CSI Chapter 3

Grissom got in his car and quickly drove to the office, but he was speeding and of all his luck he got stopped by a policeman.

"Hello, officer, I'm sorry, I was speeding. I'm a CSI." He said showing him his badge. "A co-worker left a note in her office about her quitting and it sounded suspicious and I was rushing down there." he explained not knowing why he said all the details. He thought he could open up to this policeman more than he could open up to Sara and this scared him.

"Okay, you're free to go, but I will be forced to give you a ticket if I find you speeding again." He replied.

"Thank you." Said Grissom and drove off. He got to the office and Nick gave Grissom the note.

"Nick, have you any progress on your case?" he asked.

"We got him and Warrick just solved his case too, so are we working on this?" he asked hopefully.

"Yes, Nick where is Sara?" he asked.

"We found a finger print on the letter and she's checking to find a match." He said but before he finished Grissom had taken off towards Sara.

"Hi, I found Catherine's print over another print, so that proves she went with someone." He said.

"No, it does prove that someone touched the piece of paper before her." He said with a hint of rudeness.

"This paper was new, I checked and I found a match. Peter Groper." She said but again the second she finished Grissom was gone. In the evening a woman had reported a man groaning in his house and it was thankfully peter Groper

"Peter groper had just been released from prison two weeks ago and had not checked in with his parole officer. Here he is." said Brass.

"Hello, Peter, want some water?" asked Brass and Peter took a sip, Grissom smiled. "Forgot about your parole officer or what?" asked Brass rudely.

"Hey, I was sick in bed, my leg's broken and my phone was dead, okay?" he mumbled. Peter was wearing a baggy t-shirt with a ripped pair of jeans, it look like he hadn't shaved in a few months and his hair was cut very short. Grissom made a quick description in his head of Peter.

"We checked every hospital in Nevada and there was no record of anyone under your name or description. Can you explain that?" asked Brass firmly.

"Yes, my friend whose a doctor gave me this cast a favor, because I have no car or money." Replied the man angrily.

"Does your friend have a name?" Grissom asked.

"Alan Morris, can I go now? Why am I here anyway?" he asked. Grissom had slipped away to find Alan Morris.

"Haven't guessed yet, huh. We found your finger prints on a note written by Catherine Willows, saying that she quit, part of the note was wrong on its facts." Brass said and this seemed to alert Peter. It gave him a little shake.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" he said.

"We found DNA on the note also and they aren't Catherine Willows. May we have a sample of your DNA?" asked Brass pointing to Sara who was holding a swab.

"No, or do you have a warrant?" asked Peter grumpily.

"No we don't but we were hoping since you claim your innocence we could prove that." answered Sara.

"No, you're not getting' it, I'm out of here! You can't keep me here!" he said and with a slammed door he was gone.

"What are we going to do?" asked Sara. Grissom walked in just to hear her.

"He had some water, didn't he? We got his DNA. And I just found out that Alan Morris had given him a cast." replied Grissom.

"Alan Morris? That's Jack's brother!" exclaimed Sara.

"Yes, I talked to him and he said he had given him a cast then had gone to the party for the Castles, so our case is part of the this one I think." said Grissom. "Sara, have you called Moreen Nightingale yet?" asked Grissom hopefully.

"Oh, no, I'll do that right now!" she said and hurried towards the phone.

"Hello, may I please speak to Moreen Nightingale?" asked Sara.

"Speaking and may I ask who this is?" asked Moreen politely.

"This is Sara Sidle from the Crime Lab and my boss Gil Grissom talked to you at the Castles house where there died. You said we could talk to you about the guests at the party." She explained.

"No, I never talked to anyone about that, but I'd be happy to now." She replied with a confuse voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry, can you tell who was at the party, as many people you can remember, please." She said awkwardly.

"Okay, me, Sally Mountain, her aunt, and her children, Hank Plane, his mother and his father, Peter Groper and" but she was interrupted by Sara.

"Did you say Peter Groper?" she asked amazed.

"Yes, I did, he's a distant cousin, and he was very rude at the party! He came very late! When he arrived at the door he was out of breath and blood on his face, he said he had had nose bleed. He had acted strange and he said that the Castles had probably forgotten or something had come up. He had also said their phone wasn't working, because he had visited them yesterday, so he suggested we all go home, so we did." She explained.

"Okay, but why was there no one home at the house the party took place?" asked Sara.

"The house was our friend Lily's who was on vacation; she said we could use it since we all live in apartments. Oh, I'm sorry, I must go now, I';m already late for a dentist appointment, you can call me again tomorrow if you like. Goodbye." she said.

"Thank you for all the information, bye." said Sara and hung up. She was so excited on all the information she just got, she almost didn't realize that they didn't where groper was and they couldn't question him! She went to Grissom to tell him everything that she had learn.

"Grissom, Moreen said that she had never talked to you, but she gave me all the information she had! Peter Groper had been at the party. He arrived late and with his face covered in blood and claiming he had had a bloody nose and when she was talking, I looked up Groper and about his relation to the Castles, Moreen had said they were distant cousins, but not as distant as she thought, they were apparently close to what I found! The Castles were very rich and there had savings up to five million dollars and guess who inherited that money if they died?" she asked with a smile.

"Groper." He said and ran off. Grissom seemed to being doing that a lot these days.

TO BE CONTINUED...