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Russell and the others had just got back from the scene and he went to his office. He was a bit confused when he saw Catherine and Greg sat in there. "Hey guys, what are you doing in here?"
Catherine turned around and smiled, "I was just leaving." She said as she stood up and smiled one last time at Greg before she left.
Russell walked around to the front of his desk and sat down opposite Greg. "So, what brings you in here?" He asked him with a smile.
Greg looked up. "I know the victim."
Russell lost his smile and scooted closer to his desk. "Okay, how well?"
Greg bit his lip and swallowed and Russell could see his Adams apple bounce up and down. "Erm... we, err..."
"Take your time, Greg." Russell said calmly. He could see the young CSI working himself up.
"He, err, he was..." He swallowed again. "Err, we were together." Greg immediately went back to chewing his bottom lip. This was one of the hardest things he'd ever had to do. Nobody knew he was gay, but soon that would all change. Soon everybody would know his biggest secret.
Russell raised his eyebrows. "I'm sorry, Greg." Greg nodded once but didn't say anything. "You know how this goes; you can't work the case, you can't even have anything to do with it, that clear?"
"Yes, Sir." Greg answered.
"Right. Where were you seven hours ago? Around six o'clock." Russell asked.
"At Danny's house."
Russell nodded. "I take it Danny is his name?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. What were you doing?"
"Sleeping. I got up at six-thirty, had a shower and then came to work. I was out the house for about six-fifty." Greg explained, wracking his brains to remember every specific detail.
Russell wrote down what Greg had said. "And where was Danny?"
Greg looked away but then back to Russell and said "He was still in bed."
"And you haven't been back to the house since then?"
"No."
Russell put his pen down. "Can you give us Danny's address? We'll need to go and check it out."
Greg nodded and wrote it down for him. "Russell," Tears formed in Greg's eyes. "My DNA's going to be everywhere in there. In his kitchen, in his bedroom, on the doors... you're gonna find me in his bed." Greg let out a shaky breath and his hands shook as they wiped away a few stray tears.
Russell smiled sadly. "Hey, don't worry about a thing, okay? I'll go to his house, I'll find out whatever we need to. Nobody else will even have to be there, okay?" Russell told him quietly.
Greg nodded. "You know Greg; the others are going to find out that you're gay. They're clever people, this won't get by them."
Greg sighed.
"I don't know if you want to give them a heads-up or let the evidence tell them, but they will find out, you know that."
"I know. I'll tell them." Greg told Russell. How did he know that the others didn't already know?
Russell smiled. "We'll find whoever did this. We're going to get some justice."
Greg gave him a tight smile. "Is there anything else I can do around here?"
Russell shook his head. "No, go home, take the day off tomorrow. Have some time to yourself."
Without another word, Greg stood up and left the room.
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As soon as he shut the door to Russell's office, Greg ran into Nick.
"Hey man, you feeling better?" Nick smiled at him.
Greg smiled back, but he was sure Nick could see through it. "Have you got a minute? I need to talk to you."
Nick nodded, "Yeah, sure." He led himself and Greg into a light room after he saw no one was using it.
"What's up?" Nick asked after they'd both sat on a stool.
Greg gave him a nervous smile. "I don't really wanna tell you this, but I need to because you'll only find out later. Me and the victim, of the case you're on now, we were together."
Nick laughed, "I don't think so, the case I have now, it's a guy."
Greg cringed. This is exactly how he didn't want it to go. "Yeah."
Nick frowned. "But you're not into guys."
Greg stayed quiet and Nick's face slowly began to show more disgust.
"You're gay? Is this some sort of joke, man?"
Greg shook his head and looked down, "No."
Nick too shook his head. "You're gay?" He asked again. "Greg Sanders is gay!" He said loudly, and Greg quickly turned around and saw everybody looking at him.
He quickly stood up in front of Nick. "Can you keep your voice down...?" He drifted off quietly when Nick smiled at him.
"Keep my voice down? I've known you what, how many years? And you tell me this now!" He shook his head. "I can't believe you."
Nick walked out the room and as he got to the door he turned back to Greg. "You're gay..." He said one last time before thumping his fist on the glass and walking off.
Greg felt the eyes of everyone on him, so decided to swiftly make his way to the parking garage and head home.
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Once he got home, he went straight to his bedroom to where there was a photo of him and Danny together. He stared at the picture and cried.
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