Elizabeth reassured her.
“They have so many kids, what’s a couple more?” she asked, definitely softening.
Why?
Ethan was smiling, and so was Gene. It was clear this woman meant something to them.
She laughed.
“Does that make you mom?” she joked.
Elizabeth shrugged.
“I answer to that in public when my kids aren’t around, so I won’t bust balls if that comes out in private. If you meant something to these two nuts, then you mean something to me,” she said, and meant it.
Ethan squeezed her hand.
Once more, his past was back, but this time, it wasn’t a bad reunion.
It was a good one.
Elizabeth made the introductions.
“Detectives, this is my team. This is Doctor Christopher Leonard. He’s my ME. Is yours still on scene?” she asked.
Mac nodded.
“Yeah, he’s guarding the vagrant that we found that led us to this building. He’s inside for you. He said he can’t tell if it’s part of the crime scene, or a whole other one. He didn’t want to move him.”
Chris sighed.
“FINALLY! An ME that gets it. I’m going to have to autopsy the dead dude, even if he’s not tied to this, and we’ll keep him on hold, just in case. He might not be part of this, but if he is…”
She got it.
He was making sure her job was easier.
Not harder.
“Thank you, Christopher. Take the techs,” she said. Then, she introduced the rest of her team. “Detectives, this is Special Agent Alexander Bartlett, and his partner, Special Agent Corbin Price. We’re all here to help you figure this out.”
She shook everyone’s hands.
Gratefully.
It was rare she got a good case, and she was hoping she’d be able to tag along.
She was crazy like that.
“It’s a pleasure. I wish it was under better circumstances,” she admitted.
Before they headed in, she was giving Chris a head start to get the techs into place.
He had a much harder job.
God.
She missed Chrissy.
