The stress was piling on me just as much as it was her.  However now my stress came to a head as I heard her reply.  "Yes, Perhaps we will have more to go on when we get more leads. That's brilliant.  If only I had thought of that first.  In fact I will take your thought a step further.  Perhaps we will have more to go on when we catch the motherfucker red handed while he is shooting his next victim.  I feel so much better.  Thank You Major"<br/><br/>I turned away from her to get control of my nerves.  "I apologize Major I had no right to lash out at you like that.  But I did ask you some specific questions which you have yet to answer.  First, you told me you noticed jewelry missing but you couldn't tell me if it was from the same place.  May I ask you Major how you knew jewelry was missing if you had no idea where it was missing from.  If you don't know where it is missing from how do you know it was ever there in the first place and as a result now missing?  What did you notice that told you jewelry was missing?  Do you know something I do not?"<br/><br/>"My second question is why you tied the fact that your gut told you these were not random with the fact that this mystery jewelry was missing?  It is like based on the fact that this mystery jewelry is missing your gut feeling is that this is random.  You never bothered to mention that your gut feeling contradicted the evidence.  In fact you insinuated that it supported your gut feeling.  Am I missing something?  Do you know something you are holding back.  I realize Major you are under lots of stress right now but you always thrive under pressure.  This is when you are at your best.  It's one of the one things that helps me to sleep at night knowing I've got the one person I would hand pick for this case actually on this case and you don't seem to be making sense to me.<br/><br/>"Major do you have something going on in your personal life that may be distracting you?  Or should I give you some time off to get yourself together.  Is there a reason we don't have any background  information on our latest vic, and you haven't even brought up the reason we don't have it.  In fact, you don't even seem surprised that we don't have this information."<br/><br/>I could tell she was seething.  But so was I.  "I need some answers Major.  I'm not asking you to solve the case but merely explain what is going on with you.  I don't think I have ever heard any statement as lame as 'Perhaps we would find more when we had some more leads to go on.'  What the hell is that supposed to mean coming from of my most skilled officers?  Is that supposed to be something some dolt watching the evening news wouldn't be able to figure out hearing the reports. 'Gee dear, perhaps if they had more leads to go on they would find more.' Major you are dismissed.  If within the next 12 hours you cannot come up with some explanation for your incredibly inane insights, you can consider yourself put on leave.  I think this case is just getting to much for you or you have something in your personal life which is interfering with your judgment.  I'm done"  I left her in the room but not without feeling horrible.  Something just did not smell right and I was not pleased.