"Hi, is Mr. Is Ryan Wolfe here?"

"What is your name?"

"Melanie Bordeaux. I need to see him please."

"Alright, just go sit over there and I'll get him."

"Thank you Officer…Dominguez."

"You are welcome." The officer smiled and sat down in the waiting room. She pulled her hair back into a tight bun and straightened her shorts down when she went to go sit down.

Officer Dominguez picked up the phone and called Ryan Wolfe's extension.

"Hi, is this CSI Wolfe?" She said in a what to find out what's going on voice.

"Yes?" Ryan Wolfe spoke. His voice was urgent and it sounded like he wasn't pleased to be disturbed.

"I have someone for you down here. Would you like for me to bring her up?"

"Who is it?" His voice laced with curiosity.

"She said her name was Melanie Bordeaux. Do you know her?"

"Um, no. But, I'll go down there and meet her. Thank you Officer."

"You are welcome." Officer Dominguez hung up the phone and returned back to work.

Melanie sat patiently in the waiting room. She picked up a random magazine and started reading it. Her looks deceived what she was actually feeling. Her heart was going 90 miles per hour and her eyes never read a single word on that page. She tapped her foot on the ground and counted the beats per minute. Every time that elevator would ding she would almost jump out of her seat.

"Stay calm, cool, and collected." Her mother taught her to stick by that when something major was happening. It worked too. Just breathe, she thought to herself.

"That name sounds so familiar. I swear I heard it before." Ryan Wolfe said, pulling his latex gloves off and threw them in the trash can. He swung the glass door open and briskly walked to the elevator. Erik and Calleigh were in the elevator when he got in there.

"Where are you going Ryan?" Calleigh asked. Ryan turned to face them and said:

"Down to the lobby."

"Following a lead?"

"Yeah . . . Following a lead." The elevator dinged and Erik and Calleigh got off.

"See you later." Ryan didn't say anything. The elevator doors closed and Ryan checked the time on his phone. 3:58pm. Just one minute ago he checked it again. He had a feeling about this meeting. It was off feeling.

Finally. The elevator doors pulled out and Ryan walked down to Officer Dominiguez's post.

"Where is she?" He asked.

"Right over there." The officer pointed over there towards the girl sitting in the waiting room. Through the window he saw she had medium long brown hair and bright blue eyes. She had crisp white skin with light freckle dotted on her arms.

"Alright. Did she say what she needed?" Dominiguez shook her head. Ryan thanked her then walked over towards her. She threw down the magazine and stood up.

"Are you Ryan Wolfe?"

"Yes, who are you? Please sit." Ryan sat down beside her and she took a heavy breath.

"My name is Melanie Bordeaux. You can call me Laney. Anyway, I'm here about my mother, Claire Bordeaux. She knew you." His thoughts had already drifted. Ryan met Claire while she was attending Florida International University. He dated Claire for about a 1 year and a half. Then they broke up because she was moving to Shreveport, Louisiana to be with her family. That was about 15 years ago.

"Yes, I knew Claire very well. Is she okay?"

"That's what I am here for. We just moved to Miami about a month ago and she went out that morning to go to work and she never came home. That was yesterday morning. This is not like her to do this. She is always at home when she said she was going to be home."

"Okay, where does Claire work?"

"A biotechnical company…I believe the name is Hilton Enterprises. She's been working there since before I was born. She transferred over there after she graduated from FIU. She had a picture, and labeled it and it was the night of her graduation. You were in it. That's how I knew you had known my mama. Plus, I saw you on the news that you were a CSI." Her eyes were tired looking and her voice sounded like a drag to even talk.

"Hilton Enterprises. Alright, hold on there." Ryan stood up and walked a few feet out of ear shot of Laney and called Horatio.

"Hello?"

"H, um I got to talk to you about something."

"What is it?" Horatio asked. Ryan heard traffic in the back, so he knew he must have been out.

"A girl named Melanie Bordeaux says her mother, Claire Bordeaux, was taken from her work. She was last seen leaving for work yesterday morning. The daughter says that Claire works at Hilton Enterprises and biotechnical company."

"While I am in town, I'll check it out. Call Erik out to Hilton Enterprises. In the meanwhile, talk to her daughter and find out more." Click! The phone went. Ryan glanced back over towards her and dialed Erik and told him what he was to do. Ryan than walked back over there to where Laney was standing now.

"Alright, my boss and another CSI are on their way over to her work. Come on with me and we will go up to my work area okay?" Laney nodded her head and followed him. Something that bothered him was her age. She looked like she was probably a junior in high school. Once they were in the elevator, her words were coming out faster than the internet.

"Who were you to my mama? How did you meet her? How do you know she is still at her workplace?"

"Whoa whoa whoa. Alright, slow down I didn't understand a word you just said."

"How do you know my mama?" Ryan paused for a second.

"I met her while I was on a case near FIU and she was a witness."

"Ya'll were friends?"

"Yes."

"Why are you going to her workplace?"

"We might find something to indicate where she might be." The rest of the ride was silent and they walked to his work station quietly.

"Do you have any other family members?"

"No. Mama didn't have any brothers or sisters."

"What about your father?"

"Never met him. Though Mama talks about him all the time as if she just met him yesterday. She told me that him and her broke up a long time ago."

"Do you even know his name?"

"No, Mama wouldn't ever tell me."

"Oh." Ryan said. Ryan grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and jotted down a to do list of things. Laney sat down near the window and stared out onto the pavement near the street. Ryan went back to work and Laney just sat there staring at him. He was typing away on his computer. Then his phone started ringing.

"Wolfe."

"Hey, we found Claire's purse. She had some alcohol in a mouthwash bottle and her wallet. Ryan, call Child Services and get the home address."

"Hey, Laney, what is your home address?"

"Coconut Grove…" And trailed on. "Why do you need my address?"

"Just following a lead." H thanked him and hung up.

"How old are you CSI Wolfe?" He looked up and her and placed his hands shoulder length apart on the table.

"Just call me Ryan and that's kind of a random question isn't it?"

"Yeah, but I'm 15 if that helps."

"I'm 35."

"Cool beans. How long have you been working here?"

"A very long time it seems."

"Who is the guy that you keep calling?"

"My boss, Horatio Caine."

"Is this what you've always done? Work here in this lab?" She jumped up and stood straight across from Ryan.

"You sure are the inquisitive type." Just then Calleigh walked in. Her and Erik just came back apparently.

"Hey, Ryan, I got something for you." Then she saw Laney.

"My name is Calleigh Duquesne and I work here too." She said smiling. Her smile was warm enough there would be no winter.

"My name is Melanie Bordeaux. Just call me Laney."

"Hey, Laney, do you think you could step outside for a couple of minutes and let me talk to Ryan?"

"Sure. It's boring in here when you have nothing to do," She went to the door and stopped. "I'll be right outside." Ryan nodded and she walked out.

"Ryan, why is she in here? I'm not mad she is in here, but if she touches something that compromises evidence."

"I know. I just met her about 45 minutes ago. But her mother, Claire, I knew her." Ryan jotted something else down, but Calleigh paid no mind to that.

"You need to be a little more careful. But, I trust your judgment. So what's this about her mother?" Calleigh propped on the side of the table.

"Claire has gone missing and Laney was here because she found a picture of me with her mother on her Claire's High school graduation."

"Alright, have you already talked to H?" Calleigh asked pulling down her shirt. And noticing his to do list.

"Yeah, I just did. He said him and Erik went to her work place and found her purse. Then they went over to their home and they haven't contacted me back yet." Ryan looked outside the door and saw Laney just sitting on the chair in front of the window gazing out unto the front of the building. Lost in her own thought nobody else mattered. That was just how Claire was.

"Alright, I'm going to go over and ask Natalia if she can look after…"

"Laney."

"See if she can look after Laney while we are gone." Ryan nodded his head and him and Calleigh went out the door.

"I'll be at Natalia's lab." Calleigh briskly walked down to her lab. Ryan went over and propped against the window.

"Hey, Laney, can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure," She jumped down from her perch and stood tall. "What do you need?"

"In order to find your Mama I have to go out and collect some evidence. Do you think you can stay here in the lab with another CSI?" Ryan really hoped she would say yes.

"Who is it? Have they been on TV?"

"Yes, a couple of times. Her name is Natalia Boa Vista." Laney smiled died down a little but not too much.

"Yeah okay I guess. You'll be back soon right?" Her eyes widen and her smile just a little bigger. Ryan felt that he knew her from somewhere but he didn't.

"Yeah, I'll walk you down to her lab." Ryan led her to Natalia's lab where Calleigh was talking about them both.

"Hey, you must be Laney?" Natalia asked.