Chapter Thirty-Seven: Mothers, Daughters & Granddaughters

When the CSI's heard the Code blue, they were all frightened. They had a few patients at the hospital that they knew. The two babies Sierra-Jayne & Liliana, Lindsey, and Christina. Lindsey was going to be ok for the most part, the reason she was still in there was because of ongoing skin grafts and testing. She was not in any danger. The others were still critical.

When the code blue turned out to be a man in the palliative care unit. Though it was devastating to the family of the man in question, it turned out that he was 93 years old and had lead a very active life until he turned 85 when they found tumors and from then on, his life went down hill.

A nurse came into the waiting room and gestured to Catherine.

"Ms. Willows? There is a woman here to see you – a Lily Flynn?"

"Mom! Send her in here…she needs to be here"

The nurse sent Lily to the waiting room where she ran to Catherine, gave her a hug, and burst into tears.

"Mom mom! Calm down, please control…" she said choking back her words.

Lily noticed the others in the room. Sara, Grissom and Warrick were trying not to concentrate on Lily and Catherine, but on the bug that seemed to have made its way in the room.

"Hi all" she said with a half smile.

The others all gestured hello.

"Take me to my grand daughters" Lily instructed Catherine.

"I'll take you to see Christina first; she is in the gravest danger because she has no will to live"

Lily gasped and stepped away. "No will to live? She was in a car accident – what are you talking about?"

Catherine turned to face her mom. "Mom, it is Christina's fault that she and the other two are in the hospital with burns all over their body."

Lily put her hands on he hips. "What are you talking about…no never mind …. tell me after I see my grandbabies"

Catherine took Lily to see Christina first. Christina was bandaged and had tubes in her nose and IV needles in her arms. She did not look good. Her face was pale and her breathing was minimal.

"Oh jez Christina!" Lily said and walked backwards out of the room in shock.

Catherine gave her mom a look. "Are you going to be ok?"

Lily nodded. "Where is Lindsey?" she asked.

Catherine took her to Lindsey on the adult floor in her own private room. Lindsey was sleeping, her TV turned off.

"She doesn't look too bad," Lily said.

"A lot of the injuries you can't see because she's covered with a blanket mom"

"Who else was in the vehicle?" Asked Lily.

"Sara and Grissom's daughter Sierra-Jayne, who is also Christina's sister"

"How bad is she burned" Lily asked.

"She is in the worst shape…she was a preemie when born and should not have even been out of the hospital"

"Then why was she?" Lily demanded her hands on her hips.

Catherine sighed."Christina kidnapped her and then went to pick up Lindsey who wanted to talk to her. She had no knowledge of the kidnapping though. Christina and Lindsey had an argument and Chris took her eyes off the road and didn't see a car and … this is the outcome!"

Lily suddenly collapsed on the bed next to Lindsey and touched the sleeping teenager gingerly. "This is all my fault"

Catherine looked at her mom in absolute shock.

"What did you say?"

"This is all my fault"