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She sat at her desk, phone pressed to her ear, busy jotting down notes. Though the voice on the other line held most of her attention, she heard the echoing footsteps that came down the hallway and paused just outside her office door.
"Just a second," she told her visitor, without bothering to look up.
He watched her from the doorway, smiling at the expression of fierce concentration on her face. He'd thought of her a thousand times since he'd left, but his mind's eye could never have prepared him for seeing her now. Nothing had changed. It had been months since they had bid each other goodbye, but almost everything was as he left it. Even her. Her blue eyes still sparkled like stars. And she still had one of those faces that looked airbrushed all the time, even without a speck of make-up. The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Of course, he hadn't exactly been seeing a lot of women lately.
She held his job now, bound by the life he'd left behind. And she appeared to be handling the workload much better than he had.
"Catherine…"
She stilled. The way he'd said her name—she knew that voice! Her head shot up, her eyes wide. She stared at him, disbelieving.
"Gr—Grissom?"
Her former boss smiled at her warmly. Her heart skipped a beat. Then she noticed the small object clutched in his right hand. The heart. A broad smile spread across her face, her eyes welling with tears.
Bursting with emotion, Catherine jumped out of her seat, absentmindedly hanging up the phone, and practically ran to him. She couldn't help herself. She'd never felt so happy to see him in all her life.
She threw her arms around him and hugged him tight. "You came back."
Grissom pulled back, drinking in the wonderful vision in front of him. She stood just up to his chin, slender and graceful. This was Catherine, his best friend. His only real friend. Looking at her now, he wondered how he survived without her. After all, what was a king without the power behind the throne.
He gently brushed a few stray strands of hair from her face, beaming. "I came home."
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