Here it is--The last part. This part takes place during the next work shift after the last 2 parts. There isn't much Greg--This part doesn't focus on him--but I just had to have him mentioned again.


Daddy Dearest: Part 12
By LissaMarie
August 24, 2002


Kait entered the lab to find Greg staring intently down at a piece of equipment. She walked over to him as quietly as she could and peered over his should.

"Whatcha doing?" she questioned suddenly causing him to jump. She had to back away to avoid being hit by him.

"Damn, Kait! Don't do that," Greg chastised her. He ran his fingers through his already unruly hair and couldn't help the grin he felt coming on. It was nice to have a woman pay some kind of attention to him that wasn't work related.

"Sorry, I'm just bored. That, and I've had to be serious for WAY too long. I mean, heaven forbid I allow my father to see me having fun at work," Kait joked sitting down on a stool.

"Well, you seem to be in a good mood," Greg observed sitting down across from her. She did, in fact, seem to be in unusually high spirits.

"I had a good day," Kait explained vaguely.

"Right, Sundays are the big day for you Catholic people," Greg said mock-seriously with a nod of his head.

"Actually," Kait drew out, "I spent the day with...a friend. It was nice to get out and see more of the city. I'm beginning to really like it here."

"And who is this friend?" Greg asked curiously.

"I was wondering the same thing," Catherine told her as she entered the lab with a file.

"How did you know?" Kait spun around on her cahir.

"You father told me," Catherine replied. "So who is he?" She leaned against the table.

"Curiosity killed the cat, Cat," Kait teased reaching for the folder in Catherine's hand. "What's up with this file? It says it was already solved."

"A body was found out in the desert. The detectives that went to the scene seem to think it was related to this case. Which could mean--"

"An innocent man is in prison," Kait finished. "How are we dividing?"

"You and me are reinvestigating this file with Nick, and Warrick, Sara, and Grissom are taking the new crime scene," Catherine explained. "Greg, do you remember the Henderson case? Three murders with excessive post-mortem mutilation of the bodies."

"Hard to forget," Greg grimaced. It was from that point on that he had decided to avoid the bodies as much as possible and just stick to the samples he was sent.

"Good, we might need your help."

"These murders were committed 2 years, but I'm thinking that exhuming the bodies might help us figure this out. I could look at it with a fresh perspective," Kait suggested.

"The families would fight it on religious grounds. All 3 vics were strict Roman Catholics," Greg remembered.

"Well, then, I guess the autopsy photos will have to suffice," Kait shrugged.

"I didn't think you would go for it, as a Catholic yourself," Catherine ventured.

"As a Catholic, I wouldn't even think of deconsecrating a resting place, but as an investigator and doctor, I have no choice," Kait said. "And to me, this case is now personal, so can we get to it?" She tried to tell herself that her hurry was only because she wanted to find the murderer and that it had nothing to do with wanting to see Nick. She only half believed herself. I'm pathetic.

"Sure, Nick's waiting for us by his truck," Catherine responded following Kait as she walked out of the lab to the parking lot.

The first thing that Catherine noticed after they exited the building was Kait smoothing out her skirt and running her fingers through her hair. She dismissed it because, after all, Kait was a woman and conscious of her appearance in public. It was the looks that went between Kait and Nick that recapture her interest. She smiled to herself.

Gil's going to lose it.

THE END

Does that work as an ending? Okay, how does everyone stand on the sequel idea because I don't want to waste my time if no one wants to read another fic like this. I also have ideas for other CSI fics (This one opened a lot of doors in my mind). I also found the character profiles at CBS.com, so in another fic, I can actually get Nick's background right (I was close...He does only have one brother...).

How does everyone like Kait. She is pretty much based on me, so I can do her character pretty well (Well, how I see myself in 12 years anyway...). One of my friends read this and told me she thought that Kait wasn't all that interesting of a character (Now, I can just imagine what they say behind MY back). If I do another fic with her, I promise to have her character examined more and to have more of Kait and Grissom's relationship (That was actually my plan for THIS fic--I'll stick to it in the next though).

Of course, another story would mean another case (Not the one I mentioned at the end; the maybe-sequel would take place a few months after this one ended). I'll draw this one out better and maybe longer (I'm going to be starting back at school soon and will have that and work to worry about, so I'm not sure how much free time I'll have). There'll be more Gil/Cath and Warrick/Sara, just because everyone seems to like them (Scary thing is, I'm starting to warm up to G/S which I was TOTALLY against for the longest time).

Well, if I forgot to mention anything in this ramble, let me know and I'll mention it later. You probably stopped reading before now anyway.

**Please review and tell me how I did. This was my first CSI fic. Thanks a ton!**