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A Little Love

Chapter Two

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"Don't you have crimes to commit Ecklie?" Warrick asked, annoyed, he turned around to face Ecklie; the sneer hadn't left his face.

"Don't you mean solve?" He said with an air of arrogance to his voice.

"Oh…Yeah of course…I'd forgotten you do actually solve crimes sometimes".  Nick and he turned to leave until Ecklie pushed past hem to block their way.

"We haven't finished here" He said.

"I think we have" Nick said as he began walking in the opposite direction, he didn't have any reason to be going that way but it got him away from Ecklie, Warrick followed his lead.  Grissom began walking towards them.

"You're girls been holding evidence Gil!" Ecklie shouted down the corridor.

"Take a walk Ecklie!" Nick shouted back he made to walk after Ecklie until Warrick pulled him back.

"Yes preferably along a road that leads out of Vegas" Grissom said sweetly as he came to a stop beside his two CSI's.

"I'll find out what's going on here" Ecklie promised as he left them alone in the corridor.

"Okay what's going on here guys?" Nick and Warrick began looking around and shifting on their feet unsure of how to proceed, "Just tell me I promise I won't shoot the messenger".

"Sara already knew the killer from when she was in San Francisco…She came face to face with him", Warrick filled him in.

"I know".

*

"Sara come on this is insane" Catherine followed Sara as she went to her car, "Grissom won't agree to this hell I don't agree with this".

"Right now I don't care what Grissom thinks, we'll go to dinner we'll go back to his place and I'll see if I can find anything that'll pin him to these murders" Catherine rubbed her temples as if she was trying to get rid of a headache.  "Do you need some aspirin?"

"I need for you to rethink this idea" Sara got into her Tahoe and Catherine leaned on the open door stopping Sara from closing it.

"That's not going to happen" Sara said firmly.

"You're as stubborn as Grissom" she told Sara, she stepped back from the car.

Sara smiled widely "I know.  See you in a little while".

Sara drove away leaving Catherine to get back to her own car.

*

"You know!" Nick asked confused.  Warrick and he followed Grissom as he walked to his office, "Why didn't you tell us?"

"We only found out our killer could be Timothy Andrews a few hours ago when Sara showed the latest victims friend a photo, Anna and Abby knew him as Michael or Micky Andrews, Michael being Timothy's middle name.  I really can't say anymore it's up to Sara to tell you".

"We deserve to know Grissom" Nick said a little more than just mildly curious now.

"I agree but it isn't up to me". Grissom shrugged "Warrick did you find a number?"
Warrick shook his head "Dead end".

"We'll just have to see what Sara and Catherine turned up".

Nick and Warrick knew they weren't going to get any more answers so they left in search of the only woman who could answer their questions.

*

Nick and Warrick were waiting in the car park for Sara to arrive they were just about to call her to find out where she was when she drove up in her car and parked near where they were stood, "What's going on?" she asked after seeing the looks on their faces, "Has something happened?"

"What do you know about Timothy Andrews?" Warrick got straight to the point.  Sara walked past them and into the building.

"Have you seen Grissom?" she asked blatantly avoiding his question.

"In his office now answer our question Sara" Nick followed her along the corridor "Ecklie has questions too".  

"What does Ecklie know?" Sara asked as she stopped walking and turned around to face them.

"Just that you knew Timothy in San Francisco" Warrick told her, he noted her relieved look, "What's going on? What aren't you telling us?" he was beginning to loose his cool.

They stopped outside Grissom's office and walked in once again ignoring Warrick's question.

"When they want to be Nicky and Warrick can be worse than the media", she said not really sure if Grissom was listening anyway, he was engrossed in some forensics magazine, must be a new subscription she thought.  Grissom looked up from his reading.

"So what did you tell them?" he asked.

"Nothing yet" she heard their footsteps outside they were leaving.  "They don't have to know", she said quietly. 

Grissom got out of his seat and stood next to her by the desk, "they wouldn't hold it against you…It wasn't you're fault, you couldn't have done anything" he said reassuringly.

"I could have tried".

"And then he might have gone after you too, to stop people from finding out what he'd done" he turned her head to face him "You didn't fail her you couldn't fail anyone".  She looked away from him and he saw something was wrong "What did you do Sara?"

"I know where he is Grissom" she moved closer to the door "I know how to prove he murdered those women".

"How?" he didn't want to hear the answer "Sara?"
She opened the door wide enough for her to slip through quickly if the occasion called for it, Grissom saw what she was doing and put his hand on the door to stop her from opening it any further.  "He called me today a few times actually".

He closed his eyes and sighed he knew what she was going to say, "You can't trap him Sara it's too dangerous".

"I have to" she tried to walk out but stopped when Grissom placed his hand on her arm.

"I know I could order you to stay here but I know you'd go anyway so at least let me…Or Catherine or whoever go with you so if anything gets out of hand you'll have help, you won't be hurt".

She shrugged and smiled "Okay" she knew she didn't sound very believable "I'll ask Catherine, she already knows about tonight so I won't have to explain".  She didn't wait for him to reply she left his office, after a few minutes had passed; Grissom followed her.

*

Timothy waited for Sara outside the restaurant, she could see him from where she'd parked her car he was looking around, searching the crowds for her; he looked worried, impatient.  She got out of her car and locked the door then crossed the road to meet him.

He smiled when he saw her his eyes lit up he took her by the hands and looked at her, "You look amazing little one" he drew her into a big hug.  "You not little anymore though…Come on, I booked ahead our tables waiting…Damn it's so good to see you again".

She allowed him to lead her into the small restaurant, "It's ah…It's good to see you too".  He stopped at a table for two underneath a small window at the back of the small room, he pulled back her chair for her and took her coat and hung it on the peg nearby. Sara looked around the small establishment the dark oak panelling looked good against the deep red painted walls that matched the carpet that was a slightly lighter shade.

It was almost empty but for the three couples that were already seated when they had arrived, an elderly couple where sat by the door and a family of four were sat by the bar…And Brass and Catherine across the room giving them a perfect view of Sara and Timothy.  Sara shot them an annoyed look, which they pretended to ignore.

"Are you okay Sara you look a little flushed?" he raised his hand and laid it against her forehead "You're temperature feels fine…Maybe we should leave…We…We can come back another time, right?" he was genuinely worried about her, if she didn't know he was a murderer Sara would've been touched by his concern.

"Yeah another time sounds good" they got up from the table and started walking to the exit. He stopped just outside the door "You're jacket" he turned around to go back inside.

"I'll get it", she said but he was already gone.

Catherine got hold of Sara's coat intending on giving it her in the morning at work when Timothy walked back into the restaurant, he grabbed Sara's coat and looked at Catherine angrily, "Don't take that!" he shouted.

"I wasn't I was just going to hand it in at the bar" she said apologetically.

Timothy looked around his eyes darted all over the place; he was paranoid. "Who are you!" he demanded to know "What do you want?"

Brass hurriedly got up from the table and came to Catherine's side "Just calm down my…Wife didn't mean any harm".

Timothy saw Brass' badge and backed away "You won't get me!" he started to back away from them both.

"Just calm down" Brass said softly.

Timothy bolted out of the restaurant, he grabbed Sara and ran to his car, Brass got outside and looked around there was not sign of them.

Grissom watched Timothy run from the restaurant, he wanted to run after him there and then, to protect his CSI, to protect Sara but he stayed put.  He saw them stop round the corner from the restaurant, he watched Timothy as he checked Sara to make sure she was okay, he was so gentle with her.  Timothy didn't think Sara had anything to do with Brass and Catherine being inside the restaurant, he wouldn't hurt her.  Grissom waited for them to drive off then he followed; Brass and Catherine saw Grissom and ran to their own vehicles. Timothy wouldn't hurt her, not yet.

TBC…