In the hospital, Catherine is still staring at Lindsey. The door opens and Sam Braun comes in. Catherine turns and stares at him, her eyes aflame.
"What do you want here?"
"I came to see how my granddaughter is doing. I was also wondering how you are."
"I'm fine, now that I know Lindsey is safe. She's going to make it. She's strong, she's a fighter."
"That makes her the third generation of women in your family like that. Smart, strong-willed, determined, and beautiful."
"What about the men?"
"One is crooked, in your mind. The other is dead, and you didn't like him much."
"That's not true, I loved Eddie once. And you are a criminal."
"Listen Cate, we don't need to go there. I just came to say that I'll pay for Lindsey's medical expenses."
"You don't have to. I…"
"Look, I know money is tight for you, think of it as a gift. From a father to his daughter and granddaughter...And if she wants to go to another school, I'll pay for that too."
She sighs. "Fine, do what you want."
"Look Cate, I've made some mistakes, everyone does. I wish I could change what's happened, but there's no undo button to life. I want to be in your life, like I was before. Can you try to forgive me, and let me be part of your life?"
"I'll try."
"Thank you, that's all I'm asking for."
They hug, and then Lindsey opens her eyes. They both hug her, as tears run down her face.
Back at the school. All of the crowds have dissipated, and the families know where their children are. Nick, Greg, and the dayshift have finished up their work, and are starting to pack things up. The only problem is, they don't know who the shooter was. Three theories have developed.
1 the shooter was a student, who ran off
2 it was gang related
3 it was drug related
All of them are good theories, but none can yet be proven. These thoughts were running through the minds of everyone involved.
They return to the lab and start sorting through the evidence.
In the morgue, David (the assistant coroner) and Dr. Robbins (the coroner) are doing the autopsies on the school victims. They are nearly done with the fourth victim, when two more bodies are brought in. Both of them look even more saddened by it.
"I'm just glad that Lindsey isn't on one of these slabs. She's a lucky girl."
"So is Catherine… It's a shame that these weren't so lucky too."
"Unfortunately David, that's part of our job. Five kids and one teacher dead, five more injured, and no suspects. It's days like this that make me want to retire."
David looks at him oddly, but then they get back to work.
"I went back to the scene early this morning and I dusted another place that I thought of. I uncovered the prints there. Then I ran them and I came across a match. Ed Spring, he has a record a mile long. Most of his priors are for theft and burglary."
"Good job… Did you hear about what happened at the middle school?"
"Yeah, Greg was telling me what Warrick had said about Lindsey… I'm glad she's alright. It would have destroyed Catherine."
"The hardest thing to lose is someone you love, especially a child…"
"Yeah, but both of you got yours back."
"How did you?…"
"Melanie told me. I was a little surprised, but you make a lot more sense to me now… We're here."
They get out of the car and a cop gets out of another car. They go over to the door of a rundown house. Gil knocks at the door and a man who is clearly intoxicated answers.
"What do you want?"
"Are you Ed Spring?" The Sara asked.
"Who wants to know."
"My name is Gil Grissom this is my colleague from the crime lab Sara Sidle, and this is Officer John Wilkes. We have a couple questions for you, may we come in?"
"Sure."
They enter. The house is a complete mess and there is trash everywhere. Sara starts to look around as Grissom and the cop start to question the suspect.
"Hey, what's she doing?" The suspect asked.
They show him a warrant and he shuts up. Sara wanders into a bedroom and she sees the jewelry box and jewelry. She picks it up, after photographing it, and takes it back to Grissom. Since they are interrogating the suspect they don't notice her. She clears he throat and they look up.
"It makes me curious to know why such a tough guy has such a beautiful jewelry box, not to mention the jewelry."
"I want a lawyer."
"Oh, you'll get one," the cop responded. Then he puts cuffs on the suspect and takes him out.
"That was my mother's gift to my wife… I had forgotten about it."
Grissom gently touches the box. Sara hands it to him, and he opens a drawer, pulling out a ring.
"Her wedding ring?" He nods. "What was her name?"
"Alissa." He sighs slightly.
"You still loved her, didn't you?"
"I did. It's been twenty years though, I should move on."
"When did she die?"
"2001."
"That explains a lot… You don't have to hide your past Grissom… Trust me, it only causes problems later on. You found that out with me losing it, you're finding that out now with Mel… Come on, let's go get her to come and claim this box… You have to return the ring."
He puts it back, and they start to leave, when they notice two guns on a counter. Sara bags them and they go.
Thanks for the reviews, I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in so long, I was going to Friday, but the site was updating and I couldn't, I hope that these two chapters have made up for it. Plus there's only one chapter left in this section.
