A/N: Hello there, Peeps! I apologize for not updating this in, like, forever... but here's chapter 2. I also decided to go a different route with this, because it sounds so much better in my head. Like I said before, bare with me, and I'll try to do my best winging it, because I'm not that good at writing out a crime scene. Plus, the summary will be changed as well, I just have to figure out what I'm gonna put on there. I hope you all enjoy this and as always R&R!
...Chapter 2...
"I don't know what's happening and everything is changing so quickly. One minute you're here and the next? You're gone and out of my life completely." Ham dropped to his knees in front of the headstone. "Grace, how can I do my job without you? Captain Perry assigned me a new partner and it's a goddamn woman." Ham shook his head. "I can't do this, Grace, I just can't." he paused, taking a deep breath. "So what I'll do is, figure out a way to get rid of her some how. I'll do whatever I can to break her. It'll work, it has to work." he stood up, resting his hand on top of the headstone. "She don't belong there."
"Hey, Haley?" Butch called out as he picked up something from the ground with his pen.
"What you got?"
"It's a shell casing... from a .38."
"Okay." she nodded. "I talked to the witness and she only heard one gun shot, so that must be the one. Bag it for evidence."
"You got it, Girly."
"Plus the witness saw the suspect was around six feet tall, wearing..." she looked down at her little notebook. "Dark sunglasses, a black hoodie, and blue jeans."
"Alright." Butch nodded. "We'll get this guy, Haley."
"Oh, I know we will." she nodded, then she walked over to Rhetta, who was checking out the victims dead body. "So, Rhetta... COD?"
"One single gun shot wound to the back of the head, and given her position, she was running away from the suspect."
"Any sign of sexual assault?"
Rhetta looked up at Haley. "I won't know, until I fully examine her."
"Okay." Haley nodded, then when she glanced up, she saw Butch waving at her, so she went up to him. "Yes?"
"I found the gun, the suspect tossed it in the trash."
"Awesome... let's hope the asshole left some fingerprints or DNA."
"Let's hope." he put the gun in the evidence bag. "So... isn't your partner supposed to be here?"
"Yeah, but I don't know where he's at." she shrugged. "Captain Perry said that she called him, but who knows."
Butch put his hand on Haley's shoulder. "He'll come around... he's just going through some shit right now."
"Well, just as long as the shit don't interfere with getting our job done."
"I agree." Butch nodded.
"Haley." Bobby walked up to both of them. "The witness said, there was two-hundred dollars that was taken out of the register."
"Okay, thanks." Haley nodded, writing it in her little notebook, as Bobby walked over to Rhetta. A few minutes later, her phone rang. She held up her finger at Butch, then pressed the talk button. "Logan."
"Hey, it's me."
"Hey, Rachel... what's up?"
"Well." she took a deep breath. "I had to bring Briana to the hospital."
"What? Why?"
"She broke her wrist."
"How the hell did she do that?"
"Brie was in her room, putting up posters on the wall." Rachel took a deep breath. "And from what she told me, she climbed on top of her dresser, lost her balance, and her wrist broke her fall."
"That's just... wonderful." Haley groaned. "What hospital are you at?"
"O - U Medical Hospital, but when you get here, you need to sign papers to have Brie treated by the doctor."
"Okay, I'll put it in my Tom-Tom." she pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed. "And I'll be right there." then she hung up her phone.
"Is everything okay?"
"Not really." Haley looked up at Butch. "My daughter is in the hospital."
"Uh-oh... is she okay?"
"Yeah, she just has a broken wrist, but I need to sign papers for her to be treated."
"Go." Butch nodded his head. "Bobby and I will finish up here. Your little girl needs you."
"Okay."
"Just meet up at the station when you're done, so we can go over the case, and you can call me if you need anything."
"Thanks, Butch." she smiled.
"You're welcome." he winked, then Haley got into her Camero, and drove off.
...
Ham pulled up to the crime scene about ten minutes later and walked up to Butch. "What's going on?"
"Hey... it was a robbery gone bad. The female vic had a single gun shot wound to the back of the head by a .38 and the gun was tossed into the dumpster. According to the witness, two-hundred dollars was stolen out of the cash register, and a few minutes ago, Bobby found a shoe imprint."
Ham nodded and looked around. "Where's Haley?"
"She had to go over to the hospital."
"Why?"
"Her daughter got a broken wrist and Haley had to sign some papers for the doctor."
"Haley has a daughter?"
"Yeah." Butch nodded.
"When will she be back?"
"Not sure, but I told her to meet us at the station, so we could go over the case." Butch raised his eyebrow. "Where were you?"
"Nowhere, Man." Ham lied, then walked away.
Haley went up to the nurses station in the ER. "Excuse me?" she read the nurses name tag. "Lola?"
"Yes, how can I help you?"
"I'm looking for my daughter, Briana Logan? She was brought in for a broken wrist?"
"Oh, yes, she's in exam room number five, but first." Lola gave Haley a clipboard with three pieces of paper. "You have to sign these, so Dr. Spencer can treat her."
"Okay." Haley nodded, then signed, and initialed all three of them. "Here you go."
Lola took the clipboard. "Thank you... the doctor will be in the room in a moment."
Haley gave her a smile and walked into the room. Once she did, she saw Briana crying, and cradled in Rachel's arms. "Hey, Brie."
"Mommy." Briana carefully got out of Rachel's arms and hugged Haley the best she could with one arm. "It hurts."
"I know, but the doctor will come in soon."
Briana looked up at Haley with sad eyes. "Did I mess up your first day of work?"
"No, no, of course not." Haley squatted to Briana's level. "Don't worry about my job, it's not important right now. Let's just focus on fixing your wrist."
"Okay, Mommy." Briana nodded.
Haley stood up and helped Briana on the exam table. "Rach, how long have you been waiting."
"Not too long."
Minutes later, there was a knock on the door, followed by a doctor in a white coat walking in. "Hello, ladies... I'm Dr. Chase Spencer."
Both Haley and Rachel raised their eyebrows, thinking that he was cute, then Haley cleared her throat. "Hi, I'm Haley, this is Rachel, and that's my daughter Briana."
"It's nice to meet all of you." he smiled. "Now let's get started on the little one's wrist."
...
While Briana was getting x-rays, Haley and Rachel were in the waiting room, looking at the vending machine. "Damn, Haley." Rachel whistled. "Dr. Hottie was checking you out."
"No, he wasn't."
"Sure he was." Rachel sighed. "Look, it's been over six years and by now, I think that James would want you to move on and be happy."
"Yeah, but I can't be with just anyone... whoever it is, has to be good enough and worthy enough for Brie."
"I totally agree, but that doesn't mean you can't find someone right now."
"We'll see, Rach."
"Haley?" both her and Rachel turned around and Haley looked surprised, as Rachel raised her eyebrow. "How's your daughter?"
"Uh, she's just getting x-rays on her wrist at the moment, but she'll be fine." she paused. "Why, Ham?"
"Butch told me where you were and I was concerned." Haley thought it was weird but nodded. "I'm glad she'll be okay."
Rachel nudged Haley's arm. "Oh, right... Ham, this is my best friend Rachel... Rach, this is my new partner Hamilton Dewey."
"Nice to meet you." he nodded. "Or you can just call me Ham." he shrugged. "Everyone else does."
"Okay." Rachel smiled, then noticed the awkwardness between them two. "Alright, I'm gonna go check on Brie." she chuckled, walking away.
"So, Ham." Haley started. "What are you really doing here?"
"First, I wanted to apologize about how I was this morning. I wasn't expecting my partner to be another woman... especially after I lost Grace, and it's not your fault. I'm sorry."
"Apology accepted." she smiled. "And I know, being the newbie and whatnot, I'll eventually find my way around everything and learn how things are supposed to go. I'm a fast learner, so I'll pick it up quick."
"Fair enough." Ham nodded. "And I also want you to know that you can count on me and I completely got your back."
"Thanks." she smiled again. "Ditto."
"So, is your boyfriend or husband meeting you here?"
"No, no." she shook her head. "I had a fiance'... he was killed in Afghanistan in a convoy during a routine extraction."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"Thanks... and I never go the chance to tell him that he was going to be a father."
"Damn." Ham shook his head. "It must have been hard for you... raising a child on your own."
"Yeah, some days were hard, but I had Rachel, plus I had my almost brother-in-law helping me out with Briana."
"At least you had help though."
"Yep." she nodded.
Ham looked at his watch. "So, I'll meet you at the station?"
"Yeah, I'll be there."
"See you in a little bit." he smiled, then walked away. Haley watched him, then when he disappeared around the corner, she went back into the exam room with a little smile on her face.