Chapter 32 abduction...PICKING UP THE PIECES...
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?
PICKING UP THE PIECES...
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"Catherine?" Gil stood up to walked over to her.
"Catherine?" He reached out to touch her
"No!" Catherine screamed " Don't touch me, don't touch me. I don't want you to touch me" she rambled
Gil backed away
" Cath, sweetie, It was a dream, you're here at the hospital and you're safe, look at me!"
Catherine kept her hands to her ears and her head down.
"Catherine look at me!" he repeated in a more demanding tone.
Catherine slowly removed her hands from her ears.
"Look at me!" he urged again " Please, it's okay, it's over now, it's just you and me."
Catherine slowly lifted her head and focused on Gil
"See? Just you and me."
Catherine relaxed her body and let out a small sigh
"You want to tell me what happened?"
Catherine wiped a tear away and shook her head no.
The two sat in silence for a few moments and then she spoke
"I was here, it was so real" she paused looking over the bathroom " The light was on..I thought it was you, I was calling you, you wouldn't answer. I went to the door and it was Harrison...it wasn't you." As Catherine continued her body began to tremble and the tears slowly reappeared
"He was hitting me, I was calling for you, you never came, and then he pushed me and he was on top of me, he was going to... and then I closed my eyes and then it wasn't Harrison anymore." she froze
"Who was it?" Gil was curious
Catherine shook her head
"Cath, you can tell me, who was it?"
Catherine looked up at him " It was you. You tried to hurt me, You wanted to hurt me, just like Harrison wanted you to do, and I begged you and you wouldn't stop, you wouldn't get off". she paused for a moment " I know you would never hurt me like that but it was so real and .." Catherine tried to finish but her emotions took over completely and she broke down in tears.
Gil moved slowly toward her but she stopped him
"Don't" she stopped him " I can't rely on you, you left me once. I can't get close to you and then wake up to find you leaving me again."
"I won't " Gil replied " I'm here for you and Lindsey, for good, I'm not going anywhere ever."
"Why did you leave me?" she whispered ignoring his promise
"What?" Gil replied
"You left me, You left me after everything that I went through, after everything we went through together..how can you do that to a person?"
Gil sighed " I had to, I was..I wasn't...I had to go Cath, you may not understand right now, but you'll understand in time. All that I can do now is be here." he moved toward her again.
"You hurt me. You know I tried to kill myself..everyone thinks I'm crazy, because I wanted to die, but I thought, What's the point. Gil left me, he thinks I lied to him about being in love and I couldn't get the nightmares to stop, they kept getting worse and you weren't there when I would wake up screaming at night, I couldn't even call you!"
Gil tried to get a word in but she wouldn't let him talk
"No!" she stopped him " It's my turn, I am going to tell you what it was like for me and why I did what I did!"
"Okay." Gil whispered " I'm sorry"
"I couldn't talk to Lindsey about it, she's just a kid, I couldn't tell her what I was feeling , she didn't know what Harrison did to me..to us, she still doesn't, and I didn't want her to, but you knew and you never even thought about me did you?" she screamed "You never even considered me and what I wanted!"
" I'm sorry." he whispered " What did you want me to do? I felt so guilty for letting him hurt you the way he did, for trying to make me hurt you like that, I was wrong to tell you , you were lying about loving me, I was scared, I was paralyzed, you deserved better, you needed to take care of yourself , you didn't need me there to take care of too! I left knowing that Warrick and Nick, and Sara and even Brass would help take care of you. If you didn't have them then I would have stayed but you did."
"I DIDN'T WANT THEM!" she screamed " I WANTED YOU!..I just wanted you."
By this time Gil had his own tears to wipe away as he rushed to her side and pulled her into his arms. Catherine tried to fight him but he wouldn't let her go.
"I'm sorry Catherine, I 'm so sorry. but I'm here now, I 'll never leave you again."
Catherine pulled away and tried to get up.
"Here" Gil stood with help from the wall and extended his hand for her. "Where do you want to go?"
Catherine pointed to the bed " I'm tired" she whispered " If I sleep will you be here when I wake up?"
Gil helped her into the sheets " I promise I won't leave you."
he turned to pull up a chair ' I'll be right over here."
Catherine pulled at his shoulder " Lay with me.Please?"
Gil nodded " Okay." and sat on the bed next to her
Catherine laid on her back staring at the ceiling "they can't find them."
"Who?" Gil replied
"Sam.. no on has seen him since we were found.. and no one has seen Harrison."
"Gil leaned over and softly touched her faced as he did so he felt her flinch.
"You don't have to worry about that, just sleep."
