"Huh Greg." Sara said.

"Look I promise to stop telling people you're engaged to Hodges."

"Good, but that wasn't what I wanted to show you."

"What've you got?" Greg walked over.

"Does that look like a blood trail to you?" Sara asked looking at the small trail that glowed under the light.

"One way to find out." Greg opened his kit and took a swab of the area and applied the chemicals which turned it pink. "Blood."

"Take some photographs and I'll see where this goes."

"Okay."

Sara continued to spray the Luminol following the trail until she reached the door. She found a smear that looked like someone had wiped the blood away.

"Officer, I'm going to need to know who was in this room and see if they are still in the building."

"Yes ma'am. We evacuated the whole floor so he should be downstairs in the dinning room."

"Greg call Brass we're going to need a warrant. I'm going to get Catherine." Sara instructed.

"So my death is postponed for a few hours?"

"A few." Sara replied. "I'll be right back."

"Catherine?" Sara called when she entered the stairwell.

"Yes." Sara heard her call from down below.

"I've got something." Sara replied.

"Okay, because I have nothing." Catherine walked back up the stairs.

"By the way Greg is a little on edge."

"Why?" Catherine inquired.

"I may have told him that Nick would kill him for telling people I was marrying Hodges."

"So Nick is the only who doesn't know we know?" Catherine asked.

"Yes."

"It should be interesting when he finds out." Catherine said.

CSI CSI

"Hey." Nick said getting up from the couch when Sara let herself in.

"Hey yourself."

"I made breakfast."

"That's what I love about you, you anticipate my every need." Sara wrapped arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I love you too." He paused. "I missed you today."

"I missed you too."

"How'd your case work out?"

"The guy in the room across the hall killed him, he's some kind of tech expert so he rigged the security cameras to go off at just the right time."

"That's good you solved it." He smiled.

"How'd the wheelchair thing go?"

"Turns out the manager of the retirement home was a wanted criminal, our vic found out, he doped her and killed her."

"Sounds like we both had a good day."

"Apart from the Hodges thing." Nick said.

"Apart from the Hodges thing." She kissed him. "So about breakfast…"

"I just need to put the waffles on."

"Can we delay it…"

"What did you have in mind Ms Sidle?"

"It seems I remember making a promise to make something up to you."

"I seem to recall that too."

"Just how much hot water do you have?"

"You'd be surprised."

"Oh really." Sara smiled.

"Really."

"Give me a couple minutes."

"Anything you want." He kissed her.

Just as Sara left the room, the doorbell rang….

TBC