Title: My Heart Will Go On

Author: moonshot

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Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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Smash to: Layout room, CSI

NICK is sitting in front of a laptop and WARRICK is once again pouring over files and pictures.

NICK (looking up from the laptop): I really hate doing this.

WARRICK: Doing what?

NICK: Reading Mikey's email. Especially the ones to and from Grissom. Listen to this, "Mikey, Monday night works fine for me. I'll pick you up at 5:00 and we can get dinner before my shift starts. Good luck on the midterm. Love always, Uncle Gil."

WARRICK: Yeah. it's like a whole new side of Gris.

SARA (off screen): This IS a whole new side of Grissom.

NICK and WARRICK pivot in their chairs as SARA walks into the room, carrying several loose sheets of paper.

SARA: I pulled Mikey's phone records. (dropping the paper on the table) Most of the calls over the last month were to Grissom and Catherine, both at home and on their cells, and the office. A couple to Christy and McDaniels and a couple of other people. (softly) She calls Gris practically everyday. (pauses) The last phone call that was made on her phone was to a James Donavan, 12:07 pm, the day she died.

WARRICK (shuffling through papers): James Donavan. James Donavan. I've seen that name somewhere. (triumphantly holds up several pieces of paper clipped together and reads from the top sheet) He's listed in the file from McDaniels. James Donovan, age 28. Has no listed occupation, but lives in a penthouse on The Strip.

NICK: Drug dealer, maybe? A penthouse is a little expensive for a young kid with no job.

SARA: I dunno. Let's pick him up.

WARRICK: I agree. Sara, can you meet up with Brass? O'Riley passed off the case when Brass got back from Jersey.

SARA: Yeah.

SARA quickly leaves the room.

NICK leans back in his chair.

NICK: What do you think?

WARRICK: Well. Mikey could have been picking up the drugs in preparation for the bust. Cath said they were on the verge of bringing down the drug ring, so Mikey was probably completely in the drug world.

NICK: Maybe James Donavan found out she was a cop and killed her.

WARRICK: Yeah, but strangulation is a crime of passion.

NICK: If you found out that a friend of yours was betraying you and you killed them, wouldn't that classify as a crime of passion?

WARRICK: I guess. Did Trace get anything off of that plastic wrap you found in the dumpster?

NICK: Not yet. the plastic wrap wasn't high priority.

Pager goes off.

NICK (checking his pager): Although, this might be it. (rises) I'll catch up with you later.

WARRICK: Yeah.

NICK exits the room, leaving WARRICK looking at his files again trying to make them speak to him.

Smash to: DNA Lab

GREG is seated with his nose down a microscope, Grateful Dead blasting in the background. NICK rounds a corner and enters the DNA lab, carrying his pager in one hand.

NICK (yelling above the noise, progressively louder): Greg! GREG!

NICK leans over to the boom box, and hits the power button. Instant silence engulfs the room. GREG turns to face Nick

GREG (smirking): I see you got my page.

NICK (reading from his pager): T-I-O-2?

GREG: Titanium dioxide

NICK: That's what's on the plastic?

GREG: Well, in part. (reaches for a sheet of paper from the lab counter and hands it to Nick) Titanium dioxide, linseed oil, tung oil, soya oil, petroleum, and Red Dye #40

NICK (impatiently): Which makes?

GREG: Paint. Titanium dioxide a pigment, linseed, tung, and soya oils are binder, and petroleum is the liquid. The three ingredients needed to make paint.

NICK: Paint?

GREG: Paint. but no ordinary paint. Titanium dioxide is only found in very expensive, white paint. Also, the paint has no additives. Your white paint was stained with red dye, a very unnatural practice, especially for very high-end paint.

NICK: Why use white paint stained red instead of buying red paint?

GREG: Exactly. And the dye used was interesting as well.

NICK: It's just red dye, right?

GREG: But it's a special dye. Red Dye #40 is only used in food products, like candy and soft drinks, and never in paint. Someone added food coloring to your paint.

NICK: Interesting. (leaving the lab) Thanks, Greg.
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TBC