Chapter 31
She shook her head again to shift the thoughts from her head. She really didn't want to go through this again. She nearly lost Grissom and Kate the first time, but she knew for sure that she didn't want to do it again. She knew what Jake wanted, but didn't want to think too much about it.
Grissom had tried to find Nick at the lab, but remembered that he had done as he suggested. He rang Piper, but discovered that Nick took Kate home. That made things worse. After finding out that the prints were Jake's, he started to fear for Kate. Jake was going after her, trying to buy her. He hoped he could keep Kate from the truth so he didn't see the look in her eyes if something bad happens.
"You ok?" Sara asked gently. She's noticed his faraway look and knew exactly what he was thinking.
He sighed and shook his head. "I don't know what to do." He confessed.
Sara moved from her seat on the couch and wrapped her arms around him. He was sitting at his desk, trying to work his way through the information that the courts had supplied him and the evidence of Jake's breech of contact.
"You need to sleep Gil. Let's go to bed." She suggested, hugging him tighter.
He nodded and removed his glasses. "I don't want to have to ground her or lie Sara. I know you don't either, but what. what are we going to tell her?" He asked in exasperation as he was pulled to his feet and led towards their bedroom.
"I honestly have no idea, but we need to rest and talk to Kate later. She's at school and should be home in four hours."
"The school hasn't been informed, damnit." He cursed as he sat on the bed and tugged at the buttons on his shirt. "He's trying and succeeding in hurting us."
Sara quickly pulled her clothes off until she was in her panties and one of his old shirts before walking around the bed to help him undress. She stood between his legs as she started to pull on the buttons of his shirt. Grissom's hands absently glided up and down her long smooth legs as he looked up into her brown eyes.
"He's not hurting us, he's trying to separate us." She said quietly. "It's not going to happen Gil. I won't let it happen." She promised as she pushed his shirt over his shoulders.
Grissom leaned back to lie on the bed, pulling Sara with him until she was straddling his waist. His hands moved up her thighs to rest on her hips. "I love you Sara, so much." He told her as she leaned over him.
"I know honey, I love you too. Let's get some sleep and talk later." She silenced any words he was going to utter with a kiss.
He chuckled lightly as he pulled her closer. "I doubt we'll be sleeping if you carry on."
Sara smiled down at him as she traced his lips with her fingers. "We'll get through this." She told him on a whisper.
Grissom's smile faded at the seriousness of her tone and nodded in agreement before hugging her tightly. It was going to be tough, but as long as they had each other, they would get through this. Jake didn't stand a chance and surely the man wasn't stupid enough to end up in prison again.
That thought stayed with Grissom the entire afternoon. He tried to sleep, but it was fitful. In the end, he left Sara to sleep in peace and sat at his desk. He went over the court papers again and again, but still found nothing that would help. Jake's the one who signed them after his arrest 15 years ago. He agreed to leave them alone and now he wanted to change that, why? What possible reason would he have?
Sara rolled over and stretched out her hand, but when she didn't feel the warm body beside her, her eyes snapped open and she sat up. "Gil!" She shouted.
Grissom's head jerked as he woke up. He had fallen asleep at his desk and hearing Sara's distressed voice, he quickly got to his feet. He noticed Sara's white as a sheet face and the fear in her eyes. "Hey, I right here." He soothed, climbing into bed and pulling her to him. "It's ok." He whispered into her hair as she wrapped her arms around him.
"I. I thought." She started crying silently and buried her face into his chest.
"Sssh, honey, It's ok. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." He kissed her hair and brushed his cheek against her bowed head. "You have nightmare?" He asked gently. She nodded against him and pulled him tighter. "Everything's ok now."
She shook her head again to shift the thoughts from her head. She really didn't want to go through this again. She nearly lost Grissom and Kate the first time, but she knew for sure that she didn't want to do it again. She knew what Jake wanted, but didn't want to think too much about it.
Grissom had tried to find Nick at the lab, but remembered that he had done as he suggested. He rang Piper, but discovered that Nick took Kate home. That made things worse. After finding out that the prints were Jake's, he started to fear for Kate. Jake was going after her, trying to buy her. He hoped he could keep Kate from the truth so he didn't see the look in her eyes if something bad happens.
"You ok?" Sara asked gently. She's noticed his faraway look and knew exactly what he was thinking.
He sighed and shook his head. "I don't know what to do." He confessed.
Sara moved from her seat on the couch and wrapped her arms around him. He was sitting at his desk, trying to work his way through the information that the courts had supplied him and the evidence of Jake's breech of contact.
"You need to sleep Gil. Let's go to bed." She suggested, hugging him tighter.
He nodded and removed his glasses. "I don't want to have to ground her or lie Sara. I know you don't either, but what. what are we going to tell her?" He asked in exasperation as he was pulled to his feet and led towards their bedroom.
"I honestly have no idea, but we need to rest and talk to Kate later. She's at school and should be home in four hours."
"The school hasn't been informed, damnit." He cursed as he sat on the bed and tugged at the buttons on his shirt. "He's trying and succeeding in hurting us."
Sara quickly pulled her clothes off until she was in her panties and one of his old shirts before walking around the bed to help him undress. She stood between his legs as she started to pull on the buttons of his shirt. Grissom's hands absently glided up and down her long smooth legs as he looked up into her brown eyes.
"He's not hurting us, he's trying to separate us." She said quietly. "It's not going to happen Gil. I won't let it happen." She promised as she pushed his shirt over his shoulders.
Grissom leaned back to lie on the bed, pulling Sara with him until she was straddling his waist. His hands moved up her thighs to rest on her hips. "I love you Sara, so much." He told her as she leaned over him.
"I know honey, I love you too. Let's get some sleep and talk later." She silenced any words he was going to utter with a kiss.
He chuckled lightly as he pulled her closer. "I doubt we'll be sleeping if you carry on."
Sara smiled down at him as she traced his lips with her fingers. "We'll get through this." She told him on a whisper.
Grissom's smile faded at the seriousness of her tone and nodded in agreement before hugging her tightly. It was going to be tough, but as long as they had each other, they would get through this. Jake didn't stand a chance and surely the man wasn't stupid enough to end up in prison again.
That thought stayed with Grissom the entire afternoon. He tried to sleep, but it was fitful. In the end, he left Sara to sleep in peace and sat at his desk. He went over the court papers again and again, but still found nothing that would help. Jake's the one who signed them after his arrest 15 years ago. He agreed to leave them alone and now he wanted to change that, why? What possible reason would he have?
Sara rolled over and stretched out her hand, but when she didn't feel the warm body beside her, her eyes snapped open and she sat up. "Gil!" She shouted.
Grissom's head jerked as he woke up. He had fallen asleep at his desk and hearing Sara's distressed voice, he quickly got to his feet. He noticed Sara's white as a sheet face and the fear in her eyes. "Hey, I right here." He soothed, climbing into bed and pulling her to him. "It's ok." He whispered into her hair as she wrapped her arms around him.
"I. I thought." She started crying silently and buried her face into his chest.
"Sssh, honey, It's ok. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." He kissed her hair and brushed his cheek against her bowed head. "You have nightmare?" He asked gently. She nodded against him and pulled him tighter. "Everything's ok now."