Chapter 29
Grissom's eyes shot to Sara as Nick spoke. She felt his eyes and the sudden atmosphere change. She turned her head and looked at him as he spoke to Nick. "Don't let her anywhere near them Nick. Have Robin take her home or to yours. No. No Nick. I don't want anyone but you, Sara or me near them. Good. Thanks. No, I'll tell her."
Sara watched him snap his phone shut and stuff it into his pocket. "Something wrong?" He nodded and turned the next corner. She looked out the window and instantly felt something 'was' wrong. "Is it Kate? Why are we going to PD? Gil?"
"He's not getting a reaction from us Sara, so he's going after Kate." Was all he said as they pulled up to the police station.
"What happened?" She pressed and grasped his arm before he reached for the door release.
He leaned back against his seat and turned his head towards her. "A vase of flowers and a box of chocolates just arrived for Kate. There was no name on the card, but Nick said it was strange enough to warrant concern."
Sara nodded stiffly and pulled her hand away to follow him. "We've already been through this once today." She sighed and leaned against his side as he put his arm around her.
"I know Sara, but he's breaking court orders."
"What can we do? They only fine him." She was starting to panic at the sudden thoughts. "I don't like this Gil." She stopped walking and looked into Grissom's eyes as he turned to face her. "I was willing to tell Kate the true, thinking Jake would have changed." Tears started to form as she sniffled. "I should never have put you through that Gil. I'm so sorry."
Grissom closed his eyes as he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "It's ok. It's not your fault this is happening Sara. if anything, it's my fault."
She slowly stopped crying as she heard his voice and the pain that he displayed. "It's not!" She told him sternly as she pulled back to cup his face gently. "Don't blame this on yourself. It's in the past Gil. None of this is your fault. I married Jake and that's it. Everything. please don't blame yourself." She begged him.
He stared into her watery brown eyes and nodded slowly. "I love you Sara, I will always love you, but this is the beginning. He want's something. If it's not you, it's Kate and the only way to do that is through me. I'm the one who broke his family up, not you. He still believes you love him." Sara opened her mouth to protest, but he shook his head. "And maybe on some level you still do, but the point is. he's not going to let a court order and fines stop him."
Sara closed her eyes and leaned against him, her head turning to rest on his shoulder. "I love you too."
"I won't let him hurt you Sara, not if I can help it. He's never taking you or my daughter away from me, not without a fight." He swore as his arms tightened around her and his heart pounded against his chest. The image of Sara holding baby Kate close to her chest and Jake pointing a gun at them, flashed before his eyes. He winced at the sound of the gunshot and flinched.
Sara felt it and gently rubbed his back. She knew he was afraid, afraid to be confronted with that same feeling of loosing someone you loved. She would remember for the rest of her life that he saved her and Kate. She knew he would do everything he can, but she didn't want to feel the same fear he felt, loosing him instead.
"We should talk to Jeff and contact some friends to find out what's going on and what we can do." Grissom said sadly as he pulled away, letting the sudden fear slip from his mind for a time.
Across the street, a black van pulled away from the curb and into the busy early morning traffic.
A/N: Ah, black van? What would that be, I wonder? Most of the dialogue is done and the story starts hitting the (hopefully) exciting bit.
Grissom's eyes shot to Sara as Nick spoke. She felt his eyes and the sudden atmosphere change. She turned her head and looked at him as he spoke to Nick. "Don't let her anywhere near them Nick. Have Robin take her home or to yours. No. No Nick. I don't want anyone but you, Sara or me near them. Good. Thanks. No, I'll tell her."
Sara watched him snap his phone shut and stuff it into his pocket. "Something wrong?" He nodded and turned the next corner. She looked out the window and instantly felt something 'was' wrong. "Is it Kate? Why are we going to PD? Gil?"
"He's not getting a reaction from us Sara, so he's going after Kate." Was all he said as they pulled up to the police station.
"What happened?" She pressed and grasped his arm before he reached for the door release.
He leaned back against his seat and turned his head towards her. "A vase of flowers and a box of chocolates just arrived for Kate. There was no name on the card, but Nick said it was strange enough to warrant concern."
Sara nodded stiffly and pulled her hand away to follow him. "We've already been through this once today." She sighed and leaned against his side as he put his arm around her.
"I know Sara, but he's breaking court orders."
"What can we do? They only fine him." She was starting to panic at the sudden thoughts. "I don't like this Gil." She stopped walking and looked into Grissom's eyes as he turned to face her. "I was willing to tell Kate the true, thinking Jake would have changed." Tears started to form as she sniffled. "I should never have put you through that Gil. I'm so sorry."
Grissom closed his eyes as he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "It's ok. It's not your fault this is happening Sara. if anything, it's my fault."
She slowly stopped crying as she heard his voice and the pain that he displayed. "It's not!" She told him sternly as she pulled back to cup his face gently. "Don't blame this on yourself. It's in the past Gil. None of this is your fault. I married Jake and that's it. Everything. please don't blame yourself." She begged him.
He stared into her watery brown eyes and nodded slowly. "I love you Sara, I will always love you, but this is the beginning. He want's something. If it's not you, it's Kate and the only way to do that is through me. I'm the one who broke his family up, not you. He still believes you love him." Sara opened her mouth to protest, but he shook his head. "And maybe on some level you still do, but the point is. he's not going to let a court order and fines stop him."
Sara closed her eyes and leaned against him, her head turning to rest on his shoulder. "I love you too."
"I won't let him hurt you Sara, not if I can help it. He's never taking you or my daughter away from me, not without a fight." He swore as his arms tightened around her and his heart pounded against his chest. The image of Sara holding baby Kate close to her chest and Jake pointing a gun at them, flashed before his eyes. He winced at the sound of the gunshot and flinched.
Sara felt it and gently rubbed his back. She knew he was afraid, afraid to be confronted with that same feeling of loosing someone you loved. She would remember for the rest of her life that he saved her and Kate. She knew he would do everything he can, but she didn't want to feel the same fear he felt, loosing him instead.
"We should talk to Jeff and contact some friends to find out what's going on and what we can do." Grissom said sadly as he pulled away, letting the sudden fear slip from his mind for a time.
Across the street, a black van pulled away from the curb and into the busy early morning traffic.
A/N: Ah, black van? What would that be, I wonder? Most of the dialogue is done and the story starts hitting the (hopefully) exciting bit.