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Chapter 20: "He(She) Didn't Do It"

Greg sat down on his couch, drained after the night's shift. He flipped open his phone, scrolling through the menu until he got to messages. He selected one and texted, Last night sucked.

Almost immediately, he got a response. I'm sorry. Do you want to talk? Or just text?

Greg opted to call his friend.

"What happened?" Adam answered.

"Nick got accused of murder," Greg told him.

"Murder? Nick? Who'd he kill?"

"A hooker. He didn't do it, the hooker's pimp did."

"So, he got accused of murder, and didn't commit murder?"

"Right."

"So, how'd he end up a suspect?" Adam asked.

"He slept with her," Greg replied, shifting to put his feet up on the couch.

"Wait, he bought a hooker?"

Greg tilted his head slightly. "I don't think he paid for it."

"Isn't that stealing, then?"

Any other day, Greg would have laughed at that comment. Instead, he said, "you kinda had to meet Kristi to understand."

"What does that mean?"

"She had a thing for Nick, man," Greg said. "Like, wanted to sleep with him for free kind of thing. He cut her a break on a case, then she's looking for him when she gets into trouble again… one thing led to another…"

"Damn, Nick's better than I thought," Adam commented lightly.

Greg rolled his eyes slightly.

"Well, who caught the case?" Adam asked.

"Officially, Ecklie," Greg replied.

"You mean that pain in the ass dick-bag you're always talking about from day shift?"

Greg laughed at Adam's description. "Yeah, him."

"He's an idiot."

"Which is why, unofficially, Catherine looked into it."

"And that's how Nick ended up not getting arrested, I assume."

"Yeah."

"I'm glad he got off… in every sense of that phrase."

Greg shuddered. "That's an image I don't need, there, man," he told Adam.

Adam laughed. "And yet, you're completely welcome for that," he replied happily.

"I hate you."

"I know you do."

A/N: Episode is Boom (CSI).