I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again
Grissom felt embarrassed at the fact that he made a mistake. He made a grave error when he thought that dark haired woman who was fighting with her companion was Sara.
"Hey I said I was sorry! How was I supposed to know that they were practicing for a play! Who does that in a café!!" Grissom protested.
"Dr. Grissom, what are you doing here in San Francisco anyway?" The police man asked him.
"I'm trying to find somebody" he replied.
"Whom are you trying to find."
"Me" said a voice.
The cop and Grissom turned – it was Sara.
"Can I have a word alone with him" Sara asked the cop.
"Very well. I'll be right outside that door" the cop said and left.
Sara turned to face Gil and her eyes went from comfort to blazing in about 10 seconds.
"What the hell are you doing here Grissom! Are you here to beg me to come back to the lab? Are you here to gloat about Terri Miller? Why the hell are you here this time Grissom!"
"Sara, there is nothing going on between me and Terri Miller. You remember David Hodges, the lab guy? I introduced him to Terri, last time she visited the lab, they hit it off, they are married and expecting a baby. Terri was just thanking me for the stuff I sent her. We at the lab miss you Sara, we do, we need you" Grissom knew he was sounding like a teenager begging for a date but he didn't care.
"I can't just leave" Sara said.
"You honestly don't like it here do you?"
Sara thought about what she'd be leaving if she went back to Vegas. She really didn't fit in and some of the lab rats were picking on her again more so than usual. It was quite juvenile.
"I will give my two week notice, Grissom and come back to Vegas."
Grissom smiled from ear to ear and gave her a hug and headed back to Vegas. He was elated when he told the others. Unfortunately things at the San Francisco crime lab didn't go so well.
"I'm handing in my resignation" she said to her boss Jonson. After their last get together Sara was more indignant. That time when they had a chat about the incident between her and Oscar, Jonson reamed her out loudly and didn't believe anything she had said about Oscar being a bully. Of course he wouldn't believe her over Oscar… Oscar was his son-in-law.
"You can't quit Miss Sidle" he said and ripped up her resignation. "you are to stay here for two more years"
"You can't keep me here against my will" Sara told him.
"It was a deal I made with Ecklie in Vegas, I would take you on, but only for no less than two years."
Sara knew that that was not allowed as did Jonson. But he didn't seem to care.
"I am not staying here one more minute" Sara said to him, her voice shaking.
"You so much as get on an airplane, you will be in big trouble, I will have your name on the no-fly list faster than you can say 'Gil Grissom' "
Sara realized that her boss was keeping her prisoner, especially when she arrived at her apartment and saw that Oscar had entered and was sitting on her bed.
"What the hell are you doing in my apartment Oscar"
Oscar slapped her across the face. "don't use foul language with me young lady, you are packing up and moving in with my wife and I so we can keep an eye on you. As per the agreement between us and Conrad Ecklie."
Sara knew that she was in hell. She didn't understand why Conrad Ecklie would get involved with such a horrid person as Jonson and Oscar. Ecklie obviously didn't realize that Jonson and his son-in-law were bad people. On the surface at work Jonson was a decent guy to his subordinates, but when he is at home or not at work, he was a creep. Sara knew she had to somehow get away, it wasn't going to be easy, but she knew she'd find a way.
NOTE: I know this is unrealistic scenario, but I am using my imagination so no flaming my story please.