"Muted Suspense"
If there was anything about Vegas that you couldn't forget, other than of course the casinos, it was the heat. Catherine Willows had the air conditioning in her car on full blast, and it didn't seem to be doing much. Catherine's hair was long and curly, pulled back in a high ponytail to keep it off of her neck, and she was wearing a lime green tank top with black boot cut pants. Catherine glanced wearily at the clock and seeing that it was already ninety-eight degrees and only just twelve o'clock. She flipped on her cell phone and hit the speed dial to call Brass. Brass was her favorite federal man. He helped her and her team put away the bad guys, and find places that they really needed to find.
"Brass," said a man into her ear after the second ring.
"Hey Brass, it's me. I'm just about pulling up to the house now," said Catherine as she was pulling onto the street where the body of the victim was found.
"Ok. See you shortly," said Brass and clicked off his phone. Catherine drove another two blocks down and then saw the caution tape across a driveway. The house was big obviously showing this to be a high classed residence. There was a gate that had been opened for the detectives to get in. Catherine parked her car and stepped out. She pretty much began to sweat instantly. Taking a deep breath she headed to her trunk to get her kit.
"Hello Mr. Summer," said Greg Sanders walking towards Catherine. Catherine lifted her head and smiled happily at Greg.
"Hey Greg, how's it going?"
"Well we have one victim. She was found in the driveway, but the evidence shows us that she was indeed dragged there from inside the house. Brass is talking to the neighbor who found the body this morning."
"Where are you working?"
"I've been working out here, collecting stuff on the body. Gris is working inside the house, looking around all the rooms along with Sara, and Warrick and Nick are out back."
"I'll head out back then and see if they need any help," said Catherine closing the trunk to her car. She smiled at Greg. Greg was a younger CSI who had just recently joined them in the field. His hair was untamable unless you had a huge bottle of hair spray, and he was charming. Greg followed behind Catherine in his white and blue tie dye shirt and denim pants. Greg stopped at the body and continued his work while Catherine continued down the path the backyard. In the backyard there was a miniature Jacuzzi, not surprising considering the style of living the people in this development had. Nick Stoke was bent over some plants that were lined along the fence. He was wearing a black shirt with denim pants as well. He smiled at Catherine as she walked over, and she smiled back then looked to see Warrick looking over the Jacuzzi.
"What have you got there Tiger?" asked Catherine watching as Warrick bagged some evidence. Warrick was tall and had darker skin. His eyes were a pretty blue color, and had a charming smile. He was wearing a dark blue shirt and black denim jeans.
"Well nothing yet. I just found a scrap of something by the Jacuzzi. Not sure what it could be though," said Warrick holding out the evidence bag. Catherine pulled on her work gloves and took the evidence bag from him. Inside was a piece of rubber with white residue on it.
"Well I have no idea. Unless maybe the gardener wears rubber boots when feeding the plants," said Catherine handing it back to Warrick.
"Yeah. Maybe. I was more concerned with what the white stuff is on the rubber." Catherine nodded. She set her kit down and began to work.