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Chapter 25- Sara's Version of Events

The court adjourned for lunch a short while later. Gil stepped out of the courtroom and went to find Sara. He saw her coming out of a room and walked over to her. Sara smiled as Gil approached and they kissed. 'I'm sorry babe,' he said as he wrapped his arms around Sara. 'The courts know about our affair.'

'I don't blame you Gil, I couldn't expect you to lie in court,' Sara replied.

'After all you've got to tell the tooth the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth' she continued laughing. It took Gil a second to understand what she was talking about, and then he suddenly remembered the day he told Sara that the minute he saw her was when he began to be interested in beauty. They had been trying to find a tooth in a block of ice and Sara had made a joke about it. (2X16 - Primum Non Nocere)

'Yeah the whole tooth' Gil said and they both cracked a little smile and a giggle.

'You've got your chance to put your evidence forward after court,' Gil said as he got back to a serious note.

Sara nodded, 'I just hope I can do some good,' she said.

'It'll be OK Sara,'

The court filed back into the court after lunch an hour later and Sara was stood in the witness box. She read the oath and the prosecution barrister stood up, 'CSI Sidle, can you tell us about the events that led up to the stabbing on Saturday 17th February?' Ms Granger asked.

Sara nodded, 'I went back to the hotel room after an hour in the Jacuzzi, the defendant was there, he said that we needed to talk,' she replied.

'Talk about what?'

'Us,' Sara said simply.

'What happened next?'

'We started shouting at each other and…and…he hit me,'

Shocked muttering began to break out amongst the court. The muttering eventually subsided, 'he hit you,' Ms Granger confirmed.

'Yes,' Sara replied.

'What happened after that?'

'He apologised and begged me to come back to him,'

'What did you say?'

'I told him I couldn't, not after what he had just done,'

'What happened then?'

'He went over to his bag and delved inside. He pulled out a knife and began to walk towards me, telling me that if I did what he said, then he wouldn't use it on me,'

'How were you feeling?'

'I was scared. Scared he was going to use it on me. I agreed to do whatever he wanted,'

'What did he want you to do?'

'He wanted me to give things a second chance. I told him I couldn't,'

'Did he say anything after that?'

Sara nodded, tears beginning to well up in her eyes, 'take your time,' Ms Granger said gently.

'He…he said… 'Then this is what I have to do,'

'Then what happened?'

'He stabbed me in the stomach; I collapsed and he ran out of the hotel room and left me for dead,'

'No more questions for this witness,'

Mr Johnson stood up. Sara gritted her teeth, she knew what was coming. 'CSI Sidle, you said earlier that hit you, why was that?' he asked

'Because he was angry,' Sara replied.

'Why was he angry?'

'Because…because…' she stuttered.

'Spit it out CSI Sidle,' Mr Johnson pressed.

'He found out that I was having an affair with Gil,'

'With your boss, Supervisor Gilbert Grissom?'

Sara nodded, 'were you planning on leaving my client for CSI Grissom?' Mr Johnson asked.

Sara bit her bottom lip, 'yes,' she finally said.

'I put it to you CSI Sidle that after finding out about your affair my client was willing to work things out and when you rejected this, he became angry at Gil for poisoning your mind against him,'

'Gil didn't poison my mind against him; he did that all by himself when he attacked me,'

'CSI Sidle, was my client ever physically aggressive towards you before the incident in question?'

Sara took a deep breath before answering the question, 'no,' she finally said.

'No further questions, your honour,' Mr Johnson said and he sat down.

Sara looked at Gil; he gave her a reassuring smile as she stepped out of the witness box and retook her place in the gallery.

Please review, sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've had a ton of coursework I'm getting up to A*, I have one more to do, so after that I'm going to update my stories and this one will be completed pretty soon. Thanks again Laura xxx