Sara slowly walked into the DNA lab with her hands in her back pockets.
Greg was listening to something on his disk man, he was so into whatever he
was listening he didn't even notice Sara walk in. She walked around to the
front of his so-called desk and stood there.
His attention was caught and he removed the headphones. "Rage Against the Machine?" Sara asked.
"No. It's a book on tape, about the breakdown of certain molecules. You can never learn enough." Greg said smugly, still hurt by Sara's previous words. "If you came for the results of the anti-freeze, there not done yet. Still processing."
"Yeah, about that." She began. "I'm sorry about what I said. I shouldn't have. I was completely out of line. It's just that, I want to find Grissom. We all do, especially for Jen. I'm really sorry Greg."
He sat there and bobbed his head once. "Apology accepted." He flashed a half smile and dead silence occurred.
'Should I ask if he wants to go out for coffee or something?' Sara pondered. 'No, that might give it away. I should let him ask me. I don't want him getting suspicious, and then screaming at Nick and Jennifer for revealing his secret crush on me.'
"Deep in thought huh?" Greg said noticing her far off look that was upon her face.
"I was just thinking. Actually praying that Grissom is okay." Sara said lying. The computer beeped as it finished the search.
Greg plucked the piece of paper from the printer tray and glanced over it then looked at Sara. "Main components of antifreeze are ethylene glycol and diethlyene glycol, water and corrosion inhibitors."
"Corrosion inhibitors?" Sara questioned.
"Chemicals added to the antifreeze to protect the engines from corrosion. The ethylene glycol content is high. Ninety-five percent." Greg noted as his fingers followed the report on the paper.
"What does that mean?" Sara asked quizzically taking a seat in a chair next to Greg. "You're talking to a girl here who knows nothing about what's in the stuff used in the cars." She smiled.
"Well as we know antifreeze is dangerous if digested by animals or children. It smells sweet so that's what attracts them to it. It's also harmful if drained near a well or a water supply. And the reason it's high in percentage like that is because it has been recycled. Recycled antifreeze helps reduce contamination of the waterways if introduced to it. Recycling the antifreeze removes all acid by-products of glycol, dissolved metals, suspended solids and accumulations of magnesium silicate. It meets all ASTM standards and it doesn't void the warranty on your car. It really good for the rad and engine." Sara dictated back to Nick and Jennifer from what Greg told her.
"Interesting. Do a lot of people use it?" Jennifer asked.
"Unfortunately no. It's really expensive because of the process it goes through and it's a bit more environmentally safe so you're paying tons. They usually come in a two-gallon container and that will run you at about six dollars and seventy cents. Non-recycled, for a two gallon is about two fifty. For a fifty five-gallon drum it really burns a hole in your pocket, about one hundred and twenty three dollars. People usually buy the less expensive kind. But if you're a real environmentalist, they spring for the expensive one." She said handing the paper to Nick so he could glance over it.
"How many mechanics actually use this recycling process?" Nick asked.
"I did a search. Only three auto-mechanic stores uses this kind of product. Which is a bonus for us so we don't have to run around asking questions. I'll pull a photo of Milander from the files and we'll grab Brass and head over to the ones I've marked down." Sara said getting up heading to the office to call Brass.
"We'll meet you in the car." Nick said walking out instep with Jennifer. "Interesting work she did. Now if Greg really explained that to her, that meant she was there for some time. Do you think he forgave her?"
"Yea. I think he did." She said when she collided with Warrick and Catherine. "Hey. Did you guys get anything yet?"
"I'm headed over to trace to look at fibers and Catherine is headed over to ballistics to look at the shell casing that was found at the warehouse." Warrick explained. "You get anything good?"
"Oh yeah. Big time. Sara found antifreeze in soaked into the gravel in the driveway. She got Greg to run it and found tons of things. It's recycled antifreeze. Better for the environment and cars. There's only three auto mechanics that use the stuff so we're headed over there right now with Brass to question them about maybe if they sold anything to Milander." Jen said.
"Wow, you guys scored big." Catherine said. "Let us know if anything good came up."
"Will do." Nick smiled as they walked outside to the Tahoe to see Brass and Sara standing there.
"Ready to rock and roll?" Brass said to the criminologists.
"Let's roll daddy-o." Jen said as she hopped in the drivers' seat.
His attention was caught and he removed the headphones. "Rage Against the Machine?" Sara asked.
"No. It's a book on tape, about the breakdown of certain molecules. You can never learn enough." Greg said smugly, still hurt by Sara's previous words. "If you came for the results of the anti-freeze, there not done yet. Still processing."
"Yeah, about that." She began. "I'm sorry about what I said. I shouldn't have. I was completely out of line. It's just that, I want to find Grissom. We all do, especially for Jen. I'm really sorry Greg."
He sat there and bobbed his head once. "Apology accepted." He flashed a half smile and dead silence occurred.
'Should I ask if he wants to go out for coffee or something?' Sara pondered. 'No, that might give it away. I should let him ask me. I don't want him getting suspicious, and then screaming at Nick and Jennifer for revealing his secret crush on me.'
"Deep in thought huh?" Greg said noticing her far off look that was upon her face.
"I was just thinking. Actually praying that Grissom is okay." Sara said lying. The computer beeped as it finished the search.
Greg plucked the piece of paper from the printer tray and glanced over it then looked at Sara. "Main components of antifreeze are ethylene glycol and diethlyene glycol, water and corrosion inhibitors."
"Corrosion inhibitors?" Sara questioned.
"Chemicals added to the antifreeze to protect the engines from corrosion. The ethylene glycol content is high. Ninety-five percent." Greg noted as his fingers followed the report on the paper.
"What does that mean?" Sara asked quizzically taking a seat in a chair next to Greg. "You're talking to a girl here who knows nothing about what's in the stuff used in the cars." She smiled.
"Well as we know antifreeze is dangerous if digested by animals or children. It smells sweet so that's what attracts them to it. It's also harmful if drained near a well or a water supply. And the reason it's high in percentage like that is because it has been recycled. Recycled antifreeze helps reduce contamination of the waterways if introduced to it. Recycling the antifreeze removes all acid by-products of glycol, dissolved metals, suspended solids and accumulations of magnesium silicate. It meets all ASTM standards and it doesn't void the warranty on your car. It really good for the rad and engine." Sara dictated back to Nick and Jennifer from what Greg told her.
"Interesting. Do a lot of people use it?" Jennifer asked.
"Unfortunately no. It's really expensive because of the process it goes through and it's a bit more environmentally safe so you're paying tons. They usually come in a two-gallon container and that will run you at about six dollars and seventy cents. Non-recycled, for a two gallon is about two fifty. For a fifty five-gallon drum it really burns a hole in your pocket, about one hundred and twenty three dollars. People usually buy the less expensive kind. But if you're a real environmentalist, they spring for the expensive one." She said handing the paper to Nick so he could glance over it.
"How many mechanics actually use this recycling process?" Nick asked.
"I did a search. Only three auto-mechanic stores uses this kind of product. Which is a bonus for us so we don't have to run around asking questions. I'll pull a photo of Milander from the files and we'll grab Brass and head over to the ones I've marked down." Sara said getting up heading to the office to call Brass.
"We'll meet you in the car." Nick said walking out instep with Jennifer. "Interesting work she did. Now if Greg really explained that to her, that meant she was there for some time. Do you think he forgave her?"
"Yea. I think he did." She said when she collided with Warrick and Catherine. "Hey. Did you guys get anything yet?"
"I'm headed over to trace to look at fibers and Catherine is headed over to ballistics to look at the shell casing that was found at the warehouse." Warrick explained. "You get anything good?"
"Oh yeah. Big time. Sara found antifreeze in soaked into the gravel in the driveway. She got Greg to run it and found tons of things. It's recycled antifreeze. Better for the environment and cars. There's only three auto mechanics that use the stuff so we're headed over there right now with Brass to question them about maybe if they sold anything to Milander." Jen said.
"Wow, you guys scored big." Catherine said. "Let us know if anything good came up."
"Will do." Nick smiled as they walked outside to the Tahoe to see Brass and Sara standing there.
"Ready to rock and roll?" Brass said to the criminologists.
"Let's roll daddy-o." Jen said as she hopped in the drivers' seat.
