Chapter 28
Robin looked up from her magazine and nudged Kate playfully as Garrett walked into the break room with a huge vase of flowers and a box of chocolates. Kate snickered at him as Robin cleared her throat gently and asked. "Are those for me Garrett? You shouldn't have." Kate giggled and pulled her magazine towards her as Garrett placed the items on the table.
"Actually." He grinned and made sure that the vase wasn't going to fall. "These ain't from me. I just picked them up from reception." He turned towards Kate and smiled. "There for Kate."
"ME!" Kate squeaked and stared bug-eyed at the flowers and chocolates. "Who they from?" She asked as she leaned forward to touch the leaves.
Robin stood and pulled out a card. "Want me to read it?" She asked and grinned when Kate nodded. "Ok."
'Accept my gifts with love. See you soon Tell your mum and Grissom I said hello'
Robin and Garret exchanged confused glances before looking at Kate. She looked bewildered and very confused. "No name?" She asked softly. Robin shook her head. "Uncle Nicky?" She turned her head towards Garrett, but he was shaking his head and gave a single shrug.
At that moment, Nick strolled in with a clipboard in one hand and an empty cup in the other. "Hey beautiful, having fun?" He asked upon seeing Kate standing by the table. Once he saw the items on the table, his smile faded and the confused looks on the others didn't go unnoticed. "What's up?"
"Someone sent me flowers Uncle Nick." Kate said weakly. "No name. You think Aunt Catherine sent them?"
Nick moved to stand in front of the flowers and picked up the card. "Catherine would sign it sweetheart. Maybe you have a secret admirer." He teased lightly, but his chest was tight as he looked over the card again. He looked up at Robin pointed to Kate with his eyes and then the door.
She nodded and wrapped her arms around Kate's shoulders. "Come on kiddo, let's finish that experiment with Phillip."
"Sure. Hey Garrett." Kate turned her head as she was pushed through the door. "Coming with us?"
"I'll be there in a minute sweetie." He smiled and watched as she and Robin left the break room and disappeared down the hall.
"Can you do me a favour Garrett?" Nick asked as he placed the card on the table and picked up his clipboard. Garrett nodded. "Put some gloves on and take these to Grissom's office. Don't let Kate see you."
"Is something wrong Nick?"
Narrowing his eyebrows in thought, he sighed. "I'm not certain yet. I'm gonna call Griss and find out." He looked up and Garrett bobbed his head a few times before heading towards the unit and opening a draw to retrieve some gloves. Meanwhile, Nick turned and headed for the front. He placed his filled in prelim report on his desk as he walked by his office and made a beeline past the receptionist to get info on the flowers and chocolates.
Once he was outside, he pulled out his cell phone and dialled Grissom's number. After five rings, Grissom picked up. "Grissom?"
"Yeah. What's up Nick?"
He scratched his neck and looked around the car park. "Are you heading back?"
"Yeah. You ring me to chat Nicky?"
Nick sighed and shook his head. "No. I was just informing you that Kate just received a large vase full of flowers and chocolates with a weird card. She's got no idea who it's from."
Robin looked up from her magazine and nudged Kate playfully as Garrett walked into the break room with a huge vase of flowers and a box of chocolates. Kate snickered at him as Robin cleared her throat gently and asked. "Are those for me Garrett? You shouldn't have." Kate giggled and pulled her magazine towards her as Garrett placed the items on the table.
"Actually." He grinned and made sure that the vase wasn't going to fall. "These ain't from me. I just picked them up from reception." He turned towards Kate and smiled. "There for Kate."
"ME!" Kate squeaked and stared bug-eyed at the flowers and chocolates. "Who they from?" She asked as she leaned forward to touch the leaves.
Robin stood and pulled out a card. "Want me to read it?" She asked and grinned when Kate nodded. "Ok."
'Accept my gifts with love. See you soon Tell your mum and Grissom I said hello'
Robin and Garret exchanged confused glances before looking at Kate. She looked bewildered and very confused. "No name?" She asked softly. Robin shook her head. "Uncle Nicky?" She turned her head towards Garrett, but he was shaking his head and gave a single shrug.
At that moment, Nick strolled in with a clipboard in one hand and an empty cup in the other. "Hey beautiful, having fun?" He asked upon seeing Kate standing by the table. Once he saw the items on the table, his smile faded and the confused looks on the others didn't go unnoticed. "What's up?"
"Someone sent me flowers Uncle Nick." Kate said weakly. "No name. You think Aunt Catherine sent them?"
Nick moved to stand in front of the flowers and picked up the card. "Catherine would sign it sweetheart. Maybe you have a secret admirer." He teased lightly, but his chest was tight as he looked over the card again. He looked up at Robin pointed to Kate with his eyes and then the door.
She nodded and wrapped her arms around Kate's shoulders. "Come on kiddo, let's finish that experiment with Phillip."
"Sure. Hey Garrett." Kate turned her head as she was pushed through the door. "Coming with us?"
"I'll be there in a minute sweetie." He smiled and watched as she and Robin left the break room and disappeared down the hall.
"Can you do me a favour Garrett?" Nick asked as he placed the card on the table and picked up his clipboard. Garrett nodded. "Put some gloves on and take these to Grissom's office. Don't let Kate see you."
"Is something wrong Nick?"
Narrowing his eyebrows in thought, he sighed. "I'm not certain yet. I'm gonna call Griss and find out." He looked up and Garrett bobbed his head a few times before heading towards the unit and opening a draw to retrieve some gloves. Meanwhile, Nick turned and headed for the front. He placed his filled in prelim report on his desk as he walked by his office and made a beeline past the receptionist to get info on the flowers and chocolates.
Once he was outside, he pulled out his cell phone and dialled Grissom's number. After five rings, Grissom picked up. "Grissom?"
"Yeah. What's up Nick?"
He scratched his neck and looked around the car park. "Are you heading back?"
"Yeah. You ring me to chat Nicky?"
Nick sighed and shook his head. "No. I was just informing you that Kate just received a large vase full of flowers and chocolates with a weird card. She's got no idea who it's from."