Hi again friends! The feedback on here was amazing! I'm sorry this chapter took so long I just was having a hard time find the time to write it!

I also want to take a moment to think about and send prayers to Paris. The things that are happening there right now are horrifying and my heart aches for them, and any country that are dealing with the horror of terrorists right now. God Speed.

Chapter 3

Calleigh watched intently as the two girls sat in an interrogation room speaking to the child care professional. She knew that the woman knew what she was doing but Calleigh had an odd type of attachment towards the children. Calleigh was finally pulled from her trance at the sound of Natalia's voice. "Right hand" Calleigh shook her head to try and focus herself. Natalia smiled gently as Calleigh put her hand forward. Natalia swiped a wooden pick under each nail in attempt to get some of the DNA that Calleigh might have scratched off of the man's arm. "Sorry, my head is just all over the place these days" Calleigh mumbled. Natalia pushed the collection into a small plastic tube and reached for Calleigh's other hand.

"The girls will be safe here, the team is fine, and you Calleigh Duquesne, might have just helped us catch our perp" Natalia said with a smirk as she dropped the rest of the pick into the tube as well. Calleigh gave a small smile. "I just feel like there is so much more that we could be doing" Calleigh said with a sigh. The process of finding a perp and going through the proper protocol was a lengthy one, and the agents at Miami Dade knew that better than anyone, but it didn't make it any better.

"Well on the bright side-" Natalia started as she put the tube into an evidence bag and stood. "We are all going out to get drinks later and you are one hundred percent coming" Natalia said as closed her evidence box. Calleigh sighed as she stood and wiped her hand off on her pants.

"Your eye candy is going, and I mean, so is the rest of the team" Natalia said with a smirk gesturing to Eric who was just now heading down the hallway talking to Ryan. Calleigh blushed immediately. "He's not my! He's just.. Well.. your eye candy is coming then too I guess!" Calleigh retorted back. Natalia laughed and playfully pushed Calleigh's arm. The two burst into a small laugh at how childish and giddy they both were over the two men at work.

"Let's go, I want this processed as soon as possible" Calleigh said with a laugh as they headed to the door. The two men waited as Calleigh and Natalia exitted to catch up with them. "How are the girls doing?" Ryan asked as they opened the door to the room they were sitting in.

"Yah know, I can't imagine that they could be feeling great after all they have been through-" Calleigh started. She paused mid sentence to wave back to eldest girl in the interrogation room who had caught her eye. "but they're doing good given the circumstances" she finished as she lowered her arm.

"They really seem to like you" Eric added as he watched her smile back at the two girls who now had their faces plastered to the glass wall of the room. "I think they just need someone to make them smile" Calleigh said as she turned away and refaced the group. "So where are you guys headed?" Calleigh asked as she refocused herself on the case.

"We were actually going to go try and get some information from the girls, but were debating getting one of you to sub in, they seem to be more comfortable around women" Ryan explained. "Were either of you busy?" Eric prodded. Calleigh and Natalia looked at each other.

"Natalia was just going to run the samples from under my nails to see if we could get anything. I was just tagging along to speed up the process, but I could go" Calleigh finished. She would've let Natalia go instead but it was no secret that Calleigh specialty was with her guns and not with DNA processing. Eric nodded at the decision. "Well I can go help, we don't need three of us" Ryan added as a suggestion.

"Works for me, let's go get this moving" Natalia said as she began to walk off down the hallway with Ryan in tow. Eric turned to Calleigh and handed her a case file that he was carrying. She raised an eyebrow as if to ask what it was. "I pulled as much information on the family as I could. School records, medical forms, social media accounts. All of it. They were a happy family. Parents have been married for 7 years. Kids are 7 and 2 and a half, Daisy and Violet" Eric finished. "Like flowers" Calleigh said simply as she flipped through the file with a smile. "We're halfway there" Calleigh breathed out as she looked forward. Eric nodded at her and the two entered the room.

Immediately Daisy scooted off her chair and waddled over to Calleigh with a smile. Calleigh crouched down and gave her a gentle squeeze as Eric walked around her and pulled up a seat next to the child care professional whose name her learned was Louise. Violet sat politely next to Louise and shared a smile with Eric as she went back to coloring. Calleigh finally sat in a adjacent chair with Daisy propped up on her lap smiling. Violet looked over at her smiling sister and seemed to lighten up a little bit.

"Remember when we came to get you guys?" Eric asked with a smile. Violet nodded while she continued to color. "And you guys were in that room in the basement-" Eric continued. Violet continued coloring. "Can you tell me if anyone else was in there with you?" Violet stopped coloring immediately and slid her picture to Eric. It depicted a tall black figure and what he assumed was the two girls in a far corner.

"Is this the man that was there the day we came to get you?" Eric asked gently. Violet nodded. "Do you know who he is?" Eric prodded further, being careful not to push the little girl to far. "No, but he took my mommy. He hurt my daddy and he locked us in the basement" Violet explained. She suddenly sunk back into her chair after having spoken. It seemed like the memory was too much for her. Eric looked to Calleigh as if to ask what he should do next.

"Violet, could you tell me anything else you remember about the man, or your mommy or daddy?" Calleigh asked gently. Violet squinted her eyes shut as if to make herself invisibile. "It will help us find them! Don't you want to see them again?" Calleigh pushed. Violet finally opened her eyes. Eric pulled out his phone that had vibrated at the same time as Calleigh's. He opened it and looked at Calleigh with empty eyes. Calleigh knew that the news had to be bad but she ignored it and continued with Violet.

"Daddy was yelling at him. The man was yelling at daddy too. Then it was quiet and mommy started yelling more. She told us to stay downstairs" Violet said sadly. "Mommy came downstairs finally to get us but the man came and locked us all in. We could hear him walking around upstairs. Then after a little while he came and grabbed mommy and locked us back in and then we had to stay there until you came" Violet finished. Calleigh nodded and placed Daisy in her own chair and stood. "I think that's all we need for right now" Calleigh said to Louise. Louise nodded and smiled as she began to pack the girls things. Calleigh exited the room with Eric following until they were in the hallway and could speak freely.

"The blood at the scene matched the husband" Eric said in a sigh. Calleigh ran a hand through her hair. "He has to be on the property. Violet said it went silent, he was either unconscious or-" Calleigh began before Eric cut her off. "Or he is somewhere on the property that the police missed and we didn't get the chance to look for. Calleigh nodded. The chances that the husband was dead rose by the minute.

"I will personally drive us over there to do more searching tomorrow okay?" Eric tried. Calleigh nodded again in defeat. "Let's get those drinks" Calleigh said in a sad tone. Eric was now the one to nod in silence as the two walked towards the locker rooms.

Okay guys I had to cut it here! Next chapter will be the bar, a potential break in the case, and some Eric and Calleigh moments?! Lots to come! Leave me your thoughts in the reviews :)