The bright brown eyes scanned the Vegas crime lab as Jane held her little girl and looked for her friend, Sara who worked on the night shift. She just wanted to talk to someone, anyone really about what she'd just found out.

Instead, she turned the corner, and smacked into a male with a firm chest and blondish spiky hair. He smiled brightly, and then steadied Jane and asked, "Are you alright?"

"I need to find CSI Sara Sidle. Right now. I-it's important." Jane said quietly as Greg looked at her, at the sleeping little girl she was carrying in her arms. "Here. Let me take the kid, and Sara should be in her lab." Greg said as he held the much shorter brunette female's gaze a moment, and watched her nod, then walk off quietly.

"She was kinda cute." Greg muttered, but quickly dismissed the thought. She was probably either taken or married, and if not, he'd most likely screw it up, because he was too much like a child himself, according to his team members.

Jane stood in the doorway of Sara's office and cleared her throat. "We need to talk, Sara." she said quietly as Sara jumped in shock, then ran to hug her friend.

"When did you get to Las Vegas, J?" she asked as she looked at her friend. She knew body language, and she knew Jane's like the back of her hand. "And why do you look like you're scared to death right now? Where's Hannah?"

"Hannah is with Greg, I think.. The one you told me about in your last letter? I think that's who I ran into. He basically took Hannah insisting he'd be fine with her while I talked to you. He didn't seem like a bad guy, and my gut wasn't telling me he was harmful, or anything, so I said it'd be okay."

"What do you need to talk to me about?" Sara asked as she noticed the metal lock box in her friend's hand.

"My ex boyfriend.. Hannah's father, remember? Well, I was packing all his crap, to give back to him, since he's finally going to move out and get out of my life, of Hannah's life and I found it."

Sara raised a brow as she asked, "Is there a key?"

"No need. I've seen what's in it already. I just thought the crime lab might like to, considering it's the ten year anniversary of that serial killer, and bodies are turning up again." Jane said quietly, as she bit her fingernails, looked at her best friend, and waited on the I told you so.

Because Sara had told Jane about this guy, said something felt off about him. But he was so good with Hannah... And when he wasn't drinking, and picking fights, hitting her, he could be a sweet guy.

But lately, he'd been acting like he was two different people, and he'd started doing odd things... Like spending a lot of time in his old hunting cabin on the lake.

Some nights, he didn't even come home.

Sara opened the box and her hand went to her mouth. "Where did he get this stuff?" she gasped out as she turned to look at her best friend Jane.

"I've got a bad feeling that neither of us really wants the answer to that one, Sara." Jane muttered, avoiding her best friend's warm brown gaze.

Sara pulled Jane into a hug and then said " You... Are coming to stay with me. No ifs ands or buts."

Jane nodded and then said quietly, "I'm done with him. The fact that HE could be the new Lakeside strangler just makes everything make sense."

Sara sighed and then said "And if he's not, this stuff shows he knows who is. And we need it. You did the right thing, Jane. To hell with staying there because of Hannah. I think Hannah would rather have her mommy alive. Now, let's go see my god daughter.."

Sara and Jane walked down the hallway, only to find Greg holding the little girl on his lap as she watched him doing a simple magic trick in amazement. "So... Wishing you'd have went on that blind date a few years ago, now?"

Jane sighed and then biting her lower lip said "That's the guy you were going to set me up with?"

Sara nodded, barely hiding a chuckle as she cleared her throat, making Greg look up, blush a deep red at having been caught being childish yet again by one of the older members of the team.

"Greg, this is Jane. The little girl you're holding is my goddaughter, Hannah."

Greg smiled and then said "She's a cute kid. Really smart." as he started towards the brunettes and handed Jane back her daughter, after ruffling the little girl's ponytails and saying, "And you. Come back and see me, got it?"

Hannah nodded quietly, half asleep, her thumb in her mouth. After one last hug, and Sara handing Jane the key to her apartment, Jane left, and Greg turned to Sara as he asked, "So.. What had her practically shaking like a leaf just now?"

"The serial killer, Greg.. We might have a huge lead in that case." Sara explained as she took him up the hall, and they looked through the box.

Greg gaped and then said "Lemme get this straight.. She was with this guy?"

"Yes. If he's the copy cat, she was. If he's not, then he KNOWS the copy cat, which not only makes him an asshole, but an accessory to the crimes."

Greg nodded, and thought about the brunette from earlier.

"She's kind of cute." he murmured, as Sara managed to smile to herself.

"Good. You want to get to know her?"

"Maybe, Sidle.. Why?"

"You can go and sit with her tomorrow while Gil and I are gone. I do not want her home by herself, if he knows this box is missing..."

Greg nodded and said "Got it. And gladly."

Sara thanked him and the two fell to work again silently.