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Chapter 6

"Case Closed"

Stephanie slammed her locker closed. They had just caught the bastard who'd murdered Mary's parents. Her and Nick were going to see her and to tell her aunt and uncle that they caught the guy.

"Ready Steph."

She gave Nicky a smile before she followed him out of the locker room and towards the garage.

They pulled up to a normal looking suburban home in Henderson. The only thing that didn't seem right was that it didn't look like a child lived there. There was no sign that Mary had been living here the past 2 weeks. Nick and Stephanie walked up to the door and knocked. A man who must have been Mary's uncle answered it.

"What do you want?" he said.

Nick looked at Steph before speaking. "Um hello sir. I'm Nick Stokes and this is Stephanie Foster. We're from the crime lab. We just wanted to talk to you and your wife about something and see how Mary is doing."

"Did you catch the guy who did that to my brother and his wife?"

"We did, but-"

"Well then you really don't need to say anymore Mr. Stokes."

With that he slammed the door in their faces. Stephanie could have sworn she saw Mary peaking around the corner, a frightened look plastered on her face. She turned away from the door and stormed back to the SUV, Nick not that far behind. She got in and slammed the door closed. It took everything in her power not to go back there and yell at that man for not caring.

Nick got in the car and looked at her.

"Come on Steph. Let it out. Don't need you exploding at Greggo for no reason later."

"How could someone just not care like that? It was his own brother and sister-in-law! Also: did you see the look on Mary's face? She looked scared out of her mind. There is something else going on with that family Nicky. Something no one else is seeing."

Nick let out a sigh. "I don't know how someone can act like that. And I saw her. But Steph-" She turned to look at the older man. "-There isn't anything we can do. You know how it works."

"I know. It just sucks."

Nick chuckled slightly and started the car. It was time to meet the others for dinner.

"So this guy bragged about it?" Greg asked as he popped a bite of food into his mouth.

"Yeah. He did," Brass said sitting among the CSIs.

Greg looked over at Stephanie. She'd been quiet since her and Nick had gotten there. What had happened had already been talked about over the table, but Steph was the only one who hadn't chimed in. It hurt Greg to see her like this. Greg just watched as she just pushed her food around her plate.

"You know what guys," Steph said as she placed her napkin back on the table. "I'm not feeling so well. I'll see you all later."

No one said anything as she left. Greg wasn't just going to let her leave like that. He put his napkin down and was about to follow her when Nick pushed himself away from the table. The rest of the group looked at Nick as he followed her out.

"Wonder if she'll ever realize how he feels about her," Catherine said as she popped a french fry in her mouth.

Greg looked over at the older woman, a look of confusion on his face.

"What do you mean Catherine?" Grissom asked, saving Greg from that embarrassment.

"Come on Grissom. Isn't it obvious?" The look on his face said he didn't know what she was talking about. "Nicky has feelings for our Stephanie."

Greg felt a pang in his chest. Steph and Nick were both his best friends and he didn't want it to ruin any of their relationships. Yeah. That was why Greg didn't like this idea of Nick having feelings for Stephanie. Totally.