Title: Fixation
Disclaimer: I do not own anything.
Rating: M to be safe
Summary: Season: 4 Episode: 8 After the Show references. Howard Delhomme is fixated on Catherine Willows and he will do what it takes to make sure she knows. .......Grillows.......
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Chapter 3
Howard led Catherine from his dark room in the basement, up to his kitchen. "Make your self at home." he smiled, forcing her to sit at the table.
"Of course." he began as he revealed a pair of handcuffs "I don't want you to try and run. You might hurt yourself. I need you at your best for the shoot."
Catherine was too weak to resist and Howard was able to cuff her in place. "Howard, my friends are going to be looking for me, my mom, my daughter. They are all going to be looking for me."
"Your friend Mr. Grissom?" he turned from what he was doing to see her reaction "He's your 'friend' isn't he?"
Catherine didn't respond
"Or is he more then that?" Howard paused "Because he looks at you like he wants to be. He's very protective of you."
Catherine looked up at him "He's my friend."
"It's clear that he wants more then that." Howard shrugged "Well they won't find us anyway. I made sure to leave your things behind in case they would try and find you. But you don't have to worry. It's just you and me."
"You have to let me go." she told him "You can't keep me here forever."
Howard nodded "I know.....are you hungry?"
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"Catherine Willows was last seen this evening, by her mother, who said she left the house just after nine thirty pm. Gil," Brass motioned toward him "Spoke with Catherine at nine forty five and Catherine told him she was on her way, but she never showed up. Her vehicle was located six miles from here, on route sixteen, her cell phone, her keys and wallet were found in her purse, which was left behind, indicating this was not a robbery. We have reason to believe a Mr. Howard Delhomme who was brought in for questioning earlier this morning may be involved in her disappearance. So here's what we are going to do, I need on team out on route sixteen to search the area. Catherine could still be out there. I want you." he pointed to a group of officers "to search the Delhomme residence for any sign of Catherine, I have put an APB out on Mr. Delhomme's car, when we find him I want to be the first to know, No one talks to him until I talk to him!"
Gil watched as task force team members left the room. "I want my team out there."
Brass nodded "We are taking all the people we can. Warrick is on his way back in, Nick and Sara are on there way to the Delhomme residence."
Gil nodded "I should go talk to her mother; let her know what's going on before she hears it from someone else."
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"Why did you bring me here?" Catherine looked up from her seat at Howard's kitchen table. "I don't understand what you want from me!"
Howard sat across from her and fiddle with his camera. "I told you." he looked through the camera at her "I want to take your picture."
Catherine turned her face away from him, but she didn't respond.
"You're so beautiful;" he stood up and walked over to her. "Beauty like yours should be captured and cherished forever." he knelt down in front of her.
"Did you kill her?" she asked ignoring his comments. "Is Julie dead?"
Howard smiled faded "I don't think we should take about that right now." he stood up "I have errands to run."
"Howard." she called him by his name "Let me go."
Howard ignored her; he placed his camera on the table and pulled out a key. "I want you to be comfortable." he unlocked the handcuffs that kept her in her chair. "Don't get any ideas." he warned showing her the taser he held.
"Where are we going?" he asked as he shoved her forward.
Howard didn't respond
"Howard?" she asked again hoping he didn't hear the fear in her voice. "Where are we going?"
"I don't want you to hurt yourself while I am gone." he ran his hand through her hair.
Catherine tried to pull away from his touch
"Its alright." he smiled opening the door to his cellar.
"I'm not going in there." she whispered, just loud enough for him to hear.
"It's only for a while. I have some supplies to pick up." he pulled out his taser "I don't want to use this."
"Howard?" she spoke again "I...-"
"Stop saying my name like that." he pushed her forward and shocked her. "You always make this harder then it has to be."
Catherine maintained consciousness, but once again her knees refused to hold her up. She watched helplessly as Howard closed the cellar door and left her in the dark. She listened as her bolted the door and left the house.
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"Gil?" Lily answered the front door to see Grissom on the other side. Instantly she saw the look of concern in his face. "Oh no." she backed away from the door as Gil entered" Something's wrong." she closed the door
"I can't stay." he sighed "But I didn't want to do this over the phone, and I didn't want you to hear it from anyone else."
Lily nodded and sat on the couch "Is she..." she trailed off
"She's missing."
"Missing?" Lily repeated "What do you mean missing?"
"Her car was found about seven miles from here, her purse, her wallet. Everything was where it should have been."
"Except my daughter...." Lily cut him off
"We have the best of the best out looking for her. We are doing everything we can to find her and bring her home."
Lily nodded too shocked to speak very many words
Gil sat next to her "I'm going to bring her home Lily. Catherine is going to be okay."
Lily sighed "How could this have happened. Who would take her from us?"
"Catherine interviewed a suspect in a case we were working on early this morning. He seemed to be taken by her." Gil recalled the comments in his mind that Howard had made during the interrogation. "I never thought he would..." he trailed off
"I can't lose her." Lily spoke up "Lindsey can't lose her." she paused "Lindsey, how am I going to tell Lindsey?"
Gil took her hand in his "If you want I can be here when you tell her."
Lily nodded "That might be good. She'll need reassurance."
Gil sighed "I hate to do this to you right now, but we may need you to come down to the station and give a statement."
"Because I was the last one to see her;"
Gil nodded "We need to develop a time line."
Lily nodded "Lindsey is asleep."
Gil stood up from the couch "I'll wake her."
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Catherine wasn't sure how long she had been in the dark cellar, or how much longer she had before Howard would return, but she was certain she had to come up with a plan. She slowly felt her way across the bare wall to feel out the cellar door. She tried the door knob, which she knew would be locked.
"Hello?" she yelled hoping she might get lucky. She didn't call out for long and decided to search for a light.
She carefully stepped forward, not wanting to fall or trip. She stuck out her hands and searched for a cord or a switch. Within seconds she found the cord, pulled and light filled the once dark room.
Catherine let out a sigh of relief as she looked around. The room was filled with boxes labeled with names. Catherine quickly took note of the box marked 'Julie'.
"Julie?" she whispered to herself as she opened the box and began to rummage through its contents.
"Howard was her photographer." she muttered pulling out a bag filled with head shots of the missing Julie Waters. In the bottom of the box she found a pair of nylons, after pulling them out she saw the dried blood on the inside of the box.
Catherine shoved the box away. "She's dead." she spoke coming to her own conclusions.
She then looked around and began to search for something she could use to defend her self.
"Did you find anything interesting?"
Catherine froze when she heard Howard's voice behind her.
"It's not really polite to go through other peoples things."
Catherine slowly stood up and turned to face him "You killed her didn't you?" her heart began to race.
Howard stepped forward.
"Don't come any closer." she put her hands out to keep distance between them. "You killed her."
"It was an accident." he admitted
"That's bull; I wouldn't be here if it was an accident."
"I have no reason to lie. Come out of there and I will tell you what happened, while you get ready for your photo shoot."
Catherine shook her head "You go first."
"Okay." Howard turned and headed into the kitchen
Catherine watched as he turned his back to her.
"Hey!" Howard yelled as he dropped the bag he was holding to chase after her.
Catherine raced through the living room of his house and toward the front door. She yanked on the handle in attempts to escape, but the chain that locked the door from the inside was still in place. "Shit!" she muttered as her heart raced. She slammed the door shut and tried to remove the lock.
Howard was on her in seconds. He slammed her forward pinning her to the door. He took her hands in his and forced them behind her back.
"No!" Catherine screamed "Please!"
"I warned you!" he scolded her like child.
"Howard." she felt her eyes filling with tears as pain shot up her arm "You're hurting me! Please stop!"
Howard ignored her. He pulled her away from the door and slammed her to the floor. "Shut up!" he screamed in frustration "Shut your mouth!"
Catherine managed to pull her hands from his grasp and push off of her body.
"No!" she yelled again as he flipped her onto her back and straddle her chest. "Get off me!" she reached up to hit him, but her slammed her hands to the ground and held them down.
Catherine tried to catch her breath. "Please." she begged between sobs "Please stop."
Howard looked down at her. "Don't cry." he wiped a tear with his free hand. "You will ruin your make-up."
Catherine squirmed underneath him at his touch. "Stop." she whispered in defeat. "Don't." she turned her face "Don't touch me!" she screamed as she felt the hand from her face began to trace a line down her neck and chest.
Howard gazed down at Catherine and watched as she struggled beneath him. "I had my way with Julie." he leaned closer to Catherine's face "but she fought me just as much."
Catherine stopped fighting against him and watched him as he looked at her. Howard smiled and licked his lips.
"No." she screamed as Howard pulled her by the back of her head to her feet. Catherine tried in vein to break free from him.
"Howard." she yelled his name "You don't have to do this!"
Howard swung her around so she was in front of him. "I've laid out your dress." he whispered dragging her into a bedroom and shutting the door behind them.
"There." he pointed "Isn't it beautiful, it will show off those legs." he spoke as he walked in circles around her. "It will accent your curves."
Catherine shook her head in defiance
"It's for the pictures Catherine." he whispered
Catherine glared at Howard, anger was rising inside of her and she couldn't control it. "I'm not posing for any fucking pictures!" she screamed
Howard took a step forward, and extended his hand that held the dress. "You can put it on, or I can put it on!"
Catherine didn't make a move.
Howard moved closer and Catherine stepped backward. "I hate to do this to you because your beauty shines best when your awake." he whispered; taking out his taser.
TBC