Chapter Five- Back to Vegas, Baby

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Catherine and Lindsay arrived in Miami and were glad to find it was sunny and warm. Lindsay ran ahead of her mother to her father's arms. "Daddy!" she exclaimed. Catherine pulled the suitcases behind her and smiled. It was so nice to see her daughter so happy. Eddie came over to help her with the suitcases.

"How are you Catty?" he asked softly, kissing her on the cheek.

"Awesome, but we better get going." She answered with a smile. "Lindsay wants to go to the beach tonight."

Eddie swung his daughter onto his shoulders. "Then by all means we will go to the beach." He said smiling.

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One Month Later

Eddie was quite pleased with himself. He had tricked them both. Lindsay and Catherine. Catherine was easy. He gave her a piece of what he used to be when they first met. The charm and the smooth talking was enough to fool her, despite the brains she had as a CSI. Lindsay was a little easier, but patience had prevailed. He them both in the palm of his hand. He had checked Catherine's will. She was leaving everything to her daughter. Her job allowed her to receive quite a lot of money and some was still left over from her dancing days and he knew that if Catherine were to have an unfortunate 'accident', then everything would go to Lindsay, who was also his daughter. He just had to get close enough to get a chance to createthe accident.

He looked up at Catherine splashing water on a giggling Lindsay. They thoroughly annoyed him. Catherine used to be his type, before Lindsay. She had been a wild child and she had turned him on, but not anymore. She was too maternal, too good for his taste. He needed money for his next fix and his new girl, but for the moment, the amount he had was enough to keep up the illusion that he had changed for the better. His girlfriend knew about Catherine and Lindsay and was totally into helping him create Catherine's accident.

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Greg refused to venture out of the lab. Nick was getting annoyed. "Greg you have to come out sometime." He said through the door.

Greg shook his head. "Not until Grissom leaves. The dude's scaring the shit outta me." He answered from within.

"He's not here." Nick yelled through the door, making every other worker in the lab's head turn.

Greg poked a head out. "You sure?" he asked nervously glancing around. Grissom's had been in a bad mood ever since Catherine left and Greg was his favorite to take it out on. Greg stepped outside to see Grissom coming down the hall.

"Greg!" Grissom called before he could slip back into the lab. "I need these run through the fingerprint data base." He said hanging him a folder.

Greg nodded and sulked back into the lab, sending death glares at Nick, who was silently laughing.

Grissom ignored them both and headed straight to his office. He sat down and stared at the picture of Lindsay and Catherine on his desk. He smiled at it. "I love you Catherine." He murmured to it. "I love you so much and I love Lindsay too." He buried his face in his hands. Why can't I tell her? He wondered. What was so hard about it? He marked off another day on his calendar, a few more days and Catherine was going to come home.

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Eddie was asking Catherine out. "Cath, come on. Let's go out." He begged.

Catherine wasn't so sure. "Are you sure you want go down this road again?" she asked uncertainly.

"Catherine, I still love you." He murmured, looking at her with tearstained eyes. "I always did, I never stopped."

Catherine gave in. "Alright. Let's go out and talk." She said softly.

Eddie took her to the beach. He took her hand as they walked side by side.

"It's beautiful." She murmured staring at the open water that gently lapped at her ankles, enjoying the coolness of its touch.

"Not as beautiful as you." Eddie said, turning to face Catherine toward him. He leaned in and kissed her like the first night she had come to visit. Catherine didn't resist. When they came up for air, Eddie clasped her hand in his. "I want to move in with you, but I don't think living in Miami is such a good idea. Lindsay has her friends in school and you have your job. I think we should move back to Vegas baby." He whispered in her ear.

Catherine stared at him. "You want to start this again?" she asked softly, turning the idea over in her mind.

"If you let me." He said softly. "I want to be there to watch our daughter grow up and to be with you."

Catherine couldn't resist. She had a chance to make everything right again. "Sure." She answered, not even thinking it over. "Why not?" She gazed up at Eddie with a smile, not knowing what Eddie was really thinking.