Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Sara looked at the ring again. It was gorgeous. It was two karats and practically flawless. The round stone looked wonderful on her finger. She looked across the table at Alan.

"It's beautiful. I don't know what to say."

"Say you will marry me. Say you will make me the happiest man in world."

Sara looked into Alan's green eyes. They reminded her of Grissom's blue ones... Grissom. Everything always led back to him, that is until now. Sara realized that she had to move on. Grissom had told her once that she deserved to have a life, this might be her only chance.

"Yes. I'll marry you Alan. I'll marry you. "

Grissom heard a pounding on his front door. What the hell? He had seen his CSI's more since the lab was being renovated than he ever did when they actually worked together.

He heard the door open before he could make it down the hall.

He glared at Catherine. "I told you to use that key was for emergencies."

Catherine grabbed his arm and propelled him towards his bedroom.

"This is an emergency. You have to get dressed right now."

She leaned in and sniffed at him. "When was the last time you took a shower?"

Grissom recoiled and back away from his longtime friend "What? Why?"

"Warrick stopped by Nicky's to get a game plan together. He's going to meet us here."

Catherine stepped into Grissom's bedroom closet and began rummaging through Grissom's clothes.

"Catherine what are you doing? What the hell is going on?"

Catherine held up a black linen shirt to Grissom's torso. "Hmmm...I am just not sure this does your eyes any justice. No matter we don't have much time. Nicky is going to stall them as long as he can."

"Catherine!"

He grabbed her shoulders to stop her frantic movements. "What are you talking about?"

Catherine took a deep breath and blew it out evenly. "Sara is getting married today. He asked her to marry him this morning and they are getting married today. She called Nicky and he called me and War. They are getting married in..." she glanced at her watch. "In an hour and half at the Chapel of Love on Greenville."

Color drained from Grissom's face. His mouth went slack and for a second Catherine was afraid that he was going to faint. "Gil?"

She held his arm firmly.

"Oh honey, we don't have time for you to freak out. You have got to do something. You have got to stop this wedding. Gil this is your last chance. For the first time in your life, you have got to throw caution to the wind."