Chapter Forty-Nine
Emily looked at the tabloid headline and shook her head. Nick and Hodges comforted her by hugging her.
"Emily, were your parents always so vindictive?" Nick asked softly.
Emily nodded. "Well not vindictive, but controlling. They tried to have another kid, but for some reason couldn't so they decided that they would control me and my life. They chose the courses I took in high school, they chose the university I went to and they also chose some of the boys I dated. …" she paused and turned to her cousin. "It was David here who persuaded me to go against mom and dad's wishes and go back to school and get a degree in social work and the like. It was David who convinced me I was a good person who did not deserve to be treated like crap. Nick you would not believe how damaged my self esteem was five years ago. But it took a two o'clock am call to David, my provider my confidant to convince me to leave and go against mom and dad."
"This Annabel Juliard, what is her issue? And her son Jay, why would the tabloids bother to print this crap?"
"The Juliard family has a lot of say in California. They are one of the most influential families in the state. Jay made his first million at the age of 23 and has lots of cars and homes in many places. A life with him would be lavish… but he has run around on his many girlfriends and doesn't seem to care about it." Emily replied.
Grissom entered the break room just then. "Emily, there has been a TRO placed on the Juliard family and your parents. The tabloid is going to retract the horrible statements that Jay Juliard put about you. " He told her.
"Thanks Grissom" she replied with a smile.
Grissom smiled and left the room. Hodges and Nick continued to hug her.
The next day Jay and Annabel Juliard & Flo and Alan Hodges were released on bail. They balked at the TRO.
"ARE you kidding me?" Jay said with a smirk.
Jim Brass glared at the young punk. "I don't kid around when it comes to slander or abuse or TROs" he replied.
"Enough of this nonsense. Where is Emily?" Flo demanded.
Just then Emily with Nick by her side came around the corner. Nick had his arm around his girlfriend which caused Jay Juliard to get a little bit annoyed.
"Get your filthy paws off my fiancée" he said.
Nick and Emily exchanged looks. "Fiancee? What are you talking about Jay. I never dated you, loved you or was proposed to by you so…. I am not your fiancee." Emily told him, turned on her heel and left.
Before Jay could say anything, Brass escorted the four of them out of the area and told them they had better show up for court in two weeks. Their lawyers muttered something about being innocent but they'd show up in court anyway.
Meanwhile in another part of the lab while this ordeal was going on, Sara was introducing Tina to the rest of the team. Sara and Grissom had decided that in order for Tina to get back on track in her schooling , it would be best to finish off the next five months doing on line work so by September she would be able to enroll in the local high school and attend grade nine. She only had six courses to complete between now (February) and August. Together, the three of them chose important courses including an English, Spanish, French, Science, Art(photography), Computers (which included a few different sub modules) Sara promised to help her with the Science course while Mandy promised to help her with the Spanish and French. Tina was very happy to have such wonderful helpers. She would also be taking an internship to supplement her Science course and under the steady eye of a dayshift supervisor, she'd be dong the internship at the lab.
Meanwhile at Sara and Gil's house Catherine was in her glory while babysitting baby Chris. Lindsay had come over after school to help her.
"Do you regret not having any other kids mom?" Lindsay asked.
"Lindsay, to be honest yeah, I do. I wish I could have another child as I miss this… well not this…"she said laughing as Chris let out a whopping fart which in turn turned out to be a very stinky poop.
"Gross!" Lindsay said and left Catherine to tend to the baby's diaper.
Twenty minutes later Gil and Sara and Tina returned from their visit at the lab and Catherine handed the freshly cleaned baby to his mom and she and Lindsay went home. Catherine had to work that night, while Sara and Gil did not. They decided to take another few days off.
