Roger Grissom stood there, surprised. He hadn't seen Gil in years, and his baby brother looked so much older. "Roger dear, you're home early," Lillian said sounding slightly surprised. "Yes, Lillian, I thought I would come home early since Gil would be here today."
Gil heard Roger say that, and to him it sounded rather forced. Gil turned around and looked straight at his brother. Roger, also looked older, Gil could see that his hair was now entirely salt-and-pepper, and he had many more wrinkles, and looked much thinner. "Roger, it is so nice to see you," Gil said while putting on a slight smile. "Likewise" was all Roger said. "Lillian, if you don't mind, I am going to go take a shower, it was stressful at work today," Roger said and left.
Gil wasn't the least bit surprised about Roger, Lillian didn't seem surprised either. It was surprising to see the two of them together; all love that once existed between the two of them had all but vanished. Also, Lillian was surprised but no happiness showed in her eyes or her voice. Gil knew that the eyes were the window to the soul.
Lillian sat there, stirring her coffee. "Lillian, what is going on with you and Roger?" Gil asked. Lillian sighed, and she replied: "Oh, Gil, times have simply changed, that's all. I find it so hard to love that man. He is constantly working, all the time. It would appear as though our marriage is over." She said.
Gil was surprised, he never thought of Roger and Lillian going through that. Gil was also surprised that Lillian was so blunt in her description. Anyway, he was never one to tell which marriage was good and which one was troubled. Catherine was the one that could tell things like that. "However, Gil, you know what Roger is like, he can be so difficult at times." Gil nodded in agreement; Lillian didn't seem interested in conversation anymore, for the rest of the meal, Gil and Lillian ate their food in silence.
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Gil entered his bedroom; his luggage had already been placed on a large oval rug in the center. This was a guest bedroom; it had been his great-grandparents at one time. Something about Beechwood Manor was that all the bedrooms changed from generation to generation. It was a large and spacious bedroom; there was a large armoire, an enormous canopy bed, and several windows that looked out at the Atlantic Ocean.
Gil went to work unpacking, placing all of his clothes in drawers, the armoire, etc. He thought about Roger and Lillian while he unpacked, they probably wouldn't get a divorce; they wanted to remain on top, as far as social standing was concerned. He knew both of them were like that. They were very social creatures.
Roger's reaction to him came as no surprise. Roger and Gil had never gotten along ever since Gil defied his father, and his father and Roger shared the same opinion. Gil placed that thought back in his mind; he didn't like to think of his father or Roger before he had the falling out with them.
Gil's mind flashed back to Grace Williams. He hadn't thought about her in years, she was in a way, the whole reason the rift in the Grissom family began. Gil thought back to his youth, his free and happy childhood. Things were so much happier back then.
Gil flashed back to reality; his youth was long over, and there was no point in dwelling in the past. He was happy that he would be seeing Susan again; it had been awhile since they had really talked.
Try as he might, Gil's thoughts kept on transferring back to Grace Williams. Damn! He thought privately to himself, why did Lillian have to put her back in his head? There was so much that he liked to forget, not to think about, and most of that was started or connected in some way by Grace.
Gil looked onto the Atlantic Ocean, so carefree and thoughtless at times. Why couldn't he be like that? Gil laughed quietly to himself, the CSI team had no idea about this, about Beechwood Manor, the blue-blooded Grissom family, about anyone, his family, and the secrets and the things that the Grissom's considered so terrible that he had done. He was very uncomfortable about talking about the past, and this was the main reason why.
Dear Readers
Sorry the long wait for this chapter to come. Unfortunately, something came up that was unexpected. I hope you still enjoy this story, and I promise that I will update this story much more continuously.
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P.S.
Sorry for the short chapter, as mentioned earlier, there will be more things coming in coming chapters.
