A/N: Yeah, sorry about that cliffhanger. Blame Maisy. She's the one who always leaves me hanging with her chapters – this is all her influence!

I hope you like my ideas about what happened between Sara's parents. I'm sort of going out on a limb here, and it's rather nerve-wracking. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing.

I don't own CSI or "Born Too Late."


"I'm gonna curse the sky and hit the ground"

"What happened?"

"It doesn't matter."

"It matters," Sara said, suddenly sounding very strong. "Maybe more than anything. Stop avoiding it. Tell me."

Laura exhaled. "He was … angry. With you. You had marked the yard up riding your bike across it. He said he would teach you a lesson. I couldn't let him hit you. So, I grabbed a knife … I didn't want to kill him, just to stop him. I wanted more than that for you."

"Do you know how much worse that made it?" Sara's voice trembled.

"Do you know how much I've hated myself ever since?"