Follow the evidence
Chapter 6: The outsiders
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to get this up. I had to get the computer rep for the dorm house to fix my computer. But it's finally fixed so I can update. This chapter's going to focus on Grissom's talk with Greg but the next one will focus more on JB and another murder.
"Am I in trouble?" Greg asked apprehensively. When his boss told him that he needed to talk to him, Greg figured he was in trouble for what had happened in the field. Greg silently cursed himself for letting his memories and his past get in the way of the investigation. If he kept doing that Grissom would never let him go into the field again.
"Not at all," Grissom motioned for Greg to have a seat then sat down behind his desk. "Warrick told me that you knew one of the victim's at the crime scene. He also told me how you knew her. I need to talk to you about that."
"About how I told him that I was thankful she got out before me," Greg interrupted and smiled slightly at Grissom's surprised look. "I got pretty good at reading people while I was in foster homes. It didn't take me long to figure out which foster families wanted me there and which ones did it for the free labour or the money. The family Darcy and I stayed with was the kind that wanted free labour."
"You don't have to keep going if you don't want," Grissom said when he saw the fear that had sprang into Greg's eyes. The lab tech nodded his thanks and waited for his boss to speak again. "I'm going to switch you and Catherine. She can help Warrick and Jordan. You'll be with me."
"You're not going to take me off the case?" Greg asked, slightly confused but relieved. He knew that Grissom hated when his CSIs got emotionally involved, as it lead to burnout but he was happy his boss wasn't taking him off the case. He was beginning to like fieldwork, if only he could get use to the blood.
"We need as many people as we can on this serial killer," Grissom explained. He really didn't want to bring in someone from the dayshift and have Ecklie gloating about needing his help. "And Nick, Sara, and Warrick told me you were getting pretty good at processing. You're going to need all the experience you can get if you want to keep going out to crime scenes."
Grissom tried not to laugh at the relief that immediately replaced the fear in Greg's eyes. He had a pretty good idea of what he was so scared to tell everybody and was furious that someone would do that to Greg. He wondered where social services was when this had been going on. Didn't they check up on the kids? Or did they just forget about them as if they were the outsiders or society? Grissom shook his head to clear it. He couldn't think about things like that at the moment. They had a serial killer to catch.
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to get this up. I had to get the computer rep for the dorm house to fix my computer. But it's finally fixed so I can update. This chapter's going to focus on Grissom's talk with Greg but the next one will focus more on JB and another murder.
"Am I in trouble?" Greg asked apprehensively. When his boss told him that he needed to talk to him, Greg figured he was in trouble for what had happened in the field. Greg silently cursed himself for letting his memories and his past get in the way of the investigation. If he kept doing that Grissom would never let him go into the field again.
"Not at all," Grissom motioned for Greg to have a seat then sat down behind his desk. "Warrick told me that you knew one of the victim's at the crime scene. He also told me how you knew her. I need to talk to you about that."
"About how I told him that I was thankful she got out before me," Greg interrupted and smiled slightly at Grissom's surprised look. "I got pretty good at reading people while I was in foster homes. It didn't take me long to figure out which foster families wanted me there and which ones did it for the free labour or the money. The family Darcy and I stayed with was the kind that wanted free labour."
"You don't have to keep going if you don't want," Grissom said when he saw the fear that had sprang into Greg's eyes. The lab tech nodded his thanks and waited for his boss to speak again. "I'm going to switch you and Catherine. She can help Warrick and Jordan. You'll be with me."
"You're not going to take me off the case?" Greg asked, slightly confused but relieved. He knew that Grissom hated when his CSIs got emotionally involved, as it lead to burnout but he was happy his boss wasn't taking him off the case. He was beginning to like fieldwork, if only he could get use to the blood.
"We need as many people as we can on this serial killer," Grissom explained. He really didn't want to bring in someone from the dayshift and have Ecklie gloating about needing his help. "And Nick, Sara, and Warrick told me you were getting pretty good at processing. You're going to need all the experience you can get if you want to keep going out to crime scenes."
Grissom tried not to laugh at the relief that immediately replaced the fear in Greg's eyes. He had a pretty good idea of what he was so scared to tell everybody and was furious that someone would do that to Greg. He wondered where social services was when this had been going on. Didn't they check up on the kids? Or did they just forget about them as if they were the outsiders or society? Grissom shook his head to clear it. He couldn't think about things like that at the moment. They had a serial killer to catch.