Chapter 33
Kate unlocked the door and dropped her bag on the floor. She listened for any sound, but only heard crying. Locking the door behind her, she shrugged off her coat and draped it over the couch on her way towards her parent's bedroom. She saw her mother crying in her father's arms as he tried to calm her down.
Knocking lightly on the door, she watched as her mother rubbed at her eyes and sit up. "Mom?"
"It's alright baby. You have a good day at school?" Sara asked, trying to deter her daughter from the horror of her nightmare.
Kate nodded and moved into the room to sit at the foot of the bed. She grasped her father's foot and absently played with his toes. "Bad case?" She asked quietly.
Grissom smiled at his daughter. She's smart and very caring, he always knew she inherited her mother's traits and not Jake's. He held out his hand and motioned for a hug. "C'mere munchkin." She grinned and scooted up the bed to lay against her father's side. Grissom kissed her forehead as she wrapped her arms around him.
Sara leaned against his other side and gently brushed Kate's hair back. "We need to talk to you." She sniffled.
"What is it?" She looked up at her father and watched as he cast worried eyes towards her mother. "Did something bad happen?"
"No." Grissom soothed. "It's very serious, but nothing bad happened." He began to explain as he held Sara and Kate to him. "Kate, there's a bad man trying to get our attention." He didn't know how else to tell her.
Sara could easily see that he didn't even want to be talking about this. She smiled at Kate and gently rubbed her hand. "Try not to worry sweetheart, we're trying to stop him."
"He sent the flowers?" Kate asked, looking at her mother. Sara nodded and squeezed her hand. "Is he going to hurt us?"
Grissom sighed and moved to get up. Kate sat up and let him slide from the bed. "I sorry. I'm going to get something to drink."
Both watched him leave the bedroom. Kate looked at her mother with worried eyes. "He's gonna hurt us, isn't he? That's why Dad's worried?"
Sara hugged Kate close as she listened to Grissom moving around the kitchen. She cupped Kate's face and looked pleadingly into her eyes. "What ever happens, we love you very much, remember that."
"I love you both too." Kate whispered. "Who is this man?" She asked suddenly.
"No one you know. He hurt dad when you were a baby and tried to hurt you and me too. Your dad saved us and he's scared he'll loose us if this 'man' comes after us." Sara tried to tell her daughter what was happening without scaring. She knew her baby was grown up and that she was strong, but Jake might finish what he started. That thought brought tears to her eyes and she pulled Kate into a tight hug so she could see them. "I love you munchkin." She told her quietly.
Kate didn't understand but she sensed that her parents were frightened, worried and telling her about this mad man might actually mean he as going to hurt them. She didn't want to be hurt or see her mum and dad hurt. She loved both with ever inch of her being and the thought that someone was out there, someone she might have seen, is going to hurt them.
He was after mum and herself. He'd sent flowers, chocolates, notes, it must mean something. Why wasn't there a threat to dad? Maybe he has had something from the man and hasn't told her, maybe mum doesn't know. What if they both know and they didn't want to tell her? Is he that dangerous that her dad doesn't want to tell her?
Grissom appeared in the doorway a while ago and had heard the words from Sara. He could tell that she was protecting him and his love for Kate. He didn't want to loose his little girl and he could see Sara struggling not to flee with Kate and hide from Jack for good.
On some level, he couldn't blame her. He had done his best to keep her safe from Jake, but it was so hard when she kept refusing the help. Jake even knew that Sara was torn between them and played her because of it. Jake never liked him from the beginning.
'I use to think you two had a thing, but when she came back to me each time, I knew she didn't feel anything for you, but the last time it was different.'
Grissom had tried so hard. Maybe Jake wanted to play with Sara's life, mess her up until she depended on him completely and if he was honest with himself, she was so close to doing that.
'Teaching my wife a lesson, that's what.'
How can someone think that is right and how can they continue to do that when they had to know it was not working and was only making things infinitely worse?
Feeling the urge to hold his family, he entered the room quietly and sat on the edge of the bed to pull Kate's back to his chest and grasp Sara's hand to pull her closer to sandwich Kate between them in a warm hug.
Kate unlocked the door and dropped her bag on the floor. She listened for any sound, but only heard crying. Locking the door behind her, she shrugged off her coat and draped it over the couch on her way towards her parent's bedroom. She saw her mother crying in her father's arms as he tried to calm her down.
Knocking lightly on the door, she watched as her mother rubbed at her eyes and sit up. "Mom?"
"It's alright baby. You have a good day at school?" Sara asked, trying to deter her daughter from the horror of her nightmare.
Kate nodded and moved into the room to sit at the foot of the bed. She grasped her father's foot and absently played with his toes. "Bad case?" She asked quietly.
Grissom smiled at his daughter. She's smart and very caring, he always knew she inherited her mother's traits and not Jake's. He held out his hand and motioned for a hug. "C'mere munchkin." She grinned and scooted up the bed to lay against her father's side. Grissom kissed her forehead as she wrapped her arms around him.
Sara leaned against his other side and gently brushed Kate's hair back. "We need to talk to you." She sniffled.
"What is it?" She looked up at her father and watched as he cast worried eyes towards her mother. "Did something bad happen?"
"No." Grissom soothed. "It's very serious, but nothing bad happened." He began to explain as he held Sara and Kate to him. "Kate, there's a bad man trying to get our attention." He didn't know how else to tell her.
Sara could easily see that he didn't even want to be talking about this. She smiled at Kate and gently rubbed her hand. "Try not to worry sweetheart, we're trying to stop him."
"He sent the flowers?" Kate asked, looking at her mother. Sara nodded and squeezed her hand. "Is he going to hurt us?"
Grissom sighed and moved to get up. Kate sat up and let him slide from the bed. "I sorry. I'm going to get something to drink."
Both watched him leave the bedroom. Kate looked at her mother with worried eyes. "He's gonna hurt us, isn't he? That's why Dad's worried?"
Sara hugged Kate close as she listened to Grissom moving around the kitchen. She cupped Kate's face and looked pleadingly into her eyes. "What ever happens, we love you very much, remember that."
"I love you both too." Kate whispered. "Who is this man?" She asked suddenly.
"No one you know. He hurt dad when you were a baby and tried to hurt you and me too. Your dad saved us and he's scared he'll loose us if this 'man' comes after us." Sara tried to tell her daughter what was happening without scaring. She knew her baby was grown up and that she was strong, but Jake might finish what he started. That thought brought tears to her eyes and she pulled Kate into a tight hug so she could see them. "I love you munchkin." She told her quietly.
Kate didn't understand but she sensed that her parents were frightened, worried and telling her about this mad man might actually mean he as going to hurt them. She didn't want to be hurt or see her mum and dad hurt. She loved both with ever inch of her being and the thought that someone was out there, someone she might have seen, is going to hurt them.
He was after mum and herself. He'd sent flowers, chocolates, notes, it must mean something. Why wasn't there a threat to dad? Maybe he has had something from the man and hasn't told her, maybe mum doesn't know. What if they both know and they didn't want to tell her? Is he that dangerous that her dad doesn't want to tell her?
Grissom appeared in the doorway a while ago and had heard the words from Sara. He could tell that she was protecting him and his love for Kate. He didn't want to loose his little girl and he could see Sara struggling not to flee with Kate and hide from Jack for good.
On some level, he couldn't blame her. He had done his best to keep her safe from Jake, but it was so hard when she kept refusing the help. Jake even knew that Sara was torn between them and played her because of it. Jake never liked him from the beginning.
'I use to think you two had a thing, but when she came back to me each time, I knew she didn't feel anything for you, but the last time it was different.'
Grissom had tried so hard. Maybe Jake wanted to play with Sara's life, mess her up until she depended on him completely and if he was honest with himself, she was so close to doing that.
'Teaching my wife a lesson, that's what.'
How can someone think that is right and how can they continue to do that when they had to know it was not working and was only making things infinitely worse?
Feeling the urge to hold his family, he entered the room quietly and sat on the edge of the bed to pull Kate's back to his chest and grasp Sara's hand to pull her closer to sandwich Kate between them in a warm hug.