Chapter 36
Grissom laughed at Tom as he made a joke about bugs, but couldn't stop thinking about getting home. It was only a few hours until the beginning of shift and Tom was working late at the lab with case when another one came in and no dayshift CSI's were available.
"Just don't forget to feed him and put him on my desk Tom. Oh and Tom." He turned back as he was about to climb into his car. "Lay of the bug jokes."
On his way home, he stopped at the store to get some coffee and soft drinks. He'd noticed the cupboards getting slightly bare earlier and knew they had to do a shop in the morning. As he drove down his street he noticed a black van parked outside, blocking the entrance to the drive. Parking behind the van, he climbed out and walked up to see if anyone was inside. It was empty.
Sighing heavily, he collected the bags from his car and locked up before heading up to the house. Turning the handle, he was surprised to see it was locked, usually Sara left it unlocked if she knew he was only going to be an hour or two. Slipping his key into the lock, he pushed on the door and entered to find Kate turning to him and grinning.
"Hey, want some help?" She asked.
"Sure." He smiled as she took the bag from him. "Wasn't Robin supposed to pick you up?" He inquired as they left the kitchen and into the living room. When he looked up, the room couldn't have gotten colder. Grissom instinctively placed himself in front of Kate and held her hand behind him. Knowing this was his unconscious way of telling her he was trying to protect her, she stood quietly.
"Well, this isn't much of a surprise I have to admit." Jake said solemnly.
Grissom glared at him and gently rubbed Kate's hand. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he swept his eyes across the room to see Sara standing in the hallway. She was afraid to move or say anything as she watched Jake take a step towards Grissom and Kate.
"I wanted to see how everyone was." He shrugged and looked behind Grissom to see a confused Kate. "I especially wanted to see Kate." He smiled at her before adding. "You've grown baby girl."
Kate didn't like the way he was looking at her or the way he was talking to her. She stepped forward and grasped Grissom's jacket he still wore. "Daddy?" She whispered.
Jake closed his eyes briefly and turned to Sara his angry eyes on her. "Now that bites the bullet!" His voice was low and angered.
"Leave my home now Jake. You have no business being here nor are you wanted here." Grissom was deliberately keeping his calm as Kate hid behind him.
"I have every right Grissom. She's mine, they are both mine and I'm not going without them." Jake emphasised each word as he stepped towards Sara.
Sara saw his intentions as he slowly came towards her and she panicked. "Gil!" She screamed as Jake grabbed her and turned her to stand in front of him.
"JAKE!" Grissom shouted as he pulled Kate to him. "Don't be stupid Jake. This is not going to solve anything. Let her go now and you can leave without going to prison."
Jake chuckled and wrapped his arms around Sara, pinning her arms to her sides. "I won't go back and I'm here for Sara and Kate, then I'm going to deal with you." He pressed his cheek to Sara's before turning and closing his eyes. "I hear you never married Dr Grissom, honey, wanna share why?" He asked as his eyes planted on Grissom.
Sara shook her head, her eyes locked with Grissom's.
"Why not, afraid you'll hurt his feelings?" He laughed in her ear. "I remember on many occasions before we even got together that you accused him of not feeling." He grinned and kissed her cheek.
Grissom watched as Sara's eyes clenched shut and that a grimace covered her face. He saw the fear in her eyes when they found his again and knew she was more than scared, he felt that same. He'd dreamed of this moment, that Jake would find them and force Sara to turn against him. He knew she loved him, but he knew that some where, she loved Jake too.
Kate was crying and shaking behind him and her hands clutched at his jacket, sliding along the fabric to bury them in his back. "Daddy, what's going on?" She asked quietly.
Jake looked at them as Grissom turned and knelt in front of her. "Tell her to truth Grissom." He warned.
Grissom's eyes closed as he ran his hand up her arms to rest on her shoulders. Hearing Jake's warning, he pulled Kate to him and hugged her. He kissed her ear and held her tightly. "I love you munchkin. You believe me right?" He asked as he pulled back to look into her eyes. She nodded as tears trickled down her cheeks. He smiled weakly and brushed them away. "And no matter what anyone says, I'm you dad, ok?" Kate sniffled and nodded again. Grissom pinched her nose and kissed her cheek before standing up and facing Jake. "I will not lie to my daughter Jake."
Sara winced when he hissed into her ear. "SHE'S NOT YOURS DAMINT!" Jake took a deep breath and turned his head to Sara. "You did this." He accused. "You went to him and gave my daughter to HIM!" He screamed the last word into her face.
"She's not yours." Sara told him quietly, her eyes finding Grissom's. She could see the concern and worry.
Jake licked his lips and nodded. "Ok." He bit his bottom lip and pushed Sara forward. So far he hadn't used the gun, but now was the time and his patience was waning. "Move the couch back." He ordered her.
Sara looked back at him with confusion. "What?"
"I said move it." He pulled the gun out and pointed it at her first, but then raised it to Grissom and Kate. "I'd do as you're told honey, you know I'm a good shot, although I apparently failed in killing him the first time." Jake grinned,
Kate looked at Grissom as he looked down at her. "He shot you?" She asked.
"Better believe it baby girl." Jake said softly, even though he was angry, he didn't want to scare her any more than he already had.
Grissom whispered an almost silent 'yes' as he watched Sara push the couch back. She turned and looked at them when she'd finished. "What now?" She asked Jake, knowing it was getting late and Robin would arrive at any time and they would be wanted at work. Both she and Grissom knew that Nick would ring if they didn't arrive on time and hopefully he would realise something was definitely wrong.
"I was thinking about the last time we all met up." Jake said with a thoughtful look on his face.
"We never do." Grissom answered tensely when he realised that Jake was trying for re-enactment. "Is this about me Jake? Do you want revenge for putting you away, is that it?" He asked, watching Jake's glaring eyes.
He shook his head and motioned for Sara to sit down. "Nothing so bold, but I do want revenge in some way, just not what you're thinking. I've tried to kill you, but I obviously can't even do that, so I thought I'd break you on a more personal level."
Grissom choked on an angered harsh whisper. "And you attempting to kill Sara and Kate right in front of me wasn't enough to break me?"
"It might have worked if you hadn't set me up." He hissed back.
"You set me up Jake. You got Sara to ring me, she was forced to lure me into that warehouse and you had her at gun point while you beat me up in front of her." His vision of his disbelief hit him hard as his eyes washed over with tears.
Jake watched him curiously.
Grissom laughed at Tom as he made a joke about bugs, but couldn't stop thinking about getting home. It was only a few hours until the beginning of shift and Tom was working late at the lab with case when another one came in and no dayshift CSI's were available.
"Just don't forget to feed him and put him on my desk Tom. Oh and Tom." He turned back as he was about to climb into his car. "Lay of the bug jokes."
On his way home, he stopped at the store to get some coffee and soft drinks. He'd noticed the cupboards getting slightly bare earlier and knew they had to do a shop in the morning. As he drove down his street he noticed a black van parked outside, blocking the entrance to the drive. Parking behind the van, he climbed out and walked up to see if anyone was inside. It was empty.
Sighing heavily, he collected the bags from his car and locked up before heading up to the house. Turning the handle, he was surprised to see it was locked, usually Sara left it unlocked if she knew he was only going to be an hour or two. Slipping his key into the lock, he pushed on the door and entered to find Kate turning to him and grinning.
"Hey, want some help?" She asked.
"Sure." He smiled as she took the bag from him. "Wasn't Robin supposed to pick you up?" He inquired as they left the kitchen and into the living room. When he looked up, the room couldn't have gotten colder. Grissom instinctively placed himself in front of Kate and held her hand behind him. Knowing this was his unconscious way of telling her he was trying to protect her, she stood quietly.
"Well, this isn't much of a surprise I have to admit." Jake said solemnly.
Grissom glared at him and gently rubbed Kate's hand. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he swept his eyes across the room to see Sara standing in the hallway. She was afraid to move or say anything as she watched Jake take a step towards Grissom and Kate.
"I wanted to see how everyone was." He shrugged and looked behind Grissom to see a confused Kate. "I especially wanted to see Kate." He smiled at her before adding. "You've grown baby girl."
Kate didn't like the way he was looking at her or the way he was talking to her. She stepped forward and grasped Grissom's jacket he still wore. "Daddy?" She whispered.
Jake closed his eyes briefly and turned to Sara his angry eyes on her. "Now that bites the bullet!" His voice was low and angered.
"Leave my home now Jake. You have no business being here nor are you wanted here." Grissom was deliberately keeping his calm as Kate hid behind him.
"I have every right Grissom. She's mine, they are both mine and I'm not going without them." Jake emphasised each word as he stepped towards Sara.
Sara saw his intentions as he slowly came towards her and she panicked. "Gil!" She screamed as Jake grabbed her and turned her to stand in front of him.
"JAKE!" Grissom shouted as he pulled Kate to him. "Don't be stupid Jake. This is not going to solve anything. Let her go now and you can leave without going to prison."
Jake chuckled and wrapped his arms around Sara, pinning her arms to her sides. "I won't go back and I'm here for Sara and Kate, then I'm going to deal with you." He pressed his cheek to Sara's before turning and closing his eyes. "I hear you never married Dr Grissom, honey, wanna share why?" He asked as his eyes planted on Grissom.
Sara shook her head, her eyes locked with Grissom's.
"Why not, afraid you'll hurt his feelings?" He laughed in her ear. "I remember on many occasions before we even got together that you accused him of not feeling." He grinned and kissed her cheek.
Grissom watched as Sara's eyes clenched shut and that a grimace covered her face. He saw the fear in her eyes when they found his again and knew she was more than scared, he felt that same. He'd dreamed of this moment, that Jake would find them and force Sara to turn against him. He knew she loved him, but he knew that some where, she loved Jake too.
Kate was crying and shaking behind him and her hands clutched at his jacket, sliding along the fabric to bury them in his back. "Daddy, what's going on?" She asked quietly.
Jake looked at them as Grissom turned and knelt in front of her. "Tell her to truth Grissom." He warned.
Grissom's eyes closed as he ran his hand up her arms to rest on her shoulders. Hearing Jake's warning, he pulled Kate to him and hugged her. He kissed her ear and held her tightly. "I love you munchkin. You believe me right?" He asked as he pulled back to look into her eyes. She nodded as tears trickled down her cheeks. He smiled weakly and brushed them away. "And no matter what anyone says, I'm you dad, ok?" Kate sniffled and nodded again. Grissom pinched her nose and kissed her cheek before standing up and facing Jake. "I will not lie to my daughter Jake."
Sara winced when he hissed into her ear. "SHE'S NOT YOURS DAMINT!" Jake took a deep breath and turned his head to Sara. "You did this." He accused. "You went to him and gave my daughter to HIM!" He screamed the last word into her face.
"She's not yours." Sara told him quietly, her eyes finding Grissom's. She could see the concern and worry.
Jake licked his lips and nodded. "Ok." He bit his bottom lip and pushed Sara forward. So far he hadn't used the gun, but now was the time and his patience was waning. "Move the couch back." He ordered her.
Sara looked back at him with confusion. "What?"
"I said move it." He pulled the gun out and pointed it at her first, but then raised it to Grissom and Kate. "I'd do as you're told honey, you know I'm a good shot, although I apparently failed in killing him the first time." Jake grinned,
Kate looked at Grissom as he looked down at her. "He shot you?" She asked.
"Better believe it baby girl." Jake said softly, even though he was angry, he didn't want to scare her any more than he already had.
Grissom whispered an almost silent 'yes' as he watched Sara push the couch back. She turned and looked at them when she'd finished. "What now?" She asked Jake, knowing it was getting late and Robin would arrive at any time and they would be wanted at work. Both she and Grissom knew that Nick would ring if they didn't arrive on time and hopefully he would realise something was definitely wrong.
"I was thinking about the last time we all met up." Jake said with a thoughtful look on his face.
"We never do." Grissom answered tensely when he realised that Jake was trying for re-enactment. "Is this about me Jake? Do you want revenge for putting you away, is that it?" He asked, watching Jake's glaring eyes.
He shook his head and motioned for Sara to sit down. "Nothing so bold, but I do want revenge in some way, just not what you're thinking. I've tried to kill you, but I obviously can't even do that, so I thought I'd break you on a more personal level."
Grissom choked on an angered harsh whisper. "And you attempting to kill Sara and Kate right in front of me wasn't enough to break me?"
"It might have worked if you hadn't set me up." He hissed back.
"You set me up Jake. You got Sara to ring me, she was forced to lure me into that warehouse and you had her at gun point while you beat me up in front of her." His vision of his disbelief hit him hard as his eyes washed over with tears.
Jake watched him curiously.