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Nick: No You don't

Me: Looks to him 'did you have to crush my dreams?'

Warrick: 'yes'

Me: I don't own CSI

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"Uh Grissom I won't mind watching her. I can still work the case. Anyways she will only respond to you and I." Grissom could see that Nick was getting attached to the little girl sleeping on his couch. He could see why but he didn't want to his colleague, no his friend getting hurt when it comes time to social services to take her away. Who knew maybe he will decide to adopt her and didn't know it yet. He certainly wouldn't mind seeing that bundle of joy around the lab. And Lindsay would have a friend.

"Gris?" Nick called dragging him out of his thoughts.

"As long as you're not too distracted. And you can solve the case." Grissom said cautiously.

"Thanks Gris."

"No problem. Now go get some work done. I'll watch her for a little bit. I've been known to multitask." He said waving him to go with his hand. Giving Grissom a smile he moved to go and find out how the intruder got in. Going to the garage he went over the notes where he was met by Warrick.

"How's the kid holding up?" Warrick Brown, an African American in his early thirties asked.

Chapter 3: Solving the Case

"She's sleeping for now. Grissom's watching her." Nick told his best friend, not looking up from the picture he is holding.

"Hey, look at this pic of the kitchen door. Does something look odd about it to you?" Nick asked handing the picture to Warrick.

"Yeah I can see a faint circle on the window pane of the door." Warrick said.

"Like someone used a glass cutter to access the handle?" Nick said raising an eyebrow.
"Exactly. Now we should see if the perp left a print."

"I'll let Gris where we are going." Warrick said, continuing. "Get the dust, plaster, and the electro static machine." Before walking to Grissom's office to give him the update. Looking in Warrick noticed that Gil didn't look as stressed as he usually did. He actually looked relaxed. Giving a soft smile Warrick walked in.

"Hey. We know how the perp got in. He used a glass cutter on the window pane of the French door in the kitchen." Warrick said from the doorway.

"That's good that means that this guy isn't a ghost." Grissom said.

It was the perfect plan of getting in and getting out. Cut a hole in the window of the door in the kitchen to access the handle. Entering without the alarm going off. Perfect. They wouldn't notice till it was too late. They were totally defenseless.

"They didn't realize till it was too late." Grissom said looking at Auggie when he said this. There was a possibility that Auggie could have been dead right now if it wasn't for Amy McCarty's mothering instincts.

"We're looking for someone who knew that they had an alarm system." Grissom said quietly.

"Gris, Nick and I going back to the house to see if we can collect any prints or impressions that we could have missed." Warrick said after he saw his boss come back down to earth.

"Before you do that ask Catherine to pull up the McCarty's phone records and a list of their co-worker's." Gil said

"You got it." Warrick said before filling out the orders and going to the McCarty household with Nick.

Warrick got the inside of the door while Nick scoungered the outside of the door and the garden for prints. So far Warrick had nothing when he heard Nick

"Oh Ho! I believe that we got a fingerprint on the glass here." Nicky called out as he taped the print.

"So he used no gloves when cutting the glass but puts on latex on when he goes to kill this family. Very weird." Warrick said humorlessly.

"Yeah well luck is on our side. I got a shoe print and a finger print so let's get back to the lab a find out whom our mighty killer is." Nick said heading back to the Taurus.

"Hey Nick?" Warrick said once they we're inside the SUV. Looking at the clock he knew that Auggie would be getting up pretty quickly.

"Yeah?" Nick said

"I noticed that you seem to be getting attached to one August McCarty."

"So?"

"Hey man don't get offensive I was just wondering if you might be planning on adopting her. Since after this case she will be thrown into the foster system. And couples, they are looking for baby's not little kids."

"I haven't thought about it. Though maybe. I mean a kid who has gone through hearing her parents get murdered like that will leave a psychological scar on her. She will only let me and Grissom hold her also." Nick said as they pulled into the parking lot.

"Think about it. I know you would make a great father."

Walking into the lab from the door Nicky could see Grissom introducing Auggie to his pet tarantula. She seemed to actually like it! Most of his nieces won't go anywhere near a spider let alone a tarantula! And they were her age to thirteen. Going to the office that held Auggie and Grissom he just had to smile as he walked in.

"Doesn't she have the gentlest touch?" Grissom asked

"Yeah!" Auggie said from where she was sitting on his desk.

"Hey Nicky how did the print hunt go?" Gil asked when he saw Nick in the door way.

"Pretty good. We found a shoe print and fingerprints on the door."

"That's good. That means we can find the perp."

"Yeah but the weird part is that he used gloves on the inside to do the killing but none when he was cutting the door."

"Very meticulous. Hey Auggie, was there ever someone who was very mean coming over to your house to see mommy and daddy?" Grissom asked.

"Uncle Carter. He is always yelling when he came over." Auggie said quietly.

"Thanks Auggie. Why don't you go with Nicky and you can go meet Greg." Grissom said putting the tarantula in its cage and lifting Auggie off the desk. He ruffled her hair before she ran to Nick where he promptly picked her up. Nick raised an eye brow at Grissom once he placed Auggie on his hip.

"Greg paged me a minute ago saying that he had the results on those samples you gave him." He explained.

"I hope we are getting paid over time." Nick said before going across the hall.

"Ah the great master has returned and with gifts." Greg said trying to impersonate a wise voice. Then he spotted Auggie.

"I heard there was a child running the halls of our infamous lab." Greg said with a huge smile.

"We're you running the halls while I was gone?" Nick asked Auggie with a humorous expression. Auggie shook her head quickly. Nick nodded his head in a disbelieving way.

"Auggie this is Greg Sanders. Greg this is August McCarty." Nick introduced.

"Nice to meet you Auggie." Greg said Auggie gave a tiny wave from where she was on Nick's hip.

"You have the results for me?" Nick asked Greg

"Yes. That cartilage you gave me goes with a civil war hand gun. And that wasn't cartilage is was part of a musket ball. Also what's hard as a rock and cost a lot of money."

"I'm predicting a jewel." Nick said putting a finger to him temple.

"But not just any jewel it was a black opal."

"Expensive. I need you to run this sample to see if it matches the DNA I pulled from the husband's finger nails."

"Give me one minute and you will have your answer." Greg said going to work on getting the sample ready. Nick sat on the roll away chair with Auggie in his lap.

" And the DNA belongs to a one Carter Sanchez." Greg said turning around and handing in the results.

"Any Relation to a Sam Sanchez?" Nick asked.

"One minute….and they are married. Why?"

"Auggie why don't you go across the hall and let Gil know that he has to watch you for a little more." Nick said setting Auggie on the ground and watch her run into Grissom's office before continuing. "Sam Sanchez is Auggie's deceased aunt. And I believe that we have a probable motive for murder." He then followed Auggie to Grissom's office with Catherine following him.

"Hey Auggie. I'm going to introduce you to my best friend and brother. I need him to watch you as we talk about you parent's okay?" Nicky asked picking her up from Grissom's desk where she was seated talking to him again.

"Okay, Nicky." Auggie said wrapping her arms around his neck.

""I'll see you in a little bit Auggie." Grissom said as they exited his office. They soon found Warrick in the break room helping himself to a cup of coffee.

"Hey Warrick I need you to watch Auggie for a little bit. I don't want her to hear us talking about her parents." Nick said putting an emphasis on 'parents'.

"Sure. Hi Auggie I'm Warrick Brown." Warrick said sticking out his hand to shake her's. Auggie clung to Nick.

"It's okay Auggie. He won't bite." Nick said encouraging her. Auggie gave a small smile and slowly put her small hand in his big one.

"Now that's not bad is it?" Warrick asked with a smile before dropping her hand. Auggie had to give a smile as she shook her head no.

"So do you think you can stay here with Warrick for a little bit?" Nicky asked.

"Yeah." Auggie said with a smile. Her smiles seem to becoming out more and more now that it with infectious. Giving her a smile Nick passed her to Warrick.

"I'll be back." Nick said before heading to door. Down the hallway Nick could her the squeals of laughter coming from Auggie in the break room and Warrick's loud laugh along with her's. Walking into Grissom's office he could see they were waiting for him.

"So how is Auggie taking it?" Catherine asked looking at his as he sat down.

"As well as can be expected." Nick answered before continuing. "I believe that I have a motive for the murder. So Greg matched the DNA we found under the husband's nails. It matches a Carter Sanchez."

"Any relation to a Sam Sanchez?" Grissom asked from behind his desk.

"I was just getting there. Carter Sanchez is the husband of the late Sam Sanchez. Since Ms. Sanchez was killed four years ago on her way here to see her newborn niece. It could give him an excuse to think that the McCarty's killed her since she was on her way up here to see them."

"I could support that theory. The past four and a half years the McCarty's have been getting phone calls three times a week from a Carter Sanchez. Archie was able to recover some of the messages he left. And they were pretty angry. Several times he threatened to kill them and I guess that he went through with it this time." Catherine said handing over the papers to prove it.

"That gives us enough evidence. Tell Brass to bring him in. And fill in Warrick." Grissom said. "I'll watch Auggie if Warrick wants to do the interview."

Nick smiled at the sight before him. Warrick was napping on the couch with his arm around Auggie but he wasn't the only one. Auggie was also napping with her head on Warrick's shoulder. Smiling at the sight Nick pulled out his camera phone and snapped a picture of the cute moment before walking out of the break room. Pulling out his cell phone he called Grissom and let him know that it would be Jim and him doing the interview.

Ten minutes later Nick and Brass were sitting across from one Carter Sanchez. Nick could only think of two words for the man in front of him. Evil Bastard.

"So Mr. Sanchez do you want to tell us why you are here?" Jim asked faking curiosity.

"I don't know. You tell me." Sanchez said leaning back in his chair looking too smug.

"Where were you last night between midnight and one a.m.?" Jim asked getting straight to the point.

"At my home watching TV."

"Really? Anyone to verify that?"

"Nope my wife died four years ago and haven't been re-married."

"Nice cut. How'd you get that?"

"I cut myself shaving."

"Really? This is what I think happened. You were still pissed that your wife died in that car accident on the way to see you sister-in-law so instead of just saying that you would really do it. So you cut the glass in the kitchen door and snuck in. You thought they were asleep but instead you ran in to Mr. McCarty you guy's fought. He got a few punches in scratching you face before you had enough and shot him dead. Then you thought 'hey I killed one why not kill the other.' So you chased your sister-in-law up the stairs and killed her in a room. Though you know what I want to know is why did you leave Auggie alone?" Jim asked

"Who?" Carter asked

"Your niece. The reason your wife was killed."

"How was I suppose to know the brat wasn't at a friend's house." Carter said with a sneer.

"You see Carter we have evidence. Your finger print was on the glass that was cut. And your skin was under Mr. McCarty's finger nails. So we can solidly prove that you killed the McCarty's." Nick said pushing forward the evidence. "It will make it easier for you if you confess."

"Alright I killed them. But it was only because they kill my wife." Carter said slamming him hands on the table. Standing up Jim cuffed Sanchez while saying the Miranda to him. "You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…." Walking him out.

Walking down the hall Nick went to Grissom's office to see him in.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Nick asked from the door way.

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while! You can expect one more chapter to make up for it!