Chapter Twenty-One
Lilly flinched as light drove away the impenetrable darkness. She closed her eyes tightly to keep from being blinded and huddled further beneath the flimsy sheet that offered her naked body barely any protection from the stark coldness of the room. There were footsteps on the stairs, unfamiliar ones.
"What's happening?" she wondered, her body shivering involuntarily, "Has he brought his friends over to enjoy my body as well?" Lilly was filled with animosity as the footsteps drew closer, there were two of them, and neither of them was he.
"Oh Lilly, what did he do to you?" Lilly's heart pounded in her chest as she heard the words spoken above her and the gentle touch of a callused hand on her face.
"Uncle Gil?" she asked opening her eyes slightly. Grissom stood before her, his face outlined with a bright light, "Am I dead?" he seemed so much like an angel as he smiled down at her, his eyes filled with care and worry.
"No Lils, you're not dead, you're safe." He replied. Lilly whimpered as he reached out and picked her up in his arms.
"We're gonna get you to the hospital and make sure you're okay." Grissom continued as he carried her up the steep steps. Police officers were everywhere searching the house from top to bottom.
"I want to go home Uncle Gil, I wanna go home." She cried as she clung to him tightly, the cloth offering little coverage to the prying eyes of the officers.
"Don't worry Lilly, you'll be home soon." Grissom whispered in her ear as he placed her down on a stretcher that was waiting outside. Fresh air filled Lilly's lungs as she lay there on the soft mattress of the stretcher. Sunlight filled her eyes and she shielded them as she looked up at Gil. He held her hand in his own and followed her up into the ambulance. The door shut behind them and Lilly lay there as the EMTs took her blood pressure and checked her vitals. Her eyes drifted shut, seeking much needed sleep.
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Greg sat at the computer trying to concentrate on his work, but his mind kept straying. They had brought Scott Kennedy in for questioning earlier that day, and the interrogation had brought forth a confession. Now it was only a matter of time before Lilly was back with him, safe and sound.
"Greg," Nick walked into the room and the lab tech looked up at him expectantly.
"Did they find her?" he asked.
"Yeah, she's at the hospital right now." Nick replied. Greg jumped out of his seat and was out the door in a flash.
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There she was lying on the hospital bed looking pale as death. Dark bruises stood out against her milk white skin. Greg's heart broke as he stared down at her. With her eyes closed and her breathing slow and harsh Greg could almost imagine that she truly was dead. He shook his head to clear it of the morbid thoughts and returned his attention to the woman lying on the bed. He sat in the chair beside her bed and slowly reached out to take her hand in his. Greg was shocked at how cold her hand was, like ice.
A tear slipped down his cheek and he watched it fall onto the back of Lilly's hand then slide off onto the blanket that covered her. His heart was breaking as he looked at her, so beaten and broken. It hurt Greg to see Lilly this way; he wasn't used to seeing her like this. Lilly was always wide-eyed, cheerful, and lively, not still as death and as white as a sheet. Greg closed his eyes tightly, willing his tears and pain away. A soft moan escaped from Lilly's lips and her eyes fluttered open. Greg grinned as he looked down into her beautiful eyes.
"Hey." He said gently. Lilly's eyes widened and she quickly pulled her hand from his grip.
"Go away!" she cried her voice weak and raspy as she cowered away from him, "Leave me alone please."
"What?" Greg was taken aback. Lilly was scared of him!
"Please, just leave me alone." Tears fell down her cheeks in sheets and her hands trembled as she tried to push Greg away from her.
"Lilly what's wrong?" Greg asked trying to calm her down.
"Don't touch me!" she shrieked as he regained his hold on her hands. Greg drew back as if she had slapped him.
"What's going on in here?" A nurse asked hurrying into the room.
"Make him leave," Lilly cried, "please just get him out of here." the nurse looked at Greg who glanced up at her.
"I think you should leave young man." The nurse said quietly leading Greg from the room, "She's been through quite a lot and the doctor doesn't want her to be stressed right now. She might lose the baby."
"Bab...baby!" Greg stuttered he looked back at the closed door that led to Lilly's room, "She's...she's pregnant?"
"Yes." The nurse said solemnly, "Poor girl. She doesn't deserve this." The nurse shook her head and led Greg down the hall.
"Have you told her, does she know?" Greg asked, anger filling him as he thought of another man's hands on Lilly, touching her in ways that he knew Lilly thought sacred.
"The doctor doesn't think we should tell her yet, it might cause her more distress than she needs right now, but he's speaking with her parents right now about it." Greg slumped down on one of the benches that sat in the hallway. Lilly, pregnant? It couldn't be true, it wasn't. No wonder she had been so scared of him; she had been so over run by fear of rape that she hadn't recognized him. Greg's head fell into his hands and he sat there, stewing in his rage. That jerk would pay for what he did, Greg would make sure of that. Greg stood and made his way out of the hospital.
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"Where is he?" Greg yelled as he made his way into the police department, "Where is that jerk?" people stared at Greg as if he was insane as he made his way towards the holding cells. Brass ran up to him and grabbed hold of his arm, yanking the lab tech around to face him.
"What are you going on about Greg?" Brass demanded.
"Where's Scott Kennedy?" Greg cried, rage contorting his face.
"Why do you want to see Kennedy?" Brass asked, even though he knew the answer.
"Why do you think Brass?" Greg replied harshly, "that jerk stalks Lilly, kidnaps her, rapes her, and then gets her pregnant!"
"You need to calm down Greg, before you do something that you're gonna regret."
"Calm down! I want to kill that son of a..."
"GREG!" Brass's booming voice thundered throughout the station, "Calm down right now or I'm going to have to escort you out of the building." Greg glared at Brass before stalking out of the police station.
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Short I know, but wasn't it good! I hope you all liked this chapter and will review it. I'm about ten more reviews away from one hundred, so please review.
Lilly flinched as light drove away the impenetrable darkness. She closed her eyes tightly to keep from being blinded and huddled further beneath the flimsy sheet that offered her naked body barely any protection from the stark coldness of the room. There were footsteps on the stairs, unfamiliar ones.
"What's happening?" she wondered, her body shivering involuntarily, "Has he brought his friends over to enjoy my body as well?" Lilly was filled with animosity as the footsteps drew closer, there were two of them, and neither of them was he.
"Oh Lilly, what did he do to you?" Lilly's heart pounded in her chest as she heard the words spoken above her and the gentle touch of a callused hand on her face.
"Uncle Gil?" she asked opening her eyes slightly. Grissom stood before her, his face outlined with a bright light, "Am I dead?" he seemed so much like an angel as he smiled down at her, his eyes filled with care and worry.
"No Lils, you're not dead, you're safe." He replied. Lilly whimpered as he reached out and picked her up in his arms.
"We're gonna get you to the hospital and make sure you're okay." Grissom continued as he carried her up the steep steps. Police officers were everywhere searching the house from top to bottom.
"I want to go home Uncle Gil, I wanna go home." She cried as she clung to him tightly, the cloth offering little coverage to the prying eyes of the officers.
"Don't worry Lilly, you'll be home soon." Grissom whispered in her ear as he placed her down on a stretcher that was waiting outside. Fresh air filled Lilly's lungs as she lay there on the soft mattress of the stretcher. Sunlight filled her eyes and she shielded them as she looked up at Gil. He held her hand in his own and followed her up into the ambulance. The door shut behind them and Lilly lay there as the EMTs took her blood pressure and checked her vitals. Her eyes drifted shut, seeking much needed sleep.
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Greg sat at the computer trying to concentrate on his work, but his mind kept straying. They had brought Scott Kennedy in for questioning earlier that day, and the interrogation had brought forth a confession. Now it was only a matter of time before Lilly was back with him, safe and sound.
"Greg," Nick walked into the room and the lab tech looked up at him expectantly.
"Did they find her?" he asked.
"Yeah, she's at the hospital right now." Nick replied. Greg jumped out of his seat and was out the door in a flash.
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There she was lying on the hospital bed looking pale as death. Dark bruises stood out against her milk white skin. Greg's heart broke as he stared down at her. With her eyes closed and her breathing slow and harsh Greg could almost imagine that she truly was dead. He shook his head to clear it of the morbid thoughts and returned his attention to the woman lying on the bed. He sat in the chair beside her bed and slowly reached out to take her hand in his. Greg was shocked at how cold her hand was, like ice.
A tear slipped down his cheek and he watched it fall onto the back of Lilly's hand then slide off onto the blanket that covered her. His heart was breaking as he looked at her, so beaten and broken. It hurt Greg to see Lilly this way; he wasn't used to seeing her like this. Lilly was always wide-eyed, cheerful, and lively, not still as death and as white as a sheet. Greg closed his eyes tightly, willing his tears and pain away. A soft moan escaped from Lilly's lips and her eyes fluttered open. Greg grinned as he looked down into her beautiful eyes.
"Hey." He said gently. Lilly's eyes widened and she quickly pulled her hand from his grip.
"Go away!" she cried her voice weak and raspy as she cowered away from him, "Leave me alone please."
"What?" Greg was taken aback. Lilly was scared of him!
"Please, just leave me alone." Tears fell down her cheeks in sheets and her hands trembled as she tried to push Greg away from her.
"Lilly what's wrong?" Greg asked trying to calm her down.
"Don't touch me!" she shrieked as he regained his hold on her hands. Greg drew back as if she had slapped him.
"What's going on in here?" A nurse asked hurrying into the room.
"Make him leave," Lilly cried, "please just get him out of here." the nurse looked at Greg who glanced up at her.
"I think you should leave young man." The nurse said quietly leading Greg from the room, "She's been through quite a lot and the doctor doesn't want her to be stressed right now. She might lose the baby."
"Bab...baby!" Greg stuttered he looked back at the closed door that led to Lilly's room, "She's...she's pregnant?"
"Yes." The nurse said solemnly, "Poor girl. She doesn't deserve this." The nurse shook her head and led Greg down the hall.
"Have you told her, does she know?" Greg asked, anger filling him as he thought of another man's hands on Lilly, touching her in ways that he knew Lilly thought sacred.
"The doctor doesn't think we should tell her yet, it might cause her more distress than she needs right now, but he's speaking with her parents right now about it." Greg slumped down on one of the benches that sat in the hallway. Lilly, pregnant? It couldn't be true, it wasn't. No wonder she had been so scared of him; she had been so over run by fear of rape that she hadn't recognized him. Greg's head fell into his hands and he sat there, stewing in his rage. That jerk would pay for what he did, Greg would make sure of that. Greg stood and made his way out of the hospital.
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"Where is he?" Greg yelled as he made his way into the police department, "Where is that jerk?" people stared at Greg as if he was insane as he made his way towards the holding cells. Brass ran up to him and grabbed hold of his arm, yanking the lab tech around to face him.
"What are you going on about Greg?" Brass demanded.
"Where's Scott Kennedy?" Greg cried, rage contorting his face.
"Why do you want to see Kennedy?" Brass asked, even though he knew the answer.
"Why do you think Brass?" Greg replied harshly, "that jerk stalks Lilly, kidnaps her, rapes her, and then gets her pregnant!"
"You need to calm down Greg, before you do something that you're gonna regret."
"Calm down! I want to kill that son of a..."
"GREG!" Brass's booming voice thundered throughout the station, "Calm down right now or I'm going to have to escort you out of the building." Greg glared at Brass before stalking out of the police station.
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Short I know, but wasn't it good! I hope you all liked this chapter and will review it. I'm about ten more reviews away from one hundred, so please review.