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She woke up on her couch make-up smeared in all directions and still in her work clothes.
"I must have been more tired than I thought." She muttered to herself.
Sara grabbed up her black sweats from yesterday and her white long sleeved t-shirt. Next thing she knew she was, again, consumed by the cold air and everything about the rink she loved. There was no one there today but, that was okay with her, she liked being alone. She spent an hour just stroking around and warming up and, again, her phone rang.
"Sidle" she said.
"Sara, we need to talk." Nick said.
"Now?"
"Well, I'd like to"
"I'm busy right now but, I'll get in touch with you."
"Okay"
"Bye, Nicky"
She hung up and went right back to what she was doing. Then Rodney walked in.
"Nice to see you back."
"Rodney, nice to see you too." She said, happy to see him.
Sara then grabbed a cereal bar out of bag and quickly ate it and got back to skating around. She skated 'til it was near time to go to work. It'd become such a release to her; life seemed to be going smoother, this tough case was a little easier, she'd finally made a move on Nick though her heart was still wanting Grissom she'd given up hope.
Grissom didn't care and she knew it. But he really did, he liked her as more than a friend, he wanted to be more than friends though he knew it couldn't be; so, he hid his feelings. Sometimes he even had himself convinced he didn't like her. It hurt him to see her even think about moving on, he wanted her to himself though he couldn't have her. It was a complicated thing but, that was Grissom; still is and will always be, that was just his style.
The only person he ever let on to that fact was Catherine and he didn't flat out tell her, she guessed and he denied it but, his reactions to her questioning gave it all away.
Life was becoming routine for Sara. Go to work, come home, go to sleep, get up and ready, go skating, go back to work; day in day out. After awhile it had become normal to see Sara in a good mood but, one evening changed that.
They were going strong with finding Jenna's attacker, they'd decided it might have been the best friend since, she once had a thing with Jenna's boyfriend; motive. Her best friend also knew a guy who was in a gang so he could help make it look like a gang related incident. Sara and Nick were on their way to Melissa's house to talk to her and, if needed, make an arrest.
When they got there the house had a strange feeling to it. It was deadly quiet yet Melissa's car was in the driveway. Nick called for backup since the door was locked and she could possibly be at home, waiting for them. Five cops arrived just a few moments later and broke in; they didn't find Melissa so Nick and Sara assumed it was safe and went in.
They looked around a bit and found nothing of significance, no gun, and no blood.
"I don't see anything here so, let's just head back to the lab" Nick said.
When they got back to the lab Greg was the first to find them.
"Got anything for me?" Greg said, in hopes they would.
"Nope, let me guess slow day." Nick said.
"Yea, Catherine brought me two hairs and two swabs one blood one a suspects."
"Well, have fun Greggo." Nick said.
Nick walked away to go find Sara to see if she any idea of what to do next.
"Grissom, have you seen Sara here lately?" Nick asked.
"I saw her talking with Warrick in trace but, after that I don't know." Grissom said.
Nick walked off and went to the break room to grab a soda and something to eat.
"Sara, I've been looking for you." Nick said to Sara who was standing at the counter washing off a few grapes.
"I went to see if Greg knew anything then I went to Hodges to see if he knew anything and Warrick was in there so we chatted a bit then I came here." Sara said.
Nick grabbed out a root beer and a box of what appeared to be Chinese.
"Ah, Greg's dinner from last night, that contains who knows what." Sara said jokingly.
"Yea, that's why I am now going to put this back, thanks Sara the only half-way decent something in here and you ruined it for me." Nick said.
"I didn't ruin it; I just brought something to your attention." Sara said smirking in the cocky way she did when she was around Nick.
"Well, since you brought that to my attention I'm now going to have to stay hungry."
"You can have some of these grapes." Sara said holding out her hand.
"Thanks" Nick said as he took nearly all of them.
They finished up their snack and both went to the layout room.
"Okay, here's what we know." Sara said laying out the photos and evidence.
"She was shot three times; we recovered three bullet casings and haven't gotten a match to a gun yet.
"We still haven't found a gun, we haven't found anybody to arrest. The best friend can be placed at the scene but, we have no evidence that she actually shot her. We have a motive for the best friend."
"Sara, let's get more information on Melissa, I've got a feeling it was her."
"Alright I'll go find Brass and see what he can dig up." Sara said gathering up the evidence and photos.
"Brass"
"Yes, Sara"
"What can you find for me on Melissa Denver?"
"Well, she used be employed at the Tangiers with your vic Jenna until she quit. Uh, before that she worked at the Highball bar as a waitress which she quit because of a job offer at the Tangiers. She attended college at UNLV and majored in Art and Culinary Skills; she got a master's degree in both."
"So it'd be safe to say she was creative?"
"I'd think so" Brass said.
Sara left and walked towards the layout room where Nick was most of the time.
"Nick" she said.
"Did you find anything out?"
"Oh yea; listen to this: Before she worked at the Tangiers she was employed at the Highball bar as a waitress and quit because she got a better job offer at the Tangiers before that she attended UNLV. She received a master's degree in both Art and Culinary Skills."
"Well that doesn't tell us much but, it's better than what we had." Nick said.
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