Flack: Marry me.
Jess: What?

18 HOURS EARLIER

Stella: So what is the cause of death,except the obvious?
Sid: Well,as you can see,the cause of death is exsanguination.
Mac: I don’t see any signs of struggle.
Stella: So she probably knew her attacker.
Flack: So,do we have a name?
Mac: Well,says here her name is Geena Watson. She lived in Manhattan… She was only 22.
Stella: I found some drawings… Wow,these are really good.
Flack: Are you kidding me? They’re amazing!
Mac: I think she was an art student… Here is a campus pass for the Graphic art school.
Flack: So what was a girl from a nice part of the town doing here?
Mac: I guess we’ll have to find out!

Stella: Hey Sid.
Sid: Well,hi.
Stella: I’ve heard you’ve got something for me.
Sid: You are right… Once again…
The vic died aproximatley 10 hours ago.
I also found something under her nails. I sent it to trace. Oh there was some white powder in her hair.
Stella: Do you know what is it?
Sid: Well you’re gonna have to ask Adam
And another thing…The victim had a coy fish tattoo on her shoulder… They were supposed to bring you good luck.
Stella: It’s a hell of a luck! Thanks Sid!
Sid: Anytime!

Stella: Hey Mac,I’ve just talked to Sid. He says our vic died aprox. 10 hours ago.
Mac: Was there something else?
Stella: Yes… He found a powdery substance on the hair and something under her nails. He sent it over to Adam.

In the meantime,Jess and Flack were doing some good old fashion police work… Talking to the friends and neighbours of the victim.
Flack: Well… She was a good person with great grades,wanted to have an art show of her own…
Jess: She was so talented… It’s such a shame she will never get to have all the things she wanted…
Flack: True… Hey… What’s wrong?
Jess: It’s nothing…
Flack: Come on,you know you can tell me everything.
Jess: It’s just… These cases make me so sad… Disappointed… I mean,all the cases are difficult in it’s own way,but… She was so young… Only 22… She was living her dream… The poor girl could have been so successful…. And now she is in the morgue with her head almost chopped off!
Flack took her hand :”It’s gonna be ok… We’re gonna catch this guy.” Then his phone rang.
Flack: Hi Adam,you find anything?
Adam: Would I call you if I didn’t? Oh,Flack,I thought you know me better than that…
Flack: All right,all right…
Adam: So… The powdery substance on her hair is clay… The one used to make sculptures… It’s made by “Clay and Color Company”.
Flack: Yep…The vic had her place full of it… We are just coming back from there…
Adam: And another thing…
Flack: Yeah,what’s that?
Adam: I found a guy who made her tattoo.
Flack: How?
Adam: Let’s just say I know a friend who knows a friend.
Here’s the address…
Flack: Thanks Adam.
Adam: For the NYPD… Anytime!

Jess: What did he say?
Flack: We’re going to a tattoo parlor.

At the shop…
Flack: Hi,I’m detective Flack,this is detective Angell,we’re from the NYPD. Do you mind if we ask you a couple of questions?
-No,it’s okay… I’m Dana Johnson… I own the place.
So,detectives,what can I do for you?
Angell: Do you recognize this tattoo?
Dana: Yeah,sure… I made it.
She’s a really nice girl… It took me about an hour to make it,and she didn’t even complain. That’s pretty unusual,especially for a first-timer… She is quite a gal.
Flack: Well,she’s dead.
Dana: Oh God… What happened?
Angell: Well,she was found in an alley in Brooklyn.
Dana: Brooklyn? What the hell as she doing in Brooklyn?
Flack: We were hoping you knew.
Dana: Well,she was telling me about a guy… Lloyd…
But wait… Can I see that picture again?
Angell: Sure… Here.
Dana: I knew something was missing!
The name… I made a small banner under the right side of the fish… It said “You bring me love and luck”…. She said it was dedicated to him.
But now it’s gone!
Flack: You mean she took it off?
Dana: Yeah… Since it was only black and gray,she probably needed just a few treatments to get rid of it.
Angell: But why would she take it off?
Flack: Looks like there was trouble in paradise.
Angell: Did you catch the last name?
Dana: Yeah… I think it was Matthews… She even showed me the picture… He was kinda cute… Brown hair,green eyes… I think twentyish…
Angell: Ok,thanks for your help.
Dana: Sure… You make sure you catch that bastard.
Angell: We will do our best.

Flack: Hey Adam,there’s a name I need you to check.
Adam: Ok,shoot.
Flack: Lloyd Matthews. Twentyish,brown hair,green eyes.
Adam: I’m on it.
A few moments later,Flack’s phone rang again…
Adam: Hey Flack,it’s Adam.
Flack: Ok,that was fast.
Adam: I know,right.
Flack: All right,all right… What you’ve got for me?
Adam: Well,your boy Lloyd Matthews is from Boise,Idaho. He has a few un payed parking tickets,and a speeding ticket,but other than that he’s clean as a whistle.
Flack: That speeding ticket… When was it issued?
Adam: Yesterday… Third of October. At 11:57 PM.
Flack: That’s around the time of death of our vic.
Thanks Adam.
Adam: Any time!

Flack: Hey Jess,let’s go bring in Lloyd Matthews.
They got into the car and drove away to an address in Brooklyn.
Jess: So,here we are… Let’s go!
The two of them got out and knocked on the door of the apartment 26.
Flack: What do you know,there’s no one home!
NYPD,open the door!
Ok,on three… One,two… Three! -Said Flack and kicked the door.
Jess: He’s getting away… Down the fire escape!
Flack ran out to get him. - Stop! NYPD!
The man ran down the fire escape and into another alley.
Just as he was trying to jump over a fence,Flack grabbed him,and took him down.
-You know what,I wanted to talk nicely,but now you’re officially under arrest!
Then came Jess: “Are you okay?”
Flack: Yep,better then ever… We’re gonna get talk to Lloyd… Get up!
And me and Danny are gonna tare his place down.

About half an hour later,in the station…
Flack: So Lloyd,why did you run?
Lloyd: I thought you wanted to bust me because of my speeding tickets.
Jess: Oh,come on Lloyd! No one would run like that cause of a couple of speeding tickets!
Flack: She’s right,and you know that!
Lloyd: I want a lawyer!
Jess: Fine,but CSIs are tearing your place apart,as we speak… And who knows what are they going to find.
Flack: We’ll be back soon… You have fun!

Jess: This guy is smarter than I thought… He actually remembered to lawyer-up!
Flack: And now we can’t touch him!
Jess: But not for long!
Flack: True! I’m gonna go to his place…
Jess: Ok,you go ahead… I’ll stay here to wait for his lawyer.

In the meantime the NYC Crime lab was very buissy.
Lindsay: Ew! What the hell is this? Does this guy ever clean his house?
Danny: Obviosly not… I knew a guy who cleaned his place once in six months… But his guy is worse!
Lindsay: I think I found something!
Danny: What did you find?
Lindsay: A few pieces of something that looks like a broken sculpture… I think this is supposed to be a heart.
And a clay wrapper… It’s the same company of clay that Geena had in her place.
Danny: Looks like our lover boy wanted to impress her.
Lindsay: But it didn’t work as he thought it would.
Flack: Hey guys!
Lindsay: Flack! Hey!
Flack: So,did you find anything?
Danny: A broken sculpture,and a clay wrapper… The same kind clay that our victim used.
Flack: Hey Danny,can I talk to you?
Danny: Sure Don,go ahead.
Flack: In private…
Lindsay: That’s ok… I have to go and call the sitter anyway.
Flack: Thanks Linds…
Danny: So,what’s up?
Flack: Well,I kinda wanted to talk to you about a private matter…
Danny: Yeah? And what’s that?
Flack: I’ve got no idea how this is gonna sound,but how did you know that Lindsay was THE ONE?
Danny: Well… Look man… Sometimes when I wake up at night,and I see her lying next to me,I realize how lucky I am… I mean,I have the best wife in the world,and a baby girl,that made me the happiest dad in the whole universe
Does that make sense to you?
Flack: You know what,it sure does! Thanks man.
Dann: You bet… But what was this all about… I mean why did you ask me this?
Flack: You’ll see…
In the meantime, the lawyer came and Jess continued the interrogation.
-So… Parking tickets… And a speeding ticket…
You know what’s interesting about that?
Lloyd: What’s that?
Jess: Well that speeding ticket was issued at 11:57 PM… And that is around the time of death of the victim… Geena Watson.
Lloyd: She is dead?
Jess: Oh,come on! My five year old nephew acts better than that!
Jess’s phone rang… -Excuse me for a second.
-Jessica Angell.
-Hey Jess,it’s Lindsay… I just wanted you to know that we found pieces of a heart shaped sculpture,and a clay wrapper that is the same brand that the one that Geena used.
But this is just the start,an I’m sure we’ll find more evidence.
Jess: Thank you Linds.
Angell came back to the interrogation room…
-So… Guess what… That little heart shaped sculpture you made and then broke… Well we found it!
And we know that you used the same type of clay like Geena.
Lawyer: That’s all circumstantial.
Jess: We’ll see about that.
A few hours later the team was done with processing the suspect’s place,and went back to the lab to document all the evidence that they found.
They checked the prints on the clay wrap,pieced together the sculpture,and Danny and Hawkes found a knife that had human blood all over the blade.
Lindsay: Well,I was able to ID the prints on that wrapper.
They belong to the vic.
Danny: Boom!
Lindsay: What did you find?
Danny: Remember how I lost my cell phone? Well it turned out I forgot it at the suspect’s place.
So I went with Hawkes to look for it,and I stepped on a loose floor board. So I decided to lift it up,and guess what I found… A bundle… And in side was a knife,that tested positive for blood. And now,I can safely say that the blood on the knife belongs to our vic,and the prints are Lloyd Matthews’s.
Lindsay: So we’ve got him?
Danny: We’ve got him,baby!
Lindsay: I’ll go tell Jess!

In the meantime,the suspect was about to leave,but then Lindsay came:
-Wait! Nobody goes anywhere!
Lawyer: It’s a pretty crappy stalling tactic.
Lindsay: It’s not a crappy tactic… Guess what we found under your floor,Lloyd… A bloody knife! And the blood belongs to Geena Watson.
Here is the photo of the knife,and here are the test results.
Another stalling tactic, councilor?
The lawyer sat down,and so did her client…
Flack: So… How does a seemingly nice kid from
Boise,Idaho winds up killing his girlfriend?
Is it cause she didn’t have anymore time for you,or maybe cause she went to a laser treatment to erase a dedication that she made on her body,for you,in the first place… Oh,come on!
You had to feel something!
Imagine a young girl,beautiful,talented… Enduring all that pain from the laser ,so she can get rid of an inscription that reminded her of you!
How did that make you feel? Sad,rejected,angry…
Lloyd: Yes! I was angry!
Flack: Angry enough to kill her?
Lloyd: All I wanted is to talk to her!
Lawyer: Lloyd,don’t say another word!
Lloyd: You shut up!
She wanted to brake up with me! Said I was possessive!
I just wanted to scare her,so I took out the knife.
Flack: And she resisted?
Lloyd: Yes! And then she laughed at me… Then she turned around,and I cut her… I slit her throat!
Lawyer: What kind of deal are you offering?
Angell: Who says we are offering one? But I’ll call the DA.

A few hours later the team went home,and Flack and Angell went out to dinner.
-This is nice… Having dinner in a nice restaurant,listenig to nice music… Being with you… -Said Jess with a gentle smile and took his hand. Flack smiled back…
-You’re right.said Flack,this is nice… Really nice…
You know,this is probably going to sound tacky,but I cherish every moment spent with you.
Jess smiled again.
What,said Flack,I really do… You know,I’ve got something for you.
He got out a nice box out of his right pocket and put it to the table. I got this for you… I hope you’ll like it.
Oh Flack,you shouldn’t have…
-Open it…
Jessica took the box and opened it… In it was a beautifull white gold necklace,with a pendant shaped like an angel.
-It’s beautiful,Flack! Thank you!
-An angel for an Angell. –Said Flack smiling.
-Can you put it on?
-Sure,said Flack. He got up took the necklace and put it around Angell’s neck.
-Wow,that looks beautiful,thank you so much. Said Jess and gave him a kiss.
-Well, I propose a toast,said Flack,and raised his glass:
To the best girl I’ve ever met.
-Oh,you’re making me blush. –Said Jess laughing.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
-And tomorrow, I have another surprise for you.
-Oh yeah? What kind of surprise?
-Well,it wouldn’t be a surprise if I told you,wouldn’t it?
-True…
-But if it means anything to you,it will be in just a few hours…
Since the two of them were having so much fun,the time passed by,much faster than they thought it would…
And when they finished dinner,they went out to take a walk… They walked for hours… And before they noticed,it was already early Saturday morning…
Jess: So,what do we do now?
Flack: Now I show you the surpise.
Jess: Is that a limo?
Flack: Yep… It was supposed to come an hour later,but since I know a guy,who knows a guy,who knows the manager of the limo company,they did me a favor.
Jess: Wow… I am surprised!
Flack: Wait till you see the rest! Madame… -Said Flack and opened the door for Jess.
Jess: Merci,monsseur.
The limo drove through the most beautiful parts of New York City,and then it stopped in front of a building.
Jess: Now what?
Flack: Now we go to the roof.
A few dozen stories later,they got to the roof,and there was a chopper waiting.
Jess: We’re flying?
Flack: You bet!
They got in,and the helicopter rose above the beautiful city.
Jess: This is amazing…
Then Flack got a box out of his left pocket got down on one knee and said:
“Marry me.”
-What?
-Since the first day I saw you,I knew you weren’t like he others. You’re smart,beautiful,funny,you understand me like no other person in this world… I love you.
Jessica Angell,will you marry me?
-Yes,yes! Oh my God… Yes! –Said Jess,and kissed Don.
Then he put the ring on her finger.
-You know I love you more than anything…
-I love you to Don,I love you so much!
This is the best day in my entire life.

And while the people of New York were waking up,this amazing,happy couple flew into the sunrise realizing how lucky they are for having each other.




By: JecaCSI