LAS VEGAS 2005

She had felt like she was driving forever. Once Deagonna saw the bright lights, she knew that she had reached the beautiful Las Vegas. She had driven to a tiny apartment that she would living in until she could get more money. It was time to grab her suitcases and load them into her new apartment. Luckily, it had come furnished. Her phone started to ring and on the caller i.d. it said 'Shawn'. "Hello?"

Shawn loved hearing her voice. "Someone wants to talk to you, hold on." Deagonna smiled as she could hear Shawn faintly say "Here. Mommy is on the phone."

"Hi Mommy!" A tiny voice said. Sure, her daughter, Hannah, was nine, but, she was small for her age.

"Hi honey. How has school been?" Deagonna had tears going down her cheeks as she spoke to her daughter. She missed her little girl so much. Thank God for cell phones. After about fifteen minutes of being on the phone, Deagonna then asked "How has Daddy been?"

"He's been good. But, I think he misses you a lot. Maybe even more than me! Because when he would watch TV while I was in bed, he would watch a wedding movie and I even think he was crying. When will you be back Mommy?"

He really missed her that much? In all the years they were together, Deagonna had never seen Shawn cry. "Oh, well… there are a lot of bad people here who need to put in jail. It could be for a while. I'll call you though, when I come and see you!" Deagonna knew that would make Hannah feel a little better. Dea glanced at the clock. It was almost seven O'clock. "Hannah, sweetie, I have to go to work. Can you give Daddy the phone? I love you."

"I love you too, Mommy." Deagonna grabbed her new vest and was heading out the door.

"How is Vegas?" It seemed good to hear his voice. They chatted as she drove to work and was in the parking lot.

"Shawn, I'm actually in my work's parking lot. I'll call you again once I'm all moved in. Bye." She waited for his good bye.

"Oh. Okay. Well… good luck. Bye." They both hung up. He made sure that she had hung up. "I love you." A couple tears seemed to escape Shawn's eyes as he put his phone on the counter.

Deagonna took a couple of breaths before getting out of her car and putting her vest on. She rushed into her new place of work and clocked in. She stopped a middle aged blonde woman and asked her "Excuse me, do you know where Dr Grissom's office is? I'm new here."

"It's just down this hall. You'll find it. I'm Catherine, by the way." Catherine held out her hand for Deagonna to shake it.

"Deagonna." She shook Catherine's hand before adding, "I just can here from Santa Barbra."

"Santa Barbra? You must be out of your element."

"You have no idea." The two chatted for a couple minutes before Deagonna headed down the hallway to meet her new boss.

She had no clue what she was in for.