Chapter 46
[Ah, what's gonna happen tonight, huh? I think confrontation is about due, don't you think?]
Sara looked up from the carpet to see Jake watching her from the doorway. They had been in this beach house for over 5 hours now. She couldn't help but ask herself why Jake was going to such lengths to get her back. Surely he couldn't be thinking they would forget the past and meld back into a family. She looked away with a slight shake of her head.
"This won't work Jake." She muttered, staring out the window of the first floor rear bedroom. It was Kate's room, Jake had told her with bright eyes, but the thought of Kate being around Jake made her stomach turn. She was still torn between her thoughts of Grissom, alone and bleeding to death, where as the other thought was that he was looking for them. she could only hold on to the hope and the deep love for Kate and Grissom that they would be able to go home soon.
"You say that now, but you know I'm right Sara." Jake smiled as he walked towards her.
Turning to glare at him with cold eyes, she watched him move closer. Too close. "There is no way in hell that I'd lower myself to your level Jake, no way in hell."
Jake just smiled and reached up to brush some errant strands of hair from her face. "He's not coming to get you Sara. He won't save the day and you know that. Kate's mine by law, she's here to stay."
Sara stepped back with a sly smile. "You didn't do your research Jake."
Staring at her with narrowed eyes, he squared his shoulders. "What are you saying?"
"I'm saying, Kate's not got any hold on you. She may be yours biologically, but she's not legally." Sara smiled and turned to look out the window. She would have loved to see his face, but knew it would make him madder. "She's been Grissom's since she was 1 year old."
Jake stared unbelievingly.
"If I say so, the police will take her to his mother. She has soul custody if anything happens to either of us." Turning her head slightly, she looked at him. "In case anything happened to us."
"You can change it." Jake nodded firmly, thinking that it was only a hurdle that could easily be jumped.
Sara shook her head slowly. "No." Turning to face him, she knew what was going to happen next and didn't want to be taken too much by surprise. "Gil's the only one who can do that. His signature and mine are needed to change any paperwork."
"Why did you do this?" He asked hoarsely.
She looked at him and saw that he was affected by this more than she had expected. "You never wanted her Jake. So, she was never yours. I knew in the end Gil would not hold her blood against her. He knew what you did."
Screwing his face up in anger, he slapped her, the force throwing her to the floor. "You Bitch!"
~*^*^*~
The sheriff looked up from his food and noticed three people walking towards him. His deputy stood behind them, following them across the room. When they reached the desk, the deputy pushed through the small crowd to get to the sheriff. "Sorry sir, but these people insisted on speaking with you. They are the criminalist's from Las Vegas."
Wiping his mouth with a serviette, the sheriff stood and offered a hand. "Sheriff Hogan Kimble, how can I help you'll?"
Grissom shook his hand before pressing on with introductions, then getting straight the the point. "We need to get to the beach house, but we don't want to upset Jake."
Hogan nodded and sat back in his seat. "Jake?"
Catherine sighed in irritation. "Mr. Jake Andrews. The kidnapper."
Nick stepped in and handed him a copy of the file they had collected so far from all the evidence and information pertaining to Jake, Gavin and the past. "Here are the updates to this case. We need to find them now and apprehend Jake before he does anymore damage."
Hogan cleared his throat as he looked quickly through the file. "What about Mr. Andrew's brother?"
"He's assisting us, apparently." Grissom supplied tiredly. "Gavin has been sending us clues and messages to help find Jake."
"How can you trust a kidnapper Mr. Grissom? You're job is to collect evidence from crime scenes and process it. What's to say that these aren't placed to lure you into a trap?" Hogan asked with a smirk.
Grissom clenched his teeth. "Our job is to interpret the evidence, validate which is real and which are placed. We've done our job, do yours."
Catherine moved in front of Grissom before he got even more angry with the lazy sheriff. She looked at her friend briefly before turning to Nick. "He needs to get something to eat Nick."
"Ok. Come on Griss." Nick touched his arm gently and talked to him calmly as they walked away.
Hogan grinned. "What's his problem?"
Catherine slammed her fist on the desk, making the surrounding officers jump. "His problem! is that his family are the ones Jake has kidnapped and he's just been through his own he'll of being left for dead in an alley. So, he has no problem if you get off your asses and follow these instructions and get this guy before we go vigilante on you and do it ourselves." She shouted, getting everyone's attention, especially the sheriffs. She watched as he threw out orders.
~*^*^*~
Nick handed Grissom a squared wad of bandage. "It's only a matter of time now Griss." He tried to reassure him.
"They could have been home by now Nick." Grissom sighed, holding the bandage lightly against his stitches.
"Here, let me help you out there." Nick offered, holding the tape against the wad before sticking down the clean dressing.
"Thanks Nicky."
Nodding lightly, he offered his long time friend a smirk. "You'll be out of the field for a while after this, huh?"
Grissom chuckled. "I guess so."
"Kate and Sara, home or maybe go away for a while. Let this nightmare blow over." Nick said softly, trying to get Grissom's mind to focus on the future than the past and horrid present.
"We got a cabin up by Salt Lake." He said absently.
Nick helped adjust his sling and offered him a hand to stand up. "I bet Sara would love some time away with you and Kate."
"Yeah." Grissom sighed.
~*^*^*~
Sara pushed herself up into a sitting position, before attempting to stand. Jake had left her on the floor with a bleeding lip. He could have done a lot worse, she thought to herself as she sat on the bed. She couldn't believe that Jake wouldn't have realised that in 15 years, so much could change. She wasn't going to wait for him, although she couldn't completely fall out of love with him.
It sounded bad, even stupid that she would love him during that time, but she had turned to him when Grissom had backed away from her all those years ago. He didn't know what to do and let his brain override his heart. So, she moved on. Just not in the direction she expected.
Gavin looked through the doorway, then back at the stairs before venturing further into the room. "You have to try Sara." He whispered softly, handing her a damp cloth. "If you anger him, he'll only lash out."
She nodded and pressed the warm cloth to her bleeding lip. "I know, I'm sorry." She sighed.
"Just hang in there." He said in an even quieter voice.
Sara looked up and watched his eyes briefly. "Gavin?" She asked in a hushed whisper.
He shook his head and looked out the door again. Finding that they were alone, he moved over to the bed and knelt down. "Don't anger him and wait a bit longer. Don't spook him into thinking help is coming, just go along, but don't be obvious in that either." He advised, taking the cloth from her and dabbing the cut lip clean.
"Thank you." She breathed, getting his meaning. "He's Kate's life Gavin, thank you."
Gavin smiled hesitantly.
~*^*^*~
Hogan pulled up in his sheriff car, no siren, but his light flickered in the growing darkness. His deputy and himself, approached the house with caution, looking around and inspecting the car that was parked in the drive. It was quiet and only a single light lit the house.
Rapping heavily on the door, Hogan looked at his deputy and motioned for him to look around back. As the door opened, the deputy had already disappeared in his quest to look around.
"Good evening. Sorry to disturb you, but there's been a robbery down the road and we're checking all the local houses in case the perpetrator fled to for shelter. You wouldn't have seen anything, would you?" Hogan asked, cautiously looking over the young girl's shoulder.
Kate shook her head and swallowed hard. She looked behind her quickly, before returning her frightened eyes to the policeman.
Hogan took his chance and stepped forward. "Is something wrong? Are you ok?"
Kate nodded uncertainly and dropped her eyes from his. "I'm sorry, but no one has come by this way, except for you."
"Ok, well, give me a call on this number, if you do see anything." He handed her a card, but caught sight of movement.
[Ah, what's gonna happen tonight, huh? I think confrontation is about due, don't you think?]
Sara looked up from the carpet to see Jake watching her from the doorway. They had been in this beach house for over 5 hours now. She couldn't help but ask herself why Jake was going to such lengths to get her back. Surely he couldn't be thinking they would forget the past and meld back into a family. She looked away with a slight shake of her head.
"This won't work Jake." She muttered, staring out the window of the first floor rear bedroom. It was Kate's room, Jake had told her with bright eyes, but the thought of Kate being around Jake made her stomach turn. She was still torn between her thoughts of Grissom, alone and bleeding to death, where as the other thought was that he was looking for them. she could only hold on to the hope and the deep love for Kate and Grissom that they would be able to go home soon.
"You say that now, but you know I'm right Sara." Jake smiled as he walked towards her.
Turning to glare at him with cold eyes, she watched him move closer. Too close. "There is no way in hell that I'd lower myself to your level Jake, no way in hell."
Jake just smiled and reached up to brush some errant strands of hair from her face. "He's not coming to get you Sara. He won't save the day and you know that. Kate's mine by law, she's here to stay."
Sara stepped back with a sly smile. "You didn't do your research Jake."
Staring at her with narrowed eyes, he squared his shoulders. "What are you saying?"
"I'm saying, Kate's not got any hold on you. She may be yours biologically, but she's not legally." Sara smiled and turned to look out the window. She would have loved to see his face, but knew it would make him madder. "She's been Grissom's since she was 1 year old."
Jake stared unbelievingly.
"If I say so, the police will take her to his mother. She has soul custody if anything happens to either of us." Turning her head slightly, she looked at him. "In case anything happened to us."
"You can change it." Jake nodded firmly, thinking that it was only a hurdle that could easily be jumped.
Sara shook her head slowly. "No." Turning to face him, she knew what was going to happen next and didn't want to be taken too much by surprise. "Gil's the only one who can do that. His signature and mine are needed to change any paperwork."
"Why did you do this?" He asked hoarsely.
She looked at him and saw that he was affected by this more than she had expected. "You never wanted her Jake. So, she was never yours. I knew in the end Gil would not hold her blood against her. He knew what you did."
Screwing his face up in anger, he slapped her, the force throwing her to the floor. "You Bitch!"
~*^*^*~
The sheriff looked up from his food and noticed three people walking towards him. His deputy stood behind them, following them across the room. When they reached the desk, the deputy pushed through the small crowd to get to the sheriff. "Sorry sir, but these people insisted on speaking with you. They are the criminalist's from Las Vegas."
Wiping his mouth with a serviette, the sheriff stood and offered a hand. "Sheriff Hogan Kimble, how can I help you'll?"
Grissom shook his hand before pressing on with introductions, then getting straight the the point. "We need to get to the beach house, but we don't want to upset Jake."
Hogan nodded and sat back in his seat. "Jake?"
Catherine sighed in irritation. "Mr. Jake Andrews. The kidnapper."
Nick stepped in and handed him a copy of the file they had collected so far from all the evidence and information pertaining to Jake, Gavin and the past. "Here are the updates to this case. We need to find them now and apprehend Jake before he does anymore damage."
Hogan cleared his throat as he looked quickly through the file. "What about Mr. Andrew's brother?"
"He's assisting us, apparently." Grissom supplied tiredly. "Gavin has been sending us clues and messages to help find Jake."
"How can you trust a kidnapper Mr. Grissom? You're job is to collect evidence from crime scenes and process it. What's to say that these aren't placed to lure you into a trap?" Hogan asked with a smirk.
Grissom clenched his teeth. "Our job is to interpret the evidence, validate which is real and which are placed. We've done our job, do yours."
Catherine moved in front of Grissom before he got even more angry with the lazy sheriff. She looked at her friend briefly before turning to Nick. "He needs to get something to eat Nick."
"Ok. Come on Griss." Nick touched his arm gently and talked to him calmly as they walked away.
Hogan grinned. "What's his problem?"
Catherine slammed her fist on the desk, making the surrounding officers jump. "His problem! is that his family are the ones Jake has kidnapped and he's just been through his own he'll of being left for dead in an alley. So, he has no problem if you get off your asses and follow these instructions and get this guy before we go vigilante on you and do it ourselves." She shouted, getting everyone's attention, especially the sheriffs. She watched as he threw out orders.
~*^*^*~
Nick handed Grissom a squared wad of bandage. "It's only a matter of time now Griss." He tried to reassure him.
"They could have been home by now Nick." Grissom sighed, holding the bandage lightly against his stitches.
"Here, let me help you out there." Nick offered, holding the tape against the wad before sticking down the clean dressing.
"Thanks Nicky."
Nodding lightly, he offered his long time friend a smirk. "You'll be out of the field for a while after this, huh?"
Grissom chuckled. "I guess so."
"Kate and Sara, home or maybe go away for a while. Let this nightmare blow over." Nick said softly, trying to get Grissom's mind to focus on the future than the past and horrid present.
"We got a cabin up by Salt Lake." He said absently.
Nick helped adjust his sling and offered him a hand to stand up. "I bet Sara would love some time away with you and Kate."
"Yeah." Grissom sighed.
~*^*^*~
Sara pushed herself up into a sitting position, before attempting to stand. Jake had left her on the floor with a bleeding lip. He could have done a lot worse, she thought to herself as she sat on the bed. She couldn't believe that Jake wouldn't have realised that in 15 years, so much could change. She wasn't going to wait for him, although she couldn't completely fall out of love with him.
It sounded bad, even stupid that she would love him during that time, but she had turned to him when Grissom had backed away from her all those years ago. He didn't know what to do and let his brain override his heart. So, she moved on. Just not in the direction she expected.
Gavin looked through the doorway, then back at the stairs before venturing further into the room. "You have to try Sara." He whispered softly, handing her a damp cloth. "If you anger him, he'll only lash out."
She nodded and pressed the warm cloth to her bleeding lip. "I know, I'm sorry." She sighed.
"Just hang in there." He said in an even quieter voice.
Sara looked up and watched his eyes briefly. "Gavin?" She asked in a hushed whisper.
He shook his head and looked out the door again. Finding that they were alone, he moved over to the bed and knelt down. "Don't anger him and wait a bit longer. Don't spook him into thinking help is coming, just go along, but don't be obvious in that either." He advised, taking the cloth from her and dabbing the cut lip clean.
"Thank you." She breathed, getting his meaning. "He's Kate's life Gavin, thank you."
Gavin smiled hesitantly.
~*^*^*~
Hogan pulled up in his sheriff car, no siren, but his light flickered in the growing darkness. His deputy and himself, approached the house with caution, looking around and inspecting the car that was parked in the drive. It was quiet and only a single light lit the house.
Rapping heavily on the door, Hogan looked at his deputy and motioned for him to look around back. As the door opened, the deputy had already disappeared in his quest to look around.
"Good evening. Sorry to disturb you, but there's been a robbery down the road and we're checking all the local houses in case the perpetrator fled to for shelter. You wouldn't have seen anything, would you?" Hogan asked, cautiously looking over the young girl's shoulder.
Kate shook her head and swallowed hard. She looked behind her quickly, before returning her frightened eyes to the policeman.
Hogan took his chance and stepped forward. "Is something wrong? Are you ok?"
Kate nodded uncertainly and dropped her eyes from his. "I'm sorry, but no one has come by this way, except for you."
"Ok, well, give me a call on this number, if you do see anything." He handed her a card, but caught sight of movement.