Calleigh entered the room with Ryan behind her and took a seat in front of Elliot. Ryan remained standing behind her with his arms folded across his chest, as if he was disappointed in the fact that he even had to be there in the first place. Elliot looked to Ryan for a moment, unable to look at Calleigh, and quickly darted his view away, intimidated by Ryan's stance. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair until Calleigh stood again and unlocked her phone and she walked around the table to where Elliot sat. Ryan watched, unsure of what Calleigh was doing.

"This is your cousins doing. He almost killed not only myself, but an innocent, defenseless child" she said softly and she showed Elliot photos of the flipped car from the scene. Elliot sat silently as he looked at the picture Calleigh had pulled up on her phone. "That little girl, Bryan knew who she was, he knew that she was important to someone he loved, and he risked her life without a seconds thought. Pointed a gun in her direction" Calleigh continued. Elliot rubbed a hand over his jaw. Calleigh looked at him and shrugged her shoulder as she swept to another picture on her phone. "This, is the incision they had to make in my head, to elevate pressure on my brain after the car your cousin stole was flipped in the chase to apprehend him" Calleigh explained as she showed him the wound that had previously existed on her head. That was finally enough to push Elliot over. She shook his head and scooted his chair back, away from the phone screen.

"Why are you showing me all of this?" Elliot asked as squinted his eyes shut. Calleigh walked back around the table and took her seat again. She folded he hands over the table in front of her.

"Because I want you to truly see the kind of person that your cousin is" Calleigh said as she opened the folder, laying out the documents on the table. Elliot gazed at them for a moment with a confused face.

"What is all of this?" He asked quietly as he continued to run his eyes over the papers.

"This is proof that you planned for Fanklin to be at the court house, Elliot" Calleigh said as she watched the though process run behind his eyes. "We have enough evidence against you to arrest you now, or you could help us and we could lessen your potential sentence" Calleigh continued. He voice was so calm and quiet that it came off as caring. As if she wanted to help him. Elliot froze when he heard Calleigh mention that they could help him.

"What do you need from me?" Elliot said under his breath as he looked down at the ground. Calleigh let out a silent breath that she didn't realize she had been holding. She was close.

"We need you to tell us what was said during the phone call with Bryan that day" She said firmly as sat up in her seat. Elliot shook his head as he rubbed his hands over his face. He looked up and looked Calleigh dead in the eye.

"I can't" he said. He felt guilt rack over his body as the words left his mouth. Calleigh swallowed hard at his response. By the look on his face, it was clear they weren't getting anywhere with him.

"Conspiracy to commit murder is a maximum sentence of 25 years, and that's just one of the charges currently against you" Ryan said from behind Calleigh. "And we will be charging at the highest available sentence, because this woman here? She's not only an officer, but one of the best ballistics specialists in the United States. We are offering you a lower sentence Elliot, and we aren't going to offer that again" Ryan said as he approached the table, putting hands on either side of it as he looked at Elliot. The three sat in dead silence for about a minute. Ryan collected the documents off the table and nodded his head towards the door at Calleigh. "Your choice" Ryan said calmly as he shrugged his shoulders. Calleigh stood and waited for Ryan to finish before the two headed to exit the interrogation room. The second Calleigh's fingers grasped the cold metal of the door handle Elliot spoke up.

"He said he needed help!" Elliot called out. Calleigh felt relief wash over her body like bath water. Calleigh let go of the door and turned back around. She looked at Elliot and raised an eye brow, encouraging him to continue. Elliot took a deep breath. "He said the only way to be free was if she was killed. He told me to take care of it. He's my family, the only family I have left I just didn't think I just... I'm sorry" he muttered out. Calleigh nodded and leaned into Ryan so she was close enough to speak without Elliot hearing.

"Could you finish up here now that we have our confession? I'm going to call Judge O'Brien and see if we can get Bryan's hearing moved up" Calleigh whispered in a hushed tone. Ryan nodded and smiled at Calleigh, they had finally closed this case. Calleigh just needed out of this room. Away from this man. Away from this case. She wasn't planning on calling the judge until later than day but Ryan didn't need to know that. She quickly exited the room and headed down the back hallway, avoiding all the rest of her team mates that she knew were residing down the opposing hall. She knew they were waiting to hear what happened, and she wanted to tell them. She wanted to celebrate that this nightmare was over but first she needed to come to terms with everything that she'd been avoiding thinking about. She'd been numb to everything that was happening because she needed to be. But things were catching up now and she needed to take at least a few minutes to breathe. She turned down another hallways so quickly that she ran into the person turning her way. She stepped back and was about to apologize before she realized who the person was. Eric stood in front of her, holding onto her arms to steady her. He smiled at her but his smile quickly faded when he saw the lost look on Calleigh's face. He was expecting a shocked face when she saw him. He got discharged early and came to get caught up on everything.

"Hey are you-" Eric began to ask before Calleigh leaned her forehead into his chest. She just needed a second. A single second to just calm down. "Okay" he said quietly as he placed a hand on the back of her head for a moment. He knew this was a lot for her. He over heard conversation after conversation about her all over the lab the past month. Everyone trying to figure out how she was keeping it together so well, as if it hadn't phased her at all. Mean while he knew it was tearing her up inside. He would give her anything she needed, and he wanted to. But he also knew that she was only ever going to accept comfort when she needed it and now was one of those times. She only let herself bask in his embrace for a moment before pulling away. She took a dramatic deep breath and smiled at him.

"Sorry about that! We got our confession! I was actually just going to call and let you know!" She said in a chipper voice! "But you're here! I guess you got on someone's good side?" Calleigh said as she continued her walk down the hallway towards the break room. Now that Eric was here she couldn't avoid everyone. Eric wanted nothing more than for her to open up but he knew that in her eyes that wouldn't happen until this case was officially closed. That was just how she was. She something started she would not take any time for anything else until that thing was ended. Even if the time was for herself. No exceptions. He knew he wasn't going to get her to talk about her two second break down she just had, so he too pushed it away.

"There was one nurse in particular.." He joked. Calleigh shot him a quick look that sent an instant smile across his face. She was a sucker for his fibs. She quickly turned back around before he could see her smile. "So when is our court date?" Eric continued. Call sighed entered the break room and slumped down into one of the chairs.

"I was going to see if we could get it moved up actually. New evidence and just because it needs to be closed out" Calleigh explained.

"Well I was actually going to go try and catch up on the case work with H, I can ask him to put in a good word to get that moving?" He said encouragingly. It was no secret that Horatio had a certain pull in the community, people respected his word and trusted his decisions. Calleigh smiled, this man just got out of the hospital, literally, and was back at work trying to help her.

"That would be great actually. Let him know I'll be down to talk to him in a bit? I'm sure Ryan will have filled everyone in by then I just need a few minutes.." She said as she watched Eric walk back out towards the door. Eric pointed at her and winked. It melted her heart. "No need to explain, I'll page you when I get some feedback!" He said reassuringly. She smiled back to him, watching as he walked away. She had completely forgotten that they still needed to "talk". She had forgotten about a lot of things. Some on purpose, some by accident. There was too much. Calleigh leaned her head against the back of the chair and closed her eyes, rubbing her temples.

Not even a minute into trying to unwind her mind did she hear the door open again. Calleigh opened her eyes but kept her fingers on her temples. None other than Vega herself entered the room. Calleigh watched as she cautiously made her way over to where Calleigh was sitting. Calleigh sat up and watched as she approached, finally sitting in the chair opposite to her.

"I know you're not a fan of me, and I don't blame you" Vega said. Calleigh just stared at her, still wondering why she was here. Vega sighed. "I understand why you feel the way you do, I probably would too if I were in your shoes" she continued. Calleigh almost felt bad, maybe this was the person that Natalia was interested in, she seemed more sincere and not as horrible as they all seemed to think she was. Calleigh crossed her legs and sat forward, giving her more attention. Vega pulled a flash drive and a business card out of her pocket.

"I dropped Bryan as a case after he attacked me for the second time" Elisia began to explain as she slid the flash drive across the coffee table in Calleigh's direction. A second time? This was her first time hearing about this. "This is a video recorded testimony against him on my behalf. I have a flight to catch so I can't stay to testify myself. This business card is no longer valid as I'm changing my career speciality thanks to some of your co workers, but my number is still the same if you need anything in regards to the case" Vega continued as she handed Calleigh her card. Calleigh sat silently in shock. "I really hope this helps put him away" she finished as she headed towards the door to exit. Vega paused and turned around to face Calleigh again. "I know that you all are genuinely great detectives, I'm really sorry that things played out the way they did. I hope this helps" she said as she held her own hands in front of herself. Calleigh offered a small smile to her.

"Thank you" Calleigh finally said. "We will be in touch" she finished. Elisia smiled back and walked out of the break room, turning around again once she was in the hallway, still holding the door open.

"His hearing got moved up to Friday too" She said quietly. Calleigh felt a look of shock and confusion spread across her face. "I had one last favor to use up before everything in my career changes, figured I would use it on something important" Elisia explained as the door slowly closed. Calleigh felt a bigger smile spread across her face. She couldn't believe that all of this was finally coming full circle. She looked down at the flash drive and card on her hand and sighed. It made sense that Natalia saw something in her.

Calleigh waved to her as she floated down the hallway to the elevators. She slouched back down into the seat and smiled at the ceiling. Bryan was going away. This nightmare was finally going to be over, all she had to do was make it until Friday. Just two more days…

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