Sara stared at the dirty side mirror of the car. She stared at the jaw line of someone she knew. Someone she remembered from her past. She took a deep breath and was about to walk to the car but then she heard a car pull over at the parking lot. She turned and saw Nick stepping out of his car. And when she turned to look at the familiar white car again it was already driving away.
Catherine saw Sara just standing there staring till Nick showed up. The white car left. Catherine folded her hands on her chest. Why it didn't leave already when Sara came close? It only left when Nick showed up. For a moment Catherine cursed Nick's timing. She wished she could have at least seen the licence plate from where she was standing, but she couldn't. Something was wrong with this. Something was really wrong, Catherine knew this and it made her stomach twitch uncomfortably. Suddenly Grissom appeared next to her. "What's wrong?" Catherine gave a glance at him and motioned at the window. "The white car was here again." Grissom sighed. "We have something else to ponder about now. We have a new case." He said.
Sara, Nick, Warrick, Greg and Catherine were sitting at the table of the meeting room as Grissom told about the case. "A woman was found at the desert early this morning by two hikers. Cause of death was strangling. Before it she had been abused, her jaw was completely smashed and the left side of her face had lot of fractures." Grissom placed few photographs on the table for others to look at. "The victim had no personal belongings but she was holding something in her fist. It was this." Grissom tossed a small evidence bag on the table. There was a silvery necklace inside it. The same kind that Sara had gotten the day before. Catherine raised her look from the necklace and looked at Sara. Sara just stared at the bag.
Nick looked at Sara who had suddenly just frozen. "Um, Sara, didn't you get a necklace just like that yesterday?" He heard Catherine say with her wary tone. "Yeah, I did." Sara answered. She picked up the bag. "Only difference is ..."Sara pointed at the silvery bird in the chain. "My bird still has its head." Catherine and others reached to see the necklace closer. "Who gave it to you?" Grissom asked frowning. "I don't know there were no markings on who sent it." Sara answered shrugging. "You have no idea who it could be?" Catherine asked tilting her head. That gesture was something she always did when she wasn't convinced. Sara shook her head. "Mind bringing it here?" Grissom asked looking at Sara. She stared at the bag. "I'll go get it." Sara said rising from her chair.
On her way home Sara thought about the photos she had seen of the victims. Half of the woman's face had been almost completely smashed. Why Ben, why on earth? Sara felt pain within her, she felt sick over what he had done. She remembered a guy from the time she had been young. Robert Benson. Everyone had called him Robbie, but Sara had called him Ben. She remembered his wide grin framed with dimples and his shabby hair shadowing his green eyes. He had been one of the few people Sara had called a friend. Now knowing what he had gotten himself into Sara felt sick.
Grissom sat on his chair at the table. "I don't believe her." Catherine said with fast, determined voice. "Really? Based on what?" Grissom asked fixing his glasses that had slipped down on his nose. Nick folded his hands on his chest looking at Catherine with explanation waiting expression on his face. Warrick raised his eyebrows waiting to hear the reason too. "I just know it, she knows who sent her the necklace." Nick rolled his eyes letting his hands fall on his sides. "Look, we know you don't like her that much, but it isn't a reason to connect her with a murder." Greg said leaning back on his chair. Catherine let out a sigh. "That's not why I think she's lying. I was there when she saw the necklace the first time. She looked unhappy about it. So maybe she knew who sent it." Se said shrugging and motioning with her hands. Grissom frowned thinking over the case. He concentrated and the voices of Greg, Nick, Warrick and Catherine arguing seemed to fade in the background of his thoughts.