5. The Hidden Clue.

Brass pounded loudly on the door as Ashley stood back a bit under his instruction.

"Ms. Candfield Las Vegas Police."

"May I help you?" A woman about forty opened the door her hair still in curlers.

"Yes Ms. Candfield. We'd like to ask you some questions about what happened down the hall. May we come in?"

"Yeah whatever." She stepped aside letting Brass, another officer and Ashley inside.

"Who's the shrimp? Is it like take your brat to work day or something?"

"She's an intern. Did you hear anything across the hall either early this morning or late last night?"

"Heard a couple thumps maybe some raised voices but I couldn't be sure. I just turned up the TV."

"Did you see any suspicious persons walking around? Maybe someone hanging around you didn't recognize?"

"No no. Nothing like that."

Ashley started to walk around the room. She blocked out the voices of the spiteful woman and Brass. She realized that the other room was out of place. Or at least she thought it was. There was an easily visible wall safe on the left side of the bed. In the other one she hadn't seen a safe at all.

"S'cuze me. I have to go take these curlers out I'll be back in a moment."

"Sure."

"Jesus. Woman hears someone getting killed and what does she do? Call the police? No. She turns up the TV. Unbelievable."

"Captain Brass. Are these rooms identical?"

"As far as I know. I'll ask the manager but why?"

"I think someone rearranged the other room. Maybe to hide the safe?"

"What makes you say that? What do you have kiddo?"

"The safe is covered up in the other room. Maybe someone cracked into it and they wanted to hide the burn marks from the lance. Just an observation." She said smiling.

"You are a mini Grissom. If I couldn't take one of them now I have two." He threw his hands up.

Candfield came back a few minutes later. Brass gave her his card and told her to call if she remembered anything else. Brass knew she would never call. It was too much work and too bothersome for her to assist the police.

"Grissom can I talk to you?" Brass said when they returned to the suite.

"What do you need Jim?"

"Mini Grissom may have just broken the case." He smiled throwing his thumb towards Walker.

They moved aside the table that had been placed next to the bed. Low and behold there was a safe with lance marks burnt into the safe.

"All be damned. The mini Grissom is a star on her first day." Brass said crossing his arms.