Chapter 37
Sara didn't take her eyes from Grissom as a knock on the door broke through the increasing tension. She wanted to hold him and take his nightmares away. She's had them herself, but she'd seen his face when he woke from a nightmare that was a recreation of that very night and each ended the same way, he lost them both.
"Who's that?" Jake asked, turning from Grissom to Sara.
Taking a second to answer, she sighed. "Robin. She's here to pick Kate up."
"Why?" He asked.
"On her night's off, Kate stays with her while we're at work." Sara explained, but wiped several tears from her cheeks.
Jake nodded and looked at Kate with a smile. "Sorry sweetheart, but you can't go yet."
"Why?" Kate asked on a scared whisper.
He chuckled and shrugged. "I need you to stay here with me and your mom." Just as another knock was heard, he looked at Sara and nodded for her to answer. "You know the drill Sara. No one's leaving and if you do anything, I will hurt them." He told here sternly, pointing the gun at Grissom and Kate.
Taking a few calming breaths, she opened the door. "Hey Robin"
Robin smiled. "Hi, Kate ready? I got some fun stuff planned."
Sara shifted on her feet and shook her head. "She's not well."
"Oh." Robin's smiled faded. "She alright? Do you want me to stay here?"
Shaking her head quickly, Sara smiled falsely. "If she's feeling better, I'll drop her off. Gil's as the lab already so I'm looking after her."
"Ok, you need anything, just call." She offered and turned away.
Sara closed the door quickly and turned to find Jake staring Grissom into a frenzy. She stepped up to Grissom and placed herself in front of him. "Stop it!" She growled at Jake.
"What!?" Jake laughed and looked away. "I was only playing."
"Not with my life and not with my family." Sara stood firm as Jake turned back to her.
"Our family, don't you mean, Sara?" He asked carefully. He could feel the anger in him growing as his eyes bounced between hers and Grissom. He knew he'd met his match, but the night was still young and Gavin hadn't even arrived yet. "As far as I can see." He made a show at looking around the room. "There is no legal wall being held up here. She's mine by law and so are you." He sneered.
Grissom finally spoke up, the memory still fresh in his mind, but pushed far back. "Actually, by law, Jake. Sara had no ties to you what so ever."
"Kate does. She my flesh and blood." Jake shot back.
Not believing her ears or the fear in her heart, she couldn't keep quiet any longer. "THAT'S NOT TRUE!"
Nobody but Jake turned to her. He looked into her eyes and smiled. "It is Kate. I'm your dad, not that worthless excuse for a human being."
Kate shook her head and looked up at Grissom with more tears. "What's he saying?" She turned to Sara and pleaded with her to tell her differently. "Mom?"
Sara smiled at her daughter and crouched down to her level. Holding her face in her hands, she wiped the tears away and looked up at Grissom briefly. "You know in your heart what's right Kate and no matter what you feel right now, you believe your heart."
Grissom reached his arm around Kate and pulled her into his side. He looked at Jake. "No one want's you here Jake. Go away and don't come back. You're the past and that past is now forgotten."
Jake couldn't believe his ears. He's the one with the gun and he's the one revealing the secrets, but none of it is actually working. Growling angrily, he stepped towards Sara as she stood and before anyone could react, he slapped her across the face and watched as she flew back and hit the floor. "You ruin my life!" He shouted. "And now my daughter doesn't even recognise me."
"She doesn't know you." Sara cried as she cradled her cheek.
Grissom wanted to help her, wanted to hit Jake, but he still had the gun in his hand and then it hit him. He'd seen that gun before. Jake caught him staring at the gun with wide eyes and grinned. "Oh, this." He shook the gun side to side. "I think you just realised what's gonna happen, Doc."
Sara soon noticed the same thing Grissom had and knew exactly what Jake was planning. Just before anyone said anything more, a cell phone started ringing and all but Jake was surprised at who's it was.
"You here yet?" Jake asked into the phone. "Good. Back door." He closed the phone and slipped it into his pocket. "Right then. We are a bit behind schedule, so." He stepped back and gave the living room more space as he waved the gun from the three now standing, to the large space on the carpet. "All of you, sit." He demanded as the patio door opened to reveal Gavin.
"Gavin?" Sara asked as she sat down. She didn't think Jake and Gavin had kept in touch, especially since he had a crush on her when she and Jake were dating. He'd disappeared after a while and they didn't see him until their wedding.
"Hey Sara." He greeted as he slid the door shut and walked across the room.
"Tie them up bro."
Gavin did as he was told and tied each one up. "Hey Kate." He smiled warmly at her as he tied her feet together. "I'm you uncle Gavin."
"Hi." She said, not knowing how to respond.
"Just be quiet and you won't get hurt." He finished tying her hands and pinched her check.
Grissom was sat at the end, away from Kate with his hands bound behind his back. He couldn't move and his chest was already tight from the stress. He looked at Sara and Kate quickly to determine they were alright, but he was afraid that that could change.
"Ok, next order of business." Jake clapped his hands together as soon as he placed the gun on the shelf. Pulling his gloves tighter onto his hands, he grabbed the phone from the side and looked at Grissom. "I think it's time for some skiving."
"You think no one would wonder where we were if I rang in?" Grissom asked.
Jake nodded. "Yup."
"Won't happen." Grissom shook his head.
Jake crouched down and smiled. "Yes, it will, because you will have a gun pressed to your head the entire time."
Sara watched as Gavin stood back and watched Jake.
Sara didn't take her eyes from Grissom as a knock on the door broke through the increasing tension. She wanted to hold him and take his nightmares away. She's had them herself, but she'd seen his face when he woke from a nightmare that was a recreation of that very night and each ended the same way, he lost them both.
"Who's that?" Jake asked, turning from Grissom to Sara.
Taking a second to answer, she sighed. "Robin. She's here to pick Kate up."
"Why?" He asked.
"On her night's off, Kate stays with her while we're at work." Sara explained, but wiped several tears from her cheeks.
Jake nodded and looked at Kate with a smile. "Sorry sweetheart, but you can't go yet."
"Why?" Kate asked on a scared whisper.
He chuckled and shrugged. "I need you to stay here with me and your mom." Just as another knock was heard, he looked at Sara and nodded for her to answer. "You know the drill Sara. No one's leaving and if you do anything, I will hurt them." He told here sternly, pointing the gun at Grissom and Kate.
Taking a few calming breaths, she opened the door. "Hey Robin"
Robin smiled. "Hi, Kate ready? I got some fun stuff planned."
Sara shifted on her feet and shook her head. "She's not well."
"Oh." Robin's smiled faded. "She alright? Do you want me to stay here?"
Shaking her head quickly, Sara smiled falsely. "If she's feeling better, I'll drop her off. Gil's as the lab already so I'm looking after her."
"Ok, you need anything, just call." She offered and turned away.
Sara closed the door quickly and turned to find Jake staring Grissom into a frenzy. She stepped up to Grissom and placed herself in front of him. "Stop it!" She growled at Jake.
"What!?" Jake laughed and looked away. "I was only playing."
"Not with my life and not with my family." Sara stood firm as Jake turned back to her.
"Our family, don't you mean, Sara?" He asked carefully. He could feel the anger in him growing as his eyes bounced between hers and Grissom. He knew he'd met his match, but the night was still young and Gavin hadn't even arrived yet. "As far as I can see." He made a show at looking around the room. "There is no legal wall being held up here. She's mine by law and so are you." He sneered.
Grissom finally spoke up, the memory still fresh in his mind, but pushed far back. "Actually, by law, Jake. Sara had no ties to you what so ever."
"Kate does. She my flesh and blood." Jake shot back.
Not believing her ears or the fear in her heart, she couldn't keep quiet any longer. "THAT'S NOT TRUE!"
Nobody but Jake turned to her. He looked into her eyes and smiled. "It is Kate. I'm your dad, not that worthless excuse for a human being."
Kate shook her head and looked up at Grissom with more tears. "What's he saying?" She turned to Sara and pleaded with her to tell her differently. "Mom?"
Sara smiled at her daughter and crouched down to her level. Holding her face in her hands, she wiped the tears away and looked up at Grissom briefly. "You know in your heart what's right Kate and no matter what you feel right now, you believe your heart."
Grissom reached his arm around Kate and pulled her into his side. He looked at Jake. "No one want's you here Jake. Go away and don't come back. You're the past and that past is now forgotten."
Jake couldn't believe his ears. He's the one with the gun and he's the one revealing the secrets, but none of it is actually working. Growling angrily, he stepped towards Sara as she stood and before anyone could react, he slapped her across the face and watched as she flew back and hit the floor. "You ruin my life!" He shouted. "And now my daughter doesn't even recognise me."
"She doesn't know you." Sara cried as she cradled her cheek.
Grissom wanted to help her, wanted to hit Jake, but he still had the gun in his hand and then it hit him. He'd seen that gun before. Jake caught him staring at the gun with wide eyes and grinned. "Oh, this." He shook the gun side to side. "I think you just realised what's gonna happen, Doc."
Sara soon noticed the same thing Grissom had and knew exactly what Jake was planning. Just before anyone said anything more, a cell phone started ringing and all but Jake was surprised at who's it was.
"You here yet?" Jake asked into the phone. "Good. Back door." He closed the phone and slipped it into his pocket. "Right then. We are a bit behind schedule, so." He stepped back and gave the living room more space as he waved the gun from the three now standing, to the large space on the carpet. "All of you, sit." He demanded as the patio door opened to reveal Gavin.
"Gavin?" Sara asked as she sat down. She didn't think Jake and Gavin had kept in touch, especially since he had a crush on her when she and Jake were dating. He'd disappeared after a while and they didn't see him until their wedding.
"Hey Sara." He greeted as he slid the door shut and walked across the room.
"Tie them up bro."
Gavin did as he was told and tied each one up. "Hey Kate." He smiled warmly at her as he tied her feet together. "I'm you uncle Gavin."
"Hi." She said, not knowing how to respond.
"Just be quiet and you won't get hurt." He finished tying her hands and pinched her check.
Grissom was sat at the end, away from Kate with his hands bound behind his back. He couldn't move and his chest was already tight from the stress. He looked at Sara and Kate quickly to determine they were alright, but he was afraid that that could change.
"Ok, next order of business." Jake clapped his hands together as soon as he placed the gun on the shelf. Pulling his gloves tighter onto his hands, he grabbed the phone from the side and looked at Grissom. "I think it's time for some skiving."
"You think no one would wonder where we were if I rang in?" Grissom asked.
Jake nodded. "Yup."
"Won't happen." Grissom shook his head.
Jake crouched down and smiled. "Yes, it will, because you will have a gun pressed to your head the entire time."
Sara watched as Gavin stood back and watched Jake.