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Diversions and Truths
She joined the Las Vegas Crime Lab at the request of a former professor from school. The thought of getting out of San Francisco, was all she could ever think about then when the call came she jumped on it. Knowing it was the right move for her and her little boy.
When one Sara Michelle Sidle arrived in Las Vegas it was a little after four in the morning and besides having to grab her luggage she had a three year old boy that she had to wake-up from the short flight.
"Anthony Jethro, time to wake-up" (Sara)
"No me sleep longer mommy" (AJ)
"But the planes landed already and we need to get off" (Sara)
"What time is it?" (AJ)
"A little after four, so can you get up and walk for mommy?" (Sara)
"Okay, I can do that" (AJ)
"Thank you, buddy" (Sara). It wasn't the greatest of ways to start a new job in a new city but she needed to learn the lay of the land and the earlier in the day she learns the better, plus she need to find a daycare facility for AJ, to go to and that was what today was for. At least that was what Sara was hoping the day would turn out to be, one where she could at least get settle a little before having to work. Her hopes were that the new CSI she was called into investigate the shooting of would pull through so that it wouldn't seem so awkward investigating the senior investigator assigned to shadow the girl.
It was a new place with new dreams and a start at a second chance just her and her son. Yet, she knew that in order to make this her new home first she had an internal case to work first. Sara had just set hers and AJ's bags down inside the apartment when she got the call. The investigation starts now and she had no place for AJ to go and no one to look after him so he had to come with her.
"Hey sweetheart, I have to go into work and you have to come with me" (Sara)
"Why do I have to come?" (AJ)
"You have to come because mommy, has nowhere for you to stay so you have to come with me" (Sara)
"Fine, but if we go to crime area me stay in car, while you work. Okay?" (AJ)
"Sure thing, sweetheart" (Sara). Before they even left the apartment Sara grabbed the pack of cars she had sitting just inside her carry-on bag to give to AJ, when they got here to play with, instead he was getting them in the car to play with while she worked.
"Anthony, these are for you to play with while I work" (Sara)
"New Cars? Thanks mommy, you're the best" (AJ).
Upon arrival at the scene she made sure AJ was secure and content in the car before she went in search of Gil Grissom, her former professor, mentor and the supervisor of nights. It wasn't long before she found him and one of his underlings testing a theory of his involving there current case. They talked for a few minutes before he informed Sara of who she was going to be investigating, but before she left Gil introduced her to his colleague and one of her new team members.
"CSI three, Nick Stokes. Meet CSI two Sara Sidle, she's going to be helping us out for a little while" (Gil)
"Nice to meet you" (Nick)
"Same here, I should probably get going. It was really nice meeting you Nick, Grissom" (Sara). Then she was back to the car to head off to the Crime lab to start her investigation and hopefully find somewhere safe and out of the way for AJ to stay while she worked. Likely for Sara she found the break room to be empty so she put AJ in the corner out of the way of the employees at the Crime lab and told him to stay there until she came back for him.
It wasn't till after her conversation and meeting of Catherine Willows that Sara realized that she needed to get her son home before she went to confront Warrick Brown. Once she went back to the break room, Sara couldn't find AJ anywhere and that was scaring her. Since AJ was only four and he doesn't know his way around, Sara was really concerned for his safety and well-being. Just as she came to the conclusion that she should probably report this, she heard his voice calling to her.
"MOMMY, see I told you she would be looking for me" (AJ)
"Yes you did" (Brass)
"Anthony Jethro Sidle, what did you think you were doing?" (Sara)
"I had to go to the bathroom" (AJ)
"It's alright…?" (Brass)
"Sara Sidle, CSI" (Sara)
"Jim Brass, Captain homicide. I take it this little fellow belongs to you" (Brass)
"Yes he does, I apologize captain if he was any trouble" (Sara)
"He was no trouble at all, your new right?" (Brass)
"Yeah I was brought in for the Holly Gribbs incident. Got in early this morning haven't really found anywhere to house him while I'm working at the moment" (Sara)
"I figured that much, I have a number for a place in my office that some of the lab techs and police officers use, that is open 24/7 to accommodate local law enforcement if you want the number, you've got it" (Brass)
"That would be great" (Sara)
"Alright, just wait here and I'll get it for you" (Brass). Normally Sara wouldn't accept help from others when its comes to work or AJ but this was different she was new and was truly in need of a daycare facility for AJ, since she can't keep bringing him to work with her.
She decided to call the number given to her by captain Brass, once she had AJ nicely secured in his car seat in the back seat of her car.
'Las Vegas junior enforcement daycare, Nancy Banes speaking' 'hi my names Sara Sidle, I work at the crime lab and I was wondering…' 'Wondering if we could help you out with your child care situation, of course we can' 'how did you, know?' 'Jim Brass; called us. He told us to expect a call from a Sara Sidle and that she was new to Vegas and needs a daycare for her son' 'I see, so…can I bring him over?' 'Of course you can, we'd love to take him. All we ask is for you to bring a backpack full of things that he may need and don't worry about food and sleeping areas we've been doing this for a long time' 'okay, I really appreciate this' 'it's our pleasure and our address is…' 'Okay, we should be there in about an hour' 'alright, see you then'. Sara felt that she's finally getting a chance at having everything that she needs for her and AJ to get by in this city. All she had to do now was explain to her sweet little boy that, he wasn't going to be staying with mommy will she works like he did in San Francisco.
"AJ, come here a second" (Sara)
"Yes mommy?" (AJ)
"You know, how much I love having you at the lab with me right?" (Sara)
"Yes" (AJ)
"See, this lab kind of frowns on that plus, they don't know about you really and that captain you meet today. Gave me a number for a great daycare place that take care of law enforcement children" (Sara)
"So I'm going there?" (AJ)
"Yeah, if that's okay with you?" (Sara)
"It's fine with me, mommy" (AJ)
"Great, so go grab two of your favourite toys and place them in your backpack to take with you" (Sara)
"Okay" (AJ). For some reason that seemed easier then it normally does with him. Naturally the easy going of her son didn't last long because the little boy was missing something that he wanted, to take with him for when he sleeps.
"MOMMY" (AJ)
"Yes baby?" (Sara)
"Have you seen, 'Matches'? I can't find him" (AJ)
"Okay, let me check my carry-on bag for him" (Sara)
"Okay" (AJ)
"I found him Anthony, he was on my bed" (Sara)
"Great, thank you mommy. Ready to go?" (AJ)
"I just had to finish up a few things…now I'm ready to go" (Sara). Sara had to make sure that she had packed everything that AJ was going to need, his pull-ups and his medication.
Once they arrived at the daycare, Sara received the call she was hoping not to get, the one informing her that Holly Gribbs has died, making this investigation go from one of competence and reckless endangerment to negligence resulting in death. That just made it harder for her to leave her son in the care of strangers even though she knew she was going to have to deal with the matter at hand. AJ was standing by the window watching his mommy, drive off before he turned towards the daycare lady gathering all the children up for lunch.
Sara found Warrick exactly where Catherine said she would find him at one the casinos off the strip playing a hand of cards and betting big on each hand. She patiently listened to what Warrick had to say and then broke the news to him that Holly had died twenty minutes ago. The news wasn't taken by Warrick as she expected fast and hard, he wasn't expecting her to die. Hell he wasn't expecting anything like that to happen, but it did and he knows he's the one who was responsible for keeping an out on Holly while at that Crime Scene but he left to do some other stuff which in the end cost Holly her life. It took a little over two days for them to solve the case and Sara's findings to Grissom was that Warrick Brown was too busy off with other activities to do his job, which cost a young officer her life. Which was the same conclusion that the actual police review committee came up with and instead of the disciplinary actions she was thinking they figured it was wiser to get rid of him. Then when she found out that Grissom was keeping him on she couldn't believe it, the guy broke every rule in the book and he was allowed to keep his job she couldn't believe.
