Chapter Eighteen
"We found these cameras in the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom." Warrick said indicating the four cameras that sat on the metal table in front of the CSIs, "There weren't any tapes in them, so we have no idea how long this guy's been watching Lilly. I'm gonna try and track the feed though and see if I can't see where it's being sent to."
"Was there any evidence of how this guy got into Lilly's apartment?" Nick asked.
"No signs of forced entry." Grissom supplied.
"The trace evidence we found is no good either." Catherine said, "The hair follicles are either Lilly's or Greg's."
"What was Greg doing at Lilly's?" Grissom asked.
"He was over there about an hour before Lilly disappeared," Catherine said, "I've already questioned him and he didn't see anything."
"That still doesn't tell me why he was over there." Grissom said.
"Gris, you know how Lilly had a secret admirer for awhile," Warrick started.
"That was Greg." Catherine interrupted, "Why didn't Lilly tell me?"
"They got into some sort of fight on Valentine's Day and I guess Lilly just didn't want to say anything about it." Warrick said with a shrug.
"Wait, why didn't I know any of this?" Grissom asked looking at his team, "You know what, I don't even care. I just want to get Lilly back safe and sound."
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How long had she been there? Time had begun to run together for Lilly and she didn't know if it had been a minute or an hour, a day or a week. The time dragged on as she lay there, once again alone. The darkness offered little comfort to her. Lilly's shame deepened, and her anger festered within her as she lay there. She spent the time alone praying that God would deliver her from this hell on earth. What had she done to deserve this? The little comfort she had was the fact that at least Grissom was on the case, she was certain he wouldn't let anyone else handle the case.
Above her, the telltale door opened, and the footsteps sounded once again.
"Please, not now, not again." Lilly's mind screamed, "Hurry Uncle Gil, please hurry."
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Greg's mind couldn't wrap around the fact that Lilly was gone. He was expecting her to walk through the door any minute, asking him to look at some evidence. The door opened, but it wasn't Lilly standing there.
"You okay?" Warrick asked walking in.
"What do you think?" Greg replied gruffly, quickly wiping the tears from his eyes, "Lilly's gone and we don't know what's happening to her. She could be hurt or DEAD, and the only thing I can think of is that I never told her that I loved her. Man I want to kill whoever took her!"
"Come on Greg, don't act like that. We're gonna get her back. It's just a matter of time." Warrick said in attempt to comfort the distraught Greg.
"TIME! Lilly doesn't have time Warrick. Who knows what that sicko is doing to her right now!" Greg yelled standing to face his friend.
"Greg, you've got to calm down. You're not doing anything to help Lilly by acting like this." Warrick said.
"I can't 'CALM DOWN' Warrick! Lilly is out there and I can't do anything to help her." Greg cried, "You don't understand how it feels when the woman you love is in danger and you're stuck sitting around, powerless to save her." Greg sat back down in his chair, overwhelmed by emotion, "I love her Warrick, I love her so much." Greg dropped his head in his hands and let the tears fall freely from his eyes.
"It's gonna be okay Greg, we're gonna get Lilly back." Warrick said, unnerved by the sight of a crying Greg. It was more serious than Greg knew, but Warrick wasn't about to tell him that they had no evidence linking anyone but the lab tech himself to Lilly's abduction.
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"Grissom!" Gil looked up from the evidence he was working on and sighed. Tom and Vivian were walking into his office. Well Tom was walking, Vivian was more being dragged in as her husband struggled to support her weight.
"Grissom tell me you've found her. Please tell me you've found Lilly." Tom begged his friend.
"I'm sorry Tom," Grissom said hanging his head, unable to look his best friend in the eye, "we don't have any evidence that points out a suspect." Vivian's crying turned into loud, racking sobs that could be heard throughout the building.
"You have to find her Gil, she's our baby." Vivian struggled to say between sobs, "How could you let somebody take our baby away from us!" Gil hated dealing with the distraught parents that came in whenever a child had been killed or kidnapped, but this time was different. This time he himself was emotionally connected to the case, something that Grissom had never allowed his team to do. He knew Tom and Vivian, he had been there Lilly's whole life, watching her grow up and become the young woman she was. He felt the same things that they felt.
"I'm sorry Vivian, there was nothing I could have done." Grissom said, trying to calm the woman down.
"NOTHING! There had to have been something you could have done!" Vivian yelled at him, "We TRUSTED you to watch out for Lilly, and what do you do, you let somebody kidnap her! How could you Gil?"
"Vivian!" Tom admonished his wife.
"Don't you dare 'Vivian' me Tom!" Vivian cried, "My daughter, my ONLY child, is missing and he's not doing anything about it."
"We're doing all we can Vivian." Grissom said, "There's just no evidence."
"There's always evidence Gil!" Vivian shouted, "And you better find it soon." She whirled around and stomped out of the room pulling a tissue out of her purse so that she could wipe the tears from her eyes.
"I'm sorry Gil." Tom said, "She's just distressed, that's all."
"There's no need to apologize Tom," Grissom said, "I completely understand." Tom smiled slightly and went to find his wife.
~*~*~
It hurt, it hurt so bad. Lilly was sore from the beatings her body had received. He had not cared about being gentle this time, not now that her virginity had already been taken. Lilly's eyes were dry, she had been crying for so long that her tears had completely dried up, she had nothing left. But she continued to sob and whimper, not caring anymore if he saw her like this. Her strength was gone completely and she couldn't care less if she showed him what hold he had over her.
The heavy body lifted off of her and Lilly sighed in relief as he walked back up the stairs. She wished he would stay up there, but she knew that it wouldn't be long before he'd be back. She drew a collective breath and tried not to focus on the pain that spread throughout her body. Closing her eyes tightly, Lilly imagined that she was home in her own bed, waiting for the new day to begin. She could almost smell the coffee that would be brewing in the coffeemaker and she smiled slightly. She pictured Greg walking in with a tray in his hands. He would great her with a kiss and then present her with breakfast in bed. Two little toddlers, one spiky haired boy and a sweet, smiling girl, would jump up in the bed with the two of them. And there they were a happy family. A mom and dad and two beautiful kids all settling down to have breakfast in mommy and daddy's bed. Lilly smiled as the scene played out in her head. It seemed so real. She could almost imagine that that was her reality, but the squeak of the door brought her from her artificial world and back to the nightmare that she lived. She tried not to cry out as he touched her body once more, his grimy hands all over her. Lilly shuddered involuntarily and kept playing her dream world over and over again in her mind until he was done. Tears flowed once again from her eyes and Lilly fell into a fearful and tormented sleep.
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Well there you go, I updated! Please tell me what you think of this chapter.
"We found these cameras in the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom." Warrick said indicating the four cameras that sat on the metal table in front of the CSIs, "There weren't any tapes in them, so we have no idea how long this guy's been watching Lilly. I'm gonna try and track the feed though and see if I can't see where it's being sent to."
"Was there any evidence of how this guy got into Lilly's apartment?" Nick asked.
"No signs of forced entry." Grissom supplied.
"The trace evidence we found is no good either." Catherine said, "The hair follicles are either Lilly's or Greg's."
"What was Greg doing at Lilly's?" Grissom asked.
"He was over there about an hour before Lilly disappeared," Catherine said, "I've already questioned him and he didn't see anything."
"That still doesn't tell me why he was over there." Grissom said.
"Gris, you know how Lilly had a secret admirer for awhile," Warrick started.
"That was Greg." Catherine interrupted, "Why didn't Lilly tell me?"
"They got into some sort of fight on Valentine's Day and I guess Lilly just didn't want to say anything about it." Warrick said with a shrug.
"Wait, why didn't I know any of this?" Grissom asked looking at his team, "You know what, I don't even care. I just want to get Lilly back safe and sound."
~*~*~
How long had she been there? Time had begun to run together for Lilly and she didn't know if it had been a minute or an hour, a day or a week. The time dragged on as she lay there, once again alone. The darkness offered little comfort to her. Lilly's shame deepened, and her anger festered within her as she lay there. She spent the time alone praying that God would deliver her from this hell on earth. What had she done to deserve this? The little comfort she had was the fact that at least Grissom was on the case, she was certain he wouldn't let anyone else handle the case.
Above her, the telltale door opened, and the footsteps sounded once again.
"Please, not now, not again." Lilly's mind screamed, "Hurry Uncle Gil, please hurry."
~*~*~
Greg's mind couldn't wrap around the fact that Lilly was gone. He was expecting her to walk through the door any minute, asking him to look at some evidence. The door opened, but it wasn't Lilly standing there.
"You okay?" Warrick asked walking in.
"What do you think?" Greg replied gruffly, quickly wiping the tears from his eyes, "Lilly's gone and we don't know what's happening to her. She could be hurt or DEAD, and the only thing I can think of is that I never told her that I loved her. Man I want to kill whoever took her!"
"Come on Greg, don't act like that. We're gonna get her back. It's just a matter of time." Warrick said in attempt to comfort the distraught Greg.
"TIME! Lilly doesn't have time Warrick. Who knows what that sicko is doing to her right now!" Greg yelled standing to face his friend.
"Greg, you've got to calm down. You're not doing anything to help Lilly by acting like this." Warrick said.
"I can't 'CALM DOWN' Warrick! Lilly is out there and I can't do anything to help her." Greg cried, "You don't understand how it feels when the woman you love is in danger and you're stuck sitting around, powerless to save her." Greg sat back down in his chair, overwhelmed by emotion, "I love her Warrick, I love her so much." Greg dropped his head in his hands and let the tears fall freely from his eyes.
"It's gonna be okay Greg, we're gonna get Lilly back." Warrick said, unnerved by the sight of a crying Greg. It was more serious than Greg knew, but Warrick wasn't about to tell him that they had no evidence linking anyone but the lab tech himself to Lilly's abduction.
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"Grissom!" Gil looked up from the evidence he was working on and sighed. Tom and Vivian were walking into his office. Well Tom was walking, Vivian was more being dragged in as her husband struggled to support her weight.
"Grissom tell me you've found her. Please tell me you've found Lilly." Tom begged his friend.
"I'm sorry Tom," Grissom said hanging his head, unable to look his best friend in the eye, "we don't have any evidence that points out a suspect." Vivian's crying turned into loud, racking sobs that could be heard throughout the building.
"You have to find her Gil, she's our baby." Vivian struggled to say between sobs, "How could you let somebody take our baby away from us!" Gil hated dealing with the distraught parents that came in whenever a child had been killed or kidnapped, but this time was different. This time he himself was emotionally connected to the case, something that Grissom had never allowed his team to do. He knew Tom and Vivian, he had been there Lilly's whole life, watching her grow up and become the young woman she was. He felt the same things that they felt.
"I'm sorry Vivian, there was nothing I could have done." Grissom said, trying to calm the woman down.
"NOTHING! There had to have been something you could have done!" Vivian yelled at him, "We TRUSTED you to watch out for Lilly, and what do you do, you let somebody kidnap her! How could you Gil?"
"Vivian!" Tom admonished his wife.
"Don't you dare 'Vivian' me Tom!" Vivian cried, "My daughter, my ONLY child, is missing and he's not doing anything about it."
"We're doing all we can Vivian." Grissom said, "There's just no evidence."
"There's always evidence Gil!" Vivian shouted, "And you better find it soon." She whirled around and stomped out of the room pulling a tissue out of her purse so that she could wipe the tears from her eyes.
"I'm sorry Gil." Tom said, "She's just distressed, that's all."
"There's no need to apologize Tom," Grissom said, "I completely understand." Tom smiled slightly and went to find his wife.
~*~*~
It hurt, it hurt so bad. Lilly was sore from the beatings her body had received. He had not cared about being gentle this time, not now that her virginity had already been taken. Lilly's eyes were dry, she had been crying for so long that her tears had completely dried up, she had nothing left. But she continued to sob and whimper, not caring anymore if he saw her like this. Her strength was gone completely and she couldn't care less if she showed him what hold he had over her.
The heavy body lifted off of her and Lilly sighed in relief as he walked back up the stairs. She wished he would stay up there, but she knew that it wouldn't be long before he'd be back. She drew a collective breath and tried not to focus on the pain that spread throughout her body. Closing her eyes tightly, Lilly imagined that she was home in her own bed, waiting for the new day to begin. She could almost smell the coffee that would be brewing in the coffeemaker and she smiled slightly. She pictured Greg walking in with a tray in his hands. He would great her with a kiss and then present her with breakfast in bed. Two little toddlers, one spiky haired boy and a sweet, smiling girl, would jump up in the bed with the two of them. And there they were a happy family. A mom and dad and two beautiful kids all settling down to have breakfast in mommy and daddy's bed. Lilly smiled as the scene played out in her head. It seemed so real. She could almost imagine that that was her reality, but the squeak of the door brought her from her artificial world and back to the nightmare that she lived. She tried not to cry out as he touched her body once more, his grimy hands all over her. Lilly shuddered involuntarily and kept playing her dream world over and over again in her mind until he was done. Tears flowed once again from her eyes and Lilly fell into a fearful and tormented sleep.
~*~*~
Well there you go, I updated! Please tell me what you think of this chapter.