LAS VEGAS 2005
They had made it to those glowing lights that stuck out of the sand. Vegas. "Here it is, Son. We're that much closer to bringing-"
"Hannah to see Mommy!" Shawn couldn't give his daughter false hope on whether or not his estranged wife was coming home or not. He couldn't do that…
"Shawn, where's the hotel you got for us?" Shawn gave a nervous chuckle. "Shawn… you didn't get a hotel, did you?"
"I did. It's a very cheap one. It's all I could get last minute!" Henry sighed. At least his son got a hotel. A very cheap one was better than nothing.
"Daddy," Hannah asked "is this the place where Mommy is?" Her eyes seemed to widen at the bright lights and huge buildings.
"Yep. She works every night to put the bad people in jail." He said as he looked around. She was living here… In Las Vegas. He pulled out his phone and typed in Deagonna's number.
Deagonna began to feel a little nervous. Would he plead for her to come back? She tried to push these thoughts to the back of her head as she entered the DNA Lab. "You're Greg, right?" The man looked up at her.
"Yes, and you are… the CSI that talks to Hodges a lot." Was that a bad thing? Deagonna was just being friendly.
"I have a name, you know." She said as she walked up to him. She held onto her case file and moved it as Greg tried to take it.
"You're quick. Now, I presume you have a reason why you're here?"
"Was a sample of my John Doe's DNA sent to you?" She asked.
"I only have one John Doe sample and it's still processing. I will let either you or Nick know once I know something."
"Deagonna." She said. It seemed like Greg got a confused look on his face. "My name. Deagonna is my name." Greg chuckled as her phone started to ring. She glanced down at it. 'Shawn' "I'll see you around." She said quickly before editing the DNA Lab and taking the call. "Hello?"
"Where are you right now?"
"At work."
"Where is your work?" What did he have planned? Did he have anything planned?
"Shawn… use your 'gift'. I'm a CSI. Where would I work?" She then heard a voice in the background.
"Shawn, where do I go? You need to tell me where to go!" Henry was with him? This couldn't get any worse.
"Your dad should know where to find me." She said before hanging up. It couldn't be long before they showed up…
Las Vegas Police Department. "Is this where Mommy works?" Shawn laughed before answering.
"Yes, this is where she works. She's in there right now." Hannah squealed with excitement. Henry, Shawn, and Hannah needed to see Deagonna. They had gone in and requested to see her. But, with the timing, she was walking down the hall that was closest to the main office.
"Mommy?" A familiar voice to Deagonna called.
"Hannah?" She turned towards the voice. The little girl bolted to her mom and Deagonna hugged her daughter as tight as she could. Tears started rolling down Deagonna's cheeks as she said "I'm sorry that I didn't come down."
"It's okay Mommy." Deagonna let go of her daughter and looked at Shawn.
"You actually came up. Thanks for bringing her up." Deagonna cleared her throat, but, Henry started speaking.
"Shawn, why don't you and Hannah go get some water? I need to talk to Dea." Uh oh. This couldn't be good. The two agreed and left Henry with Deagonna. "Why would you just leave like that?"
"Henry… you don't understand. You're not in my position."
"But, I know what my divorce did to Shawn. It was hard to raise him because of my job. I don't want him to go through what I went through." Deagonna sighed.
"Is that what you came down here for? To talk me in going back to Shawn?" She couldn't go back. All Deagonna wanted was for Shawn to be serious when they talked.
"No. I'm trying to save your marriage."
"Really? You're going to give me marriage advice, Mr. Divorcee?" They were starting to push each other's buttons.
"I won't argue with you because this isn't the time or place, Deagonna. Please, give him one more chance." Shawn got plenty of chances in the marriage. She just scoffed before Shawn came back with Hannah. She quickly changed the subject. "How about a quick tour?"
"Sounds fun. I want to showcase my powers in case the LVPD might need them in a future case." Shawn said excitedly said.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, kid." Henry said before Deagonna lead them down the hallway… Hannah in tow.