Saviour 3
Doctor Morgan helped Sara to lie back down as she spoke to the others. "I would like you to leave so I can check Sara over."
"Sure." Catherine nodded, moving to take Sara's hand and gently squeeze it. "I'll be back soon. Ok Sara?" Seeing the tears in her friend's eyes, he fished in her pocket for a clean Kleenex and pushed it into Sara's hand.
Sara hiccupped and nodded, wiping her eyes.
"Look, doctor, can tell me how long Sara is gonna be staying here?" Catherine asked.
"I think the night would do and as long as there is someone there for Sara tomorrow, I don't see why she can't be released tomorrow."
Catherine nodded, moving closer to Sara when the doctor finished taking her blood pressure and checking the chart. "Is there anything you want me to bring in for you?"
"Maybe some clothes. They bagged my stuff when I came in…"
"Yeah, I'm taking them to Greg to be analysed. Maybe he can find something that can help." Catherine pulled out another Kleenex and placed it on the bedside cabernet. "Ok, I'll be back soon Hun. Just relax and we'll nail the son of the bitch."
The Lab
"Hey Greggo. I have something for you." Catherine handed over two large bags that contained Sara's clothing and belongings. "Process these thoroughly. I don't want you to miss anything out." Pinning the grinning lab tech with a glare, she continued. "I mean it Greg. I want you to go over this evidence with a fine toothed comb. It's important. I need to put this guy away."
"Sure. I know the drill." Greg squared his shoulder as he began opening the evidence bags. "Since when is a rape victim so important to you? I mean, you usually pass them over to Sara any way."
Catherine turned back to him. "Greg, I'll forget you said that. Remember the girl Linley Parker? If you remember, she was raped and killed. I worked that case, not Sara." Catherine's terse tone turned back to normal as she headed for the door. "I'll be in trace when you have some information."
"Um, Catherine." Greg called hesitantly. "Grissom's been looking for you and he's not happy.
Catherine nodded. "Just get to work, leave Grissom to me."
Later that morning, Catherine was going over Sara's clothing after getting them back from Greg. The lab tech was still running tests and should have something soon. Meanwhile Grissom was on the prowl and entered the layout room she was working in.
"I've been looking for you all night." He said by way of greeting, but jumped straight into the reason he was angry. "Have you seen Sara? It's already gone 2 in the morning and she's usually early." He eyed her as she stopped working and looked at him.
'Think Catherine, think.' Her mind spun in circles trying to come up with something. "Ummm… She's sick." Going with the lie, she continued. "She called in a while ago. I answered the phone… Didn't I leave you the message? I'm sure I wrote it down." She started to ramble.
"No Catherine." Grissom broke through her babbling. "You didn't. That's why there's a notepad beside the phone, to take messages or didn't you have a pen to write it down? Cuz there was one there too." He mocked angrily, tried of getting nowhere with anyone he had previously asked about Sara's whereabouts.
"Look, Gil, I'm sorry. It's just that I have a lot on my mind and I'm really busy at the moment." She gestured to the table, trying to get him out of the room so she could get back to work."
"Fine." He turned to leave. "I might give her a ring again, to see if she's ok."
"No!" Catherine spoke up, closing her eyes in frustration. "I mean, Gil, she'll be ok. She just needed some rest. She works too hard." She shrugged, trying to gauge his reaction to her lying.
"Yeah." He sighed. "Maybe you're right. Well, I'll leave you to it then…" He left the room.
Just when she started to relax, Catherine's pager beeped.
'DNA Lab. Urgent! Greg'
DNA Lab
"Well Greg, I'm here." Catherine announced her arrival, quietly closing the door behind her.
Greg raised his head and his right eye twitched. "Have you told anyone? Where you going to? You think I wouldn't find out?" He questioned. "What the hell where you thinking Catherine?!" He snapped, shaking his head.
"Greg, please. I know you're pissed off that I didn't tell you, but can you save it for later? This is Sara and I need to help her."
Greg nodded. "Well, you came to the right place." He said with a hint of sadness in his voice. He took a deep breath to get his bearings before filling her in. "DNA is Sara's."
"I guessed as much Greg, what else?" Catherine sighed.
"Well, the thing is, I also found a semen stain, so I ran it through CODIS." Greg paused to keep professional, the anger already building. "It came up Hank Preddigrew."
"Thanks Greg. This will definitely make Sara fell a lot safer with him behind bars."
A Few Hours Later
Grissom walked into DNA and sighed. "Greg, have you seen Catherine? She seems to be hiding from me
Greg nodded absently as he hurried to finish analysing Sara's DNA case evidence. He didn't want to miss anything. "Yeah. She left with Brass a while ago."
"What for, may I ask?"
"To make the arrest. I hope they get him good for what he did to Sara." Greg looked up briefly. "The evidence should put Hank away for a long time."
"Come on Greg that happened two years ago." Grissom chuckled. "I think Sara would have got over him by now."
Greg furrowed his brows in confusion. "What are you on about? Hank raped Sara. I'm sure Catherine would have told you. Gees Grissom, don't you have any remorse what so ever?"
Grissom's face went white. "When did this Happen?"
"Early hours of the morning. I found semen. Ran it and…." Seeing that Grissom had no clue what he was talking about, Greg panicked. "Oh God. Catherine didn't tell you did she?"
Grissom ignored him. "What hospital is she in?"
"Desert Palm." Greg answered instantly.
Desert Palm Hospital.
Sara was wrapped tightly in blankets as she sleeps fitfully in her bed until she heard the door open and bang softly against the wall. When she turned her head to see who it was, she looked up to see the face of Gil Grissom.
TBC