Title: The Golden Nail
Author: Chaos
Summary: Just a wierd little thing that came to me after tonight's ep. I still want to know what they've done with the real Gil Grissom.
Warnings: Sara is my favorite character and this little ditty is all about her and how she's been mistreated by the lab (and TPTB) if you don't like Sara DON'T READ THIS! Also, couldn't come up with a good title so I mixed the final spike in a railroad line (purported to be a 'golden' spike) with a statement I've included in the story.
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Carvallo entered Grissom's office without knocking. He ignored the glare thrown at him by the man behind the desk and tossed a paper atop every thing that was already there.
"What's that?"
"Sidle's resignation."
Grissom jerked. "She hasn't said anything to me about resigning!"
"She didn't have to. She brought it straight to me." Carvallo informed him.
"Why?"
"I'm the lab director. I'd ultimately have to sign off on it any way."
"No. Why is she threatening to leave this time?"
Carvallo sat down and leaned back in the visitor's chair. "You pulled Sidle off a murder investigation to help on a case where Brown and a police officer messed up?"
"Yes. It was a judgement call, an emergency situation. We only had 24 hours to prove our case so I needed everyone's help." Grissom tried to justify his actions.
"Well, I hope it was worth it. Did you know that the suspect was able to leave the country because you pulled Sidle at a critical point? Did you know that the family of that murder victim is now suing Sara for incompetence. Not suing the lab, not suing you although you were the reason she couldn't do her job. They are personally suing her." Carvallo looked as though he had stepped in something nasty. "Congratulations, you just lost the best CSI we have here."
"She, she..." Grissom couldn't believe what was happening.
"She now feels that she is not competent enough to do the job any longer. Nor does she believe that she will ever be taken seriously when she has to go to court on a case, she thinks it will always be brought up that she's being sued for neglecting her cases. Of course, you don't have to worry, you still have Brown and Willows. And of course Stokes will still be here. Now you don't have to worry about who gets promoted, do you? Too bad it's not the only person who actually deserves it." Carvallo got up to leave.
"Where is she?"
"She left my office earlier. She indicated that she would be leaving as soon as she works out an arrangement to pay whatever these people are demanding of her." He walked to the door. "Oh, don't be expecting a request for a reference. She's decided not to try for a job as a CSI any where else."
Grissom sat there staring into space. He had thought he was doing what was best at the time. He remembered now that she had tried to tell him that she was working on something but he had cut her off. Damn! He had treated her like a rookie who had no experience and Catherine had congratulated him on it. He had ruined the career of a very gifted person and, he realized, this was just the final nail in a coffin he had been building for her since he called her to his side.
Author: Chaos
Summary: Just a wierd little thing that came to me after tonight's ep. I still want to know what they've done with the real Gil Grissom.
Warnings: Sara is my favorite character and this little ditty is all about her and how she's been mistreated by the lab (and TPTB) if you don't like Sara DON'T READ THIS! Also, couldn't come up with a good title so I mixed the final spike in a railroad line (purported to be a 'golden' spike) with a statement I've included in the story.
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Carvallo entered Grissom's office without knocking. He ignored the glare thrown at him by the man behind the desk and tossed a paper atop every thing that was already there.
"What's that?"
"Sidle's resignation."
Grissom jerked. "She hasn't said anything to me about resigning!"
"She didn't have to. She brought it straight to me." Carvallo informed him.
"Why?"
"I'm the lab director. I'd ultimately have to sign off on it any way."
"No. Why is she threatening to leave this time?"
Carvallo sat down and leaned back in the visitor's chair. "You pulled Sidle off a murder investigation to help on a case where Brown and a police officer messed up?"
"Yes. It was a judgement call, an emergency situation. We only had 24 hours to prove our case so I needed everyone's help." Grissom tried to justify his actions.
"Well, I hope it was worth it. Did you know that the suspect was able to leave the country because you pulled Sidle at a critical point? Did you know that the family of that murder victim is now suing Sara for incompetence. Not suing the lab, not suing you although you were the reason she couldn't do her job. They are personally suing her." Carvallo looked as though he had stepped in something nasty. "Congratulations, you just lost the best CSI we have here."
"She, she..." Grissom couldn't believe what was happening.
"She now feels that she is not competent enough to do the job any longer. Nor does she believe that she will ever be taken seriously when she has to go to court on a case, she thinks it will always be brought up that she's being sued for neglecting her cases. Of course, you don't have to worry, you still have Brown and Willows. And of course Stokes will still be here. Now you don't have to worry about who gets promoted, do you? Too bad it's not the only person who actually deserves it." Carvallo got up to leave.
"Where is she?"
"She left my office earlier. She indicated that she would be leaving as soon as she works out an arrangement to pay whatever these people are demanding of her." He walked to the door. "Oh, don't be expecting a request for a reference. She's decided not to try for a job as a CSI any where else."
Grissom sat there staring into space. He had thought he was doing what was best at the time. He remembered now that she had tried to tell him that she was working on something but he had cut her off. Damn! He had treated her like a rookie who had no experience and Catherine had congratulated him on it. He had ruined the career of a very gifted person and, he realized, this was just the final nail in a coffin he had been building for her since he called her to his side.