Chapter 34
The house was quiet when he stepped into the darkened hall. Maybe they were asleep or out. It was Vegas after all. Gavin stood stock still when a scuffling sound reached his ears. His heart was pounding like a jackhammer against his chest. Looking down at the source, he sighed and breathed out the breath he was holding. "Hey little fella." He whispered soothingly to Darwin.
Darwin purred momentarily before turning and running away. Gavin shrugged his shoulders and continued with why he was in this house to start with. He checked the rooms one by one and was grateful that no one was home. He had seen Grissom leave, but wasn't too sure about Sara and Kate. He lost sight of them earlier in the day after Kate got back from school.
Moving around the bedroom, he stopped and looked at the frame on what looked like Sara's side of the bed. Sitting down on the soft mattress, he picked the photo frame up. He smiled and at the happy faces and obvious laughter. Grissom was holding Kate at what must have been an early birthday and kissing Sara at the same time. The background looked like a garden with a picnic table to one side. A happy moment to be sure.
Thinking about what he was doing, he sighed and replaced the item carefully. He looked around the room and found what he was looking for. "Aha! Jake better get off my back for this." He muttered, grasping the gun on the top of the dresser.
Jake had thought about revenge for 15 years and some would have thought his ideas were sloppy, but using the gun that would baffle them, was a better idea of his he had come up with. He'd had to make sure his brother wore gloves as he was. Gavin slipped the gun into a small sack and adjusted his leather gloves.
Walking into Kate's room, he smiled brightly. His niece had nice things. On some level he was glad Sara got away from Jake and found someone who cared so much about them. Kate looked very happy and content in her life. Grissom must be a good father.
That thought stopped Gavin in his tracks. He'd have to make sure he didn't say that in front of Jake. Grissom wasn't Kate's father and that's what Jake was going to prove, apparently.
If only the past 15 years gave Jake the sense to get on with his own life and not to disrupt other's. Gavin had this feeling that it was solely revenge, a scare, but when he looks into his older brothers eyes, he sees hate, anger, revenge, loathing and if he had to say it, evil was there as well.
Not long now either way. Jake would have everything where he wanted it and the games would begin, just without Gavin.
Having a lazy look around the house, he could feel a lot of love and it hurt to see that love broken. Checking the time and the date, he sighed. It was time to go and get things set. Time was of the essence and patience was something you'd think Jake would have learned by now, obviously not. He was still his obsessive and bullying self, nothing different about that.
As you look back on the past and what things use to be like, you could see Jake wanted it back the way it was then, but Gavin knew it was never going to be the same. Kate didn't even know he existed and when Gavin told him that, he left a large bruise and blood spilled. In Jake's words when he was released:
"It's been 15 years Jakey, get on with your life." Gavin had said as his older brother expressed his intentions on seeing his daughter.
"She'll remember Gav, she knows me. I know it." He shouted, punching his little brother in anger.
"She doesn't even know you exist Jake, forget it." He had stressed, wiping at the blood dripping from his lip.
Jake seemed to stare off into space for a few seconds before focusing back on his brother. "I'll prove you wrong." It sounded so much like a promise, a down deal.
Gavin sighed and pushed himself up. "Don't ruin their lives Jake. She's happy."
"She's mine and so is Sara. I want my wife and baby back. That's what I have dreamed about since I got put away little bro. I want to put things right, apologise and make things better. She'll forgive me, you'll see."
Gavin could see Jake was somewhere else and was wondering if his release was even the slightest bit the best idea. He loved his brother to bits, but he didn't want to see him throw his second chance away by chasing after what put him in a cell in the first place.
He didn't know whether to tell him, but it might be the only thing to push Jake to get a new life, but the reaction he got was not the one he was ready to hear. "Sara's living in a nice house. She's happy, she has a life with someone and Kate's so much like her mother, independent and alive. She's happy and have family that love her. Grissom's a great father Jake. Leave-"
"GRISSOM!" Jake yelled.
"Did-I-say-Grissom?-I-meant-" Gavin stammered wide eyed and shaking.
"Gil Grissom is alive?" Jake asked more quietly, more to himself. Then he looked at his brother. "My daughter is living with that jerk Grissom?" Gavin just stood there, ready to step back if Jake lunged at him. "Sara married him?" He asked, seemingly hurt.
He watched Jake turn away and look at a far away place, but Gavin had to help, make something more clear. "She didn't marry him."
Jake turned with surprised eyes as a slow smile spread across his face. "She still loves me, that's why Gav. She's still married to me."
The house was quiet when he stepped into the darkened hall. Maybe they were asleep or out. It was Vegas after all. Gavin stood stock still when a scuffling sound reached his ears. His heart was pounding like a jackhammer against his chest. Looking down at the source, he sighed and breathed out the breath he was holding. "Hey little fella." He whispered soothingly to Darwin.
Darwin purred momentarily before turning and running away. Gavin shrugged his shoulders and continued with why he was in this house to start with. He checked the rooms one by one and was grateful that no one was home. He had seen Grissom leave, but wasn't too sure about Sara and Kate. He lost sight of them earlier in the day after Kate got back from school.
Moving around the bedroom, he stopped and looked at the frame on what looked like Sara's side of the bed. Sitting down on the soft mattress, he picked the photo frame up. He smiled and at the happy faces and obvious laughter. Grissom was holding Kate at what must have been an early birthday and kissing Sara at the same time. The background looked like a garden with a picnic table to one side. A happy moment to be sure.
Thinking about what he was doing, he sighed and replaced the item carefully. He looked around the room and found what he was looking for. "Aha! Jake better get off my back for this." He muttered, grasping the gun on the top of the dresser.
Jake had thought about revenge for 15 years and some would have thought his ideas were sloppy, but using the gun that would baffle them, was a better idea of his he had come up with. He'd had to make sure his brother wore gloves as he was. Gavin slipped the gun into a small sack and adjusted his leather gloves.
Walking into Kate's room, he smiled brightly. His niece had nice things. On some level he was glad Sara got away from Jake and found someone who cared so much about them. Kate looked very happy and content in her life. Grissom must be a good father.
That thought stopped Gavin in his tracks. He'd have to make sure he didn't say that in front of Jake. Grissom wasn't Kate's father and that's what Jake was going to prove, apparently.
If only the past 15 years gave Jake the sense to get on with his own life and not to disrupt other's. Gavin had this feeling that it was solely revenge, a scare, but when he looks into his older brothers eyes, he sees hate, anger, revenge, loathing and if he had to say it, evil was there as well.
Not long now either way. Jake would have everything where he wanted it and the games would begin, just without Gavin.
Having a lazy look around the house, he could feel a lot of love and it hurt to see that love broken. Checking the time and the date, he sighed. It was time to go and get things set. Time was of the essence and patience was something you'd think Jake would have learned by now, obviously not. He was still his obsessive and bullying self, nothing different about that.
As you look back on the past and what things use to be like, you could see Jake wanted it back the way it was then, but Gavin knew it was never going to be the same. Kate didn't even know he existed and when Gavin told him that, he left a large bruise and blood spilled. In Jake's words when he was released:
"It's been 15 years Jakey, get on with your life." Gavin had said as his older brother expressed his intentions on seeing his daughter.
"She'll remember Gav, she knows me. I know it." He shouted, punching his little brother in anger.
"She doesn't even know you exist Jake, forget it." He had stressed, wiping at the blood dripping from his lip.
Jake seemed to stare off into space for a few seconds before focusing back on his brother. "I'll prove you wrong." It sounded so much like a promise, a down deal.
Gavin sighed and pushed himself up. "Don't ruin their lives Jake. She's happy."
"She's mine and so is Sara. I want my wife and baby back. That's what I have dreamed about since I got put away little bro. I want to put things right, apologise and make things better. She'll forgive me, you'll see."
Gavin could see Jake was somewhere else and was wondering if his release was even the slightest bit the best idea. He loved his brother to bits, but he didn't want to see him throw his second chance away by chasing after what put him in a cell in the first place.
He didn't know whether to tell him, but it might be the only thing to push Jake to get a new life, but the reaction he got was not the one he was ready to hear. "Sara's living in a nice house. She's happy, she has a life with someone and Kate's so much like her mother, independent and alive. She's happy and have family that love her. Grissom's a great father Jake. Leave-"
"GRISSOM!" Jake yelled.
"Did-I-say-Grissom?-I-meant-" Gavin stammered wide eyed and shaking.
"Gil Grissom is alive?" Jake asked more quietly, more to himself. Then he looked at his brother. "My daughter is living with that jerk Grissom?" Gavin just stood there, ready to step back if Jake lunged at him. "Sara married him?" He asked, seemingly hurt.
He watched Jake turn away and look at a far away place, but Gavin had to help, make something more clear. "She didn't marry him."
Jake turned with surprised eyes as a slow smile spread across his face. "She still loves me, that's why Gav. She's still married to me."