Chapter Two- Not What He Seems
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Catherine and Lindsay arrived in Miami late. Lindsay was grouchy and Catherine wasn't feeling too peppy either. She took off her sunglasses and crossed her arms. Lindsay did the same in perfect imitation of her mother. Catherine smiled down at her little girl. Then heard her name being called, she turned to spot Ed walking toward her. She gaped at him in shock. He didn't seem like the same man in a snappy suit with his appearance neat and put together. "Ed!" she exclaimed, actually happy to see him. They embraced quickly and let go. "You look great Catty." He said smiling, using his personal nickname for her. Then he spotted the little red head standing shyly behind her and clinging onto her pants. "Squirt!" he exclaimed, reaching down to hug Lindsay. Lindsay responded with a quick hug and moved behind her mother again. Catherine made a face. "Lindsay, this is your father." Lindsay just nodded. Catherine glanced warily at Ed, wondering what his temper was like nowadays quickly explaining. "She's just shy." Ed gave her a charming smile. "I don't mind." He responded. "These things take time." He led them away, keeping the conversation lively.
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Grissom wasn't doing anything. That was a shocker. He wasn't doing paperwork, or investigating a new case. He was just sitting there, staring at a picture on his desk. It was a picture of him, Lindsay, and Catherine a year ago at Lindsay's soccer game. They were all beaming. He touched Catherine's face. His mind couldn't help but travel to Miami, where Catherine was. He wondered why she was doing, what Ed and she were talking about. His phone rang. He didn't answer. After four rings, Catherine's voice came over the machine. He scrambled to pick it up. "Catherine!" he exclaimed a little too happily. He heard her laugh across the line. "Happy to hear from me Gil?" she teased. "Nah not really." He said playing along. She laughed. It was the sweetest sound he had ever heard. "Where are you guys?" he asked. She paused as a wave of static crossed the line. "At Ed's. Lindsay's checking out our room. She's beat from the plane ride. Wouldn't stop bouncing the whole ride, but as soon as she got here and saw Ed, she clamped right up." She said, straightening out a teddy bear. Grissom smiled. "I hope you guys have a good time." He said to her. "Yep." She replied. "Talk to you later." "Yep." He replied, smiling at the sound of laughter from both Catherine and Lindsay as they suddenly engaged in a pillow fight. He hung up with a smile on his face. Catherine always had this affect on him.
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Ed heard the laughter from the upstairs guest bedroom, Catherine's that rang softly through the halls and Lindsay's little girly giggle. He tapped his fingers together, his mind calculating. Catherine was in the money again, just like before. He needed it. He had to get it. More laughter, he wanted to smother both of them just to shut them up, but held himself back. He had Catherine in the palm of his hand, but Lindsay. She would be harder to sell. He sat back, calculating how he could fool them both.
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