Chapter 13
The team waited in the waiting room at the hospital. The only thing they had heard was that Caryn and Al were alive and well.
"I should have known something was wrong when Andi wasn't there," Catherine said.
"Why are you assuming?" Grissom asked.
"I may be, but I am definitely not making an ass out of anyone," she said.
"Hey," he said, "that was cheep."
"I don't care. All I know is that Andi had something to do with all of this," Catherine said.
A doctor came out of the emergency room. The team stood up.
"Yes?" Grissom asked.
"The woman is fine but the man need a few stitches and will need to stay at least one night. The woman can go home, she got a bullet in her right arm and a grazing on her leg," the doctor said.
"Where are they?" Grissom asked.
"I am right here," Caryn said, coming up behind him.
"Let's go," Grissom said, he started to walk out.
"Wait," Caryn said. Grissom stopped.
"Yes," he said.
"Thank you," she said.
"For what?" Grissom asks.
"For saving my life," Caryn said reluctantly.
"You can't take that back," Nick said.
"I can if I want to," Caryn said. "Let's go," she started to head out, Grissom stopped her.
"Caryn," he said.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Why'd you come out from behind the car?" he asked.
"There was someone in the back seat," she said.
"Oh," Grissom said.
"Let's go," Caryn said.
The team walked out.
Time Laps- Conference Room, 20 minutes later.
"I'm sure it was him," Caryn said, the three girls were not aware that Greg was listening.
"You're positive," Catherine said.
"Yeah, I saw his face," Caryn said.
"You must tell Grissom," Greg said. Sara grabs his collar and pushes him into a chair.
"How much do you know?" Caryn demanded.
"Not saying anything," Greg said.
"You had better if you don't like pain," Caryn said.
"Enough," Greg said.
Grissom, Nick, and Warrick knock on the door.
"OK, what's going on here?" Grissom asked but no one heard him
Grissom throws open the door.
"What is going on in here?" he demands.
"Nothing," the girls immediately say.
"I know something you don't know," Greg says, Caryn slams on his foot. "Oww!" he screams.
Grissom, losing his patience, slams his hands on the table. "I want to know what's going on in here, right now," he says. Greg got out of the chair and joined Nick and Warrick.
Caryn puts her head in her left hand and says, "I'm as good as dead anyway."
Sara put her arm around Caryn and said, "if you don't want to tell I can. We can even show him the note."
"What note?" Grissom asked.
"The one we told you we didn't find," Catherine said. "Caryn, don't worry, I could tell him to."
"What the hell are you doing to my team?!" Grissom yelled at Caryn. "You hate me!" he yelled at Caryn. "You two are working for her instead of me!" he yelled at Sara and Catherine. "The only faithful ones here are Nick, Greg, and," he turned and saw Warrick paying Nick and Nick paying Greg, "what are you three doing?!" he yelled.
"There was a 100 dollar bet, Nick on Warrick that the girls were withholding evidence from you, and 50 dollars that Greg couldn't get the girls to spill the beans to you, now Nick owes Warrick and I $50," Greg says.
"What?" Nick shouts as the last $50 was grabbed out of his hands.
"Thanks Greg my man," Warrick said.
"Anytime," Greg replied. Grissom clenches his fists.
"Where is the note?" he asked with clenched teeth.
"In the lab," Caryn said, Grissom almost left, "you wouldn't be able to read it, the writing came off, like I said it would," she said, Grissom turned away from the door.
"How did you know all this stuff?" he asked.
"Practice and these murders are just like those fed murders in," she said, catching herself, she put her hand on her mouth to shut herself up, Grissom looked at her. He looked like he had just gotten a goal.
"What fed murders?" he asked.
"Shit," Caryn said, "I shouldn't have said that."
"Tell me everything," he said.
"I can't," Caryn said.
Grissom sat down next to Caryn and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look in his eyes. "Tell, now," he said.
"Well, it's like this…"
The team waited in the waiting room at the hospital. The only thing they had heard was that Caryn and Al were alive and well.
"I should have known something was wrong when Andi wasn't there," Catherine said.
"Why are you assuming?" Grissom asked.
"I may be, but I am definitely not making an ass out of anyone," she said.
"Hey," he said, "that was cheep."
"I don't care. All I know is that Andi had something to do with all of this," Catherine said.
A doctor came out of the emergency room. The team stood up.
"Yes?" Grissom asked.
"The woman is fine but the man need a few stitches and will need to stay at least one night. The woman can go home, she got a bullet in her right arm and a grazing on her leg," the doctor said.
"Where are they?" Grissom asked.
"I am right here," Caryn said, coming up behind him.
"Let's go," Grissom said, he started to walk out.
"Wait," Caryn said. Grissom stopped.
"Yes," he said.
"Thank you," she said.
"For what?" Grissom asks.
"For saving my life," Caryn said reluctantly.
"You can't take that back," Nick said.
"I can if I want to," Caryn said. "Let's go," she started to head out, Grissom stopped her.
"Caryn," he said.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Why'd you come out from behind the car?" he asked.
"There was someone in the back seat," she said.
"Oh," Grissom said.
"Let's go," Caryn said.
The team walked out.
Time Laps- Conference Room, 20 minutes later.
"I'm sure it was him," Caryn said, the three girls were not aware that Greg was listening.
"You're positive," Catherine said.
"Yeah, I saw his face," Caryn said.
"You must tell Grissom," Greg said. Sara grabs his collar and pushes him into a chair.
"How much do you know?" Caryn demanded.
"Not saying anything," Greg said.
"You had better if you don't like pain," Caryn said.
"Enough," Greg said.
Grissom, Nick, and Warrick knock on the door.
"OK, what's going on here?" Grissom asked but no one heard him
Grissom throws open the door.
"What is going on in here?" he demands.
"Nothing," the girls immediately say.
"I know something you don't know," Greg says, Caryn slams on his foot. "Oww!" he screams.
Grissom, losing his patience, slams his hands on the table. "I want to know what's going on in here, right now," he says. Greg got out of the chair and joined Nick and Warrick.
Caryn puts her head in her left hand and says, "I'm as good as dead anyway."
Sara put her arm around Caryn and said, "if you don't want to tell I can. We can even show him the note."
"What note?" Grissom asked.
"The one we told you we didn't find," Catherine said. "Caryn, don't worry, I could tell him to."
"What the hell are you doing to my team?!" Grissom yelled at Caryn. "You hate me!" he yelled at Caryn. "You two are working for her instead of me!" he yelled at Sara and Catherine. "The only faithful ones here are Nick, Greg, and," he turned and saw Warrick paying Nick and Nick paying Greg, "what are you three doing?!" he yelled.
"There was a 100 dollar bet, Nick on Warrick that the girls were withholding evidence from you, and 50 dollars that Greg couldn't get the girls to spill the beans to you, now Nick owes Warrick and I $50," Greg says.
"What?" Nick shouts as the last $50 was grabbed out of his hands.
"Thanks Greg my man," Warrick said.
"Anytime," Greg replied. Grissom clenches his fists.
"Where is the note?" he asked with clenched teeth.
"In the lab," Caryn said, Grissom almost left, "you wouldn't be able to read it, the writing came off, like I said it would," she said, Grissom turned away from the door.
"How did you know all this stuff?" he asked.
"Practice and these murders are just like those fed murders in," she said, catching herself, she put her hand on her mouth to shut herself up, Grissom looked at her. He looked like he had just gotten a goal.
"What fed murders?" he asked.
"Shit," Caryn said, "I shouldn't have said that."
"Tell me everything," he said.
"I can't," Caryn said.
Grissom sat down next to Caryn and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look in his eyes. "Tell, now," he said.
"Well, it's like this…"