After the meeting they all headed to CD's for a great  dinner. When Monica, Race, Walker, Mike and Michelle
 got there, Trent, Carlos, Trivette, Kim and Alex were there already. Walker walked up to Alex, kissed her and sat next to her. Trent walked up to Monica and they kissed each other and Trent pulled out a chair for her. Carlos also pulled a char out for Michelle and she just smiled at him. After everyone had ordered their drinks they started enjoying everyone's company, they ate their dinner and soon after where just enjoying the late night conversation.

 "That was one hell of a speech you gave today Race." Walker says to his friend sitting next to him.

 "Thanks Walker, I hope it helped. Tomorrow I'll help go through some criminal files." Race says taking the last sip of his beer.

 "You are helping Dad, and I'm glad your here." Monica says to her father sitting across her, and with Trent's arm around her shoulder drinking his beer.

 "Me too butterfly." Race says to her.

 "Hey, where did start calling her that?" Trivette asks Race, obviously not having heard the story yet.

 "Well Trivette, when she was a little girl, we used to sing a song together which was OUR song. It's called
 'butterfly kisses' and its' about the special relationship between a father and daughter, so since then I've been calling her that. My little butterfly." Race tells him, squeezing Monica's hand.

 "That is so sweet." Alex says resting her head on her one hand, and Walker smiles at her.

 Monica then leans closer to Trent ear to whisper something to him, and he also leans closer.

 "Do you see that?" Monica asks him looking at Carlos and Michelle who were joking with each other.

 "See what?" Trent asks her, also looking at the pair.

 "O come on Trent, look at the way their looking at each other." Monica says to him.

 "Ha, I never realized they liked each other. Actually I thought they hated each other." Trent whispers to her, while everyone at the table were talking.

 "Nope. Sweet isn't it?" Monica says smiling at her two friends. Trent then turns looking at her.

 "Not as sweet as you." And with that he kisses her soft lips, and they smile at each other. Just then CD comes walking up to the table.

 "Well, can I get you folks anything else?" CD asks them, everyone declines and Walker asks for the cheque.

 "I got this one Walker, besides I still own you guys for taking care of my little butterfly down here." Race says taking out his wallet.

 "O, believe me Race. It's been a pleasure having her here, and don't be thinking you can take her back once you go back." Walker tells Race joking with him, and Trent then kisses Monica and they smile at each other.

 "I wouldn't dare. Besides the only way I would get her back home, is if I dragged her!" Race says smiling at then two. He was really happy for his daughter, he knew she was happy here with Trent. And he knew she loved him very much, and Race had to admit, Trent was one hell of a guy.

 After they all thanked CD for the great evening, they all headed outside to say good night. Unaware to them
 then someone was watching them closely, especially Monica who was walking outside with her father hugging her.

 "You'll pay bitch, I'll take away everything from you that you love, I swear!!"

 Carlos offered to take Michelle home since Monica and Trent were going to take her dad to the hotel. Once
 Carlos pulled up to Michelle's apartment in his Durango, he switched off the engine and turned to her. Her eyes were so beautiful, crystall blue and her long, golden, blonde hair. She looked into his dark powerful eyes, and tried to say something.

 "Thanks for the ride home, I really had a great time tonight." She says to Carlos who was leaning back on the car seat.

 "Your welcome, and I had a great time too." Carlos says and Michelle looks away from him, and just stares infront of her. Carlos then tries to explain something to her, he had wanted to tell her for a long time.

 "Listen Michelle, I don't know what you think. But there's nothing going on between me and Kate, we're just friends." Carlos says. 'Thank God' Michelle thinks to herself and looks at Carlos again.

 "Really? I mean good, great." She says changing her words, and Carlos just smiles at her, the most handsome smile she had ever seen. Carlos then takes her left hands and rubs her fingers with his.

 "Carlos, I..I really need to tell you something..."

 "Ssshhhh......don't. I feel the same way." Carlos says and sits up straight on the seat closer to her.

 "You do?" Michelle says surprised. Carlos could read minds?

 "Yeah I do, since the day I met you. I just didn't know you felt the same way." Carlos says still playing with her soft, small hands. And Michelle brings her other hand around and places it on his, and they both look into each others eyes.

 "I do Carlos. I do." She says to him, Carlos then brings his other hand to her face. Stroking it on her cheeks, and then gently taking her chin with his two fingers and bringing her and his face closer together. Their lips touch and Michelle can feel her heart beat faster. They then look deeply into each others eyes.

 "That was..." Carlos tries to say.

 "Surreal." Michelle says and Carlos just laughs at her and she smiles back at him.

 "Would you like to come up?" Michelle asks him pointing to her apartment.

 "I'd love to." Carlos says smiling and they get lost in each others eyes again and their lips are brought together again.

 ***

 Monica and Trent dropped Race off at his hotel and headed back to their apartment, when they got there they got out of the Corvette and started walking to the stairs. Trent's eye then caught glimpse of a car coming from behind them at a fast speed and  then sees a automatic rifle being raised out of one of the window's pointed at them.

 "Get down." Trent tackles Monica and they both fall to the ground as a chain of bullets fly past their heads. They quickly crawl behind a close Van and hind behind it and the bullets chew up the car's side. Once the bullets stop flying, and the car races off Monica jumps to her feet and takes out her gun, but the car is already out the exit and gone. And Monica and Trent share a moment of staring at each other before looking back at the dark street.

 ***

 "Did you get a look at the license plate number??" Walker asks Monica as she and Trent stand infront of him with their arms wrapped around each other. The other officers were gathering evidence with the help of Race.

 "No, if went by too fast. It was out of the parking lot before I go the chance to look." Monica answers him, then Race comes walking closer.

 "Well, nobody saw a thing, not one witness. You guys ok?" Race asks Trent and Monica.

 "We're fine dad." Monica says and rests her head on Trent's chest, and he wraps his arms around her.

 "Yes sir." Trent says to Race.

 "Monica, can I talk to you for a second?" Walker asks Monica.

 "Sure Walker." She then leaves Trent's arms and walks with Walker a few feet away. Race then turns to Trent.

 "Once again I owe you my daughters life Trent, Thank you." Race says and places his hand on Trent shoulder.

 "I just did what I had to do sir." Trent says to Race, even though they had seen each other many times, they never really had a chance to talk.

 "I know you care alot about my little butterfly, and I know you'll make her very happy." Race says to Trent.

 "I love her very much sir, and I promise you I'll always keep her happy." Trent answers Race.

 "I know you will son, I know you will. You know, you are so much like your father. A good man" Race says,
 and Trent looks at him in amazement.

 "You knew my father?" Trent asks Race.

 "Sure did. Whenever I came to visit Walker down here, we would always drop your father a visit. Great Man."
 Race explains to Trent.

 "He was wasn't he." Trent says to Race and with that they shake each other's hand.

 Back other at Walker and Monica, they were trying to figure out what was going on.

 "I know it was the killer, Walker. But he must have had some help. Firing a gun isn't his style, that means there's two of them.  But it had to be him, they tried to kill me to get me off the case." Monica says to Walker.

 "Maybe. I'll talk to Race about this when I  take him back to the hotel. You just take care alright?" Walker tells her.

 "I will Uncle Walker." And with that they turn around and walk back to Race and Trent who were busy talking.
 Soon after everyone headed back, Monica and Trent went up to their apartment to get some sleep.

 The next morning Race called in another meeting, and after everyone was seated Monica saw the way Michelle was smiling at her, the biggest smile she had ever seen.

 "What are you so happy about?" Monica asks her leaning to her friend sitting next to her.

 "Oh, just the fact that I woke up this morning next to the most handsome dark haired man." Michelle says smiling brightly back at her, and Monica gasps in amazement.

 "You didn't? Ah, I'm so happy for you!" And Monica hugs her friend, being so happy for her.

 "Yeah, it was so amazing! And afterwards we spent the whole time talking. He told me he was ready for a serious relationship." Michelle says getting that teenage twinkle in her eyes.

 "Really? That is so great Michelle! I know things will work out to you." Monica says to her friend smiling back at her. Then Race looked back at the two behind him and cleared his throat to get their attention.

 "Um ladies? If it isn't too much to ask. I'd like to start with my speech?" Race said to the two women.

 "Sorry Dad." Monica said, she and Michelle trying to keep their giggle's inside.

 "Sorry Captain Banon." Michelle also says and the two friends smile at each other. And  with that Race began his speech.

 "Last night a attempt on detective Banon life was made through a drive-by shooting, luckily she's ok, but we believe that it might have been the killer trying to get her off the case. Which brings me to this important clue, the killer isn't working alone. So far the killer has made his point that he, and he alone is using a knife to kill his victims,  meaning that the killer may have been driving the car and another person firing the rifle on the right side of the car. Hired help? Maybe. That's what we have to find out people. Now, I've gone through some record files of recently released killers and I've narrowed it down to three people. Number one....Tom Summer's, scratch him, he was released 2 weeks ago from Huntsville and later found murdered by a local gang. So that leaves us with two others, Chance Hanson, also released two weeks ago, founded guilty for the murder of 6 women, and then there's number three......" Race then freezes and looks back at Monica with a worried face.

 "Um.....that  leaves Matt Andrew's, arrested on attempted murder, also released 2 weeks ago." Race looks at Monica again, who looks as though she had seen a ghost. She quickly stands up and walks out the door. Michelle tries to run after her but Race tells her to stay.  And he goes after her.

 "Uh, Captain Harris, could you please take over." And with that Race races after Monica as Captain Harris takes the front.

 "Of course Race, yes um, the reason why Andrew's is one of our suspect's is because he was once hired to kill Detective Banon, even though he survived a gun shot wound he was still able to testify against his boss who hired him. And we think that this may be his way of final revenge....." Harris tells them, Kate then leans over next to Michelle, Kate tried to ignore the two women when they were talking a minute ago.

 "Who's Matt Andrew's?" Kate asked her, Michelle then looked at her and decided not to make a scene and tell her.

 "He was hired about a year ago to kill Monica, they caught him and he was sent to jail."  Michelle tells her and then looks infront of her again.

 "Oh. You think he's the murderer?" Kate asks and Michelle rolls her eyes at the suggestion.

 "I don't know, maybe if you'd stay quiet I could hear Captain Harris's speech." Michelle says to her giving her a grin look.

 "Sorry." Kate says and sits back into her seat to listen to the Captain, meanwhile Race runs down the hallway to catch up to Monica.

 "Mon, wait up." Race yells at her as he catches up to her. Monica then stops and turns to her father.

 "Why didn't you tell me you suspected Andrews?" Monica asks him demanding.

 "I didn't, not until I saw his profile, I wanted to tell you sweetheart, I'm sorry." Race explains to her.

 "It's just, the thought of him murdering all these women just to get to  me!" She says trying to keep her tears inside.

 "I know, and don't worry, if it is him, we'll stop him, together." Race says to her wiping away  a tear from her face.

 "Just like old times, huh dad?" Monica says smiling at him.

 "Just like old times Butterfly." And with that Race hugs his daughter.

 Soon after they enter the room again, Monica takes the stand.

 "Here's the plan, I want two swat teams. Detective Kate will go with the one to  Hanson's house, me, Detective Summers and Captain Banon will head to Andrews. These men are dangerous, so remember to take care, and no chances people, I want this done clean and with no mistakes. Let's go." Monica says to them and with that Race hands the one arrest warrant to
 Kate and the other to Monica. Kate and her team get to Hanson first, he comes in peacefully. Meanwhile Monica, Race, Michelle and the others get to Andrews apartment. One of the officers walk up to the door and everyone arms themselves, then
 the officers knocks on the door hard.

 "Andrews! Dallas Police, open the door!!" He yells and no answer, Race gives the signal and the officer kicks down the door, Monica moves in first, heading straight towards the living room, and then Andrews comes walking around the corner, and he is taken by surprise.

 "Hello Matt." Monica greets him raising her gun to him.

 "You Bitch!!" Matt yells and tries to throw a punch at Monica, but she blocks him off  and kicks him hard in his stomach. Matt then drops to his knees, coughing and gasping for.

 "Nice to see you too." Monica says and bends down to handcuff him.

 Later back at the police station both of the suspect's are in their own  interrogation room, Walker handled Hanson who obviously wasn't the guy they were looking for, he even admitted stealing candy in the 4th grade, but nothing about the murders. Monica handled Matt, who wasn't working with Monica at all. Race and Trent were watching them from the other side of the mirror, where only they could see Monica and Matt. Walker then came inside telling them that Hanson was clean.

 "What kind of car do own Andrews?" Monica asks him, thinking of the car that was used for the drive-by last night.

 "I want to see my lawyer." Matt says looking at Monica and then looking away again with his handcuffed hands resting on the cold hard steel table.

 "Wrong answer, and your not seeing your lawyer until you give me some answers." Monica says walking around and around the table, with her arms crossed.

 "Your not getting any. You really think I'm that stupid to kill a bunch of women just to get to you?? I would just come after you in the first time and kill you." Matt says and looks up at her smiling. Monica only glares back at him, she then comes from behind him and bends down next to his ear.

 "I swear to you Matt, if your responsible for these murders, I'll cut your worthless throat myself." She whispers to him, Matt then turns his head to her looking straight into her eyes and smiles.

 "Promise?" He says and starts laughing, Monica then stands up straight and walks out the room. Inside Alex comes walking inside and Walker, Race and Trent greet her, just then Monica comes walking inside and is really peed-off.

 "That bastard! I know he's hiding something!" She says and tries to keep herself under control, Trent then steps closer and places his arms around her shoulder.

 "Don't let him get to you honey, that's what he want's." Trent says and kisses her forehead.

 "Trent's right Monica, your making this too personal." Walker says to Monica, she then takes a deep breath and calms down.

 "We'll get him to talk, I  have my ways." Race says

 "We can't Race, his lawyer arrived and as gotten the judge to award him bail, he's free to go." Alex tells them, and everyone is look at her shocked.

 "No no no, we can't let him go Alex, he's our guy!" Monica says to Alex, and with that they see Andrew's lawyer enter the interrogation room with an officer who unlocks his handcuffs and they start walking out the room. Then everyone storms out the room, Monica first.

 "Your not taking him anywhere!" Monica says coming up to Andrew and his lawyer in the hallway.

 "As a matter of fact I am Detective Banon, you had the right to one interrogation session with him,  now he is out on bail. Mr. Andrew's will be happy to return tomorrow, but for now, he is going home." The lawyer tells them all as the rest stand behind Monica. Matt and his lawyer then walk off and Matt winks at Monica and smiles, and Monica tries to keep her anger inside
 so as not to grab Matt by his throat. As they talk past Race walks up to Monica and puts his arm around his shoulder.

 "Don't worry Mon, we'll get him. He's not getting away with this." He tells her and hugs her.

 Later that afternoon Monica and her dad Race decided to go for a walk to talk and 'catch up on things', and Trent headed back to Thunder Investigations. Carlos had called him saying he found out where the runaway husband had been hanging out. The guy had disappeared on his wife and she hired the boys to find her husband. Trent met up with Carlos at a local downtown bar "The Pit", soon after asking a few questions, Carlos's big mouth got them into some trouble with the locals.

 Trent ducks as the huge tattooed arm swings by his head, Trent then brings up his fist's and gives the biker boy a hard punch in his ribs. The guys drops to the floor and Trent sees Carlos boxing the daylights out of the butch bartender.

 "So they let the guy go huh?" Carlos says talking to Trent and keeping his attention on the Bar-man who swings a bottle at Carlos. But he steps back and punches the guy in his face again as he misses Carlos.

 "Yeah, out on bail. Monica's really pissed about it." Trent answers back at his friend as blocks the pool stick being swinged at him, Trent then grabs his own pool stick and blocks off a few shots taken at him, but the biker boy looses his grip on the stick and Trent swings the stick around on the guys neck, knocking him to the ground, then another guy comes charging at Trent, but he sinks the point of the pool stick into the charging bulls stomach and swings around and breaks the hard wooden stick on the man's back. A behind the counter then picks up a bottle to throw at Trent, but the blonde sees this and grabs the black 8th  pool ball off the pool table and throws a baseball spinner right into the guys head, this jerks the guys head back and he crashes into the bottles and glass behind him.

 "Pissed huh? I'd be too, I mean if someone tried to kill me a year ago, I would want to kick his butt. Isn't that right? Wouldn't you like to kick my butt right about now?? Carlos asks the bartender holding him up, but the guy is so banged up he can only nod.

 "Too bad!" Carlos says and throw the guy into a small table that immediately breaks with the unpack and weight of the round and huge bar-man.  Another guy then swings his fist towards Trent, but he blocks the guy off and brings his right leg up for a
 hard high kick in the guys face. The guy drops like a stone on the floor and is knocked out cold. Trent then walks up to Carlos.

 "So is it true?" Trent asks him smiling brightly.

 "What?" Carlos asks confused.

 "That you and Michelle are together?" Trent says smiling at him, and Carlos then smiles back.

 "Did she tell you?" Carlos asks him.

 "No, Monica told me this morning. Michelle told her." Trents says smiling.

 "Man, woman tell each other everything!" Carlos says pushing the broken table out of his way.

 "So, is it true?" Trent asks him again, Carlos then looks up to him and smiles brightly.

 "Yeah." He says crossing his arms with a huge smile on his face.

 "Well that's great buddy. What you do, win her over with your sarcastic-charm?" Trent says joking with him as they start looking around, seeing only knocked-out biker-boys and broken tables and bottles.

 "Oh, Very funny! You know, why is it that whenever I get something good in my life, you have to go and grab something out of the Peanut gallery!" Carlos says stepping over the knocked out man.

 "Just joking Carlos. I know you've liked Michelle for a long time now." Trent says punching a guy starting to wake up, and his lights go out again.

 "You did?" Carlos asks him surprised.

 "Yeah sure, it was in plain sight." Trent says looking away and smiling. He didn't really notice a thing until last night, when Monica pointed it out to him. They both then walk towards the entrance of the men's rest rooms.

 "Come out of there Bob, we're not gonna hurt you." Trent says crossing his arms and wait infront of the door.

 "YOU might not!" Carlos says looking at him with a grin, and stands next to his friend. Then the thin and tall Bob comes walking through the door and keeps his head down. He walks up to Trent and Carlos who both have their arms crossed and looking at Bob with a grin. Bob then stands still and looks up at them through his thick glasses.

 "Your a hard man to find Bob, your wife is worried about you." Trent says to him, seeing how terrified the little man looked.

 "Please don't take me back to her, she'll just start bullying me again! I hate doing the dishes! Please don't take me back!! I beg you!!" The little man begs the two PI's, Trent and Carlos then just look at each other and start laughing but in a soft way so as Bob can't hear them.

 "Come on buddy, I think you better tell your wife that yourself." Carlos says and takes the guy by his arm and they all start walking out the messed-up Bar, the waitress comes walking inside and gasps at the mess.

 "Sorry about the mess, you see that guy lying over there, put it on his tab, thanks!" Carlos says to the young girl and pointing to the knocked out guy lying on the floor. Then the three walk out the doors leaving the waitress with all the mess.

 ***

 Elsewhere Monica and Race were walking on the path leading through the park, summer time really made the place really look beautiful. The grass and trees were bright green, and the sky was ocean blue.  They then come to the playground and walk toward the swings.

 "Hey, remember how I used to push you around on these things, you really loved them." Race says to Monica, she then goes around one and sits down on the small wooden plank.

 "I still do." She says smiling at him, and Race begins to push her, and she slowly starts to swing back and forth.

 "Do you still love mom?" She asks him out of the blue, and Race is taken by surprise by the question, but decides to answer her truthfully.

 "I've always loved your mother Monica. I never stopped loving her, and I know that you'll always find it hard to forgive her, but try to find forgiveness deep inside your heart. One day you might wake up and regret the fact that you never did. Remember..."

 "....Live each day to it's fullest. I know I know, you always say that dad." Monica finishing her dad's sentence for him.

 "Ah, I do don't I." He says laughing, and Monica laughs with him. Race then goes quite for a second then clears his throat and starts to sing softly the song the they shared in a special way:

 "There's two things I know for sure,
 she was sent here from heaven,
 and she's daddy's little girl.
 As I drop to my knees by her bed at night,
 She talks to Jesus and I close my eyes,
 And I thank God for all of the joy in my life, oh but
 most of all..
 For Butterfly kisses, after bedtime prayer,
 sticking little white flowers all up in her hair,
 'walk beside the pony daddy, it's my first ride,
 I know the cake looks funny daddy, but I should try
 it',
 Ho, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done
 something right,
 To deserve a hug every morning,
 And Butterfly kisses at night......"

 Monica listened to her father say the first few words, then started to softly sing with him, they both looked at each other and smiled.

 "I love you dad." Monica says after standing up from the swing and hugging her father.

 "I love you too, my little Butterfly." And he held his daughter close not ever wanting the moment to end.

 They continued their walk through the park, when they got to a bar and decided to go in for a quick dinner. They enjoyed a few drinks and a lite dinner, then Monica's cell-phone rang.

 "Banon" She said and heard the familiar voice on the other line and smiled.

 "Hey Trent,...... I'm having dinner with my father...... At the Rose Bar across the park.....Yeah we're done so I'll be home in a few minutes...Ok...I love you too sweety....Bye." And with that she switches off the phone and puts it back into her bag.

 "I haven't seen you in three months and the guy can't let me spent an afternoon with my daughter??" Race says joking, and gives the waitress the money and a tip. She thanks him and walks off with their empty glasses.

 "Trent's just very protective dad, he really worries about me sometimes." Monica says as they stand up from the table and start making their way out of the Bar. Once outside they inhale the cool late afternoon air, it was already dark and some of the dim street lights had begun to light up. They started walking down the street to Monica's Jeep parked a few blocks from the Bar.

 "You really love Trent don't you Butterfly? I can see they way you two look at each other. Has he asked you the BIG question yet?" Race says laughing and Monica playfully punches him on his shoulder.

 "Dad! No he hasn't......yet. And yes, I love him more than anything." She says and smiles at her playful dad, he reminded her of a young boy sometimes, just the way he would act, but only infront of her.

 "More than you love me?" Race says looking at her smiling, and he sees the grin on Monica's face.

 "Only kidding, different kind of love. Well, whatever happens in the future, promise me one thing ok." Race says first laughing and then changes his tone to serious and Monica looks up at him.

 "Sure dad, anything." She says to him.

 "Promise me, that you will live your life, each day to it's fullest. And always remember that I love you and that I am SO proud of you. I think of you each day of my life." Race says stopping to a second and facing her, looking deeply into her dark blue eyes.

 "I promise dad." She says and with that they hug each other tight, not ever wanting to let go.

 Then a loud scream comes from around the next block, it sounded like a woman screaming from one of the alleys on the left. Race and Monica then immediately go apart and start running across the street to the nearest dark alley. They both takes out their pistols and stand ready, leaning with their backs on the wall, Race then runs to the other side of the wall trying to quickly look down the alley and see something, but the alley is pitch black and he can't see a thing. Standing across each other, they both signal each other to move, they both then move into the alley and stand still trying to adjust their eyes to the dark. Silence overtook the lonely street, with not a soul in sight. Race walked closer, his eyes first  adjusting to the darkness, and he sees a human figure walking closer and rising it's arm, revealing a pistol in the person's hand, the point aimed at Monica. Race sees this and charges at Monica to try and tackle her out of the way.

 "Look out Monica!" He pushes her out of the way, Monica falls hard into a pile of boxes and trashcans, and then dark figures pistol goes off, firing four shot, all of them drilling into Race's chest. He stands there glaring at the figure for a second and the person disappears, Race then looks down at Monica who looks up at her father, standing in shock.

 "DAD!!!" She screams and catches her father as he falls backwards, she gently lowers him down to the hard ground and Race gasps for air, looking deeply into her eyes. Monica looks down the dark alley, but doesn't see anyone, she then inspects his wounds, but she can only see blood everywhere.

 "Hang on dad, please hang on! SOMEBODY HELP ME!! PLEASE..SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Monica yells into the streets hoping and praying someone heard her. She then hears voices coming down the street, and a bald man in a suite comes around the corner and sees what's going on.

 "Somebody call an ambulance!!" The man yells and runs back up the street to find help.

 "It'll be ok, your going to be ok dad." Monica says, tears streaming down her cheeks. Race then painfully lifts his hand and softly wipes the tears away.

 "Ssshhhhh, it's alright Butterfly.....Don't cry,.....I'm not afraid......." Race says and rubs her face softly.

 "No dad don't say that!! Don't leave me! Please!! Dad!!.........
 

 To Be Continued......