Title: Barely Existing
Author: Cindy Ryan
catagory: angst, Xover
pairings: Jack/Sam, Grissom/Sara
Summary: After 'Play with fire' Sara vanishes, Grissom calls in a favor
Notes: See part one. Thanks for the feedback. :)
23 hours missing
11 pm
Danny replaced the receiver of the phone and looked at Jack, "Brown's on his way back in. Peddigew's at Mercy just finished a run should be here in half an hour."
Jack nodded. "Good. Martin you and Sam take Peddigew. Vivian you and Danny question Brown."
Sam pulled a few sheets of paper from the fax machine and handed them to Vivian. "Brown's financials came in."
Vivian took the papers and began to skim through them. "Looks typical....car loan, two credit cards, student loan.....wait a minute he paid his student loans in full a month ago."
Martin raised an eyebrow. "How much did he owe?"
"Still had close to twenty-thousand. Payments up until then were a hundred a month."
"Rattle him."Jack ordered. "Sidle's running out of time. If her friend is connected we need to know who he owes money to."
**********
"Thanks for coming in."Martin greeted as Hank Peddigew entered the small room and sat down behind the table. "I know you just got off shift you need anything to drink? Soda? Coffee?"
Hank shook his head. "No, I'm fine. I'm assuming this is about Sara?"
"You heard she was missing?"Sam asked.
"Hard to miss been all over the news. Besides even if it weren't the Vegas police department is close knit. Would've heard the rumors before the shift ended."
"We understand you and Sara have a past."Martin asked as he moved to stand by the wall.
Hank shrugged. "We dated for a few months. With our professions it's hard to find people that you connect with."
"Really?"Sam asked. "You seemed to connect well with Elaine Alcott."
Hank shifted uncomfortably. "I never meant to hurt Sara."
"So dating two women at the same time just happened?"Martin inquired.
Hank met Martin's gaze. "Yeah, it did. Sara found out about Elaine and we ended it. Elaine and I are still together."
"Maybe she found out about you and Sara and decided to get revenge."Sam said as she looked down at the papers in front of her. "We can pull phone records...."
"Don't bother."Hank replied curtly. "Elaine and I were booked at the Paris. We never left the room."
*******
"Did you find a lead on Sara?"Warrick asked as he stepped into the interrogation room.
"Have a seat, Mr. Brown."Vivian ordered.
Warrick's eyes narrowed as he remained standing. "What's going on?"
Danny folded his arms across his chest. "You want us to cut to the chase?"
Warrick nodded. "That'd be refreshing."
"Fine. We feel that you're the reason Sara Sidle was abducted."
Warrick's eyes widened. "You gotta be kidding me."
Neither agent moved expressions grim.
Warrick started toward the door. "You're wasting everybody's time including Sara's lookin' into me."
"So you're saying you don't owe money?"Vivian asked halting Warrick's hand on the door handle.
Warrick whirled around. "Everybody owes money. It's called debt."
"And most people don't pay off twenty-thousand dollars in one lump sum."
Warrick blinked. "You're desperate enough to look into my student loans? You should be focusing your mighty resources on finding the people responsible for taking Sara."
"You're not very bright for a CSI."Vivian replied as she took several steps forward. "Let me spell it out for you. We think Sara was taken because you were the last person to see her. You owe the wrong people money and they grabbed her thinking she was a weak point to you."
"You're crazy. Sara and I are friends. And I don't owe anybody money except for the First Financial Bank of Las Vegas."
"Yeah right."Danny countered. "The bank loans you twenty-thousand with your credit history. Sara's out there somewhere dying if she's not dead already. Now one more time which loan shark do you owe money to?"
"I haven't gambled in a long time, Agent Taylor. I don't owe anybody anything."
"So explain to us how someone on a CSI's salary pays off a twenty-thousand dollar debt at once?"Vivian asked as she came to stand next to Taylor.
*******
24 hours missing
(midnight)
/Why not? Let's ... let's have dinner. Let's see what happens.
I don't know what to do about this.
You know, by the time you figure it out, you really could be too late./
Grissom leaned back against his chair and placed the palms of his hands against his eyes and rubbed them. The last conversation he'd had with Sara that hadn't been job related kept echoing through his thoughts.
All she had wanted was to share a meal with him. Why hadn't he grabbed onto that chance? Grissom knew from his years in this job that life was often unfair and way too short.
Sara had offered him a chance to explore something that could've resulted in pure happiness and he had shut her down.
He had a good reason at the time for turning Sara away. Though now it seemed trivial and superficial.
Afraid.
Pure and simple Gil Grissom had been afraid. Afraid of opening himself up to something that if it didn't last would kill him.
Now if he lost Sara before he had a chance to correct his mistake Grissom knew he'd never be the same.
Author: Cindy Ryan
catagory: angst, Xover
pairings: Jack/Sam, Grissom/Sara
Summary: After 'Play with fire' Sara vanishes, Grissom calls in a favor
Notes: See part one. Thanks for the feedback. :)
23 hours missing
11 pm
Danny replaced the receiver of the phone and looked at Jack, "Brown's on his way back in. Peddigew's at Mercy just finished a run should be here in half an hour."
Jack nodded. "Good. Martin you and Sam take Peddigew. Vivian you and Danny question Brown."
Sam pulled a few sheets of paper from the fax machine and handed them to Vivian. "Brown's financials came in."
Vivian took the papers and began to skim through them. "Looks typical....car loan, two credit cards, student loan.....wait a minute he paid his student loans in full a month ago."
Martin raised an eyebrow. "How much did he owe?"
"Still had close to twenty-thousand. Payments up until then were a hundred a month."
"Rattle him."Jack ordered. "Sidle's running out of time. If her friend is connected we need to know who he owes money to."
**********
"Thanks for coming in."Martin greeted as Hank Peddigew entered the small room and sat down behind the table. "I know you just got off shift you need anything to drink? Soda? Coffee?"
Hank shook his head. "No, I'm fine. I'm assuming this is about Sara?"
"You heard she was missing?"Sam asked.
"Hard to miss been all over the news. Besides even if it weren't the Vegas police department is close knit. Would've heard the rumors before the shift ended."
"We understand you and Sara have a past."Martin asked as he moved to stand by the wall.
Hank shrugged. "We dated for a few months. With our professions it's hard to find people that you connect with."
"Really?"Sam asked. "You seemed to connect well with Elaine Alcott."
Hank shifted uncomfortably. "I never meant to hurt Sara."
"So dating two women at the same time just happened?"Martin inquired.
Hank met Martin's gaze. "Yeah, it did. Sara found out about Elaine and we ended it. Elaine and I are still together."
"Maybe she found out about you and Sara and decided to get revenge."Sam said as she looked down at the papers in front of her. "We can pull phone records...."
"Don't bother."Hank replied curtly. "Elaine and I were booked at the Paris. We never left the room."
*******
"Did you find a lead on Sara?"Warrick asked as he stepped into the interrogation room.
"Have a seat, Mr. Brown."Vivian ordered.
Warrick's eyes narrowed as he remained standing. "What's going on?"
Danny folded his arms across his chest. "You want us to cut to the chase?"
Warrick nodded. "That'd be refreshing."
"Fine. We feel that you're the reason Sara Sidle was abducted."
Warrick's eyes widened. "You gotta be kidding me."
Neither agent moved expressions grim.
Warrick started toward the door. "You're wasting everybody's time including Sara's lookin' into me."
"So you're saying you don't owe money?"Vivian asked halting Warrick's hand on the door handle.
Warrick whirled around. "Everybody owes money. It's called debt."
"And most people don't pay off twenty-thousand dollars in one lump sum."
Warrick blinked. "You're desperate enough to look into my student loans? You should be focusing your mighty resources on finding the people responsible for taking Sara."
"You're not very bright for a CSI."Vivian replied as she took several steps forward. "Let me spell it out for you. We think Sara was taken because you were the last person to see her. You owe the wrong people money and they grabbed her thinking she was a weak point to you."
"You're crazy. Sara and I are friends. And I don't owe anybody money except for the First Financial Bank of Las Vegas."
"Yeah right."Danny countered. "The bank loans you twenty-thousand with your credit history. Sara's out there somewhere dying if she's not dead already. Now one more time which loan shark do you owe money to?"
"I haven't gambled in a long time, Agent Taylor. I don't owe anybody anything."
"So explain to us how someone on a CSI's salary pays off a twenty-thousand dollar debt at once?"Vivian asked as she came to stand next to Taylor.
*******
24 hours missing
(midnight)
/Why not? Let's ... let's have dinner. Let's see what happens.
I don't know what to do about this.
You know, by the time you figure it out, you really could be too late./
Grissom leaned back against his chair and placed the palms of his hands against his eyes and rubbed them. The last conversation he'd had with Sara that hadn't been job related kept echoing through his thoughts.
All she had wanted was to share a meal with him. Why hadn't he grabbed onto that chance? Grissom knew from his years in this job that life was often unfair and way too short.
Sara had offered him a chance to explore something that could've resulted in pure happiness and he had shut her down.
He had a good reason at the time for turning Sara away. Though now it seemed trivial and superficial.
Afraid.
Pure and simple Gil Grissom had been afraid. Afraid of opening himself up to something that if it didn't last would kill him.
Now if he lost Sara before he had a chance to correct his mistake Grissom knew he'd never be the same.