Chapter 37 – Blow-out
Gil had set his briefcase down by the front door and placed his keys in the ceramic bowl. He walked into the kitchen to find a very unhappy Sara.
"What have I done now?" he joked. "Did I forget to take the rubbish out? Did I leave dirty dishes in the sink? Did I leave the toilet seat up?"
Sara just stared him down. "No! You lied about her."
"Heather?" he said with a raised eyebrow.
"Why did you go and see her?"
"I needed to sort things out with her. I wanted to know why she was back."
"But you asked Jim to find out?"
"Yes I did. I wanted to make sure she understood that I didn't want anything to do with her."
"And this took 3 hours did it!"
"Yes!"
"I don't believe you!"
"It's the truth."
"How can I believe you, when you didn't tell me you saw her. How do I know that you don't have feelings for her still? Hell Gil how do I know you don't want to be with her."
"I don't. I want to be with you and Aaron."
"I still don't believe you!"
"How can I prove it to you?"
Just then Aaron came through the door. He had heard them as he got off the school bus. He ran upstairs to his room and slammed the door.
"Now look what you've done!"
"What I've done?"
Grissom went to go upstairs but Sara stopped him. He didn't want to put her in a worse mood and let her go and comfort their son.
Aaron's Room
Sara knocked on the door. Aaron didn't answer she could hear him crying. She opened the door and stepped in. Aaron was on his bed with his head buried into the pillows.
"Baby…I'm sorry. We didn't mean to scare you." She said as she rubbed his back.
"Why were you fighting?"
"We had a disagreement about something and were trying to sort it out."
"He doesn't want me anymore does he?"
"Why do you think that?"
"Billy at school said his dad didn't want him anymore and left. He said it was going to happen to me too."
"Aaron, your farther loves you more then anything in the world. Remember that."
Sara wiped his tears away.
"Then why were you fighting?"
Sara sighed. "I wanted to know why he saw an old friend and didn't tell me about it."
"So…is he leaving?"
"No."
"Am I leaving?"
"No and neither am I."
She pulled him into a tight hug. Aaron buried his head into her side. She stroked his head to calm him down. He was soon asleep.
Sara took his shoes off and tucked him into bed. She crept out of the room and closed the door. She headed back downstairs.
"Is he alright?"
"He'll be fine. He just got scared."
"We need to talk!"
"Not now, I don't want to wake him, I've just got him settled."
"When then?"
"I don't know…later!"
"Fine!"
Gil stormed off to his office. Sara sat on the sofa curled up into a tight ball crying uncontrollably.
He could hear her. It pained him when she was like this. It hurt him more this time…he was the cause…"Why didn't I listen to Jim?"
Sara had been crying for over an hour. Gil had calm down enough and emerged out of his office.
He went into the front room. Sara was now lying down. He lent over the back of the sofa and started to stroke her hair. He felt her shudder with the touch. He came round to the front of the sofa, he crouched down and kissed the top of her head.
"I'm so sorry. I should have told you. I didn't want to worry you."
He supported her head with his right arm and rubbed her back with his left hand. Sara's crying had turned to sobs and soon she had stopped altogether.
Gil was now sitting on the sofa; Sara was curled up with her head on his lap. Gil continued to rub her back she was soon asleep. Gil pulled a blanket over her and watched her sleep for about 2 hours, when he finally dozed off.