6. Now what?
Ashley in the audio lab with Archie and spun around in her chair. LVPD had been informed that a call had been made to 911 from the hotel room that night. Kao and Walker were now waiting for Grissom or Nick to come.
She was a bit sour that the team had just dropped her like a wet mop after they returned from the scene.
"So....Ashley how are you?"
"I'm doing pretty good. How about you?"She asked just stopping the spinning long enough to make eye contact.
"You like it here so far?"
"Yeah. I wish I could work here for real someday." She said finally stopping.
Archie was afraid to say the wrong thing. He had been informed of Ashley's condition but was not sure what to say. Luckily Nick walked in to save the day.
"Whatcha got Archie my man?" Nick said rubbing his hands together eagerly.
"Let me cue this up for you."
Nick walked behind Walker and placed his hands on her chair. She mentally grinned.
"Video shows an unidentified male heading down the hall to your vics room. I'll page you when I get a better picture."
"Thanks Archie. Come with me Ashley."
Ashley jumped out of her chair and said good bye to Archie. She followed Nick down the hall to the break room. Sara and Catherine were sitting at the table talking.
"Whoa you guys back already?" Nick asked as he grabbed a cup of coffee.
"Yeah. Dead male in the hotel room. Husband and wife were standing there watching us work. The second Sara started dusting for prints the husband nearly chokes on the words confessing. Turns out he came in on the wife cheating on him. He killed the dude."
"Damn. Talk about open and shut. Our case is a little more difficult. Although, Ashley is a star already, kinda like Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs. She picked up on inconsistencies in the room almost immediately, it was amazing."
Walker blushed and stared at her feet.
"Nice job kiddo." Catherine said smiling. "Want to sit with us for awhile, give you a break from all the guys."
"Sure, thanks." She smiled pulling up a chair.
Nick left the room and Ashley watched him walk down the hall, making sure he was gone.
"How do you guys do it?"
"This job? It's great you get to help people— "
"No no not that. Work with all of these hot guys."
Sara nearly spit out her coffee in laughter. Catherine joined in on the laughter too, finally Ashley started to giggle as well.
"Why who do you like?" Sara grinned.
"All of them. Especially Nick. Oh my god with the hot accent and the chivalry. Of course I didn't spend all day with the rest of them...yet." They all burst out laughing.
Catherine wiped a tear from her eye. "Not only did you crack your case wide open, you gave us a good laugh."