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Chapter 5: Interrogation, Take Two
Soon, a very disgruntle Jake was led back into the interrogation room. Brass, Warrick and Nick were with him, trying hard to get Jake to speak.
Brass was slowly losing his patience with jake,"For the last time, Jake... what did you see while you were in that cupboard?"
Jake scowled, but did not say anything.
Nick decided to give a try, only this time, he kept a distance, standing by the door. "Jake, I'm just wondering, how in the world did you end up like this? Stealing and mixing with addicts, sleeping on the streets just to live," Jake did not look at him, but his fist was clenched tightly.
Nick continued,"Doing all those things when you could at least behave, and live with a decent family..."
"They weren't decent," muttered Jake, "They don't care about me,"
Nick said,"Maybe that isbacause you never gave them a chance to,"
Jake said angrily, "Wrong! They were hell to start with! They are so kind when you first went in, once you break a small rule, they throw you out! None of them gave a damn about me... even you!"
Nick raised and eyebrow,"What?"
"Why did you take me into your crib, anyway? You could have let me rot! You took me in, that was decent! After that, you just chased me around and got me landed here! That, is hell!"
Nick's own temper rose and he said,"hey, I never asked for a kid to be dumped on my doorstep!"
Jake retorted,"Fine! Then let me leave!" with that, he knocked his chair over and raced for the door, strangely, he had tears in his eyes.
Nick beat him to it, standing between Jake and the door,"You are not running away this time!"
Jake let out a yell and pushed Nick roughly in the chest with such great force that Nick lands on the floor.
Warrick and Brass made to come over to try and prevent the teen from escaping. Jake's hand was already on the doorknob when Nick said,"You're worth more than that, Jake,"
Warrick and Brass came up to restrain the teen but before they can, Jake ran to a corner and sank to the floor, he curled up and started to sob.
Nick got up while exchanging looks with Brass and Warrick, all theree not knowing what to do.
Then, Catherine, Sara and Grissom entered, they had been listening in on the conversation through the two way mirror. Catherine went over to comfort the teen but he pushed her away.
Brass muttered to the officer on duty,"Take him to the holding cell, make sure he doesn't run this time,"
The officer nodded and led a sobbing Jake out of the room. The others followed after that.
Grissom said,"Ok, let's just try and work with whatever evidence we have at the moment," to his squad. They nodded and headed towards the lab rooms.
Nick, however, hung back, staring at the holding cells. Warrick asked,"Coming?"
Nick replied,"In a minute... I'll catch up,"
Warrick nodded and followed the rest of squad. Nick went into the holding cell. Jake was sitting on the bunk bed inside one of the cells, drying his tears.
Nick nodded to the two officers on duty and walked over to Jake's cell. "Hey kiddo, how are you doing?" he asked, leaning against the bars casually.
Jake looked at him, but remained silent. Nick gave him a small smile,"Hey, look... sorry for being so rough on my words back there. It's tough, being a teen, with no parents aound to give you the support and love you need, right?"
Jake turned away, then muttered softly,"Kinda... you-?"
Nick shook his head,"Nah... I had my parents throughout my teenage, still do. But, let's just say I know what it's like to suffer as a kid..." Nick cleared his throat, then continued,"You know, it doesn't have to be this way. You didn't have to get hooked onto drugs just cos' your parents abandoned you, or your foster parents yelled at you. Life does bring you down sometimes, but you don't have to let life keep you down,"
Jake frowned a little. Nick said,"so, why don't you tell me what you saw that day? That kid who was killed, is he a friend?"
For the first time, Jake actually gave some useful information,"No, he's... he's... from another gang. Craig something or other,"
Nick asked,"You know him well?"
Jake shook his head,"A-all I know is tha he is the leader of his gang. He is enemies with my head,"
Nick nodded,"So, did you see who killed Craig?"
Jake's face turned pale and he shook his head.
Nick said,"Jake..."
Jake said,"I can't... he'll kill m-me..."
Nick frowned,"You can't keep running forever, Jake,"
But Jake seemed determined enough not to say another word. But Nick had a pretty good idea who is their next suspect. Jake had said that the two 'leaders' were enemies, and one ends up dead, that was enough to have Jake released.
Nick pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. "Here kiddo, this is my number. I am gonna get you outta here and into a shelter. Tomorrow at least. Call me if you need help, ok?"
Jake nodded a little and took the paper,"But I didn't say anything..." he muttered curiously.
Nick smirked and winked. As he headed for the door, he said,"Get some rest, ok?" and went out.
Jake sank back on to the hard bed, thinking. There were so many things he wanted to tell Nick, like he was sorry for pushing him, or taking his money... without meaning to, he drifted off to sleep.
Suddenly, he was woken up by voices outside. The detective had just walked past the door. A woman's voice was saying,"I don't know whether you should bail him out, Nick..."
Nick replied,"Why not? We don't have any right to hold him here Sara, he helped us get a suspect, that gang leader of his,"
Jake's heart leapt,'How did he know?' he thought, panicking.
The woman called Sara said,"Then what? Let him go back to drugs?"
Nick said,"Actually... I was kind of thinking of adopting him,"
"What!?"
"The kid isn't bad. I mean, I could get him go to a rehabilitation center, to get him off drugs, then he can go to school,"
Sara said,"Are you nuts? Jake has a habit of running away, do you think that he will really listen to you?"
"Personally," chimed in a third voice, 'I think it's a good idea, if Nick can take care of him of course..."
Sara said,"Grissom..."
The man named Grissom said,"Well, you can see that Nick is the only one Jake is opening up to. i think that jake needs a role model to get him on the right track of life,"
Jake coulnd't help smiling a little,'Live with Nick? How cool will that be?' he thought.
Nick said,"Still, I wish he would just have enough courage to tell us the name of that gang leader. It'll make everthing much easier..." and their voices trailed off, indicating they were walking further away, leaving jake in his own thoughts.
Not that he didn't want to... that leader of his has a gun. Drat! If Nick went after him, who knew what could happen? Jake had to do something, he could still hear Nick's words repeating in his head,"You can't keep running forever..."
TBC
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