A/N Again many thanks for reading, not too much left to go now, so stay tuned, this chapters another feelings chapter :)
O/N wondering if the CSI guys are open to bribary...hhmm...coz i still dont own CSI
Grissom felt a sharp pain in his eye, his eyes shot open and there looking back at him was Maddi, giggling to herself. She had obviously poked him in the eye to wake him up, which he was grateful for, he didnt know how long his was asleep for, but now worry seeped back into him and needed to get back to the lab to check on the progress He looked at Maddi and frowned, she was wearing the same clothes as yesterday and she was probably starving, he didn't know when she last ate, he realized he hadn't been particularly tentative yesterday. Scooping her up he did his best to put her back into a neat pony tail, he wished Sara was here, he had always had trouble with the hair thing. He grabbed his keys, wallet and Maddi and headed out the door.
His first stop was to the bakery where he brought them both bagels, Maddi ate hers in shortest time Grisson had ever seen her eat anything ever.
Next they stopped at the first clothes shop he saw, not really taking any notice of the name as he walked in, shopping wasn't his thing either. He grabbed a clean shirt and some pants for himself, and then headed over to kids section. He looked around feeling completely lost, he had no idea how to pick clothes for Maddi, he had always let Sara do these things, he made a mental note to himself that he would take some time to sort that problem out when Sara was back, if Sara comes back he thought to himself.
He walked over to a rack with a mixture of dresses hanging from it, how can go wrong with a dress he thought, Maddi always had some sort of dress on. After taking a few minutes to decide, he picked the one he thought was the nicest, he showed Maddi
'What do you think bout this one, honey?' Grissom asked his daughter, although he didnt know why, at the grand age of three could she really be a fashion expert?
'its pretty daddy, like a princess' Maddi smiled up at him. '
well then this one it is' Grissom said, he was secretly pleased with himself.
They paid for their things and headed out to car. He got to the lab in record time, he tried not to let the worry overcome him, but with every minute Sara was gone, it grew stronger. He pulled into the car park, grabbed Maddi and their clean clothes and headed inside. Forgetting all about changing him and Maddi, he rushed through the corridors looking for the team. He was in such a hurry he nearly bowled Catherine over.
'Woah Gris, slow down, your gonna hurt some one' Catherine said barely missing the full force of Grissom. 'i thought you were going to home and sort yourself out?'
She looked at Grissom and Maddi noticing they were still wearing the same clothes as the last time she saw them.
'We did, we slept and we ate, what more is there too do?' Grissom looked at her
'Did you think about showering or changing your clothes?' Catherine asked Grissom sternly
'Well..'Grissom looked at the bag in his hands, 'We got about halfway through that thought' Grissom shrugged
'Give Maddi and her clothes to me, I'll take her and get changed, you can go on ahead and see where everyones at ok'
Catherine reached out her arms to take Maddi Grissom hesitated, he didn't want to let Maddi out of sight,
'Dont worry Griss, I'll take good care of, i do have a daughter my self you know!' Catherine said trying to reassure Grissom. 'We wont be long and as soon as she's all nice and clean I'll bring her straight back'
Grissom gave Maddi to Catherine slowly and watched until Catherine was out of sight, his chest felt tight with anxiety. He sighed and went to find out what everyone else knew
Grissom grabbed the first person he saw, luckily for him it was Hodges, Grissom was secretly pleased, while Hodges was a good lab tech, very good in fact, Grissom had always found him slightly agitating, however on this occasion this worked in his favour.
'Hodges, whats going on here?' Grisson demanded
'Umm..well Cath said i shouldn't...but if i were you i wouldn't want to...i dunno?' Hodges stumbled through his words, he had been instructed not to tell Grissom anything, and that Catherine or Brass would find Grissom at the right time.
'Hodges don't give me that, i know you cant lie to me, and if they have found out something about Sara then i really really need to know, i will tell Cath and Brass i beat it out of you if you like, but if you don't spill that might not be a lie'
Hodges caved 'Greg got a hit on the plates, they belonged to Nigel Miester, you remember him Griss?'
Grissom thanks Hodges and went to find the other, of course he remembered Nigel Miester he had stalked Sara and Maddi for months and a even tried to attack her, but Brass had been there and was able to stop him before he hurt Sara or Maddi. He had never told Sara that this is why he had come back to Vegas, he could have stayed longer in Peru but he had realized that he was too far away to protect her and Maddi and that he, not Brass should have been there with them. But he had let them down again, and if she was hurt, he would not rest until Nigel was bought in.
Grissom hurried into the layout out room. Looking around he noticed how much everyone was buzzing.
Nick looked up when Grissom entered the room
'Hey Gris, check out what we've found out'
'Ok, The last time any one has reported seeing the car was north on the I-56 at a gas station, the attendant reported the car after it filled up with Gas and took of north with out paying. The attendant said he didn't remember seeing a girl but then he didn't really look until the guy drove away' Nick began the breifing 'Now wer'e not sure where Nigel Meister is living at the moment but we're working on tracking him down'
Grisson looked up at Nick in shock, surely its just a coincidence Lady Heather live off the I-56 north of Vegas, he thought, surely not though
Seeing the look on Grissoms face Brass asked
'Grissom, what do you know, what did you here?'
Grissom looked around, 'Lady Heather lives of the I-56 and i didn't put two and two together until just now but the case she had me look at was a murder case for Norman Miester'
Brass immediately picked up the phone
'I need a search warrant' he said and proceed to rattle off the details to who ever was on the other line.
Just then Catherine walked in holding a freashly cleaned Maddi, Catherine walked over to Grissom
'Me and Maddi here had an awesome time, i cant believe you didn't let me meet her before Griss' Then noticing the buzzing in the room Catherine stopped 'Whats going on in here?' she asked
Brass walked over and filled Catherine in
'OK Team, Nick, Greg, lets go we need to go get Sara' Cath barked orders at them. She turned around to look at Gil, who looked like some one had punched him hard in the stomach
'Why didn't i see it' he asked Catherine quietly 'All this time i thought she was my friend and all she wanted to do was take away the one thing in my life i cant live without'
Catherine looked at him, seeing the sorrow in is eyes, she could feel every bit of pain he was feeling.
'Come on' She said 'Go wait in my office and i will call you as soon as i have her, thats a promise' She handed Maddi to Grissom as she spoke
Grissom stepped forward and hugged Catherine,
'Thanks Cath, for everything, i couldn't have got through this with out you, i just wanted you to know'
Catherine smiled and left to catch up with the rest of the team