Shannon wandered though the empty bullpen, pausing at Jethro's desk, curiosity taking the better of her, her hand flitted over the papers that lay there and she tapped his bottom drawer twice to unlock it. There was a more papers inside that held no interest to her, they were all work related, she tucked her hand under them and pulled out a small wooden box.
Clicking it open she took out the contents, there was the hip flask she had given him as a birthday present, she ran her finger over the engraving smiling softly at the memory's that assailed her. Putting it to one side she picked up a pile of photographs held together by an elastic band, she pulled it carefully off, separating them so she could flick through freely. They all of Kelly, blowing out her candles on her 5th birthday, riding her bike and standing in the park grinning widely as she licked off some ice cream that was running down her arm. Shannon shook her head slightly, as much as it meant to her to know how much he had loved them she hoped that soon he would store this box further away, so that it wasn't almost always in his presence. She closed the box and put it back, it was time to get on with the job in hand.
It was ironic really that while they had been together she had loved Jethro's stubbornness, he just wouldn't be the same without it, now however it was starting to grate. She already knew he would wake up in the morning and if he didn't convince himself it was a dream, he would torture himself trying to stop the inevitable. Luckily she had a plan, the other two had found it risky, arguing that it could really backfire on them, especially if it caused the people in charge to cut their losses and cut the time limit short, but she was determined that it would work, she hoped.
Shannon was now sitting on the second from the top stair, she ran her nail along the carpet making I small tear in it, big enough for a heel to get tangled in, she then tapped it twice so it would only appear when needed. Getting up she turned and looked towards Jennifer Sheppard's office, she really hoped this would work, this was something she just didn't want on her conscience.