One question...Can I have a vote for Grissom/Catherine? I'm not sure if I want to go there if I'm going to lose readers. Let me know if I should do that or go with an OC or no romance at all. I won't do a Grissom/Sara fic though. That would be too weird since Sara is close to Kaitlyn's age (right?).


Daddy Dearest: Part 4
By LissaMarie
August 12, 2002


"Okay, That was Jim Brass. We have an ID on the dead girl in the morgue. Amanda Reyes, 22. She lived in an apartment near her college campus. She was a student at UNLV--would have graduated next week with a degree in psychology," Kait announced as she hung up her cell. She noticed that Nick had entered the lab while she was on the phone and was thankful that she had something to say. The silence would have been deafening.

"That adds to your puzzle. Would a person educated in the ways of the human mind be able to be manipulated into an abusive relationship?" Nick questioned leaning against the lab table by Greg.

Kait let out an annoyed sigh and jumped out off her stool. "Damn it!"

"Well, if that has you ticked, you're not going to like this," Greg told her as he read the paper that came out of his printer. He got curious looks from both CSI's in the room. "Those fibers and materials you had me analyze from under your victim's nails contained blood as well as cotton and wool. The blood's XX."

"And now our killer's a woman. No one can ever say this job isn't interesting," Kait quipped.

"Now that we know who our vic is, we at least have somewhere to start. Let's see if we can get someone to join us at her place."

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"So, new girl's the boss's daughter," Warrick grinned at Nick as they made their way through Amanda Reyes' home. Kaitlyn was with Sara and Brass talking to the neighbors. "That must have come out of left field for you."

"That's one way of putting it. She was adamant about not getting special treatment though," Nick told him as he flipped through a day planner. "I don't know. There's something about her."

"She's hot," Warrick offered.

"Besides that. She's fun to talk to and a good person," Nick informed him. He put the day planner into an evidence bag and turned to his friend.

"And you know this after less than 2 days?"

"We talked a lot," Nick defended. "We talked a lot about a lot of different things that gave me a good look into her personality. I like her, but she doesn't like me. I can honestly say that, that has never happened to me before."

"Right, you're a regular ladies' man," Warrick snorted. He gave Nick a look. "Why don't you just ask her out?"

Nick groaned. "I did. She said no."

"Ouch."

"Want me to talk to her for you?" Warrick pacified as if he were talking to a small child.

Nick threw the evidence bag with the day planner in it at him in return.

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"You and Nick seem a little tense around one another," Sara observed as she and Kait compared notes on the neighbors' stories.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Kait lied keeping her gaze down to her notebook. "So the guy in the apartment next door said that he remembered hearing an argument between our vic and a woman he remembers as being 'blonde, curvy, and as hot as Hell' when he saw her leave. He doesn't remember any men ever being in the apartment, but he doesn't 'go that way and wouldn't have noticed'."

"So we know just as much now as we knew before leaving the lab," Sara summarized. "Why don't we go upstairs and see if Nick or Warrick found anything."

"Hopefully, but we still have the campus to visit. Maybe one of her professors or classmates will know something a little less...vague. The neighbor's description matches almost every woman in the city except you and me...and even a few men," Kait chuckled, and Sara joined her.

"Well, this is Vegas."

TO BE CONTINUED...

Sorry this part is so short. I really want to have some input before going on. Is a romance in order for Grissom? Should I try to complicate the Nick/Kaitlyn relationship more by adding a second admirer (Warrick?)? Let me know. I won't start anymore without responses. I'm really lost at this point. I'm not sure what I want to do, and someone else's observations about the characters could prove invaluable. Thanks!