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Chapter 4: In Circles
Nick knocked on Greg's apartment door, but got no answer. He wasn't expecting anyone to be home. Greg was a smart guy and knew that someone would come and look for him. Nick walked out of the apartment complex and looked at the balcony of Greg's home. Shades covered the door, preventing light to come in. Nick shook his head before he got in the Tahoe.
" No, he's not there," Nick said,
Grissom sighed before he pulled out of the apartment parking lot.
" I don't understand why he left," Nick said. " He seemed happy."
" Seemed. Maybe inside, Greg was something else. Something he couldn't show," Grissom said.
" So what do we do now? Just keep looking for him? He could be anywhere. This is Las Vegas, not Smalltown, USA.
" Or we could follow the evidence," suggested Grissom, with a grim but faint smile.
" Evidence? Greg wouldn't be doing anything stupid," Nick said in defense.
" He did leave, didn't he?" Grissom said. But before Nick could jump in, he continued. " However we may be able to figure out why he left. We are scientists. That's what we do. Follow what we have."
Nick nodded in agreement with Grissom's idea. Grissom drove to the Crime lab.
" Nicky, I want you to check all of Greg's phone calls. Get Archie to help you. Any thing that is even close to odd, mark it. If you need me, I'll be checking his latest purchases. Don't tell anyone what you are doing, except for Archie. We can't have this going around the lab. Eckley will be snooping around like a hunting dog if he catches even the slightest whiff of something," Grissom said to Nick.
Nick nodded his head and walked into the building. Grissom sat back in his seat and sighed. Only one question ran through his head, the one he most often avoided. Why?