CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "All I Need"

Chapter 4: You're Not Alone

Leila woke up the next morning to find herself lying next to Greg, one of her arms still draped over him as he remained asleep. She carefully got up, being careful not to disturb him than she headed out into the kitchen and began making breakfast. She made eggs, bacon, toast, and homemade waffles. She set the plates on the table just as Greg walked in.

"Mmm, something smells really good." he said.

"Mornin'. Breakfast is served my dear." said Leila.

"You didn't have to do this you know." said Greg.

"I know, but I wanted to. Besides, they say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach." said Leila a she walked over to Greg and put her arms around him.

"Is that what they say?" asked Greg, watching Leila nod. "And here I always thought that the way to a man's heart was through his penis."

"Sorry honey, but you thought wrong." said Leila with a smile.

Once they had their breakfast, they hugged and kissed goodbye until they saw each other at work than Greg left.

After Greg was gone, Leila checked her phone to see how many times her sister may have called. There were surprisingly no phone calls from her sister, but she did have one missed call and a voice-mail. She listened to it.

"Hello dear daughter. I told you one day I would find you. You cannot hide from me, you or your rotten sister. And I see you have a new, delightful young man in your life.

"Now you listen to me young lady. I want you to end it with him now. If you do not do as I say, I will kill him. If you care for this man, which I know you do, you will do as I say.

"See you soon."

With that, the voicemail ended and Leila could feel her heart racing. He was back, her father was out of jail and he had found her. He knew where she and her sister were and Leila knew that he would be coming for them both soon. And what was worse was that now Greg was in danger too. She had no idea what she was going to do either. She wanted to call Greg and warn him, but at the same time she knew what her father was capable of and she didn't want Greg to have to suffer at the hands of her father.

Whatever her decision was going to be, she knew that she had to make it quick because there was no time to waste.

Leila rolled into work later on that day and she had still not decided what it was she was going to do. Either way she went, someone would end up hurt and she would end up with blood on her hands. She just had to decide which road had more advantages than consequences. She didn't want to imagine what might happen if she didn't make a decision or even what could happen if she made that wrong decision. The main thing that she was worried about was losing Greg. That was what was scaring her the most.

As she headed through the halls to her DNA lab, she passed the locker room where she could see Greg in there talking to Nick and Sara. He smiled at her as she walked back and she couldn't help but smile back.

'It's going to be a long day.' Leila couldn't help but think to herself.

The night seemed to drag as Leila processed DNA sample after DNA sample for each of the CSI's on their cases. Some came out with good results, others were not so lucky. She knew that she even though she wanted to help put a suspect who was guilty where they belonged, she couldn't tell the samples how they should come out or even control the results she got. It made her heart feel heavy that some of the guilty actually were able to walk out free like they hadn't even done anything wrong, but she also believed that everything happens for a reason and one day they would pay for what they had done.

After her shift was over, Leila hung up her lab coat, made sure the lab was clean, and then she headed out to her car to head home. She had only one thing on her mind and that was still the voicemail from her father. She still had no idea what she was going to do and it was killing her to not be able to make a decision. Greg meant a lot to her and she did not want to put him at risk. However, at the same time she didn't want to end things with him just because of her father. She enjoyed being with Greg and she enjoyed the relationship they had. She didn't want to ruin it, she didn't want anything to ruin it.

Right then, her car came into view and she was only slightly surprised to see Greg standing next to it. She noticed that he had something in his hand.

"Hey." said Leila as she walked over, and she couldn't keep a smile off her face.

"Hey." said Greg as he walked up to her and gave her a kiss. Then he revealed what it was that he had in his hand. "For you my lady." he said as he handed her a bouquet of flowers.

"Oh Greg, they're beautiful." said Leila as she took the flowers, feeling her heart skip a beat.

"Not as beautiful as you." said Greg.

Leila looked at her boyfriend, feeling herself blush. She wasn't used to a guy treating her so well. It was a nice feeling though, a really nice feeling.

"Well, I love them. Thank you." She said, giving him a passion-filled kiss and wrapping her arms around his neck. She could feel him returning her kisses just as passionately.

Suddenly, Leila had made her decision. It didn't really surprise her that this was the trigger to help her make that decision, but she just hoped that this was the right decision to make. She hurriedly pulled away from the kiss and this seemed to shock and confuse Greg.

"Damn it, I can't do this, it's not right." said Leila.

"Wait, what are you talking about Lei?" asked Greg, clearly nervous that something bad might happen.

"I'm sorry Greg, it's just a very complicated situation. Remember the other night when I told you about my father and that last I knew, he was in jail? Well, turns out I was wrong. He's out, he somehow found me, and he's been watching me. He called me and left me a voicemail. He gave me a choice to make, but I just can't." said Leila.

"Whoa, slow down Leila. What did your father say on that voicemail?" asked Greg.

Leila took out her cell phone and played the voicemail.

"Hello dear daughter. I told you one day I would find you. You cannot hide from me, you or your rotten sister. And I see you have a new, delightful young man in your life.

"Now you listen to me young lady. I want you to end it with him now. If you do not do as I say, I will kill him. If you care for this man, which I know you do, you will do as I say.

"See you soon."

"This has been going through my head all day long and I wanted to do anything that I had to protect you, but I don't think that I could go through with it. I don't want to see you get hurt, but I also don't want to be the person that ends up hurting you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. You're important to me and I don't want to lose you. I know what my father is capable of and I also know that his word doesn't mean anything. I just…I don't know, I was just really scared and I just don't want anything to happen to you. I've never had a guy treat me that way you do and…" before she could say anymore, she felt Greg cut her off with a searing kiss. She felt the flowers slip from her hand as she was caught off guard by this kiss, but she was able to gain enough of her senses back to lift her hands to place them on Greg's chest, feeling his heart beat beneath her fingers.

After a few minutes, Greg slowly pulled away and stared into her eyes.

"It's alright, you don't have to be afraid. I said I would protect you, remember?" he said.

"My own knight in shining armor." said Leila, remembering the conversation they had in the car at the restaurant.

"Only always." said Greg, brushing a stray hair out of her face.

"Look, Greg, I really don't want to get you involved in this. You have no idea what my father is capable of." said Leila.

"I'm already involved. And you couldn't make me turn away now if you tried." said Greg.

"You don't understand, my father is not someone that you should mess with. He's dangerous. And if he comes after you, he's going to torture you just to watch how much it will hurt me. He's going to make me watch you suffer because he knows that will affect me more than anything that he could do to me. Please don't make me go through that." said Leila. She had to talk Greg out of this, even if she had to beg.

"I'm not backing out now Leila. I've been involved since the day I met you. I'm not going to turn my back and risk something happening to you. I told you that I would protect you if I had to and I meant it. I'm not afraid of anything, except losing you." said Greg.

Leila could feel her heart pounding against her chest and she knew that there was no way she was going to talk Greg out of this now that he knew. He was going to stay by her side no matter what. Truth be told, that was actually comforting to her. There was no way that she would be brave enough to face her father alone.

"There's just no talking you out of this is there?" she asked.

"Not a chance. I'm here to stay no matter what. I won't leave you." said Greg.

Leila found that she actually couldn't help but smile.

"Well, that's actually comforting...to know that I won't be alone." she said.

"I'll be right here by your side no matter what happens. I won't let your father hurt you ever again." said Greg.

"I know. I've just not used to having anyone that cares for me the way that you do." said Leila.

"Well, you better get used to it." said Greg.

"Working on it." said Leila with a smile.

Greg bent down and picked up the bouquet of flowers that she had dropped, handing them back to her.

"What do you say we get out of here and find somewhere that's just a little bit more private for just the two of us?" he asked.

"I would say you're driving." said Leila, handing the keys to her car to him.

The two of them climbed into Leila's car, Greg behind the wheel and Leila in the passenger seat next to him, than Greg drove them out of there. Little did they know that during that whole conversation, someone had been standing nearby watching and listening.