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Summary: On an outing at the mall with Lindsey, Catherine is abducted leaving only one witness. Her daughter. Gil is called to investigate, the case. Why was Catherine abducted and what does it have to do with Sam Braun?
Gil walked down the corridor toward the end of the hall and stopped before two large men guarding two large doors. The two men stopped him by raising his hands and waited for Gil to speak.
"I am here to see Mr. Braun." Gil looked back and forth at the two men. "He may or may not be expecting me but either way my warrant says I get to go in."
The two men looked at each other and then at Brass who was coming down the hall toward them and opened the door.
Sam Braun was in the middle of a phone call when he looked up startled "What the hell is going on here? Tony," he yelled at his security agents "I thought I said no interruptions, which clearly means no visitors."
Tony looked over at Sam "Sorry boss, they have a warrant. Do you need us to stay?"
Sam shook his head "No If I need you I will call."
The two men left the room and returned to their posts. Brass stayed by the door while Gil approached Sam's desk.
"Well, I am certain that no one has died in my casino lately so what did I do to receive such a pleasant visit from the two of you?"
"Enough with the sarcasm," Gil snapped slamming the videotape down on the desk along with the suspects picture.
Sam's facial expression changed immediately, indicating he knew exactly who he was looking at.
"Looks familiar doesn't he?" Gil snapped, "What's his name and where can I find him?"
Sam looked from the picture to Gil and then to Brass and back to Gil "What's this?" he asked pointing toward the videotape
"It's a video tape of your daughter and this guy" Gil began only to be cut off by Sam.
"What do you want me to do with it, am I supposed to watch it?" he asked making more of a mocking tone then a serious tone.
"It's funny is it, you obviously haven't seen the news, eight hours ago your only daughter was kidnapped...by this man, now this guy is pissed and it's not because of what Catherine did, it all has to do with you and it seems that she keeps getting blamed for mistakes you make."
Sam looked at Gil with his mouth hanging partly open, "What do you mean kidnapped? What? I don't understand, you think it was Harrison?"
"Harrison…Harrison what?"
Sam sat up in his chair "Harrison Grears, he was my business partner for almost five years and he was pulling me down so I dropped him."
"You mean you sold him out, took all his earnings and his ideas, robbed him blind and let him with nothing, and now I am assuming he wants it back, and he wants you dead and he is using Catherine to do it." Gil yelled as he removed his gun from his holster.
"What the hell is going on?" Sam yelled as he reached for his security button.
"Don't even push that button, "Gil yelled as he pointed his gun at him, "He asked me to kill you, that's why I came here, to get rid of you and get Catherine back before he could hurt her again."
"Harrison Grears is harmless," Sam stopped reaching and sat slowly down in his desk "he is all talk, he won't hurt Catherine, he's bluffing"
Gil gripped his gun and glared at Sam "HARMLESS?" he screamed "HARMLESS? I'LL SPARE YOU THE TROUBLE OF WATCHING THE VIDEO AND JUST FILL YOU IN. BUT THAT HARMLESS MAN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RAPED HER! HE RAPED HER BECAUSE HE HATES YOU! SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY TO CATHERINE WHEN SHE COMES HOME? IF SHE COMES HOME? BETTER YET WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY TO YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER? THE GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WATCHED HER MOTHER GET KNOCKED OUT AND THROWN IN THE BACK OF THE VAN! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HER?"
Sam raised his hands to calm Gil and looked over at Brass "A little help here." Sam watched as Brass shrugged his shoulders "Okay just put the gun down. What do you need me to do?"
Gil lowered the gun "You have to lay low until she is home safe and he is caught, that means no working. No seeing or talking to anyone, no business, to the world and most importantly to Harrison you are dead!"
Sam shook his head "No, I have a casino to run and I can't-"
Gil raised the gun again "I could kill you and then we would not have to pretend and I wouldn't care if I had to go to jail for the rest of my life, all that matters is that Catherine gets brought home and she is with her daughter."
Sam watched Gil and then Brass "Okay, I'll do it."
Gil lowered his gun and grabbed the videotape and the picture "Get your stuff, tell no one where you are going or what's happening, if Catherine dies, so do you."
Gil walked toward the door and reached for the handle when Sam called to him.
"You really love her, don't you?"
Gil looked back at him "Yeah, I guess I do."
