Hearing Grissom's booming voice, Greg jumped off the couch like it was on fire. "Grissom! Hi. Lacey wasn't feeling well so I was just…" he trailed off as Grissom redirected his attention towards his niece.

"Lacey, are you all right?" Grissom asked concerned. Lacey had sat up by this time and Greg was glad to see that most of the color had returned to her face.

"I'm fine, Uncle Gil," she said softly.

"What happened?" Grissom demanded.

Turning to Greg, she asked, "How likely is he to say something?"

Catching her drift, Greg replied, "Very," before exiting the room.

Sighing, Lacey turned back to her uncle. "Since you wouldn't let me stay, I decided I'd find someone else to tell me about the case."

"Who told you about the case?" Gil asked angrily.

"Some guy named Hodges, but he didn't know they were my parents," Lacey explained, not wanting to get anyone in trouble. "I'm really sorry Uncle Gil."

Grissom sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I understand that you want to know what's going on, but this was the reason I didn't want you sitting in that meeting. You need to trust that I'll tell you what's important, okay?" Lacey nodded, stood and gave her uncle a hug. "I've got a crime scene to go to. Try not to get into too much trouble while I'm gone."

"I won't. I promise."

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"You okay?" Catherine asked, noticing the furrow of Grissom's brow.

"Lacey convinced Hodges to tell her about the case," Grissom replied. Noticing the smirk on Catherine's face, he snapped, "You think it's funny that she found out about her parents like that?"

Sighing, Catherine answered, "No. I don't like that she found out like that. You have to admit, though, it's exactly like something you would have done."

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Lacey reread the same page of her book for the fifth time, before throwing it down on her uncle's desk. She couldn't concentrate. Not when she still had the images from the pictures running through her head. Wandering through the halls, she spotted Greg in the lab. "Hey," she said softly. "Thanks for earlier."

"No problem," Greg said, giving her a grin. "What are you up to?"

"Absolutely nothing," she replied. "I'm so bored."

"Well, I'm working on something for Sara and Nick, but why don't head over the break room. They can keep you company until your uncle gets back."

"Okay. Thanks," she replied, leaving Greg to his job. She found Sara and Nick sitting at the table, relaxing.

As she entered, Nick gave her a grin and said, "Just the person we wanted to see."

"Me?" Lacey asked in surprise.

"Yeah," he replied, grin still in place. "We were hoping you could give us the dirt on Grissom."

Lacey laughed. "What exactly do you want to know?"

"Well, we were wondering why he'd never mentioned you before," Sara said leaning forward.

"That's an easy one," Lacey replied. "My dad and uncle never really got along. My dad didn't like Uncle Gil's work and he didn't like how interested in it I was. One day when I was like ten or eleven I convinced Uncle Gil to take me with him to an autopsy. I then made the mistake of mentioning it to my dad. He flipped out. I only visited my uncle on holidays with my mother after that."

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Grissom and Catherine entered the break room to find the three younger CSIs talking softly amongst each other and Lacey asleep on the couch. "How'd everything go tonight?" Grissom asked, referring to both their cases and the girl on the couch.

"Cases are solved," Nick drawled with a grin. "And Lacey's been telling us your story. At least until she fell asleep."

Grissom was about to ask what exactly Lacey had told them when Warrick spoke up, "She's a good kid. If there's anything we can do to help, just let us know." The other two nodded their heads in agreement.

Grissom thought about this for a minute before answering, "The service is Friday at one, if you'd like to come."

Catherine cut in, "Then people are coming back to my house for supper."

"We'll be there," Sara said, answering for all of them.

"Let Greg know, too, please," Lacey said sleepily, having woken up in the middle of their conversation. Nick said he would and everyone got ready to leave.