Leah nodded her head and then said, "Will you notify her family for me?"
"It's all ready been done. We'll be keeping in contact with you. If you can think of anything else, don't be afraid to call us." Catherine said as she motioned for Warrick to start following her out.
"I'll be right back Leah. I just want to have a few words with Catherine and Warrick."
Once all three of them were outside in the hallway Grissom said, "I don't have to tell you how serious this case is."
"No Gris, you don't he's still out at large and we don't know what he will do next. We've got everything under control. Just go back in there and be with your daughter. She needs you." Catherine said.
Grissom nodded his head and then before Warrick and Catherine made their way down the hall he said, "Thanks."
"You'd be doing the exact same thing if it were one of us." Warrick said then going on, "We're going to find whoever did this Gris, I promise you."

(Later the next day in Cascade, Washington.) Jim Ellison came back from his shift at the Major Crimes Division a little earlier than usual. He sure hoped that Blair was at home. He had heard from Simon some rather terrifying news about Leah Chandle, Blair's girlfriend being involved in an attack in Las Vegas, and there was really no easy way to break the news to him.
"Hey Jim. What are you doing back so early? " Blair Sandburg asked as he entered the kitchen area of the loft that they shared together from the study.
"Hey, Chief." Blair then noticed that something was off in the tone of his friend's voice and the look on his face was also sending up warning signals.
"Jim, man, what's going on?"
"I have some bad news Blair, did Leah say where she was going on vacation?"
"Yeah, she was going to Las Vegas with Samantha. Leah's dad works in Vegas. She was going to see him and then hopefully try to get a couple of more chapters worked out for her next book. Why do you ask?"
" She and Sam from the sounds of things were attacked last night, Leah's in the hospital, but Samantha didn't make it from what I could get out of Simon. He's got a friend that works in the Homicide division who happens to be working on the case. He hasn't gotten back to Simon yet." Jim watched Blair for a few minutes. He was silent taking the news in. "Blair?"
"I'm fine man, No, I'm not fine!" he said then going on "I should have gone with them. Then none of this would have happened!"
"Woah, Blair, calm down. Don't go second-guessing yourself. This still could have happened even if you went with them. I've all ready called the travel agency and we're on the next afternoon flight out to Vegas."

(Meanwhile in Las Vegas) "All right what do we have so far?" questioned Catherine as all the members of Grissom's crew gathered around the break room table.
"Sara and I went back over the crime scene and didn't find anything new from what we had found earlier. He was careful that was for sure." Nick said as he took a sip from his coffee.
"How'd your meeting with Ms. Chandle go?"
"All right. She didn't see who attacked her or her assistant, so that still leaves us at square one."
"I think I may have something that may move your investigation a couple of steps ahead."
"What do you have Jim?" asked Warrick.
" Remember that name that I said I had to run through NCAVC and VICAP, well it came back."
"Don't leave us in suspense." Nick said.
"Grissom had mentioned a name of a guy that had been after Leah and was put behind bars, a one David Kane, and come to find out he's out of jail. Got an early release for good behavior."
"Did the report mention his current whereabouts?" asked Sara.
"No, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's here in Vegas. Plus I did a little reading last night." Brass said as he plopped down a paper back novel onto the table.
"Murder in the Moonlight?" questioned Nick.
"It's one of Leah's books." Said Warrick.
"Exactly, and it has a scene in it that comes close to what happened to her and her assistant last night. She has four other books out on the market."
"So you're thinking that whoever did this to Leah may strike again in the same way that the antagonists in her books did?"
"It's a possibility." Brass answered as his beeper went off. He looked at it and said, "We've got another body."

TBC....