Chapter 5
Grissom and Sara had been together for nearly three months and it was taking a toll on them both.
Sara stared at her reflection in the mirror. She had lost weight. There were dark circles under her eyes. She hadn't had a real conversation with her parents or brother in weeks. Catherine, Warrick and Nick noticed the change and tried to unsuccessfully draw her out of her shell. Under their scrutiny, she retreated even further.
Please leave a message after the tone.
"Sara what is going on with you girl? Call me back girl. I mean it this time."
Please leave a message after the tone.
"Hey it's me. Lindsey wants to know where you've been. She wants her "cool" aunt to take her to Circus. Circus. Call me okay. Okay?"
Please leave a message after the tone.
"Sara. My sister is in town. She wants to meet the great Sara. If I don't hear from you by 5:00 I'll call you back. Where you been hiding? We all miss you"
As their relationship had festered, so had Grissom's possessiveness and jealously. He listened to Sara's voicemails and checked her e-mail. He wanted every second of her time accounted for. He objected to almost every piece of clothing that she owned. Eventually he insisted that she move into his townhouse.
"This not up for discussion Sara. You are moving in with me. It does not make any sense for you to keep the apartment when you are hear all the time anyway.
"Gil, don't you think we are moving too fast."
"Don't you love me?"
"More than anything. More than anything."
"I'll call the movers."
He wouldn't let her spend any of her money insisting that it was his responsibility to "take care of her." He said that he wanted be a better man than his father. He wanted to make sure that she understood that financial security would never be an issue for her.
At fist, all the attention was flattering. Except for her parents, Sara had always been responsible for the people in her life. In her peer group, she was the lead dog, the Alpha female. Grissom saw all her vulnerabilities and he took the weight of he world away from her. It had been a relief.
The most recent fights scared Sara and had no idea what to do under the weight of it all, she had even begun to smoke again.
Then there was the sex. Once he let his guard down, all of the passion that he had carefully contained began to seep into every pore of his being. He was never sated or satisfied. He wanted her constantly and Sara did not know if it was because his libido was just that strong or if he was marking her for the world to know.
"Clearly you are seeing someone else.!!!"
"What are you talking about? Gil, how can you think that? Baby, how could you think that? Just become I don't respond to your every sexual whim."
"Then why are you tired all of sudden? Why are you sleeping all the time? Who is he?"
As Sara crumpled to the floor in tears, Grissom had left their home in a silent dark rage.
"How did I end up here?" she asked the woman staring back at her from the mirror. "How did we end up here? Oh Gil, we have got to get some help or it's going to destroy us both."
Another wave of nausea attacked her stomach and she leaned over the toilet.