When they arrived at the bar twenty minutes later and walked in, the bartender recognized them right away. Giving them a smile as he reached under the bar he let them walk up to him before doing anything.
"Hi" Sara began "we were wondering if there was anything left here for a Mr. or Mrs. Grissom?" The gentleman smiled again and brought out a manila envelope, quite thick and sealed.
"Don't suppose you can tell us anything about that night is there?" Grissom asked, taking the envelope from him. He just shook his head "Sorry, someone brought this by the next day and asked to have me hold on to it" he replied.
"And what did this person look like?'
"Tall, bald man, kinda stuck-up. Was wearing a suit and had a smile that screamed sarcasm" he said, surprising the both of them. That sounded like Ecklie, but he couldn't possibly be involved in this, could he?
"Are you sure that was the man who gave you this envelope?" Grissom asked, trying to make sure.
"Yep, told me to hold onto it until a couple came in looking for it. Showed me your picture and everything, so's I'd remember."
They looked at each other skeptically before thanking the man and walking out to the car.
"This is getting interesting" Sara commented when they were in the car. Grissom nodded his head, turned over the engine and asked, "hungry?"
"Starving" she replied.
He smiled at her "what are you in the mood for?"
"I can go for some Chinese food" she said and he headed towards the one he ordered from all the time. He started the engine while she opened the envelope. Contained within was the promised letter along with another smaller envelope.
"Letter or envelope?" she asked him.
"Letter, we can check out the envelope when we get to the restaurant."
She unfolded the letter and began to read…
Hello Grissom's,
By now you must suspect something, if you have this letter that means you've discovered something about that night. I am sorry for drugging the two of you, but it was a means to an end that needed to be done.
I know that Sara has loved you Grissom for the longest time and that there was little chance for me. When this idea came up, and I will not divulge the perpetrator, I was more than willing to play my part.
In this package is a little treat for you and a clue. I hope you enjoy them both and continue to discover the way to happiness. There are larger versions of these tucked away somewhere safe.
I will love you always Sara,
Greg
"Well, no surprises about the person who wrote the letter. I bet Nick was the mastermind behind all this" she commented. They pulled up the restaurant "let's take that envelope with us and go over it while we eat?"
"Yeah" she said and the two of them got out and went into the restaurant. After they were seated and then Sara placed the package on the table. Grissom grabbed it and opened it up. Contained within was a stack of photos and a receipt.
He glanced at the first of the photos and then up at Sara with a smile. She moved in a bit closer and then looked at it. She couldn't help but smile at what she saw.
The picture was of them in their wedding attire, they were standing at the back of the church, posing for the picture. All the pictures were of them this way, all different poses that were very traditional.
In each of the photos they were looking at each other lovingly, leaving no question as to the love they shared.
"What drug did Greg use, something he cooked up himself I'm sure. How could we have been awake enough for this but not remember a thing?" she questioned out loud.
Their food was delivered and the photo's forgotten for a second as Sara looked at what they had ordered. The table was nearly covered. "Did we really order all this?" she asked.
Grissom chuckled, guessing they were going to be taking some leftovers home for later. They loaded up their plated and while Sara began to eat he reached back into the bag for the receipt. It was for a limo company.
"Guess we know where to go to next" he said handing over the receipt and taking a bite of his food.
"Guess so, but we still need to stop at the baby store, I just want to get a look around" she said.
"Guess I need to clean out those spare rooms huh?" he commented dryly.
"Yep" was all she said before placing another forkful of food into her mouth.
"If you're going to move in with me, we are going to have to figure out what to do about your apartment."
"I also need to go see Greg before he puts out an APB, he knows I don't have that many friends" she said around a mouthful "we will take care of my apartment soon, but for now I want to keep them from knowing we know."
She said the last with a devilish gleam in her eye and Grissom was glad he wasn't on her bad side at the moment. "Better keep those revenge thoughts to yourself for a little while, don't want to tip them off" he said to her.
"Oh, I have a little something I can do to the little man, all of them for that matter."
"And that would be?" he asked.
"I seem to have found myself in a difficult position as of late" she said placing a hand on her slightly rounded stomach, "I won't tell them about us finding out, but I will tell them about the unusual circumstances of my pregnancy…"
She continued to tell him of her plans and what role he was going to play in it while they finished dinner. By the time the two of them were done, the entire crew was going to be sorry for keeping it a secret for so long.
"You are evil, my dear" Grissom said as they headed back out to the car.
"I know" she replied. They were due back to work the next night and the plan was going to be set in motion then.
