Burning Love (a Horatio Caine Love Story)

New face.

"Uncle David there is nothing going on between me and H" I tell him
"Elizabeth Rosita Rossi,don't you lie to me" David says"I help to raise you,and I know when your lying to me,I have seen the way you look at him"I sigh,knowing I was beat
"Your right okay,I do like Horatio-i have for some time now" I admit
"Then what is stopping you from telling him?" David asks.

"I'm just scared,I guess" I admit
"Sweetie you can't let what happened with Markus stop you from being happy again" David tells me
"Yeah I know" I say as we pull up outside the plastic surgery "Let's focus on the case for now and talk more about this some other time"
"Alright, I will let it go for now" David says,we make our way into the surgeon's office and begin our inquiries.

And we strike gold,a woman matching Amanda's description had just left moment's before we arrived
"Do you have C.C.T.V?" I ask the receptionist
"Yes for security reasons" the woman replies,we head to the back room and watch the playback from the last ten minutes "There that is the woman"
"What was she here for?" David asks
"To get her last injection's after having a full face lift" The woman says.

"She payed in cash,and now she kinda looks like you" the woman points to me
"How like me?" I ask
"Well she asked to look like a picture". The woman picked up a file and handed it to me,I open it and inside is a picture of me from my B.A.U days,back when I was with Markus.

"Thank you for your help" David says,he lead me back outside as I am deep in my own mind"Farfalina,talk to me?"
"What?...sorry uncle...I was court up in my own thoughts" I say.On the way back to the lab I kept trying to work out,why Amanda wanted to look like me-well a younger me.

I just don't get it,she always used to say when she was drunk that she would have Jessica's face, but in reality she has tried to take my face.I walked into the lab almost in a trance.I just couldn't figure out why Amanda would do this.Did she blame or want to improve me?This is all so confusing to me.

I sat at the computer, when Leona and fluffy Spencer came over to me
"Hey,what did you and Rossi find out?" Leona asks
"That we where right,Amanda had had a face lift.We just missed her when we got to the surgeon's office" I say.

"Do you know what she now looks like?" Leona asks
"Yeah...me,a younger me from my B.A.U days" I say
"Back with Markus?" Leona asks
"Who is Markus?" We hear H ask
"A disgusting animal,that Liz used to date years ago" Leona tells H
"Elizabeth you never told me this" H says to me.

"Oh...sorry...I didn't know" Leona says
"Its okay Leona,you weren't to know" I tell my friend "And I'm sorry for not telling you H,its...not something I like to talk about much" I tell him.I can see the mixed emotions in Horatio's blue eyes-they range from anger,sadness and confusion
"This is something bad,isn't it?" H ask me quietly
"Aye,it is" I say,knowing H won't like what I'm going to tell him about Markus Aspen.