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Chapter 20: Ending of the dark day Part 2

When they pulled back from one another, she sniffled a few more times as he wiped her tears away, then after a few seconds, he asked. "You ok?"

She shook her head as he continued to run his thumb up and down her cheek, this time to sooth her while she took a breath before replying. "Almost. There is one more thing I have to do."

Looking into her eyes with all the love, new and old, he had for her, he asked. "You want me to come with you?"

"No, this is something I have to do myself."

He pulled his hand from her cheek as he nodded, but before she got up, she cupped his bearded cheek with a small smile. "Thank you for listening to me, and for your acceptance."

He placed his hand on top of hers that was on his cheek and smiled. "Always, honey. Just know there is nothing you can't tell me, ok?" As she nodded, he continued. "We'll get through this."

They both knew that one talk wasn't going to heal her, and she might not ever be healed completely. But least she won't have to keep anything inside anymore since he knew the worst of it, and was still willing to stick around.

She looked at him with love in her eyes too as she replied. "I love you."

"And I love you."

They leaned toward each other and pecked on the lips, then as she was pulling back, he took her injured hand and looked at it while asking. "There is one more thing I would like you to clear up for me. How did you cut the palm of your hand?"

He looked into her eyes again as she sighed. "After Bailey ran out of here, I got mad at myself and threw the bottle against the wall. Then by the time I was going to pick up the mess, everything was so blurry because of my tears that I cut my palm."

Grissom nodded in understanding, and after another peck on the lips, he releases her hand before she finally pulled her chair back and got up, then she started walking toward the living room before going up the stairs.

When she had made it in front of her daughter's room, she took a breath, raised her hand, and knocked. After a few seconds she hears a come in, so she wraps her uninjured hand on the doorknob and opened the door, then she stepped just inside the room and saw Bailey at her desk writing something before she turned her attention to her.

As they looked at one another, Sara cleared her throat before asking tentatively. "How are you doing?"

Bailey respond was immediate. "I'm worried." Before Sara could reply, she continued. "About you. How are you?"

Sara had to smile a little, she was the one that went off on her, and Bailey was worried about her. "I'm feeling a little better."

Bailey gave her mother a little smile as she replied. "I always feel a little better when dad talks to me too."

Sara smiled a little more. "He does have that affect, doesn't he?"

Bailey nodded with an even bigger smile. "Yeah." Then she continued after a sigh. "I'm really sorry mom, I didn't mean to disappoint you. I'll try harder next time."

Sara shook her head with tears in her eyes, and she was about to go over to her, but not wanting to scare her, she walked over to the edge of the bed instead, and sat down. Then Hank, who was still on the bed, moved closer to her, laid down, and placed his chin on her thigh.

Sara looked down at him before looking at her daughter, who had turned her chair around so they were facing each other, while putting her hand on his head. "I wasn't disappointed in you, especially over one test score. What I said was out of anger, but not at you. I was never mad at you."

"Then what happened, mom? Dad said it could have been stressed related?"

Sara nodded before looking down at Hank again while she continued to pet his head, then looked at her daughter again "It is partly that. I'm just going through something that I need to work out."

"I can help." When Bailey saw her mother hesitate, she continued. "I can handle whatever you tell me."

Sara smiled a little bigger with a nod. "You know, I really believe you can." Bailey smiled in return, but kind of lost it at her mother's next words. "And I will tell you, but I think I want to wait a little before we talk about it."

"Ok, but when you are ready, I'm here, ok?"

Those words went right to her heart as she nodded with tears in her eyes. "I know, sweetheart."
She paused for a second before continuing. "And I want to promise you something." Bailey waited patiently as her mother spoke again. "You'll never see me like that again. If I ever get so mad that I need to yell or scream like that, I'll go running or to the gym so I can punch out my frustrations on a punching bag. I'll do anything so I never have see that scared look in your beautiful blue eyes again." Sara started to wipe away the tears that were finally going down her cheek as she finished. "I love you so much Bailey, and the thought of me ever hurting you in anyway is killing me inside. I hope one day you'll forgive me for today."

Bailey got off her chair in a hurry and ran to her mother before wrapping her arms around her neck so fast that it jolted Hank, who had fallen asleep, awake, and almost made Sara fall back on the bed, which made Sara chuckle as she wrapped her arms around her daughter's waist.

After a second, Bailey sniffled before replying softly. "I forgive you mom, and I love you too." Sara closes her eyes as she continued to hold on to her daughter, both sobbing a little while they were thankful they could put that awful moment behind them.

When the finally pulled back, they were both sniffling and wiping their tears away, then Sara asked. "So, what were you working on?"

"My algebra 2 homework."

Sara's eyes kind of lit up at the mention of math homework, and asked. "Do you need any help?"

Bailey thinks about for a second, then nodded. "Sure, I could use a little."

There were a few questions she was prepared to ask her teacher tomorrow. Considering on what happened between her and her mother earlier, she didn't want to disturb her, but since she was up here and offering, she could use the help, which was probably better anyways because she always understood it a little more when her mother explained it to her.

Sara smiled as she stood up from the end of the bed before they started walking toward Bailey's desk, then after Bailey sat down and turned her chair so it was facing the desk again, she looked at the number of the problem that she had skipped a few minutes before Sara had knocked on the door, then explained what she needed help on.

When Sara didn't jump in right after Bailey had finished, she looked up at her, who was just looking down at her with a smile on her face, so she asked. "You ok, mom?"

Sara smiled, leaned down and kissed her forehead before replying when she looked into those beautiful blue eyes. "I'm perfect, honey, and you are very smart. Don't let anyone, and I mean anyone, tell you otherwise, ok?"

Bailey nodded with a smile. "I won't, I promise."

Sara nodded, then cleared her throat before picking up the math book to look at her problem. "Alright, let's see what you have here."

Bailey did another nod with the smile still on her face, ready to learn from the best person she knew, outside of her adoptive parents, aunt, and her father. Even after today's incident, she'll never look down at her mother, she was still one of her heroes.

After all, she was one of the reasons she was still alive today.

After three hours, and Sara hadn't walked back downstairs, Grissom wanted to check things out, so after he sets his book and glasses down on the coffee table, he gets up from the couch and walked upstairs.

When he reached his daughter's doorway, he stopped dead in his tracks as he saw mother and daughter laying on Bailey's bed, cuddled up together while they were asleep as Hank was sitting at the end of the bed whining because he needed to go outside, so Grissom quietly spoke. "Hank, I'll take you out, come here boy."

Hank looked to the right, seeing Grissom there, so he jumped off the bed and started walking toward the doorway. But before Grissom turned toward the hall, he walked further in the room, grabbed the end of the comforter and moved it over them so it could cover up his girls a little, then he looked down at them and smiled. "Sleep tight, angels." Before walking out of the room with Hank leading the way down the hall, while he was very happy for them.

He never wanted to see their bond disappear over one incident, so after seeing that display,
there was even a greater hope than he already had that they will indeed get past all of this, and be a stronger family unit than they were before.

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