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Chapter 3: Photo Album

"He said he'll meet us here." Said Warrick as he flipped his phone close. Grissom has been suspended for a week now, with nothing to go on to pin the case to anyone nor to prove Grissom innocent, the three younger CSI's have been pulling on double shifts to be able to solve this case.

Luckily Catherine is still on her mind. She's the only one who's been able to live and think straight. For the past week she's been yelling all through out the lab just to get the three CSI's and Greg the lab rat to eat and rest. She's also been visiting Grissom just to make sure that he is doing fine and that he uses this time out to relax.

"Found anything?" Warrick asked as he walked over to Nick.

Nick sighed and shook his head from side to side.

"This is unbelievable! Multiple Homicide without a trace?! We've found no match to any of the swabs we got from the vics! No shoe prints. No witness. Damn this guy is a pro"

Nick and Warrick are both sighing in frustration.

"Um. Guys!" Sara called.

The two guys rushed off to see her, "Found anything?" was Nick's quick question.

"Not sure" Sara answered. She stood up from her position. She was holding a large dusty book enveloped in a silk maroon cloth.

Sara laid the book to the table. Nick and Warrick were standing beside her. Sara opened the book and as it turns out it's a photo album.

"Is that ....???" Nick trailed off trying to figure out if his assumption is correct.

"Maybe. I mean, this is his house, so this is probably Grissom." Said Sara pointing to the man in the picture.

"He looks so handsome." Sara commented which made Warrick grimaced knowing full well that Sara USED to have and probably STILL has a crush with their boss.

"If that's Grissom who's that?" Nick asked pointing to a beautiful woman in her early twenties and is being wrapped by Grissom's arms.

The three studied the picture more carefully, though at the back of their minds they know who the woman is, the fact that she is wrapped around their supervisors arms just made them think twice.

The three looked at each other and in unison .. "Catherine?!"

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November 21, 1982 11:00pm

"What took you so long?" Catherine asked as Marc entered the morgue.

"Well I was caught up. Their having a pictorial back at the break room"

"Pictorial??" Catherine questioned.

"Well apparently it's a slow night and we're the only lucky ones to have the only case of the night!" Marc replied.

"Complaining again guys?" Dr. Al Robbins said as he walked towards the two.

"So what do you have for us?" Marc asked.

"No wait! Gil's not yet here!" said Catherine

The door flew open and Grissom entered the morgue.

"Sorry I'm late!" Grissom apologized as he reached the three people waiting for him.

Grissom kissed Catherine before turning his attention to the two men in the room.

"Could you guys not do that here please?!" Marc asked

"It was just a chaste kiss. Besides you should be used to it by now" Grissom replied with a smirk.

"Doesn't it bother you two that you're kissing in front of a decomposing dead body?" Marc asked with a grim tone.

"Not really." Came Catherine's teasing reply.

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"Well Cath and Griss are really close friends so maybe it's just a friendly pose" Nick offered.

"Earth to Nick!! Have you forgotten Mandy's 'Oh my god you're divorced already?' statement?" said Sara.

"Well maybe we can ask Ecklie once he gets here." Said Warrick

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November 21, 1982 7:00am

"Hey lovebirds!!"

Catherine and Grissom looked back and saw Ricky running towards them and is followed by Mandy and Gladys.

"What?" Grissom asked with his arms around Catherine.

"Well, we'd like to get a picture of you guys. There's only one shot left and I haven't taken a picture of either of you."

"Oh okay!" Catherine said.

"How's this?" asked Grissom. He is standing behind Catherine with his arms wrapped around her.

click

"Perfect!" Mandy and Gladys said with a giggle.

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Ecklie walked in the house and saw the three CSI's standing by the table looking at something; it seems that none of the three has noticed his presence yet.

"What are you guys looking at?"

TBC