"Unbridled Vernacular" part 1
By Rita Widmer
All pertinent info in the prologue. Thank you all for the reviews!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Angie for betaing!
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Library
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Marie Wilder was on a quest. Her initial meeting with her editor had not gone well. He was not letting her bother CSI without real cause. A secret love to him was not enough to sell papers. Plus if she read between the lines, he thought it was her woman's fancies and not really true.
He told her to find something solid, because he was not going to ruin their good relationship with the police and CSI for her. That's why she was sitting in the library on her day off looking for any useful information.
Until she had found what she needed for her to get into CSI, she didn't want anyone to know about her research. Over the years, Grissom and Willows had worked on many cases together. It was hard to choose where to start.
It was the catching of the name Eddie Willows that took her where she wanted to go. Willows' ex had been murdered, and almost drowned his daughter in the process. It was something emotional that would get to Catherine. All she needed now was some good information that only a newsperson could find out about a crime.
She was going to get Catherine Willows talking to her, and she knew the exact person to talk to about it.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Marie Wilder's Office
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She had the information she needed. Her heart pounded as she waited for her editor to call her in. 'Grissom and Willows, you better watch out. Marie Wilder is on her way,' she thought proudly to herself.
The buzz told her it was time to go see her editor. In her hands was all the information she had gathered on Eddie Willows' murder case. With her head upright, she went in to see her boss.
"Come in and sit down, Wilder. What do you have for me?" said her editor.
"Sir, you told me that if I had concrete evidence, you would get me into CSI, and I have it for you."
"Really? What kind of evidence do you have?"
She didn't blanche at his almost sarcastic tone. "I have the evidence that could bring Eddie Willow's murderer into custody. This is all the information I have gathered so far, thanks to an informant."
The editor made little notice of the evidence set before him. "And now you expect me to get you into CSI for personal interviews with Grissom and Willows?"
"Yes, sir. I'll exchange them this information for personal interviews."
"Do you realize what can happen to you if you hold back evidence? If either Grissom or Willows says no to an interview, and you decide that you won't give evidence you can be sent to jail."
"Catherine Willows will not keep anything from getting her ex-husband's murderer put into jail including an interview."
"Not if they warn her that if you don't give over the evidence you will be sent to jail."
Deciding on another tactic, she replied, "What will it take for me to get in there to get a personal interview?"
"I'll give it to you straight, Wilder. Get me something that CSI would NOT want getting out to the public. They'll want to thank us for going to them first before printing it in our newspaper."
"Yes, sir. If there is such information I will get it."
"Now get back to work on that Smithly story."
Walking out of the office, her head was pounding as she tried to think of something that would get her into CSI.
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5 days later
Marie Wilder's Office
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It took her five days to get the information she needed. Two of those days she had been stuck waiting for her friend at City Hall to get back to her on information, but he had finally come through. She sat on the phone waiting for him to get back from his other call.
"Are you still there?" asked the man on the other line.
"Yes, I'm still here. What do you have for me? Anything really good?"
"I don't know much about the investigation business, but from what I know this could throw a whole bunch of cases back into court."
"Oh my gosh. What is it?" She listened silently as she was relayed the information. "Remind me when this is done I owe you dinner. Good-bye and thanks."
As soon as the phone hung up, she rang her boss, and he told her to come in five minutes. Those minutes seemed to go by too slow for Marie, but she had no choice.
"Sir, I have just been informed vital news that CSI would not want out," Marie said as soon as she entered the office. There was no wasting time.
"And what is that, Wilder?" He listened to her information, and the more he learned the bigger the situation got. Once she was done, he told her, "I'll talk to Jim Brass right away. I've known him for years, and I know he cares about his top investigators. Just sit tight until I get things situated. The information you've just given me can turn this city upside down."
TBC...
By Rita Widmer
All pertinent info in the prologue. Thank you all for the reviews!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Angie for betaing!
*************************************************************************************
Library
~~~~~~
Marie Wilder was on a quest. Her initial meeting with her editor had not gone well. He was not letting her bother CSI without real cause. A secret love to him was not enough to sell papers. Plus if she read between the lines, he thought it was her woman's fancies and not really true.
He told her to find something solid, because he was not going to ruin their good relationship with the police and CSI for her. That's why she was sitting in the library on her day off looking for any useful information.
Until she had found what she needed for her to get into CSI, she didn't want anyone to know about her research. Over the years, Grissom and Willows had worked on many cases together. It was hard to choose where to start.
It was the catching of the name Eddie Willows that took her where she wanted to go. Willows' ex had been murdered, and almost drowned his daughter in the process. It was something emotional that would get to Catherine. All she needed now was some good information that only a newsperson could find out about a crime.
She was going to get Catherine Willows talking to her, and she knew the exact person to talk to about it.
***********************************
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Marie Wilder's Office
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She had the information she needed. Her heart pounded as she waited for her editor to call her in. 'Grissom and Willows, you better watch out. Marie Wilder is on her way,' she thought proudly to herself.
The buzz told her it was time to go see her editor. In her hands was all the information she had gathered on Eddie Willows' murder case. With her head upright, she went in to see her boss.
"Come in and sit down, Wilder. What do you have for me?" said her editor.
"Sir, you told me that if I had concrete evidence, you would get me into CSI, and I have it for you."
"Really? What kind of evidence do you have?"
She didn't blanche at his almost sarcastic tone. "I have the evidence that could bring Eddie Willow's murderer into custody. This is all the information I have gathered so far, thanks to an informant."
The editor made little notice of the evidence set before him. "And now you expect me to get you into CSI for personal interviews with Grissom and Willows?"
"Yes, sir. I'll exchange them this information for personal interviews."
"Do you realize what can happen to you if you hold back evidence? If either Grissom or Willows says no to an interview, and you decide that you won't give evidence you can be sent to jail."
"Catherine Willows will not keep anything from getting her ex-husband's murderer put into jail including an interview."
"Not if they warn her that if you don't give over the evidence you will be sent to jail."
Deciding on another tactic, she replied, "What will it take for me to get in there to get a personal interview?"
"I'll give it to you straight, Wilder. Get me something that CSI would NOT want getting out to the public. They'll want to thank us for going to them first before printing it in our newspaper."
"Yes, sir. If there is such information I will get it."
"Now get back to work on that Smithly story."
Walking out of the office, her head was pounding as she tried to think of something that would get her into CSI.
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5 days later
Marie Wilder's Office
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It took her five days to get the information she needed. Two of those days she had been stuck waiting for her friend at City Hall to get back to her on information, but he had finally come through. She sat on the phone waiting for him to get back from his other call.
"Are you still there?" asked the man on the other line.
"Yes, I'm still here. What do you have for me? Anything really good?"
"I don't know much about the investigation business, but from what I know this could throw a whole bunch of cases back into court."
"Oh my gosh. What is it?" She listened silently as she was relayed the information. "Remind me when this is done I owe you dinner. Good-bye and thanks."
As soon as the phone hung up, she rang her boss, and he told her to come in five minutes. Those minutes seemed to go by too slow for Marie, but she had no choice.
"Sir, I have just been informed vital news that CSI would not want out," Marie said as soon as she entered the office. There was no wasting time.
"And what is that, Wilder?" He listened to her information, and the more he learned the bigger the situation got. Once she was done, he told her, "I'll talk to Jim Brass right away. I've known him for years, and I know he cares about his top investigators. Just sit tight until I get things situated. The information you've just given me can turn this city upside down."
TBC...