You guys are really lucky today!
When Catherine didn't return that night he began to make phone calls. First he called her cell, he didn't get an answer and truthfully didn't expect one. Next her mother. She had picked Lindsey up from school but didn't know, or wouldn't tell him where she was. He called all the team, all of her friends. None of them knew where she was. He sighed, there was one more person he could call. He hated to call him but he was the last resort.
He picked up the phone and dialed Sam's number.
"Hello Gil" Sam answered on the other line
"Sam…you wouldn't happen to know where Catherine is would you?"
"As a matter of fact I do"
Gil paused a moment "Do you mind telling me where?"
"You hurt her Gil, by pushing her away when all she wanted to do was comfort you"
Gil sighed "Look Sam, I didn't want to be comforted, I didn't need to be comforted. Nothing is wrong with me"
"That's not what Catherine told me."
Gil closed his eyes "I lied to her"
The line was silent for a moment
"You lied to her?"
"Yes, I lied to her, and it was the hardest thing I ever have had to do in my life. Look Sam, I love my wife, with everything I have. She is the air I breathe, I can't stand to be apart from her. I just didn't want her freaking out thinking that there is something wrong with her when I know there isn't."
There was another pause "She's not your wife"
Gil sighed "She will be very soon"
"Are you planning on proposing?"
"Yes I am"
"Do you have a ring?"
"Yes"
"Be at the Rampart in an hour, wear a tux, just ask for me at the front desk"
The phone clicked and there was a dial tone. Gil raised an eyebrow. Sam was making him propose tonight. Oh man, this better go well.