The Unforgiven

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SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SEASON 13 EP: FORGET ME NOT

Summary: Happily ever afters had never been in Sara Sidle's life before, so why would she have thought they would start now? After a charity event for the Las Vegas Sheriffs Department alcohol and lack of better judgement may lead her life into a place she never would have imagined. Ruining her career, her marriage, and her pride were never even in her thoughts that night but in Las Vegas sin never sleeps, and picks it's victims at random.

The shift had been long and as Sara walked towards the entrance of her apartment she wanted nothing more than to just take a shower and go to sleep. Unfortunately tonight was the night of the Las Vegas Sheriffs Department charity ball and Ecklie had made it clear that one hundred percent participation was a must for all employees of the crime lab. Her mind had been clouded before walking under the crime scene tape that night, lately the seperation from Grissom had been getting to her more than she thought it ever would. She hardly slept now, and spent most nights awake staring at the empty side of the bed wondering if things would ever change. She would never ask him to give up his passions and that's what made her realization kick in wondering deep down if she had made a mistake when they got married. She loved Gil but even she knew that sometimes things just won't work no matter how much you want them to. His daily phone calls that she once looked forward to were now a burden, cutting at an already open wound everytime they would say goodbye and she would put her phone down being alone once again.

She placed her keys down and headed to the bedroom laying out the dark blue dress and shoes that she had been forced to buy for the event a week prior. As she turned to head towards the bathroom she heard the familiar sound of her phone ringing and walked past it knowing that it was him. She walked into the bathroom and started the shower letting the water get to the right warmth before removing her clothing and placing it in the hamper. As she stepped into the shower she closed her eyes and let the water try and wash away not only the stress from the shift she had just finished but also the void that had started forming somewhere deep inside of her. After finishing her shower she walked into the bedroom and started to get dressed, trying to ignore the blinking red light on her phone telling her that he had more than likely left several messages. She hated herself for making things confusing for him, but she just couldn't bear to even hear his voice right now. After getting dressed she went back to the bathroom and pinned her hair up into a messy bun, and applied a light coat of makeup trying to tell herself that she would be able to hide her emotions under the layers and that no one would notice her fatigued look. After looking at herself one more time in the mirror she headed out and forced herself to walk inside the convention center. She made her rounds speaking with the sheriff, the mayer, and eventually Ecklie before moving to sit at the bar hoping that if she sat there no one else would bother her and she could hide until it was time to leave. Looking up at the bartender she ordered a glass of house wine and sat there slowly sipping it thinking about how much her life had changed in the last ten years. A soft voice startled her out of her thoughts and she looked over seeing a very handsome man, probably in his mid-thirties now sitting next to her.

She gave a small smile and turned slightly towards him as he spoke, " So please tell me why such an attractive woman such as yourself is sitting alone at the bar?"

She smiled and finished the last sip of her wine.

" Well thank you for the compliment but I am here because of a mandatory work function and to be honest these get togethers just really aren't something I normally attend."

The man smiled and nodded.

" That's at least an honest answer, and since you are stuck here it seems why don't you let me buy you another glass of wine?"

Her stomach tightened, she wasn't a dumb woman and she knew exactly what he was doing but for some reason tonight her conscience simply wouldn't listen. Sending him a small smile she nodded. Their conversations shifted back and forth between her work, and his job at the DA's office. She couldn't help but feel comforted at the sound of his voice, or maybe it was just the mere presence of having a warm body next to her since Gil had left three months ago for his new exumations in the Phillipines. After another hour she realized that she would need to call a cab to get home, and told him that she needed to be leaving and tried thanking him for his company and generosity at the bar. As she stood she swayed and almost tripped but found herself being caught by the man she now knew as Christopher. Laughing embarrased she accepted his invitation to walk her outside and help her get a cab knowing that she was in no condition to be attempting it herself, and not wanting anyone from the lab seeing her in a drunken state since her DUI incident two years ago.

As they made their way outside the cool night air felt good on her skin, and she shivered at the feeling. Before she had realized it Christopher had an arm tightly around her and leaned down whispering in her ear, " I could call you a cab, or you could come to my hotel room. I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon so..no one will know but us."

Her breath caught in her throat and she felt her hands start to tingle, before she could even register her own response they were walking to his hotel two buildings over and making their way inside. Once inside they made their way to his room, and as he swiped his hotel key she felt it in the pit of her stomach, and the realization of her actions were now clearly running through her mind. Looking around the room as he guided her inside she closed her eyes trying to find the words to tell him that she needed to go but her mind seemed to stop as she felt his warm hands on the back of her shoulders and took a shakey breath feeling his fingertips moving down her arms. She slowly turned and opened her eyes looking at him and as he slowly leaned in and pressed his lips to hers she did something she never thought she would do, she let him. It wasn't until she felt the bed against the back of her knees that she broke out of whatever trance she had been in and slowly pushed him away shaking her head.

"I...I'm sorry Christopher I just..I can't do this."

She looked up at him slowly and watched as he nodded and gave a small smile.

" I understand Sara, it's fine really. Why don't I get you a cab?"

She nodded at him and the next thing she remembered was cursing the sun coming in from her bedroom blinds. She slowly sat up and looked around sighing as she remembered the events of the night before. After getting a shower and getting dressed she made her way to the coffee shop near the strip and ordered two coffees and made her way to Christophers hotel. As she entered the front doors she frowned looking around at all the police officers, and froze in place as she looked at the room she had just been in the night prior which was now roped off with crime scene tape. Sara was brought out of her daze when Nick placed his hand on her shoulder. She quickly snapped her head towards him with wide eyes.

" Sara what are you doing here? Isn't it your day off?"

Nick looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She slowly nodded and walked over to the trash can and tossed the coffee cups. Nick always could tell when something was wrong and followed her talking in a hushed tone.

" Sara is something wrong? Talk to me here, I'm starting to get worried."

She looked at him and swallowed hard.

" I..I was in that room last night with a man I met from the convention center bar. His name was Christopher Jenkins and he worked as an assistant for the DA's office."

Nick's face turned slightly pale as he listened to her speak and he glanced around before speaking again.

"Sara listen to me...Christopher Jenkins was murdered last night he was shot. Now it's none of my business why you were in that room with him but I can tell you from experience that you need to leave right now and go to the lab and explain why any trace that we find of yours is in that room before it get's all over the lab and the under sheriff gets wind of it."

Sara looked at Nick and closed her eyes nodding, trying to suppress the tears that she felt building behind them. She turned her head and glanced around one more time before heading to her car and driving to the crime lab. The drive itself seemed like the longest she had ever taken, when in reality it was only about seven minutes from the hotel. She glanced at herself in her rearview mirror before shutting her car off and steadily walking into the front doors. Shortly after she found herself infront of D.B.'s office and saw him sitting behind his desk reading, she knocked lightly on the doorframe and as he looked up and saw her expression his hands moved up to remove his glasses as he spoke in an asking voice.

" Sara I didn't expect to see you today since it's your day off, is everything ok?"

Sara shooked her head and before she even realized it she had walked into the office shutting the door behind her and sat at the chair infront of his desk, her hands clasped tightly together.

" I don't really know..um..last night at the convention center I was sitting at the bar and I met a man named Christopher Jenkins he worked as an assistant to for the DA's office. He bought me a few drinks, we talked, and I..I went to his hotel room with him around ten and he was going to call me a cab from his room not long after that."

D.B nodded slowly and sat up a bit in his chair before speaking.

" You just said he was an assistant to the DA's office?"

Sara nodded and put her head down thankful that he hadn't said anything about the fact that she had went to a hotel room with someone other than her husband.

" I woke up this morning and I bought coffee, I was going to thank him for being such a gentleman last night and when I walked into the hotel and got to his room I saw all the police and the crime scene tape and then I saw Nick and he said Christopher Jenkins had been murdered last night. "

He shifted in his chair and propped his elbows on his desk leaning forward a bit when speaking.

" Sara I need to know exactly what I'm going to find of yours in that room, and I don't want to hear about your..well sex life but if it's going to pertain to this case I need to know every detail so that when the evidence is brought back to be ran I have an explanation to go behind it."

She looked up at him and swallowed hard nervously.

" I don't know..I was drunk. We went inside, we kissed a few times before I told him I needed to go home. I apologized to him, and he seemed fine he called me a cab I think...I can't remember anything else except that I woke up at home."

He stood and walked around to the front of his desk and leaned against it.

" Sara I think it would be best if you stayed around here today, and once the scene in processed and the evidence gets ran you know procedure you will be taken into interrogation and asked to give your statement. I also think that you should let me call your husband and explain the situation to him before someone else does."

Her head snapped up and her eyes met his and she forced a nervous smile.

" There's no need to call my husband, you know I didn't do this."

Sighing he stood and looked down at her.

" It's none of my business why you were in a room with another man, and I realize the implications that your husband might take to hearing that statement but I just thought you might need someone else here for you besides your co-workers because this isn't going to be easy, and to be honest with you they really wont be able to talk to you until everything is over."

Sara nodded and stood looking at him her arms crossed defensively infront of her.

" I will be fine, I will stay around here and when the time comes I will give my statement. I just wanted you to know."

Turning she left the office and headed for the locker room and sat on the bench infront of her locker putting her forehead against the cool metal and closed her eye's thinking of everything that was yet to come.

Authors Note: I hope this chapter was a good start for this story, I haven't written on here in a long long time. Some of my other stories are under my old pen name of GSRWRITER52 but I no longer have access to that account. I do not have a beta for this story so any errors are mine and I apologize. Any and all reviews good or bad are highly encouraged. I apologize for being so rusty. I have already completed three chapters for this story and will be posting them shortly.