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Greg! I cannot believe you! How could you have tested everyone without my knowing? I never asked you to do that! Sara was more infuriated than Greg had ever seen her.
Sara, I am sorry! I only wanted to help. We all just want to see you get better. But did you hear---
Yes I heard. And it is impossible! I do NOT have any siblings! There was some error, or something.
Come on, Sara. Of all the DNA samples I've run for you and now you are going to start doubting me? Maybe you're adopted, or maybe she is.
Resignation was starting to set in. But I can't be adopted. And Ren is ten years younger than me, don't you think I'd have noticed that my mother was pregnant? I just don't understand. She stood silent for a moment, then added, Have you told her?
No, I haven't. I don't know how.
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I walk into the lab with samples in hand. Sara and Greg are staring at me. Sara's nose is bleeding.
Sara, your nose...it's...bleeding. I say and hand her a tissue. She pinches her nose and leans forward...too far forward. I reach out my hands and barely catch her. Call 911!! I hear myself scream.
Standing in this waiting room seems so surreal. Grissom is talking to a nurse. Greg and Nick are in the corner, deep in conversation. Catherine and Warrick decided to stay at HQ until day shift came in. And I am standing here, lost. How could this day have turned so wrong? Even though I have only known Sara for a few hours, I feel enveloped in desperation. I cannot see someone else be taken by this disease.
Grissom walks to me, sorrow engrained on his face. She has made a turn for the worse, he tells me. She is going to have to undergo a bone marrow transplant.
I can see tears forming in his eyes and feel some forming in mine as well. I want to help. I want to be tested. Maybe I can help. I know it seems ridiculous for me to be crying, but I cannot help it. As I see Greg and Nick walk towards us with somber faces, I don't know if I can take it.
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Greg, you have to tell her, man, Nick whispers. Can't you see that she wants to help? She isn't going to be mad. He pushes Greg toward Grissom and the new CSI.
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The look on Greg's face puzzles me. It as if he has something to tell me, but he can't.
Ren....uh..there is a way, you can...umm, help, he stammers. Your DNA matches Sara's enough for a transplant. Actually, your DNA is fifty percent identical. You're her---
I cut him off. I don't know what to do or say. I just stand there in silence. Finally, I get out a few words. Well, then, it's set. I'll be her donor. But, if you don't mind, I really need a few moments to myself.
I sit alone in the hospital My head is spinning. How can Sara be my sister? I have no siblings. I don't think I'm adopted. Suddenly, I long for my mother, something I haven't done since a few months after her fatal accident. With both my parents gone, how am I going to find any answers? I look up at the statue of Jesus on the crucifix. Maybe he can give me the answers. Then it hits me, like a voice from the son of God, himself. I'll call my grandma, surely she can tell me what I need to know.
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Grissom, shocked by the news, walks away without speaking. He needs to go see his wife.
Sara is awake when Grissom walks in. Hey, hot thang. Why you look so glum?
Not really in the mood for jokes, he shakes his head. Not now, Sara. This is serious. You need a transplant. I can't bear to lose you.
I'm a fighter, you know that. I am going to pull through. She wasn't sure if she was right, but she didn't want to let Grissom know that.
Well, you have a willing donor, so things are looking good.
Sara was happy and sad at the same time. She didn't want to put Ren through what she knew was coming. So Greg told her, then? Gris, I still can't believe it. I have a sister? This girl I've known for, what, 6 hours is related to me and is going to give me her bone marrow? I.... She let out a sigh and shook her head. I just need some answers.
TBC
