'I'll talk, but only to the one in the next room, the pretty one.' Sara felt her stomach drop when Delhomme finished his sentence, she knew he meant Catherine straight away. She knew that most of the lab and station thought that she hated Catherine, but that was far from the truth. She really didn't want Catherine anywhere near this creep. Especially considering he had already admitted to harming someone, his attraction to Catherine, Lord knows what he may do to her. Once outside the room Sara turned to Brass 'No way'
'Sara...'
'No! I'm not letting Cath do this'
'You're not letting me do what?' Sara flinched looking towards the floor as Catherine's voice came from right behind her
'He says he'll only speak to you' Sara's head shot up eyes shooting daggers at Brass
'Alright, he still in the interview room' Catherine went to walk past Sara before she felt herself being tugged back
'No' Catherine frowned looking back towards Sara
'No...What do you mean no?' Sara could see Catherine beginning to get angry.
'I...I...' Sara let out a huff before letting go of Catherine's arm and walking away towards the exit. Catherine turned to Brass; he shrugged his shoulders so Catherine quickly followed Sara out of the station. Catherine started to think that Sara had left to go back to the lab when she couldn't see her but something caught her attention out the corner of her eye. Turning to what had caught her eye she saw Sara sat hunched over on the curb near her car.
'What the hell Sara! What is your problem?' Catherine watched as Sara flinched and lowered her head further
'Just don't Cath...just not now' Catherine could see that Sara looked completely defeated 'I can't do this now' slowly sitting down next to Sara on the curb Catherine breathed out to try and calm down, seeing Sara like this she didn't want to be angry at her when there was obviously something going on.
'What's going on Sara?' Sara looked up towards Catherine her eyes slightly red before looking away quickly.
'Seriously Cath! He's a slime ball' Catherine couldn't resist the slight snort that came out at Sara's explanation.
'That is your reasoning...Sara I've seen worse before I even started working as a CSI' Sara flinched again at the mention of Catherine's last job, which grabbed Catherine's attention. 'Problem, Sara?'
'No, no...it's just...how he looks at you...' Sara's voice got quieter 'I don't like it' Catherine sighed closing her eyes before looking back towards Sara.
'Sara...'
'No Cath just listen to me...I just I can't sit back and watch him drool over you and treat you like some piece of meat...and what if he doesn't stop at Julie, what if you're his next victim' Catherine could see just how worked up Sara was getting over this, she moved closer to Sara before placing a hand on her knee, noticing how Sara jumped slightly at the touch.
'Sara this is my job, this is what I do, I can't just suddenly not do something like interview a suspect because you're suddenly uncomfortable with him. Nearly all suspects we deal with on a day to day basis are creepy. It just comes with the job.' She noticed Sara tensing up more and more as she spoke, she could also tell that Sara was rebuilding the walls that she let down.
'I think I need to go...' As Sara went to stand to leave Catherine quickly grabbed her arm bringing her back down next to her. 'Cath what...?'
'No, you don't just get to start this then leave...why do you have a problem with this all of a sudden?' Catherine was watching as Sara seemed to be becoming more and more closed off
'Sara...please just answer me. Please just tell me what going on.'
'I love you Catherine...I love you and that's the problem' Sara quickly stood up before Catherine had the chance to stop her. She got into her car and drove off, Catherine knowing that it wouldn't go down well but she just had to know what Delhomme had to say she picked herself up off the side of the curb and walked back into the station to the interview room.