Hey readers! Thanks for the reviews! Keep them coming ;-) Here in the next installment, I will update as much as I can this weekend because my Dad from New Zealand has decided to come for a visit (he has come to the UK to visit my Grandma) and is coming to see me on Monday so I will be busy with that early next week. Anyway ... enjoy!
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Looking over at his wife Grissom breathed a sigh of relief as he made the finishing touches to the garden salad.
It had been four weeks since Sara had burst into the lab demanding a DNA test for their baby's ashes and now finally she seemed to accept their baby's death.
Seeing her more calm and in control he knew after speaking to the lab psychiatrist that she would soon start speaking about their baby and they could then talk about it together.
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Smiling up at Grissom as he walked over with the salad Sara quickly removed the file she had been writing in and put it on the floor.
Happily accepting some salad and sweet pepper flan Sara was happy knowing the facade she had been building up over the past month was working well.
After her incident at the lab she realized that no-one was ever going to believe what happened so she decided to do an investigation of her own.
Writing down everything she remembered was her first plan but after 10 pages of notes she realized she needed access to confidential information and the only way to get that was to go back to work.
Swallowing her mouthful Sara looked up at Grissom and reached over for his hand.
Looking into his eyes she breathed in and decided she had so say something, "Gil, I need to go back to work," seeing him put down his fork and give her one of his "please not this again" looks, Sara decided to continue.
"It's not good for me to be here all day everyday, I need to take my mind off things. Doctor Sullivan said she saw no reason why I could not go back so ..."
she asked hopefully.
Looking at his wife Grissom reached for her other hand, "I know this is hard and it cannot be easy being here all day but I still think you need a few more weeks," hoping this answer would stop her request.
Seeing her roll her eyes he knew his answer was not what she wanted.
Watching Sara start walking into the kitchen Grissom managed to grab Sara's hand and pull her into his lap.
Pulling her into a hug Grissom knew he would regret what he was about to say, "give me a week so I can work things out and then you can come back, OK?"
Smiling down at her husband Sara kissed his lips before walking into the kitchen to grab some wine and then sitting back down to finish her dinner.
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Walking into the lab with her head held high Sara knew it would be hard facing everyone after the incident but decided this was the only way she would find the information she needed.
Putting her stuff away in her locker she was surprised to see Greg who looked deeply upset.
"Sara, I am so sorry for what happened ... with the baby ... if there is anything that I can do," he said looking at her mournfully.
Walking over to him Sara pulled him into a hug and smiled, "no I am the one who should be sorry."
Both smiling at each other Sara suggested they go and get some coffee before everyone beat them to it.
Sitting at the table with her coffee looking at a magazine Sara suddenly looked up to see Catherine who was wringing her hands.
Standing up she and Catherine hugged before pulling apart as Grissom walked in the room.
"Right lets get started", he began, "Cath your with Nick there was a rape in Henderson, Warwick you can stay here and finish off your shooting case from last night, Sara there was a break-in at mini mart off the strip and Greg your with me there is a decomp in the dessert."
Feeling slightly angry Sara followed Grissom into his office after the conference and sat down.
"A break-in, come on Gil I could do that in my sleep, why can't Greg ..." about to continue Grissom shook his head.
"Sara, I want you to ease back into things, start with the break-in and we will go from there, OK".
Rolling her eyes Sara smiled knowing he was only trying to help.
Standing up she went and gave him a kiss before walking out to get her kit and go to the mini mart.
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Dusting for prints on the counter Sara didn't initially see Jim walk up.
Clearing his throat to gain her attention, "Sara, I just dropped by to see if you wanted to go for a coffee or something,"
About to decline his offer because she wanted to get back to the lab to use the computer she suddenly heard herself agreeing.
"Sounds great, I'm just about done here," she said smiling thinking that she could pick Jim's brain for information knowing that he had been there when she went unconscious.
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Sipping her coffee Sara listened to Jim as he tried to apologies for what had happened.
"Jim, stop its not your fault, it's no ones fault, it is just a terrible tragedy," Sara heard herself saying repeating what the councilor had told her a week before.
Not wanting to raise suspicion Sara started to ask Jim questions.
"What happened when you came back after your phone call?"
"Sara, I'm not sure you should go down this road after what happened at the lab", Jim said hesitating.
"Please, it will help me gain closure," she said hoping this would convince him to talk.
"OK," he began, "I was talking to Sofia on the phone when I saw another nurse walk into your room."
"Did she had curly blond hair," Sara asked.
"No, but she suddenly came out shouting for a doctor and the nurse you just described came running along with a doctor,"
Seeing her nodding her head Jim continued, "I ran up to ask what was happening but she told me to stand back as I was not the father,"
Seeing Jim screw up his forehead Sara urged Jim to continue, "I thought this was strange because how would she know I was not the father?"
Realizing she was on to something but not wanting to Jim to think she was crazy she kept herself silent as he continued.
"I guess she must of heard me talking about Gil," he said before taking a sip of his coffee.
Knowing now that the nurse had something to do with it Sara then finished her coffee before hightailing it back to the lap.
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Once back at the lab Sara walked into a few different rooms to see if anyone else from the team had returned.
Seeing no-one she quickly walked into Grissom's office and turned on the monitor of his computer.
Logging into the central files database she was surprised to find out how easy it was to access his account after only trying a few different passwords.
After typing in sarasidel, laughing at the password her husband had chosen, she clicked her way through to the birth records and was amazed at the amount of babies that were born the same day she went into labor.
Sara hoped to find a birth certificate for her daughter thinking that someone else had registered the birth after taking the baby.
Not being able to find anything she quickly clicked out of everything again before standing up and started to look though files on the desk before Grissom walked in the room.
"Looking for something?", he asked with a raised eye brow.
"Oh, hey Gil," Sara said smiling, "I am done with that break-in so I was trying to find something else to do," she said hoping he would believe her.
"OK, well I think Greg could use some help going through some prints we found at the scene."
Smiling back Sara walked out the room thinking that she needed more time on that computer.
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Never so happy to see Ecklie her whole life Sara was able to sneak back into Grissom's office that morning after Grissom was informed they had an inter-department meeting in 10 minutes.
Now knowing what she was looking for Sara quickly printed off five birth-certificates and was about to look into nurses the were registered in the county before realizing Jayne without a last name was too common.
"Dam it," she said to herself realizing she would need to make a trip to the hospital.
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Hoped you liked it, in the next chapter she does some snooping at the hospital which should be fun!
Also I am not sure if Grissom and co would have access to the files I was talking about but for the purpose of this story they do.