CHAPTER TWO
Sara and Iris were hard at work going over a car used in a kidnapping attempt. Blood had been found in a car that did not match the kidnap victim or the assailant who had now lawyered up. Sara had finished her exam with the UV light while Iris was carefully recovering hair and fibers to send to trace. Sara had already swabbed the blood spots found on the passenger side front and rear seats. The spread pattern of the drops was unusual and did not readily suggest anything to Sara about what had happened.
"Do you know why Catherine called a staff meeting with the rest of the team and not us?" asked Iris. "We didn't put out a do not disturb sign did we?"
"It is weird, but I'm sure we'll hear the juicy stuff soon enough," Sara smirked.
Iris stepped out of the car to finish processing what she needed to send to trace. She had helped Sara dust for and pull off some full and partial fingerprints. Sara had observed her technique and voiced approval. Iris had shown increasing confidence in her abilities while working with different CSI team members and felt comfortable being assigned with anyone now.
"Oh, my aching back, I could go for a massage about now," Iris sighed.
"From Brass?" asked Sara, one eyebrow raised and giving Iris her signature gap-tooth smile.
Brass and Iris had been discretely dating for nearly a month now. They were totally professional toward one another around the CSI lab, but they fooled no one as the rest of the team readily approved of the apparent match. They were all happy to see how well the detective and CSI were coming along.
Iris blushed, a trademark of hers, but one which had endeared her to her coworkers. "Uh, well, you know…" Iris's voice trailed off. She looked at Sara with a helpless shrug of her shoulders and a twinkle in her eye.
"Let's take a break and try to sniff out some news about this top-secret meeting," Sara laughed.