Grissom hadn't even realized Nick had come back into the room and backed off quickly and rose and went over to the IV machine and delicately, pulled the tape off and precisely removed the needle from his hand and coughed. Nothing was getting accomplished, he realized Sara was right. It wouldn't happen, Sara, the woman he dearly loved, could never be with him as long as there was a Nick Stokes somewhere nearby and vice versa for his CSI. If anything, I should just let Sara get with Nick, take custody of Olivia, and give her a better life than an old, scientific CSI single father can give her. He understood now. Coughing again his eyes flickered to Nick's eyes and nodded.
"No, you're not. You're depressed, Nick. And there's no use for two of us to be happy and the third miserable. Anyway, I'm her boss and you two are closer in age too. We've all had a stake shoved through our heart, but no matter what we'll have another one stabbed in whether of guilt or depression." At this he turned to Sara and nodded. "I'm feeling much better and need to get back on my case." Walking through the thick tension he felt invisible constraints pulling his heart through his chest and stitching it back in over and over again. 'So this is how Prometheus felt, eh? It's terrible, I don't think I've ever felt so much at a single time.'
Off down the hallway he strode purposefully to the elevators and presed the second floor button, the doors closing. The elevator area at the second floor was empty, thankfully, or they would have caught Gil Grissom sobbing into his hand, leaning against the side of the elevator. Five minutes after he entered the second floor, the doors slid open as he wiped the last trace of a tear and began searching for Room 214.