Oh, man I love it when one of the ladies gets to make a tough arrest.
Yup I love when the women get to kick ass! Hence my writing it in.
Horatio doesn't need time in the PD gym
Everyone needs time at the gym even H
the first thing you do when you get home is to see if Hrockz updated his fanfic"
Kit whatever made you think I'm a 'he'? I'm a 'she' btw. :lol:
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Back to the story:
The suspect Jason Howard sat opposite Yelina in an interrogation room at PD. Horatio stood protectively beside her fingering his sunglasses between his hands.
“How’d you lose that tooth Jason?” Yelina asked.
“I fell,” Jason replied nonchalantly.
“Do you know this man?” Yelina asked as she pushed a photograph of the dead Luis Dominguez towards Jason.
“Never seen him before,” Jason replied.
“Then how do you explain your tooth ending up in the front seat of his car?” Yelina asked.
Jason shrugged.
“We have evidence to prove you were there in his car. And the bullet and shell casing match the gun we took off you today,” Yelina pressed, “We know you shot him.”
Jason shrugged again.
Horatio decided it was time to play ‘bad cop’. He placed his sunglasses on the table, leaned forward and growled menacingly at Jason. “I’m not in the mood for games, Jason. We already have you for attempting to assault a police officer. We have proof you shot a man. You can either make it easy on yourself or...”
“We’re trying to help you here,” Yelina was quick to offer.
Jason glanced at Horatio’s glare and decided it was time to confess. “I didn’t mean to shoot Luis. He punched me, it was self-defence!”
Yelina nodded at the patrol officer who handcuffed Jason and led him away to lockup.
“Nice work,” Horatio said again as he took the seat next to Yelina.
“You weren’t so bad yourself.” Yelina smiled. Horatio smiled and turned a little red in the face.
A patrol officer knocked on the door and entered.
“Excuse me Lieutenant, there’s a Suzie Barnum at reception asking to see you.”
“Be right there,” Horatio stood up. He looked at Yelina. “I have to take this.”
Yelina lowered her eyes. “Ok.”
Horatio detected her unease but decided he would address it later.
He walked out to the reception desk. He saw Suzie and Madison waiting for him.
“Ladies,” Horatio smiled, happy to see them. He noticed Suzie’s distraught look and he pulled her in for an embrace. From the corner of his eye he saw Yelina standing at the end of the hallway watching his exchange with Suzie. They broke the embrace and Horatio proceeded to squat down in front of Madison so that he was now at the little girl’s eye level.
“You’ve grown so big, you've been taking care of Mommy haven’t you?”
Madison smiled and nodded. Horatio smiled back at her. He ruffled her hair and stood up again, "It's good to see she's doing well."
Suzie managed a smile. "But we're sorta in a fix now."
"How can I help?"
“You took Jason.” Suzie pointed out.
“Jason killed a man. Not to mention tried to assault Yelina. He’s not a good person to be with.”
“I love him,” Suzie replied plainly.
Horatio nodded. “I understand that but he’s going away for a long time, and I don’t think continuing to see him would be what’s best for you and Madison.”
Suzie gave a resigned shrug. “I always fall for the wrong guy.”
Horatio tilted his head and offered, “Someday you're find a good man, in the meantime you have me.”
“I really hate troubling you like this, you’ve done so much for us..”
“We’re family remember?” Horatio reminded her. “Let me help you out.”
Suzie thought for awhile then looked down at Madison. “I’m out of a job and since you arrested Jason, we don’t have a place to stay.”
“You know what? I have an empty apartment down by the beach, you and Madison could stay there, I’m sure Madison would love going for a dip in the ocean.” He smiled at Madison who nodded enthusiastically. He smiled. “I always knew there was a reason I haven’t sold the place.”
“How can I ever thank you?” Suzie asked. “You sure Det Salas won’t mind? I don’t want her to get mad at you cos' of us.”
Horatio raised his eyebrows. Suzie rolled her eyes and continued, “I sensed the tension between you guys when I first met her. You guys are seeing each other now. I can tell form the way she’s acting.”
Horatio chuckled. He wasn't sure how women always seemed to figure out things like this. “She won’t mind, I’m sure."
He reached for his wallet and started to pull out some money. "This is only till you get back on your feet.”
“I couldn’t…” Suzie protested.
“Madison’s gota eat,” he said. "Besides the place needs some work, I haven't been there in a long time. Consider this a favor. You guys get the place nice and clean, and when you decide you had enough of it, hopefully my apartment will be in good condition to put it up for sale."
Suzie smiled. “How can I say no when you put it that way.”
Horatio grinned. “My shift’s over, I”ll take you and Madison over now but..." He turned his head to look at Yelina who was still standing down the hallway. He knew she wasn't really comfortable with this. "... there's something I need to do first.”
Thanks for all your support I'll update again when time permits which I hope will not be too long.