Sometimes she hated her job, sometimes she loved it. At the moment, she hated it. But that was only until Warrick came to her near the end of the shift, sun rising once again to start a new day. Sitting at her desk once more, he came to her and sat down. He had no files in his hands this time, but only a face that showed no emotion.
"What?" she asked, tiredly, not wanting to hear any more bad news.
"We have a reason for Darren Shelby to be in jail right now." Sara waited impatiently. "He was charged for attempted murder on you and Emily."
"Ok, but why did he attempt to murder us?" Sara asked, putting the meaning of the phrase 'Attempted Murder' to use.
"I was just getting to that." He told her "Hank was his best friend, right?" Sara nodded slowly, still slightly confused to where this was going. However, her CSI skills came back to work as her face gave Warrick the impression that her light bulb went on.
"He wanted to kill Emily for killing his own best friend" Sara said in almost a question. Warrick nodded to answer her. "Well, at least that guy is in jail."
He looked at her a little puzzled. "I understand why you might want him in jail, what other guy are you talking about?"
Sara sighed. "Emily's father." One small tear slid quickly down her cheek, but she whipped it up just as soon as it had appeared.
"What about Emily's father?" Warrick asked, wishing he could comfort her in some way.
"She told me that the only reason she killed Hank was because her father would've killed her if she didn't." She sighed again. "It's not fair, Warrick." She told him.
"Not everything is." He agreed.
Sara shook her head. "Emily is going to jail because she was threatened by her father to kill someone. It just doesn't make sense."
"Sara, you know that she had other options than to go ahead with the murder."
"She was scared. She didn't see these options." She said, defending the child. Suddenly, Sara understood how some of the suspects felt in some cases. "I guess when you are in the middle of everything, you just want a way out. You want the easiest way out, but sometimes it's to hard for you to even think, so you just go ahead with the first thing that comes to mind. That's what she did. She is 9 years old. She wouldn't give up her life for someone else's. And she shouldn't have to."