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Greg sat in the interview chair, facing the one-way mirror with a cup of coffee held in his shaking hands. The CSI's had wanted somewhere private for Greg and somewhere to wait for his sister. They also wanted to hear all of the details from the person who found the body.
Nick and Warrick had both asked if they could go to the scene of the crime and work the case. Grissom had grudgingly accepted their offer and joined Catherine and Sara with Greg.
"Greg, really. You have no idea who would want to hurt your family?" Sara asked, kneeling beside Greg.
"I don't know! I can't think of who we would have pissed off enough!" He half cried, trying to hold back the tears.
"Greg?" The door opened and a figure stood shaking in the doorway.
"Carley!" Greg stood up and pulled her into a hug, burying his head in her hair. "You okay?" he asked after a minute, pulling back to check her over.
"I was at work." She sat down in the seat Greg had previously been in. "When they called. I haven't seen him since last night, when we eventually left your apartment." She stared off into the corner of the room. Each of the team had seen people go beyond grief; those people were the hardest to deal with. They were grieving, but they were beyond tears and beyond anger.
"What do you mean Carley?" Grissom asked.
"We had both wanted to stay with Greg for a few days after the funeral, finally decided to go home last night." She looked at Grissom.
"Do you know anyone who would want to hurt your family Carley?" Grissom asked. "Old boyfriend wants to get back at you? Work colleague?"
"No. I can't think of anyone." She looked back at Greg as he closed the door and stood there, just staring off to the glass.
"We want to put you both under police watch. If someone is after revenge of some kind the they may try targeting one of you two…or both." Catherine said. "They'll just track you if you go anywhere and watch your house." He added.
"Thanks." Greg said, walking towards the table.
The door opened again and Brass walked in. "Simon Jamison's here, the one who found the body." He explained.
"We'll be outside." Greg said, grabbing Carley by the elbow and pulling her up.
"No Greg I think it best we take you home. You'll get the next two weeks off, fully paid." Grissom said kindly.
"Sure." Greg sighed as another man came in.
"Greg! God man! I'm so sorry, he was just there behind the sofa." The man started rambling off. "I swear I didn't do anything to him!"
"I know Simon. I know you didn't do anything." Greg assured him, grabbing his shoulder tightly. "Just tell them anything you can."
"Here Greg! I'll drive you both back. I think it best I stay until the watch starts." Catherine stood up, fingering her keys.
"Can I drive?" Greg joked, half forming a smile.
"So he was behind the sofa. Tied up." Nick stood where the body had been; they had swept for hair fibers and had found darker hair than the victim.
"We know he was dragged here and killed here after being bound and gagged." Warrick added standing above where the drag marks were in the carpet and taking some photos. "We also know there was a struggle at the door. So he answered the door, was over powered and the struggle ended here. From there he was hit in the head, bound, gagged and dragged here. So why was he killed here? Why not where he was hit?"
"Maybe to send a message?" Nick suggested, looking over to Warrick. "Do you think Greg knows who the guy is?"
"Maybe. I think if we tell him about the body behind the sofa it might jog his memory." Warrick said, looking at some of the objects on the mantelpiece. "I think this is what hit him. Maybe some prints." He said bagging the clock and labeling it.
"I don't think we'll get anything else, lets head back and see what the interview turn out."
"So the guy just finds him, doors open and the bodies behind the sofa." Sara sums up after the interview.
"Guys! We got the weapon used to hit Rick and I think the doc.'s got the bullet. My bet is the same one used on the other brother." Warrick explained. "I'm gonna dust for prints, see if it turns anything up." He continued before he walked into the print lab.
"What else do you know?" Grissom asked Nick as they all watched Warrick set up the glue fume.
"Found signs of a struggle and where Rick was hit. From there he was bound, gagged and dragged behind the sofa." Nick explained.
"Now that sounds familiar." Catherine injected.
"You think someone's trying to send a message?" Sara asked.
"Could be." She shrugged.
"Got the print and I've set it off scanning." Warrick said. "I've also sent the hair we found to Greg…to whoever's there now." He corrected himself. Normally the team trusted Greg to have the evidence done quickly and double-checked.
Suddenly the computer began beeping. "Match!" Sara stated, walking into the room with Warrick. They both sat down as the rest gathered around them and waited as Warrick brought up the results.
"Martin Garth. Held for thirteen years for murder, released on good behavior." Warrick read after pulling up the snap shot of the man. "Killed a drug dealer after he wouldn't pay up. The son of the farther watched this happen from the window behind the sofa after putting his two sisters and three brothers to bed." Warrick continued. "He was the only witness to the crime."
"Wait!" Nick suddenly butted in. "The victim wouldn't happen to have the last name Sanders would he?"
"Yeah. He does, a Carl Sanders. Why?" Warrick asked pulling up the case file.
"The key witness is the son, after he looses his mother. Tells the cops where to find the mother and is left taking care of his four siblings. The twins Katy and James, both deceased. Katy by suicide the year after the father's death. James killed…" He was cut off.
"Over a week ago." Sara said, open-mouthed.
"Rick downstairs." Catherine added. "How did you know?"
"Greg told us the afternoon of the funeral. Said he witnessed his fathers death, younger sister killed herself, father killed the mother and hid her." Sara explained.
"So Martin wants revenge for being put behind bars." Grissom said. "We'll have to put out a search for him and round the clock watch over Greg and Carley."
"On it." Nick said, walking off to find Brass.
"God Greg. What do we do?" Warrick asked.
"Watch out for him, he'll need all the help he's got." Grissom said.
"To protect him?" Catherine asked.
"No. To protect Martin from Greg."