Monday 1:45 am
Catherine is sitting in the break room doing paper work, or at least trying to do paperwork. Unbeknownst to her, Grissom has been standing in the doorway watching her for quite some time before he speaks.
Knocking on the door, "Hey Cath, how's it going?" Gris asked.
"Ok. Just trying to get this paperwork done. How about you?"
"I'm fine. I've been watching you. Are you sure you're ok? You seem really preoccupied. "
"No I'm fine. Well, yes and no. I'm just worried about Lindsay. We talk every night before she goes to bed and she sounds fine. I just worry about what she's being witness to there. "
Gris places his hands on her shoulders and notices now knotted up she is. "May I?" he asks as he starts to gently massage her neck and shoulders.
"Be my guest" is her only reply.
"You know if she needed you she would call. I also think Eddie is smart enough to know better than to mistreat her or let her see something she shouldn't."
"I know a normal person would think that way, but once Eddie starts drinking his thought process goes right out the window. At that point all he cares about is his next drink."
They hear voices coming up the hallway and Gris removes his hands and takes a seat next to Cath. "Thanks, Gris. You're great."
"Your welcome."
Tuesday 12:30 am
Picking up her ringing cell phone, Catherine sees Eddie's number. Immediately her stomach becomes a meadow full of butterflies as she answers. "Willows." "Mommie?" a quiet shaky voice speaks.
"What's wrong Linds? Are you ok?" Catherine can barely hear her daughter's voice over the pounding of her heart.
"Mommie, I head a loud breaking noise. I went to Daddy's room but he's not there."
"It's ok Honey. Do you hear anything else? Footsteps, bumping noises?"
"No Mommie. I'm scared. Where's Daddy?"
"I don't know baby. Can you see if there are lights on from where you are?"
"No Mommy. I'm hiding in the closet. Please, Mommy, please come get me." Lindsay cried.
Trying not to let Lindsay hear the fear in her voice she replies, "I'm on my way baby. You stay in the closet until I get there, you understand? Don't come out until I open the door. Ok baby?"
"Yes Mommy. Please hurry. I love you."
"I love you to baby. Don't hang up. I want you to stay on the phone with me, ok?"
As Catherine is walking out the door she hears a click. Then nothing. "Damn you Eddie" is all she can say.
The drive to Eddies seems to take forever. Catherine is driving like a mad woman trying to get to her baby. She tries to stay calm but all the worst thoughts plague her mind. She repeated a sort of mantra as she drove, "Please let her be ok, God. Please let her be ok."
As she arrives at Eddies, she sees his car in the driveway and lights on all over the house. She slams the Tahoe into park and runs up to the door. Without knocking she bursts through the door to find Eddie and another large man in the living room drinking and getting high.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Catherine?" Eddie managed to slur.
"I'm here because Lindsay called me saying she heard a crashing noise and couldn't find you. She said she went to your room and you gone and that there were no lights on in the house."
"Calm down. I just went out to get," looking over at the large man, "some beer, yea that's it, to get some beer. I was only gone about 20 minutes."
"That's 20 minutes too long when your daughter is here. You NEVER leave a child alone, especially one who's only 9. How dare you?" she yelled as she made her way to the hallway leading to Lindsay's room. The large man stood up and blocked her path, pushing her into the wall with his large belly. Placing his arms on each side of Catherine, he pinned her to the wall. Leaning in, smelling her deeply, his hand rose and started feeling her breasts through her shirt. "Why you gonna go and ruin the night, lady? Just have a seat and relax. You're little girl's just fine. If it makes you feel any better, I just checked on her myself" he whispers as he continues to feel Catherine up.
Trying to keep her voice from wavering Catherine calmly speaks. "Stop touching me and let me go."
The large man pushes his body harder against hers and pins her arms above her head with one hand while running his hand along the inside of Catherine's thigh. "Come on now, the part just got started. Come on inside and let big daddy take care of you."
Catherine tried to wriggle free of his grasp but couldn't break loose. Just wanting to get Lindsay and get he hell out of there she quickly draws her knee up landing it square in his groin. Doubling over he let go of her hands and Catherine ran to the end of the hallway where Lindsay was waiting. Throwing open the closet door she picks up a crying little girl and walks back into the living room. Looking directly at Eddie she spits "How dare you put our daughter in this situation. How dare you bring someone like this in here during the middle of the night and do this" she says as she point to the coffee table lined with cocaine lines and needles. "You will never again put her in this position." With that, Catherine carries a scared Lindsay to the Tahoe and squeals the tires as she pulls away.
Catherine is sitting in the break room doing paper work, or at least trying to do paperwork. Unbeknownst to her, Grissom has been standing in the doorway watching her for quite some time before he speaks.
Knocking on the door, "Hey Cath, how's it going?" Gris asked.
"Ok. Just trying to get this paperwork done. How about you?"
"I'm fine. I've been watching you. Are you sure you're ok? You seem really preoccupied. "
"No I'm fine. Well, yes and no. I'm just worried about Lindsay. We talk every night before she goes to bed and she sounds fine. I just worry about what she's being witness to there. "
Gris places his hands on her shoulders and notices now knotted up she is. "May I?" he asks as he starts to gently massage her neck and shoulders.
"Be my guest" is her only reply.
"You know if she needed you she would call. I also think Eddie is smart enough to know better than to mistreat her or let her see something she shouldn't."
"I know a normal person would think that way, but once Eddie starts drinking his thought process goes right out the window. At that point all he cares about is his next drink."
They hear voices coming up the hallway and Gris removes his hands and takes a seat next to Cath. "Thanks, Gris. You're great."
"Your welcome."
Tuesday 12:30 am
Picking up her ringing cell phone, Catherine sees Eddie's number. Immediately her stomach becomes a meadow full of butterflies as she answers. "Willows." "Mommie?" a quiet shaky voice speaks.
"What's wrong Linds? Are you ok?" Catherine can barely hear her daughter's voice over the pounding of her heart.
"Mommie, I head a loud breaking noise. I went to Daddy's room but he's not there."
"It's ok Honey. Do you hear anything else? Footsteps, bumping noises?"
"No Mommie. I'm scared. Where's Daddy?"
"I don't know baby. Can you see if there are lights on from where you are?"
"No Mommy. I'm hiding in the closet. Please, Mommy, please come get me." Lindsay cried.
Trying not to let Lindsay hear the fear in her voice she replies, "I'm on my way baby. You stay in the closet until I get there, you understand? Don't come out until I open the door. Ok baby?"
"Yes Mommy. Please hurry. I love you."
"I love you to baby. Don't hang up. I want you to stay on the phone with me, ok?"
As Catherine is walking out the door she hears a click. Then nothing. "Damn you Eddie" is all she can say.
The drive to Eddies seems to take forever. Catherine is driving like a mad woman trying to get to her baby. She tries to stay calm but all the worst thoughts plague her mind. She repeated a sort of mantra as she drove, "Please let her be ok, God. Please let her be ok."
As she arrives at Eddies, she sees his car in the driveway and lights on all over the house. She slams the Tahoe into park and runs up to the door. Without knocking she bursts through the door to find Eddie and another large man in the living room drinking and getting high.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Catherine?" Eddie managed to slur.
"I'm here because Lindsay called me saying she heard a crashing noise and couldn't find you. She said she went to your room and you gone and that there were no lights on in the house."
"Calm down. I just went out to get," looking over at the large man, "some beer, yea that's it, to get some beer. I was only gone about 20 minutes."
"That's 20 minutes too long when your daughter is here. You NEVER leave a child alone, especially one who's only 9. How dare you?" she yelled as she made her way to the hallway leading to Lindsay's room. The large man stood up and blocked her path, pushing her into the wall with his large belly. Placing his arms on each side of Catherine, he pinned her to the wall. Leaning in, smelling her deeply, his hand rose and started feeling her breasts through her shirt. "Why you gonna go and ruin the night, lady? Just have a seat and relax. You're little girl's just fine. If it makes you feel any better, I just checked on her myself" he whispers as he continues to feel Catherine up.
Trying to keep her voice from wavering Catherine calmly speaks. "Stop touching me and let me go."
The large man pushes his body harder against hers and pins her arms above her head with one hand while running his hand along the inside of Catherine's thigh. "Come on now, the part just got started. Come on inside and let big daddy take care of you."
Catherine tried to wriggle free of his grasp but couldn't break loose. Just wanting to get Lindsay and get he hell out of there she quickly draws her knee up landing it square in his groin. Doubling over he let go of her hands and Catherine ran to the end of the hallway where Lindsay was waiting. Throwing open the closet door she picks up a crying little girl and walks back into the living room. Looking directly at Eddie she spits "How dare you put our daughter in this situation. How dare you bring someone like this in here during the middle of the night and do this" she says as she point to the coffee table lined with cocaine lines and needles. "You will never again put her in this position." With that, Catherine carries a scared Lindsay to the Tahoe and squeals the tires as she pulls away.
