Part 2
Lindsay and Catherine stared sweetly at Gil
as he sat down at the table. He narrowed his eyes. "Okay, what's going
on?"
"Why would anything be going on Uncle Gil?" Lindsay asked, twirling
some pasta
on her fork.
"Catherine?" Gil asked.
"Okay, okay. Lindsay and I were thinking that we might clean out the basement this weekend."
"I'm sure a reason that you're elated about this will be forthcoming," Gil replied.
"We're going to put your bugs down there!" Lindsay cried excitedly.
Catherine smiled. "We thought that since you spend so much time over here, you might like to have a place for your bugs too. That way you don't have to go back and forth all the time."
"Do you like the surprise Uncle Gil?" Lindsay asked, excitement about to burst forth.
Gil smiled and shared a fond look with Catherine. "I love it."
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"PLEASE!!!" Lauren begged her mother.
"No."
"But mum! Jamie Kensington's dad is a firefighter and he's bringing a firetruck! And Laurie's mother is a TV anchor and she's taking them to the station!"
"Yeah, and what would your teacher say if I turned up at a primary school with parts of a dead body and a forensic team?"
"Cool?" Lauren said hopefully.
"Not likely. Plus the Las Vegas crimelab would be fielding complaints from all the parents in your class."
"What about just the head? Or a foot? Or…"
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"Warrick, Nick, you're on the
burglary
downtown. Cath, you and Caroline have got one at the hospital." He
handed the
card to Caroline and watched as she hesitated slightly before taking it
and
quickly handing it to Catherine.
Gil's eyes narrowed. "Sara, you're with me."
They all left the room, Catherine sending Gil a strange look as she did. Gil smiled at her reassuringly, and when everyone was gone, he turned to Sara.
"Do you still have all your
contacts in the
field?"
Sara nodded. "Sure. But what does that have to do with a hit and run?" she asked, holding up the paper.
"It doesn't," Gil admitted. "I
want you to
do a run on Caroline. See what pops up."
Sara raised an eyebrow. "What for?"
"Something's not right."
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"I'll go and talk to the victim. Can you go and see the doctor?" Catherine asked.
Caroline nodded. "Sure."
She disappeared down the hallway, leaving Catherine more than a little confused.
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"He's punishing me," Nick said, dusting for fingerprints.
Warrick raised an eyebrow. "Who? And for what?"
"Grissom! He won't give me
cases with
Sara!"
Warrick groaned. "Come on! You're as bad as Catherine!"
Nick looked at him. "What are
you talking
about?"
Warrick rolled his eyes. "Never mind."
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"Back so soon?" Gil asked, as Catherine walked into his office.
Catherine nodded. "Yeah. Greg
is backed up
so Caroline offered to sweet talk him."
Gil leaned back in his chair. "Uh, how did she seem?"
"Fine." She sat on his lap. "Why?"
"Nothing," he replied, hugging her to him. "Just a feeling." He leant up and kissed her.
"Grissom?" Sara asked, coming into the room. "I got the stuff on Caroline."
Catherine turned to him. "You looked her up?"
"His instincts were right," Sara told her. She glanced at Grissom.
"Catherine's keeping an eye on her. She should hear this too."
"It's…uh…not good."
Gil looked at her expectantly. Sara sighed and came in, sitting down on the chair opposite Gil's.
"I got this from some files they sent to me from New York." Sara flipped it open. "It may explain why you thought she was hesitant this morning in taking the rape case."
Catherine flashed a look at Gil. "You didn't tell me that."
"It was just a feeling," Gil replied. "Go on, Sara."
"When she was seven months pregnant she went out to process a rape scene with a rookie. The rookie got sick and she sent the kid home." Sara took a breath. "The guy came back. She was in hospital for four months"
Catherine's eyes closed briefly. "Was the baby Lauren?"
Sara shook her head. "Lauren was born when she was twenty. Her father isn't mentioned. After the attack, they had to do an emergency c-section." Sara shut the folder. "The baby was stillborn. They found massive brain hemorrhaging."
"I don't want her taking any rape cases," Gil said.
Sara looked up at him. "She's going to notice."
"I don't care. She won't be working those cases. Thanks for getting the information, Sara."
Sara stood up. "No problem."
After she left the room, Catherine turned to Gil.
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"What do you mean?"
"First you look up her files, now you're taking her off any rape cases?"
"You want me to put her on them?"
Catherine sighed. "No, but she should have the option." She folded her arms. "That's not why this is really bugging you, is it?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You've been looking for a way to get me off rape cases since we started dating. The minute we went out you gave them all to Sara if you possibly could. You know that I'm going to take Caroline with me when I go out on a case and by stopping her from taking these cases you stop me by proxy."
"This has nothing to do with you, Catherine."
She walked up to him. "Look me in the eye and tell me that this has nothing to do with us."
"I'm doing it for Caroline's sake and to keep the cases clean without being prejudged."
Catherine sighed. "Fine. But I know you Gil Grissom. And I noticed you didn't deny anything." She grabbed her bag. "I'll see you at home."
Gil watched her stomp out of the room and slam the door behind her. He sighed and sunk down into his chair.
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Part 3