A/N: I've had no reviews…which is kind of sad…hope it doesn't say anything about my writing. I'll keep going. This chapter is really short!

CHAPTER 2

The tears that had welled up in her eyes, that she tried so hard to fight back, welled over. "Gil, I'm scared. I didn't know what to do." When she started to explain, the words just started pouring out. She couldn't stop, and he didn't interrupt, he just held her hand and listened. "I was walking to work and all of a sudden I heard footsteps coming from behind me. I started running and he started running after me. I got so scared I didn't know what to do-he grabbed me and spun me around and I was shocked to see that it was my ex boyfriend, John. He started yelling at me, saying I would never get rid of him…I told him it was over, that he was hurting me, and he said he didn't care. He would hurt me as much as I hurt him, and then he hit me. I fell to the ground, and he stood over me, grinning! I wanted so badly to kick him, punch him, pull a gun and shoot him but I just laid there…I was in such shock I didn't know what to do. He laughed and said I always just laid still, and took it, just like I should continue to do. Then he just walked away. I thought for sure he was going to rape me, the look in his eyes…" Tears ran down her face freely now. " I'm scared Gil I think he's going to kill me!"

Grissom stayed quiet, and wordlessly held out his arms to her, and she fell into them sobbing. "Shhhh, it's okay honey " he said quietly. "We'll get him before he can do anything else, I promise." He stroked her hair. "I can't-" Katherin started before Grissom cut her off "No, HE can't get away with this. You're staying with me until we get him, do you understand me? When did this happen?" he said, in a take-charge kind of voice.

"Yesterday" she said quietly, knowing full good and well that he would get angry at her for not coming in sooner. He surprised her "Okay" he said calmly "you should have come in exactly when it happened, so we could get any evidence we needed, but I understand you were scared." He held her hands and kissed her forehead. "I'll take care of you" "as always" Katherin finished as she looked at him with tear-filled eyes. "I'm so sorry Gil, you're right, I should have come to you sooner. It's been bad for awhile, I just didn't want to bother you." "You should know you will never bother me" Grissom explained to the crying woman in his arms, as he remembered back when she was younger, they both were, and how he used to take care of her then too. "Everything will be okay" he told her again. He would keep telling her, until it happened, until everything was okay.