maybe a get well from the night of the wedding."

Tess looked at Catherine with a straight face. "That was like a month ago."

Catherine shrugged. "Maybe it got lost in the mail."

Tess rolled her eyes and then looked down at the roses. "Oh look at that a note." Tess said smiling as she reached over to grab it.

"Tess!" Catherine said reaching for the note.

Before Catherine could grab it Tess opened it up and read it out loud. "'Just a thank you for helping me out..' Who is this from?"

Catherine laughed at Tess. "They are probably just from someone from a case."

"Then why isn't my name on there?" Tess asked.

Catherine shrugged. "Don't worry I'm sure Jake Riley will be writing something that says, 'To: Manslyer.'"

Tess glared at Catherine and then said, "Or Cat in the Hat."

Catherine laughed and then Joe walked over to them.

"Chandler, Vargas, I would like you two to meet someone." Joe said pointing a man that could literally be his twin. "This is my brother, Darius."

"Nice to meet you too." Darius said holding out his hand.

Catherine and Tess both shook his hand and then Catherine said, "How did my sister do?"

Joe smiled. "Heather did great she is going to be interning for a few weeks."

"Heather? Is she your sister?" Darius asked.

Catherine nodded. "Do you know her?"

"I actually ran into her this morning, she seems like a very nice girl."

Catherine smiled. "She is."

"Well I have to get back to work." Darius said. "I'm only in town for a few days but I'll see you at lunch okay?" He asked his brother.

Joe nodded and Darius left. "About the case.." Joe began. "Did you find anything else?"

"Well Eliza Flinn wasn't too helpful she got pretty upset hearing that Alex Salter is dead, stole drugs and equipment and also might have murdered the man in the alley.

"Wait you think she is responsible for that man's death?"

Catherine nodded. "I know his neck was crushed that part still remains a mystery but he died the same time Alex tried to shoot me. And it would explain why, I saw the dead man so she probably got scared and threatened to shoot me making sure no one knew it was her." Catherine swallowed thinking about what she said to Vincent the other night. She was right, her precinct is on a wild goose case.

"Alright, any follow up on the drugs?"

Tess nodded. "Her system was clean which means she wasn't the one taking them. However some of the bottles were half full."

"So you think she was a dealer?" Joe asked.

Tess nodded once more. "Maybe she the man in the alley was a person that she was dealing too."

Joe nodded. "Well do your best, and let me know if you find anything."

Both detectives nodded. "Lunch is in a few minutes wanna go someplace?" Tess asked.

"Actually I was hoping to go for a run." Catherine replied.

"Want company?" Tess asked.

Catherine shook her head. "It's okay."

"Tess shrugged. "Alright let me know if you change your mind."

Catherine stepped out of her apartment and set her watch. She began running towards Campus to help get her mind off things. Once she reached Campus she continued to look over her shoulder and quicken her pace. She felt as if someone was following her. She continued jogging passing the main building as she heard someone running from right behind her.

"Bit chilly for a run don't you think?" A familiar voice asked.

Catherine slowed down to a walk and and turned around. "What are you doing?"

"I needed to talk to you." Vincent said putting his hands in the front pocket of his hoodie.

"Now? It's the middle of the day." Catherine said only loud enough for him to hear.

"I know but I need to tell you something."

"Can't it wait? I'm on lunch break." Catherine said ready to continue her run.

"Please just listen to me?" Vincent pleaded.

Catherine sighed. "You got three minutes." she said putting her hands on her hips.

"I didn't leave because of Alex." Vincent said. "I left because of Evan."

"You still could've told me." Catherine said in an annoyed voice.

"I know, I know but JT said it would be best not to."

"And you listened to him?" Catherine asked.

Vincent sighed. "He said it would be good for you to focus on work."

"How can I focus on work when I'm too busy panicking because I have no idea where you are?" Catherine snapped.

"I know I'm sorry and I regret leaving I really do."

"I just don't understand why you didn't even bother to tell me."

"I'm sorry." Vincent said. "I made a mistake."

"I guess I just don't get it. I mean like I said I'm sending everyone on a wild goose case."

"Catherine I know you're re-thinking the risks you've taken for me, but I'm not for a second re-thinking the risks I've taken to be with you. I left because JT thought it was too risky with Evan wanting to catch me by force."

Catherine's watch beeped causing her to look at it. "I gotta go." She began jogging away leaving Vincent standing in the middle of Campus.

Catherine made her way back to her desk when Evan came up to her.

"Do you have a moment?" Evan asked.

"Sure." Catherine said getting up to follow him.

"The morgue is the best place to talk."

"Um okay." Catherine said in a confused tone.

They both walked down the the morgue and Evan closed the door behind them.

"What is this about?" Catherine asked trying to hide the worry in her voice.

Evan turned to look at her and then pointed at a seat. "Have a seat."

"Uh..okay." Catherine said sitting down.

"I care about you Cat, and I would hate to see you get hurt."

Catherine gave Evan a worried look. "You beginning to scare me a bit here."

Evan took a deep breath before saying, "Gabe...he has recordings of your conferences with Brendan."

Catherine's eyed grew-wide. "He what?!"

"Calm down Cat, there's more."

Catherine didn't say anything.

"He showed me the clip and you said someone you cared about recently left New York. Now I'm not jumping to conclusions I'm just saying what I know. He said he had a government tracker for DNA. He tracked down the vigilante's DNA and said it recently left New York. He think's you two are connected."

"So he can track down where this vigilante is?" Catherine asked.

Evan nodded. "It is very basic it is a new thing for the government. It can only tell you what state they've been in for the past 12 hours."

"But not the area of the state?" Catherine asked.

Evan nodded. "I just figured you should know. That one Gabe has access to the conferences and also to where this vigilante is. So hopefully we will find him soon." Evan smiled.

Catherine forced a smile. "Hopefully."

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