"There were strangulation marks on the body, but once we opened him up we found water in the lungs." Grissom said as he handed the report off to Ray.

"Someone wants us to think he was strangled." Ray said as he flipped through the file.

"Also his clothes were covered in soap, but it's not a normal soap. It's common use is to lubricate factory lines."

"Thanks Doc, so how are you liking the new job."

Grissom smiled, "Well at least I get to listen to Opera all day."

"Mort still singing?"

"Yes, I don't think I've ever seen someone sing Beethoven while making a Y incision." Grissom said shaking his head.

"One more thing Ray, could you try and tell Fraser to stop slobbering all over my crime scene?"

"Will do." Ray said as he walked away.

Grissom felt small hands wrap themselves around his shoulders.

"You ready for lunch Lea?" He asked knowing exactly who was behind him.

"How did you guess? What are you in the mood for?"

"Besides you?"

"Ha Ha, seriously, do you want Pizza or Chinese?" She asked.

"Anything you want." He said as they made their way out of the precinct.

* * *

"What!" Catherine yelled.

"Grissom's gone. So he didn't tell you, did he?" Greg asked.

"No, of course he didn't, I would've stopped him." She said sounding almost insulted.

"That means you haven't met the new boss. He's a cop."

"He's old school. If you were detectives I'd say you'd better thank your lucky stars, but since you're criminalists..." Brass said as he entered the room.

"You know him?" Greg asked.

"Of him yeah, of course, most cops do. I know he used to work the exact place Grissom transferred to, one of the best solved case records in the entire united states. But then again you guys wouldn't know 'cause you don't get Cop World every week." He said filling his cup with coffee.

"That's all you girls are going to do, just sit around here and gossip?"

Brass and Greg exchanged looks, then just shrugged. Catherine rolled her eyes and got up from the staff table.

"Well I wont just sit here. I've known that man for 11 years and he has never done anything like this... I'm going to go to Chicago and drag is bug lovin' ass back here."

"I think I can speak for the boy wonder and myself when I say we might just join you-"

"For the look on Grissom's face alone it'd be worth it." Greg said getting up and following the blonde with the cop right behind him.

* * *

"Are you ready to talk about it yet?" Lea said as she played with her orange chicken.

"Lea..."

"This is me! We've known each other for over two decades, of all people you should be able to talk to this about it should be me."

"I was just... there were two roads diverged in a wood..."

"Don't think you can Robert Frost your way out of this one. 'Cause it appears to me like you took the well worn path here..." She said placing her chopsticks down on the table.

"My entire life has been about my work, what I do is who I am-"

"I know, my boss is a glowing example."

"But... I was in danger of changing that. I was very close to..." Grissom tried to emphasize with his hands what his mouth couldn't say.

"So I was right, this is really about a woman. She must've really gotten to you." She said picking up her chopsticks again.

"Lea... Do you think... Am I wrong?"

"If you were wrong reality would cease as we know it... Reality's gone babe... The advise I have that you wont take is this: Go and beg for her to forgive you for being such an ass..." She saw the downtrodden look he had and continued, "It's okay Sweetie, I really didn't mean all that stuff, I'm sure you did the right thing. But Griss... Do you want to spend the rest of your life like Fraser? People always surround him, but he's always alone... I guess I just always assumed you wanted more..."

"Wanting something and being able to get it are two different things entirely. I... I just can't Lea. Not again."

Lea took his hand in hers, "We'll find her, I know we will."