-In The Shadows-

Chapter 6

wow…it has been a really long time..well..i have had a lot happen..so there are reasons…my grandmother died, school, going to Colorado…but im updating now..so..maybe I'll develop a pattern and get more chapters up soon..

NO! I buried that memory with all the rest. Why are they coming back now? What did I do to resurrect those memories?

"Greg? Are you okay"

Grissom stared at a spaced out Greg who was starting to panic.

"Greg you have to stop this! You have to get control of your thoughts!"

"Grissom?..What are you doing here?" asked a surprised and confused Greg

"We need to talk Greg" "I know…do we have to do it now?"

"'Fraid so Greg. We need answers."

"What do you want to know? How he raped me every night for 5 years of my life?! How he sometimes got his friends over and they took turns?! How I was humiliated and hurt and ashamed that I couldn't protect myself from my own father!?" Greg was sobbing by the time he was done and Grissom was at a loss. He really needed Catherine here…she was the people person…she could comfort and talk to Greg better than he could.

"My mother left when I was 11. But the beatings had started before she left. She didn't leave a note or anything..I just walked downstairs to find my dad trying to make waffles. He started drinking regularly…going out to bars, bringing home a different girl every night. That's when the beatings got worse. I became the one to take care of the house. Got a job so that we could keep the house and pay the bills. I remember the first time he hit me. I had gotten into a fight at school because this kid said my mom was a whore and that she didn't want me. The teacher had to call my dad…and he wasn't happy."

"So he hit you? For getting into a fight?" This came from Nick who had walked in the door in the middle of the story.

"Yeah..he was never really…open to my excuses…The band became a way out for me. A way for me to release stress. It was the only time I could do something that didn't need his approval."

"So do you know who those guys were…the ones that shot you?" asked Grissom

"Yeah…unfortunately I do"

AND THAT IS ALL!! for now atleast..this is all I can do..sorry….REVIEW!!!!!

Ally