Chapter 7
As the two women and Jim sat down in the Captains office Sofia entered with an ice pack which she gave to Charlie who took it and placed it on her jaw.
"Ok, so Miss Flynn why did you break into the apartment?" Jim asked placing his hands together.
"I got home from work and realised I didn't have my key, not wanting to disturb Sara at work I broke in, I've done it a hundred times." Charlie replied and Sara nodded in agreement as the younger woman was always leaving her keys.
"And the things in the bag?" Sofia asked.
"I let Charlie use my laptop and MP3 player, she's a med student so needs one, I never use them." Sara answered still fuming, "If you'd have called me straight away this could have been sorted, Charlie is my sister she lives with me, she borrows my things and I borrow hers, in my bag I have her credit card you going to arrest me for stealing that?" Sara asked and Charlie turned to face her.
"Why do you have my credit card?"
"Picked it up by mistake, it was on the counter, not that I could buy anything with your non-existent credit limit anyway. We'll talk about it after I've gotten you checked out, now if there's nothing else we're leaving." Sara finished standing up and leaving the room followed by Charlie.
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Sara examined Charlie's head more closely in the car.
"Sar trust me I'm alright." Charlie winced as Sara pressed the cut on her head.
"I've half a mind to go in and do the same to Sofia, you're life is never simple is it?" Sara asked smiling slightly.
"And you're colleagues aren't exactly a friendly bunch." Charlie frowned looking at the swelling on her jaw in the windscreen mirror.
"True, tell you what this week I'll introduce you to all of them properly so you don't get jumped trying to get in anymore."
"I'd appreciate that; I wouldn't want to damage my perfect appearance with scars. Now can you take me home? I just want a beer and a rest." Charlie asked and Sara started the engine.
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Sara made sure Charlie was settled into the apartment before heading back to the lab, as she was driving Catherine got a page to the DNA lab concerning the blood; she'd just been told by Brass that the girl did indeed live with Sara and was her sister.
"Hey Wendy you paged?" Catherine asked.
"Yeah got the blood results back, they were interesting, I got a match to Charlotte Flynn a reservist in the Air Force and I got a partial match to a member of the crime lab." Wendy replied and Catherine nodded.
"She's Sara's younger sister." Catherine answered and Wendy shook her head.
"The match was to you, Charlotte Flynn is definitely related to you, Sara's not a match." Wendy replied handing the results to Catherine who took them and walked out of the lab bumping straight into someone, Sara.
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"Hi Cath, look I'm sorry you wasted you time at my place earlier, Charlie's always leaving her keys around and going out without them, and I wanted to apologise for being so harsh, I just worry about her." Sara said picking up the piece of paper Catherine had dropped and glanced at it, straight away she noticed the names and the match. "Oh my god." Sara exclaimed and Catherine looked stunned.
"I err, you um." Catherine started but couldn't seem to find any words.
"Flynn." Sara said things sinking in, Sara was shocked she hadn't figured it out before now, but then again she'd never had to think about it before, Charlie had never brought the subject up, her mother wasn't a topic they'd ever really spoken about, Charles never spoke about it either.
"She's not you real sister?" Catherine said her expression hard to read, Sara's was shocked.
"No, I only met her 10 years ago; we just call one another sister, but you…" Sara let the words hang and Catherine turned away heading out of the lab. Sara chased after her but Catherine had already left the car park by the time Sara had gotten there, Sara then got into her own car and drove home with a mission.
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Years go quicker than you think. Charlie certainly thought so as she looked at the photographs all over the walls, one of her when she was 16 and in the school play, high school graduation, something nobody thought they'd ever see. Pictures of Charlie, Sara, Charles and Michelle at various birthdays and events. Then the military uniform, proud and tall even though she was barley 5ft 2. Time certainly had flown past.
"Charlie where is your birth certificate?" Sara demanded storming into the apartment in a hurry.
"In the cupboard with yours why?" Charlie asked taking a sip of her beer; it hurt to move her mouth still so she rested the cool bottle against her jaw. Sara rummaged through the cupboard until she found what she was looking for.
"Charlotte Catherine Flynn, Father unknown, Mother Catherine Flynn." Sara read out and Charlie's brow creased in confusion, "oh my god." Sara said softly before sitting on one of the kitchen stools holding the piece of paper in her hands.
"What's going on sis?" Charlie asked walking into the kitchen and standing beside Sara.
"I know who your mother is and where she is." Sara replied as Charlie's jaw dropped open.
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