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The Chicago-Vegas
Correspondence
FROM: Tuesday Haskle gummibear007@yahoo.com
DATE: May 13th 2000 20:47
TO: Sara Sidel sunnie_sara19@hotmail.com
SUBJECT: Looking For Luka
Sara-
How is your investigation
going? I hope better than ours. No, its not that we don't have any leads, its
that we have way too many! First of all, about Luka.
So, Luka is from Croatia, and
arrived at C.G. last year. He seemed to be doing fine, except that he missed a
couple days and has a seemingly unsteady emotional balance. According to
Lockheart, he killed someone. Overall though, no-one had a complaint.
Now, this convention.
"May I join you?"
Tuesday looked up from the e-mail she was
writing to see a tall, handsome man looking intently back at her. "Uh, yeah."
She swung her legs off the other seat in front of her.
"You're one of those CSIs who are looking
for Kovac, aren't you? Let me introduce myself. John Carter."
"Oh." So this was John Carter.
"Tuesday Haskle. That's right. I'm investigating this case." She decidedly left
out reluctantly.
"Isn't there a guy with you?"
"Yeah, Nick. He's off making a phone call."
Tuesday glanced apprehensively around the small restaurant. Where exactly
WAS Nick?
"Found anything out?" he asked, trying to
get a look at Tuesday's computer screen.
She snapped it shut. "Some stuff."
"Like..."
"That's classified information." Tuesday
said this with a relish.
"I see." Obviously he didn't.
"I have a question for you," she began, and
not waiting for a reply said, "what is your relationship with Abby Lockheart
like?"
The walls went up. "We're just friends."
"Mm-hm. Dr. Carter I've been in this
business long enough to know that you are definitely more than friends when you
treat the question like it was a murder weapon."
"Okay, fine. Abby often discusses her
'problems' with me, and for a while she was my sponsor at the AA meetings..."
"You're a recovering alcoholic?"
"She is. I was a drug addict."
"Oh. Are you romantically involved?"
"I wish."
"I see." Tuesday tried to cover a grin, and
turned back to her e-mail.
Now,
this convention. Apparently, Dr. Kerry Weaver – the head of the ER – was
supposed to go to it. But, a last minute invitation to the wedding of two hospital
employees caused her to need someone else to go. Dr. Kovac volunteered and
bang: last time anyone saw Luka.
Here's
a list of all the motives anyone had:
**ABBY
LOCKHEART: It seems our little Abby is involved with more than one guy. She
also has a crush – if you want to call it that – on Dr. Carter, another ER
physician. Could she want Kovac out of the picture?
**KERRY
WEAVER: Kovac is relatively aware of her sexual "preference." Wouldn't you want
to keep that under wraps if your job was at stake?
**JOHN
CARTER: Carter is Lockheart's newest love interest. He would want to get rid of
Kovac to have Lockheart. Could he be working w/her?
**PETER
BENTON: He got into a fight w/Kovac last May. But grudges run high in this
hospital. Could Benton want Kovac out of the way so he could gain more status?
**ROBERT
ROMANO: He's nasty. Who knows what he might do?
That's
all we found out.
---Tuesday
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Keep it Simple Stupid
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Nick was actually in Dr. Weaver's
office, one thing on his mind. He was thankful that Weaver had allowed him to
use her telephone. He called up Vegas.
"Hello?"
It was Catherine.
"Hey, Cath? It's Nick."
"Oh, hey Nick. What's up?"
"Well, I was actually hoping I
could speak with Gris..."
"Sorry Nick. Grissom is out
investigating a new murder. Can I help you?"
Nick sighed, silently cursing the
new murder. "Uh, well maybe. It's about Tuesday."
"Oh?"
"Well, last night she had a major
anxiety attack."
"Tuesday? Our Tuesday?"
"Yeah. It was really freaky. She
was screaming and totally out of it. She even thought I was Josh Camillati."
"That guy who we booked on those
serial killings? Wasn't that her boyfriend in Boston?"
"Yeah. Turns out he shot her while
in Boston. I guess something triggered the attack."
"That is really weird. I don't
know what to say. You're in direct contact with a hospital... Try to get her to
get therapy."
"You think that will work?"
"It's worth a ty--- Oh Greg!"
"What?"
"Greg must be high or something.
He's running around in his birthday suit."
"That makes him high?"
Catherine laughed. "I have to go
Nick. Good Luck."
Nick sighed. "Thanks. I'll need
it."
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FROM: Sara Sidel sunnie_sara19@hotmail.com
DATE: May 14th 2000 09:16
TO: Tuesday Haskle gummibear007@yahoo.com
SUBJECT:
RE: Looking For Luka
Tuesday—
Wow, you're right you do have a ton of stuff to deal
with! I think I can help you narrow down some of the suspects though.
Warric and I want to The Hyatt and found nothing.
Everything went a planned. But, we found out something very weird at the MGM
Grand. According to the front desk guy, Kovac left the hotel two days early.
With a brunette. So, what I want you to do is send me pictures of all the women
at the ER. From there, Warric and I will be able to figure out who the culprit
is.
Good Luck with the rest of the investigation!
--Sara
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"A girl's gotta eat sometime!"
Tuesday sighed, glancing at the e-mail. Why did she feel that she was back where she started?