Before you go on I must apologize if this is way out of character...forgive for I know not what I do. ALSO
I know absolutely nothing about guns or ammunition so if this is totally something a person couldn't do with the gun and ..well you'll see, don't be all what ids this girl talking about...just go with. It's a fanfic world you just gotta make it fit.! ALSO I have never written a scene like this so if totally makes no sense, bare with me.
chapter 14 EDDIE
summary: Catherine leaves Eddie, but he won't let her go. As the
cycle of abuse continues, Lindsey's safety is threatened and
Catherine is faced with a tough decision, when her best friend
threatens to take her daughter away...
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Catherine stood up turning her gun to the floor. Her body still trembled as she walked over to Eddie's body.
"Catherine?" Gil called to her " Don't"
Catherine waved her hand at him " , I shot him, you go, I can handle this, I have to call the police."
"I shot him!" Gi replied " What are you going to tell them anyway, We both came her to kill your husband? You'll go to jail."
Catherine shook her head " No, look at me, they'll know what he was doing , they'll think it was self defense."
It may have been at one point Catherine but we both came here with the same intentions, They put one of us away for premeditated murder and I won't let you go to jail, Lindsey needs you, she needs her mother."
Catherine bent down over Eddie " Will you just shut up! You've done enough, let me take the blame for this, they will understand. You'll lose your job, you'll lose everything, But I can..I can.." she repeated a tear coming to her eye " What have I done?"
Gil when to her and pulled her away from the body " Look at me, We don't even know how shot him, there is only one visible wound.Are you using your gun that was issued by Brass?"
Catherine shook her head.
"Give it to me"
Gil took the gun and looked into the chamber
"I don't know, we both fired." He said looking up at her " Where did you get these bullets"
Catherine shook her head " I don't remember ..I can't think right now okay!" she snapped
"Do you have anymore?" Gil replied
Catherine nodded "There in the back of my dresser drawer, the last one at the bottom."
Gil disappeared into her bedroom and came back with enough bullets to fill the chamber of his gun leaving one slot empty.
"What are you doing?" Catherine asked.
"Nothing" Gil replied
Catherine sighed " I have to call Gil, are you going?"
Gil shook his head " Call Brass" he paused " I'm not leaving you."
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Gil and Catherine were sitting on the couch when Brass arrived, unfortunately followed by Ecklie, with Warrick in tow.
Brass went directly toward the two on the couch
"What happened?" Brass questioned the two of them.
Gil spoke first "Eddie got shot." was all he said. Brass made a face " By who". Neither of the two answered.
Brass sighed "I will check the guns you know."
Catherine who looked like she was in a daze finally muttered to Brass "Am I under arrest?
"Do you need to be?" Brass replied
Catherine shook her head " He hit me," she replied
Brass made a face "I don't get it Cath, you were checked into the hospital, why did you leave?"
Catherine didn't answer,
Brass looked at Gil " What were you doing here ?"
Gil avoided the question watching Ecklie snoop around
"I don't want Ecklie on this! "Gil yelled
Brass spun around " Look around you Gil, you have no say, you're on the other side of it. You're a suspect. The both of you are. So start talking"
Gil looked at Catherine who in turn was still silent.
"Okay then" Brass looked over at Ecklie who nodded
" Gil...Catherine stand up."
Catherine looked over at Gil
"We need to go down to the station."
Catherine and Gil were separated into two different interrogation rooms. Ecklie was interrogating Catherine and Brass was with Gil.
"Gil what happened over there" Brass questioned him.
Gil did not answer. "Gil?" brass yelled, "You could be in serious trouble, both of you."
Gil looked up at Brass "You don't even know who's gun killed Eddie!" he smirked " I'm not worried, I didn't do anything unjust anyway.He got what he deserved."
Brass raised his eyebrow " SO it was Catherine?"
Gil shrugged his shoulders " Did I say that?" Brass was taken aback this was not like Gil at all.
In the other interrogation room Ecklie was grilling Catherine.
"Did you and Gil plan this?"
Catherine looked up at him " Plan what?"
"Catherine look,You're a great csi, but you can't use the game against me, There is no perfect crime, not matter what, I' ll find out what happened whether you talk or not. The bullet in Eddie chest is going to tell me everything and then you and Gil are going to jail for premeditated murder. So kiss Lindsey good bye."
Catherine glared at him " I want to see Gil"
Ecklie scoffed " Yeah right"
"Fine" Catherine sat back in her chair and crossed her arms " I won't say another word.
"Don't be stupid Catherine, don't dig yourself any deeper."
Catherine shrugged " Don't I get a lawyer?"
Ecklie smirked " Okay, play like that." he paused " Okay, I'll get Gil in here,"
With that Ecklie left the room and came back with Gil and Brass
Catherine looked at Gil
"I love you" she whispered " Self defense."
Gil shook his head " what?"
Catherine then stood up from her chair " I DID IT!" she yelled out to Brass and Ecklie " I fired the shot the killed Eddie.
"Catherine what are you doing?" Gil tried to stop her
The officer in the room pulled out his handcuffs to arrest Catherine when Gil stepped in.
"I DID IT!" he confessed " It's wasn't Catherine.
Brass went to he door and was handed a piece of paper and a small bag and then walked over to Gil " You can't just say that because she confessed, what you think if the two of you keep lying it's going to help her. She confessed to it Gil, It maybe self defense but,it needs to be proved, until then murder is murder."
"I'm not" Gil replied " It was me, I went there to kill him."
Brass dropped a piece of paper on the table in front of Gil.
"You may have went there to kill him, but you didn't. We found this bullet. " He dropped the bullet concealed in the evidence bag. "Warrick pulled it out of the wall."
Gil sighed, he had forgotten about that, one bullet hit Eddie and one bullet was stray, he never even thought of looking for it.
"The funny thing is this bullet if different from all the others.These are the bullets given to you for your gun, everyone's are different Gil you should know that. You tried to replace your bullet with ones that matched Catherine's thinking we would be stumped," he paused " No perfect crime Gil you know that too."
Brass took the evidence of the table " You're free to go."