Ally and Greg walked up to the scene. It was a back ally next to the Plaza Hotel.

"This one of those debutant balls," Greg asked, noting the crowed by the front entrance.

"Yeah, white dresses and suits," Alison said, lifting the police tap for him.

"I'm sure you looked hot when you wore yours." He said, ducking under it.

"You think I went to one of these; my father was a cop."

Greg shrugged his shoulders.

"Your family is like New York royalty." He set his case down.

"Well, no, the fanciest thing I ever attended was Erin's wedding.

You are too wrapped up in your Las Vegas way of things." Greg shrugged his shoulders. Danny walked up to the two of them.

"Is she a debutant," Danny called out to them.

"She doesn't have the Dress or any ID," Alison called out, noting the number of reports starting to gather around the tape.

"The perp might have taken it and dropped them somewhere else," Greg added. Danny turned and said something to his Jackie before coming over to talk to them.

"What do you got," Danny said.

"Teenage girl head trauma and strangulation," Greg explained while Alison lifted the covering.

"Oh, man, she's young," Danny said.

"Yeah, 16, 17 years old," Greg said.

"Hey, kid, get out of here." An officer called behind them. The three turned to find Nicky standing there. Danny ran over to her while Greg and Alison quickly pulled the cover over the victim.

"Hey, are you guy asleep over here or what." Danny grabbed Nicky's arm and pulled her away. "I told you to wait in the car. Hey, get back in the car, and you wait for your uncle. Get in there." He was commanding her. Nicky seemed frozen, and it took some force to get her back in the car. Alison closed her eyes then looked at Greg.

"This is going to be a fun Sunday dinner." Greg gave a crooked smile.

"Glad it family only." Alison took a picture looking around at the scene.

"I could smuggle you in." Greg took a picture.

"Yeah, that's not going to happen."

Alison ducked under the police tape, walking over to her brothers and niece. Jamie had finally arrived to pick Nicky up. Danny had called him to pick Nicky up. He had been running late, which is why she was able to sneak out and look at the body.

"Okay, I have a few minutes to talk," Alison said Greg was going over things with the coroners regarding the body. Danny lifted his hands.

"See Nicky; now you're pulling me and Aunt Al from our jobs."

Jamie shook his head.

"Sorry, I'm late, just uh…" Jamie looks guilty.

"No, it's all right," Danny said.

"Thanks for coming," Ally added, taking her gloves off and putting them in a bag.

"No problem but is, uh… you think Erin's going to...?"

Jamie looked between Danny and Alison.

"She is going to kill us," Alison said, rubbing her forehead.

"No, she is going to kill me. I brought her here." Danny said.

"Yeah, but you didn't lift the cover for her to see clearly."

Alison said.

"I won't tell her," Nicky said, they all turned to look at her.

"What do you mean?" Danny asked

"About this," Nicky explained.

"No, no, no, it's my fault." Danny shot her down.

"I promised I'd stay in the car. And mom's gonna flip out on you." Nicky said.

"Listen, you go home, and you tell your mom the truth. Okay, I'll call her myself later. We will straighten this all out." Danny reassured her.

"It's for the best, Nicky." Alison reached her hand out tentatively before resting it on her arm.

"Okay." With that, Nicky left.

"Well, that could have gone better," Alison said.

"You're telling me now, get in there and get me something on the girl." Alison nodded and walked back off over to the scene. Greg gave her a small smile.

"How is Nicky." He asked, setting another marker.

"We will find out after her first nightmare." Alison breathed out.

"When was your first body." He asked she pulled put a swab.

"I was about her age." He looked up at her.

"Really, it wasn't until I was working at the lab." Alison shrugged her shoulders.

"It's New York, and I found a dead body on my way to school.

I didn't sleep for a week." Greg shook his head.

"I never had any of that. Being an only child, my mother never let me go anywhere by myself. I got a bloody nose at school once, and she took me out for two days." Alison looked at him.

"You've had dinner with my family; it's not that nice." Alison took out a swab.

"I like your family." He gave her his crooked smile.

"Good because if you're dating me, you're dating my family." Danny walked over.

"Come on, sis that the only reason he would date you." Ally flashed him with her camera. Glancing back at the hotel.

"Did Jackie have any luck with the witnesses?" Greg shook his head.

"You know the way people like that are. Nobody saw anything. Nobody knows anything." Alison took a deep breath making a note on her clipboard.

"I only hope that Danny can find the person that did this before Erin gets to him."

Danny knocked on Alison and Greg's office.

"Get anything on that debutant case." Greg looked up from the file he and Alison were looking over, gesturing him over.

"We just got the ME report. She is in good health; someone was looking out for her." Danny nodded, seeing the notes.

"She didn't come up in missing persons."

Danny picked up the file.

"She was strangled." Alison leaned back on the table.

"Yeah, it was up close and personal. It takes time. He knows who she was." There was a knock on the door. The three turned and found Flack at the door.

"Sorry, can I talk to Greg." He said. Greg walked over to his desk, grabbing a file and stepping out into the hallway with Flack.

Danny rubbed his face.

"How did things go with Erin." Danny looked back at her.

"I didn't call her." Alison slammed her hand into her face. "Nicky went around town telling all of her classmates about the girl. So Erin came storming into the precinct, wanting to know what happened." Alison walked over to him.

"Well, can you blame her. It's her perfect little girl walking around talking about murder." Alison crossed her arms tight around her.

"I get it, Al, I messed up, but what can I do now." Danny took a step toward her causing her to retreat slightly.

Danny gave a small smile backing up.

"Sorry…but what can I do know."

Alison took a deep breath.

"Ask for forgiveness and be there to help pick up the pieces like you did…" Alison trailed off when Greg walked him. Danny looked in between the two of them.

"Thanks, Al, I better get going." He waved at her as she walked back over to her desk, sitting in her chair. She pulled her legs up, curling into a ball.

"Sure thing, Danny, I'll let you know if we get anything."

Greg called out, noticing Alison's changed demeanor.

"You know one day they are going to figure out you're the reason you're always late to dinner and not me," Greg said, opening the car door for Ally.

"Please, you wanted to run that last test just as much as I did. If I hadn't gotten that flat, I wouldn't have needed a ride." He grabbed the pie out of the back of the car.

"This is nice." He said.

"What walking into a house that is full of enemies because my one and only niece saw her first body." Greg shut the door.

"No, you and me working cases and getting to see your family."

Ally smiled.

"Why Gregory Hojem-Sanders is this a proposal." He shook his head.

"Believe me if it were you wouldn't be asking, and I wouldn't be just dropping you off." Alison took the pie out of his hands.

"Thank you now. You better get going before my sister see you."

Greg bent over, kissing her cheek.

"Good luck calls me if Erin kills Danny, and you need a CSI."

Ally laughed, stepping into the house.

Jamie was at the door.

"Greg didn't want to come in." Alison heard Danny and Erin already arguing about the food.

"No, and to be honest, I wish I were going with him."

Jamie smiled, taking the pie.

"You and me both." He looked at the pie. "Did you make this." Alison rolled her eyes.

"No, I picked it up at the shop like I always do." Jamie smiled.

"Sorry, I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't have to deal with food poisoning along with Danny and Erin."

Alison did her best to stay out of the conversation. Until her dad got up and walked out of the room to go talk to Nicky.

"Erin, she saw what she saw there is no going back the nightmare will become less frequent as time passes." She finally added.

"Easy for you to say you play with bodies for a living."

Erin snapped. Alison took a deep breath.

"What dad did to help me was give me closure. Nicky has a face that is with her only seeing the worse moment. Find her closure, and that will do her a world of good." Ally said plainly.

Alison walked down the hallway.

"Where are we going," Nicky said. Alison shushed her, not wanting to bother anyone.

"I am going to do something that may or may not ruin my relationship with your mother." Nicky tilted her head.

"Then why do it." Alison grabbed her arms.

"Because You are my niece, and I was where you are right now."

She opened the door leading into her office. Alison walked over and sat on her desk. Greg was in the lab with Mac. She picked up a file handing over a file. "Ask me anything." Nicky took it, tilting her head.

"Ask you about what." She opened the file reveling the public reports on the crime. She looked up at Alison.

"Ask me about the case, or if you don't want to talk about it, then we can talk about anything. I'm your Aunt Alison, but I'm also a Level 3 CSI Detective, so ask me what you want to know.

If I'm allowed, I will tell you."

Alison kicked the chair toward her picking up a baseball. "Here is how it's going to work I toss you the ball you ask a question and toss it back, and I will answer. We will repeat this until I have to drop you off with your mom." Nicky nodded.

"I know that they caught the guy, but how did she die." Nicky tossed the ball at Alison.

"She was strangled." Alison tossed it back.

"How did you know that." She tossed it back.

"The ME noted the bruising around the neck and some other indications." She explained.

"How long did the nightmares last." Alison gave her a small smile.

"When I saw my first body, they lasted about three weeks. It was a slow prosses. I recommend not taking any medicine that can make you drowsy.

That way, you can't get trapped in them."

Alison said.

"How did you find the killer." Alison smiled as Nicky started looking over the case. They continued for the next hour when Alison's phone rang.

"Well looks like we have to cut it off at that." Alison stood up from the desk.

"Thank you, Aunt Al, for this." Alison smiled.

"Don't mention it." She grabbed her arm. "To anyone ever." She laughed as they walked out of the office. When Alison got back, she found Greg standing in the doorway holding the baseball.

"Did you have a nice talk." He asked.

"Yes, why." Greg handed the ball to her.

"Just wanted to make sure she got her closure." Alison smiled.

"Only time will tell." She walked over to him, pulling her arms tight around her body. She was near Greg but not touching him.

"Did it work for you." Alison closed her eyes.

"They did for the kind Nicky is having." There was a long pause.

"And the others." Alison looked up at him, her eyes watering.

"I'm still waiting to see what a restful night sleep looks like."

Greg razed his hand to touch her arm, then stopped. His eyes searching hers. She gave a small nod, and he gently rested it on her arm.

"It will come." Alison looked over at Mac's office.

"I hope your right."