AN: Again I ask for forgiveness because of the delay and this time also for the shortness of the chapter. The next one I will try to make extra long.

Chapter 8: Lindsay

Lindsay tip-toed carefully through her dark house; weary of not making any noise to disrupt her mother's sleep, she almost fell over when Nosaj, their dog, came barreling up to her. Slowly she made her way from her bedroom to her mother's with the night-vision camera Nick had leant her.

Her mission was simple; take a few shots of her mother and step-father in bed as the slept. This was not as easy as it appeared to be because her mother was a very light sleeper and would stir with any small disturbance.

Turning on the camera before coming into the room, Lindsay made a beeline for the en-suite bathroom to hide at a good vantage point. Once there she snapped away and was decidedly proud of her handiwork. The images she had captured were priceless and she would most definitely get Nick and Sara to print her some of them when all of this was through.

Shutting off the camera, Lindsay discreetly made her way back to her room, glad she had not been caught, but she made a mistake and stepped on one of Nosaj's squeak toys. Instantly Catherine became alert, looking around the room like a wild predator seeking its prey. Quickly Lindsay was able to hide the camera from her mother, but that would change if Catherine decided to get out of bed to see what was the matter.

"Linds, is that you hon?"

"Yeah mom, I just came to see if you had any water." Easily the lie flowed out of her mouth, as if it were the complete and utter truth. "I'm gonna get some in the kitchen since neither of you have any though. Go back to sleep."

Satisfied with her answer, Catherine laid back down in her husband's embrace. "Alright, go straight to bed after you do though. You have to be up early tomorrow."

"Alright."

Lindsay made her way out of her mother's room with caution this time and went straight to her room, not even keeping up the pretenses of her lie. Once there, she closed her door and let out a long sigh. Tomorrow she was going to get this camera back to CSI before her parents noticed it was gone and then she was going to have a serious talking to with her fellow conspirators.

She did not know if she was going to be able to keep this up for another month.

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Like I said, short. What do you think? Please tell me, I live for reviews.