Nick dozed in the chair his head lay on his folded arms on the mattress beside the small child, he was keeping a close eye on. At least he intended to keep a close eyes on her until he grew tired a morning dawned and he fell sleep. The small girl yawned and stretched as she opened her eyes, to see her hero sleeping, snoring softly. She giggled and watched him a for a moment before reached over and touching his face gently stoking his face, he sighed and opened tired heavy eyes to see a pair of bright blue staring back at him.
"Well, hello there, have a nice rest?" Asked through a jaw cracking yawn. She nodded and watched him stand and stretch.
"Still not talking huh?" He asked frowning down at her. She shook her head.
"That alright, no hurry." He reassured her. She smiled at him and crawled into his lap. He smiled and getting up lat in the bed wit her next to him.
"There hows that?" he asked she smiled and snuggled into him. They lay in silence until she fell once more to sleep, Nick lay listening to her slow breaths and felt the slow rising and falling of her small chest against him, lulling him to sleep. Thats how one nurse found them when she came to check on the girl, and smiled as she quickly and carefully toke vitals and then left shutting the door behind her.
It was hours later, When Warrick showed up to give Nick the findings from the search and found his partner sleeping in bed with is new friend. Warrick smiled devilishly, 'that would make a great picture to use as black mail some day.' he thought.
"Hey Nicky wake up." He gently shook his partner you came awake instantly almost knock himself and the child the floor. He gently lay her back down and climbed form the bed yawning and stretching.
"Whats up man?" Nick asked ignoring the look he was being given.
"Her parents live in a trailer park just off strip, her mother is deceased, her brother lives in New Mexico." Warrick informed Nick, handing him the file to read.
"Says here he's her only other living relative." Nick read, He looked over at the bed to see Amie sitting up staring a them.
"Hi, Amie whats wrong?" He asked, seeing the look on her face. He watched slip out bed and walk to the bathroom closing the door behind her.
"Oh." Was all he said, smiling he looked back over at Warrick who was grinning.
"That sweet Stokes, you have a bond going don't you?" Warrick asked.
"Yeah well, I can't help it, I know what she's going through." He said. Warrick downed an eyebrow.
"Last minute babysitter, i was nine." Nick replied, Warrick let his mouth fall open and eye grew wide.
"Oh man I sorry." He gasped out.
"Thanks but, I'm okay now it was a long time ago."He said. Amie came back from the bathroom looking a little better. She stood next to Nick and slide he hand into his eyeing Warrick suspiciously.
"Hey, its okay he's a friend, Warrick this is Amie, Amie this is Warrick." Nick introduced, Warrick knelt down so he was to her level and smile extending a hand.
"Nice to meet you Amie." He said softly, he she shook his hand then pressed against nick.
"Thats cool, You'll like me once you get to know me." Warrick grinned standing up to address his partner.
"Grissom wants us to check out the father and house." He told him, Nick frowned and carried Amie back to bed.
"Amie, I have to go for a while. I'll back be as fast as i can okay?" He explained, Amie looked thoughtful for a moment and then nodded.
"Okay I'll see you later." He left with Warrick in tow.
"Grissom requests that you not kill the father until he can talk wit him." Warrick added as the climbed into the car, Nick laughed.
The Trailer park was run down, and nearly empty except two trailers had cars in front, Warrick pulled up in front of a blue one with white trim. Nick toke a deep breath and follow his friend to the door.
"Yeah, what do you want?" A voice asked from behind a darkened screen door.
"We have a warrant to search your house and this nice detective here, is going to take you down town for questioning." Warrick explained, his face set, and his eyes throwing sparks.
"Don Fredrick's you'll have to come with me." An officer toke him and put him in a squad car while Nick and Warrick went in the house.
"Man this place is a dump." Nick spat as he walked the hole house a long hall led to a separate room;Amie's, and small bathroom, the kitchen sat at the front end of the hall, and master bedroom sat just off the living room.
"I'll do the living room and master bedroom, yo take everything else." Warrick suggested Nick Nodded and went to the kitchen. Dirty dish's lined the cabinet, and the floor was sticky with, nick didn't want to know what. Nick looked around and not finding anything other then spoiled food and moldy dish's went to Amie's room.
Amie was the average nine year old, her room was in shambles, her bed looked like it hadn't made on weeks and there a was an over all stench. He toke out a small ALS and ran it ove the bed sheet frowning at the many white spots he found there, he bagged and tagged them. Then he looked around the rest of the room. stuffed animal lined on wall except a ber who lay alone and abandon next to the bed. Nick bagged this too. Then went to bathroom. A hamper stood against the wall and toys lined the side of the tub. Nick smiled and picked up a small pink pony. Definitely little Amie's bathroom. He pulled some cloths out of the hamper and did an ALS on them, finding more semen stains, he felt sick as he bagged and tagged these and then red caught his eyes. He lifted the waist basket from the floor and dug around finding bandages covered in blood he bagged these too.
"Hey Nick you see.." Warrick stopped seeing Nick leaning against the toilet looking like he would be sick.
"Nick you okay?" He asked, putting a hand in his shoulder.
"All these stains on her cloths and sheets, i found bloody bandages too." He explained.
"Oh man Maybe you shouldn't have done this. I'm sorry i wasn't thinking." Warrick apologized.
"It's okay. I would have fought you on it anyways," Nick reassured him.
"Want were you saying" He added Warricks frown deepened.
"Well I was looking around the master bedroom and found something i think you should see." Warrick explained leading his friend out of the bathroom and to the Master bed room. Where he showed Nick a bloody knife he pulled from under the bed.
"Oh man i hope that isn't who's blood i think it is." Nick said.
"You think the dad killed the mom, and covered it up to look like an accident." Warrick suggested. Nick nodded shivering.
"What a sick, sadistic man." Nick mumbled. They gathered their evidence and hurried off for the lab to go through it.
Whew, another long chapter. I'm kinda into this story myself I do hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. Thanks for the great reviews keep them coming.