Part 10

Catherine stroked Lizzy's hair as the little girl snuggled up to her. Gil had insisted she sit up in their bed, to get some rest.

"Hey," she smiled, as Gil stood in the doorway.

"She's missed you," he murmured.

"I've missed her too." She saw the look on her face. "Sara hasn't rung yet?"

Gil sighed and sat beside her on the bed, careful not to wake their daughter. "No. It's four-thirty and he's still sitting by the phone. I shouldn't have told him."

Catherine sighed. "You're not supposed to be able to read her mind, Gil. Frankly, I'd be worried if you could."

He smiled slightly. "Perhaps I should put a movie on for him."

Catherine raised an eyebrow. "You had two children before Matthew came. You don't honestly think a movie is going to distract him?"

"I guess not," Gil admitted. "I can't let him sit there all night though. What if she never calls?"

"Then we'll deal with it," she replied. "We've dealt with worse."

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"What are you doing up?" Gil asked, watching his wife rummage through some papers. "You need your sleep."

"I'm fine," she replied, opening another drawer. "Things to do."

"That can wait till the morning," he told her, placing a hand on her arm. "What are you looking for?"

"Sara's phone number."

His hand gripped tighter. "Why do you want it, Catherine?"

"You know why."

"Cath…we have to let this go. She's not coming back for him and she's not going to apologise."

"I can't let it go," Catherine growled, whirling around on him. "Ever since she arrived in Las Vegas eight years ago, she's managed to hurt everyone around her. Us especially. And now she's doing it to this little boy. And our baby…"

He pulled her against him, swaying gently from side to side. He took her hand and placed it on her swollen abdomen. "Our baby is fine, Catherine. And Matthew will be fine in time. And as for you and I…we're always going to be fine."

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4 Months Later

Matthew raced off the soccer field and into Gil's waiting arms.

"I won! I won!"

Gil hugged him. "You did."

"Were you watching?"

Catherine smiled, gently rocking the small bundle that was James Grissom in her arms. "All of us. Although I think Jamie might have been sleeping through some of it."

"Twophy!" Lizzy grinned, as she looked at the sparkling trophy in Matthew's hands.

"Yeah. It was so much fun!" He turned to his father. "Luke asked if I could go over to his place. Can I?"

Gil glanced at Catherine, who nodded. "Okay. I'll come pick you up later."

"You want me to take your trophy home for you?" Catherine asked.

Matthew took one last glance at the trophy. "Yeah okay. Bye!"

The bundle of energy raced over to his friend and Gil picked up Lizzy, and took the diaper bag in his other hand.

"I think these two are going to have a N-A-P when we get home," Catherine smiled.

"I'll pick Matthew up when I get Lindsey from the mall," Gil told her.

She nodded and leant up to kiss him. "Love you."

He smiled broadly. "Love you back."

In the distance, a brunette watched her son go with his friend and then her gaze fixed upon the Grissom family. She sighed.

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FINIS


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