7

Things were looking much brighter at the Brendan residence. Rearranging had been made so Jon's bedroom would be the attic. The hole in the ceiling had been boarded up and reinforced. A real small stair case had been cut into the attic instead.

After being redecorated Jon decided to rent out the Master bedroom to Jennin whom had no difficulty at all in cleansing the whole house of negative imprints. It was as if all the evil done to Jon over fourteen years had been wiped clean and made pure again.

"I was wondering Jennin." Grissom said while helping the officer more into the house. "Do you have any experience with forensic science?"

"I can process a crime scene and I specialize in ballistics." Jennin answered. "Are you going to keep Jon on retainer?"

"He's thinking about it." Grissom answered. "I have a slot to fill on Graveyard. You interested?"

Jennin paused in moving boxes around. "Tell me. If I had not been involved with helping Jon, would you consider me at all?" he asked curiously.

"Honestly I don't know." Grissom said, "I haven't been about to look at the applications to see if you applied."

"I did." Jennin answered the unspoken question.

"Then I would have at least interviewed you." Grissom said still honestly.

"Oh take the job," Nick said from where he watched.

Jennin and Grissom looked at the empty doorway. They could Hear Nick, but could not See him.

"Well I guess if Nick insists." Jennin said slowly. "Who else would take the really strange cases?"

"Hey guys, the van's empty, wanna get something to eat?" Jon asked stepping around Nick. He wore stained jeans, a dingy t-shirt, and a bandana that has seen better days. Dirt smudges covered his face. He couldn't look happier.

"Why don't you get cleaned up and then we'll discus food." Jennin suggested.

Jon mock pouted then stuck out his tongue, "You're paying then." He announced then trotted off to his room.

"I still can't believe he could get a bathroom installed up there at such short notice." Jennin said shaking his head. "It proves just how much charm he has."

"He seems to be doing better now." Grissom observed.

"He is better." Jennin said, "Having such an evil soul attached to yours would do a lot of damage. He might not have survived if we had just severed the link. Nick was a good man in life. He is a good soul, and that soul is healing Jon's." he looked over at the faint outline of where Nick was standing. Aside from Jon, and sometimes Greg, that was as much as they could see of the ghost. "You saved him."

"He saved himself by never giving up." Nick corrected. "I just wish it hadn't been my death that got anyone to notice."

"There isn't much we can do about that." Grissom said, "All we can do now is find the living man who hurt Jon."

88

"What do you have for me?" Greg asked Hodges walking into the lab.

"No sperm." Hodges said handing over the file, "No DNA."

"Damn," Greg muttered, "Do you know if anything was found on the tape?"

"No clear images," Hodges answered handing over another file. "There weren't any finger prints either."

Greg sighed. "Thanks he said in defeat.

Going back to the lab the evidence was kept in he carefully packed everything up and gave it to the evidence locker.

'Case Unsolved'

Black out/ end Episode One