THREE YEARS LATER
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"Nicky, Calleigh... you got a DB outside of the Tangiers." Grissom said, passing Nick a slip. "Brass will be there."
The two nodded and exited the lab. Nick quickly grabbed Calleigh by the waist and kissed her soundly. Calleigh moaned lightly and wrapped her arms around him.
"We need to go to our crime scene." she said after they pulled apart. "But then... you're mine Stokes."
"I can handle that Duquesne." he grinned. "I'll drive."
"Quite the gentleman." Calleigh teased. Nick winked and opened the Denali's door for her.
"My momma told me that I should always treat a lady good." he drawled.
"That you should and you do." Calleigh smiled, glancing down at her left hand. Nick smiled and closed the door.
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"Well if it isn't the Dynamic Duo." Brass smirked.
"Nice to see you too Jim." Calleigh smiled. "What do we got?"
"Tina Simmons." Brass started. "Age 27... brutally murdered. Shot twice to the stomach and then once to the head. Got beat up a little."
"Signs of struggle David?" Nick called.
"She has defensive wounds." The coroner replied, blushing when he saw Calleigh. "Hi Calleigh."
"Hi David." she said politely. She knew Nick got annoyed that David had a crush on her but she brushed it off and told him not to worry about it. "There's not a lot of blood for a shooting."
"Not our primary crime scene." Nick said.
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"Hey."
"Hi." Nick kissed Calleigh's cheek quickly. "You get anything off that card we found under our vic?"
"Yeah. A partial. I'm running it through AFIS now. You get anything?"
"She was raped but the guy used a condom."
Calleigh shook her head disgustedly.
"Hey I got it!" she squealed happily as a new screen popped up. "Sam Boyd, resides at 1143 Lions Way, Coconut Grove, Miami. He was a suspect in a murder investigation but it doesn't say what. But I got that covered. I'll see you later."
"Later."
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"Knock, knock."
"Ah the future Mrs. Stokes. Come on in." Brass smiled. "What can I do for you Calleigh?"
She smiled and slid a paper across the desk to the detective.
"Can you get me the report on that investigation?"
"I'll do what I can. Just hold on a minute." Brass grabbed his phone and dialed the MDPD. "Yes this is Captain James Brass from the Las Vegas Police Department. Can I speak with a Detective Frank Tripp. Thanks... Detective? Jim Brass from Las Vegas. My CSI is working a case involving the murder of a Tina Simmons. Now a Sam Boyd's fingerprints came up at our crime scene and he was a suspect in a murder investigation in Miami. You worked on that case. Right... mhmm... do you think you could fax me a copy of the report? Really? Good, thanks."
Calleigh waited as the report came out of Brass's fax machine.
"Here you go Cal." he handed it over.
"Thanks Brass." she smiled and walked out of his office. A few minutes later Calleigh was sitting in the break room at the lab reading over the report. It was exactly like the case she was working now but CSI was unable to find Boyd as it seemed he had crawled in a hole and died and the case was put behind them. She shook her head and read the rest of the report. As she got down to the end, Calleigh read the two signatures on the report. Detective Frank Tripp and CSI Tim Speedle. She let out a moan and grabbed her cell phone. Obviously Frank had spread it around CSI by now and Horatio would be sending either Eric or Tim over to Las Vegas to nail this guy.
"Caine." Calleigh smiled hearing Horatio's voice for the first time in a long time.
"Horatio, it's Calleigh."
"Well... we thought you dropped off the face of the planet or something." he laughed. "How's it going?"
"Good. How is everyone?"
"We're fine. Eric and Valera got engaged a few days ago." Horatio saw Tim in his doorway and motioned for him to sit down. "Alexx is doing good and Speed... well he's Speed."
"Oh. Horatio I'm working a case. Girl gets raped and then shot twice in the stomach, then the head. A Sam Boyd's prints came up and I asked my detective to get a copy of the report. Speed worked the case."
"Yeah he did. But we're unable to find Boyd."
"Well I found him and I know Tripp spread it around that a CSI in Vegas found him and I knew you were going to get one of the boys to come here."
"Yeah actually I am. We have jurisdiction. I'm actually talking to Speed about it. He was working the case. He should be there in a few hours."
"Oh. Okay. Um... I'll talk to you later then."
"Yeah. Good hearing from you."
"Yeah. Bye H."
"Bye." he put the phone back down and looked at Tim. "Ready to go to Vegas?"
"I don't want to go."
"Speed, you were the lead on this case."
"I don't care. Let Delko go. I'm not going."
