Chapter Seven
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Grissom hurried down the hall, looking for Nick and Catherine. They were two of his best, both level threes and he needed his best on the team. He found Catherine first. She was in the empty meeting room with her head in her hands. He knew she was hurting and it hurt him, but he needed her on this case.
"Catherine.' He said gently and softly, coming up behind her and putting a hand on her shoulder. "I got a case and I need you on it."
Catherine lifted her head and furiously wiped away her tears. "Yeah I'm on it." She said quickly taking the file from his hand.
He didn't let go.
"Catherine maybe you need a break I can get Sara to take the case." He said with a trace of concern in his eyes.
Catherine shook her head. "I need this Gil. I need something to take my mind off things." She said firmly.
Grissom sighed and gave in. "Get Nick and head down to the address. Careful. The body's been there two weeks now." He said, rubbing her shoulders. "And Cath?"
She looked up and saw a hint of grief in Grissom's eyes.
"Be careful."
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The first thing that hit Nick was the smell. It was horrible. Catherine coughed beside him.
"O Lord." She breathed, wrinkling her nose and turning away.
Nick wasn't feeling much better. He handed her a lemon, which they both rubbed under their noses in attempt to block out the smell. It didn't work.
Catherine gave the body a soft, but firm poke. It just emitted some bubbles from the mouth. She grimaced. "Oh this is gross." She muttered, as she opened the victim's mouth to take a sample of DNA, cringing as she peered inside.
Nick wasn't doing much better. The decaying flesh was making fingerprint samples very difficult. He was good at hair and fiber analysis, but he didn't want to near the body's head. He forced himself to take a strand of hair.
Catherine had finished with her part of the analysis. She had looked for blood stains, but there were none. "Probably strangulation." She pointed out to Nick, then began to explore the room, letting Nick finish up with the body, since his special was hair and fibers.
She opened the closet to the room, just has her cell phone rang. The caller ID said Eddie. "Damn it I'm working." She yelled into the phone, before the line broke out due to the storm outside. Her phone rang again. "What the hell do you want?' she demanded, but froze when she heard the small terrified voice on the other line.
"Mommy!" Lindsay's voice cried over the static of the line. "Mommy please come and get me! The water's getting higher. Please Mommy!"
Catherine began to tremble from fear, partially her own, partially from the panic in her daughters voice. "Lindsay! Hang in there baby!" she yelled into the phone.
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