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Half Past Now
Greg arrived at the lab that night and the first thing he did was go in search of Catherine. He'd have tried calling Liz already but unfortunately didn't have any way of getting her phone number. He hadn't seen or spoken to her in the better part of ten years before that morning. Finally after a few minutes he found Catherine.
"Hey Catherine," he greeted her trying to be friendly and relaxed as he stepped into her office. "How's it going?"
"Oh," she said, looking up from the papers she was doing something with. "What's up?"
"I was," he started, not sure how to continue. "Well I was wondering about my friend Liz? Did you guys locate Marty this morning?"
"No," she said, pulling her glasses off of her face and focusing on him. "I'm sorry we didn't, I'm going to have Riley working on it tonight though."
"I can do it," he offered, feeling a little guilty for not doing more from the start. "I mean I really don't mind being put on a missing person, honestly."
"Yeah I know Greg," Catherine said, frowning. "But you've got a personal interest in this one and I'm gonna need you not to be on it."
"Catherine I have to do something," he answered, sighing loudly. "Liz is my friend, I have to help her."
"I can't let you," Catherine said with regret in her voice. "You're going to be on a body off the strip, possible gunshot wound."
"Catherine can I at least look at her file," he said, trying anything. "I mean it's possible I'll know something."
"Greg I can't prevent you from looking at the file," she gave him a half smile. "But do it on your own time, not mine. And, I'm serious about you not working this one."
"Got it," he smiled. At the very least he could get Liz's phone number from the file and give her a call to resolve whatever it was that happened between them that morning. "Thank you so much Catherine!"
When he went in search of the file he realized that Riley already had it so he went to the layout room to find her. "Hey Riley," he greeted. "I hear you're working on the Gellar case, mind if I see the file to that really quick?"
"Not at all," she passed it to him. "Did Catherine send you to help me?"
"Uh, no," he told her. "Actually I'm not gonna be working this one officially, at all. As per my agreement with Catherine. But, the wife's a friend of mine so I'm a little interested in what you've got so far." He looked down at the file and what he saw shocked him. "Wait, this says you have a body?"