Title : Secrets from their past..chapter 4

Disclaimers.: Again with the rubbing it in my face. I don't own them so just stop rubbing cause my face is raw.

Summary: Supervisors Gil Grissom and Catherine Willows, are engaged. Gil and Catherine are called to a crime scene. Catherine soon realizes she knows the two victims found brutally attacked and let for dead. There is little evidence that can help them and the prime suspect is the victims fiance. Eddie Willows.

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For the second time in 36 hours Eddie was led into the interrogation room the first time, on his own terms but this time under the arrest of the LVPD. As he was seated in his chair his cuffs were removed, he then slumped forward in the chair and put his head in his hands. The officers left him to him self and waited for Brass and one of the csi's to arrive.

Gil stood with Catherine watching him through the one way glass. "You want to stay out here?"

Catherine didn't take her eyes off Eddie " Yeah" she whispered " I think that's a good idea."

"Okay." he rubbed her shoulder before going in " Be back soon."

At the sound of the door opening Eddie looked up " What the hell are you doing in here!" he snapped at the sight of Gil.

Brass quickly followed " What the hell is he doing in here. I want him out! Where's Catherine?"

Brass sat down across from the ranting man and Gil did the same.

"Eddie Willows" Brass begin " When you were here before, you told us you never laid a hand on your fiance Cathy, now, were you just not thinking straight or did you convince yourself that we wouldn't be checking into it?"

Eddie glared at Brass " I never touched her!"

Brass scoffed " Yeah, I am pretty sure you said the same thing about you're ex" he paused looking over at Gil " But we both know that you lied then and we all know you're lying now."

Eddie sat back in his chair " I want a lawyer, and I want to talk with Catherine!" "He glared at Gil " I don't want you in here, you broke up my family and I have nothing to say to you."

Gil didn't respond at first he just watched as Eddie swayed and slurred his words. He had seen those behavior's before and he knew exactly what was wrong. " You're high" Gil commented " He's on a Cocaine high, there's no getting though to him right now"

"Ed, I thought you were innocent" Brass commented " Only guilty men lawyer up that fast." he added as he motioned for Gil to leave the room. " We'll get your lawyer and see you later."

With that Brass left the room with Gil, leaving Eddie alone once again.

Catherine was waiting at the door when he emerged " Well that was a waste of time" She turned to glance at Eddie once last time" He's standing strong until his lawyer advises him otherwise." she added but didn't

Gil nodded " I know, he did that same thing with you. Claimed her never laid a hand on you, then asked for a lawyer."

"Yeah well..maybe he is telling the truth."

Gil sighed " Well if he is he better start cooperating so we can starting looking for who really did this."

"Griss..Catherine?" Sara called as she greeted he two " We have everything laid out, if you two want to take a look."

Gil nodded and then turned to Catherine. "Maybe you should go home and get some rest."

Surprisingly at the around of this Catherine agreed. " Okay." she whispered " I'll call you later, maybe I can come back for shift tonight, but right now I just need some time."

Gil walked with her to the locker room so she could gather her things. "I'll see you later" he kissed her.

"Yeah, love you" she replied and turned to walk to the parking lot.

Gil waited until he saw her safely pulled away and then headed to the layout room.

Gil entered the room and the others looked past him expecting to see Catherine. Before anyone could ask about her he filled them in. " She's gone home." was all he said " Whats do we have so far?"

"Okay" Sara started " Cathy Trenton, dead fiance to Eddie Willows, No immediate family except her daughter Kaley Trenton,. The good neighbor" she flipped through her file " Melissa Frank, said that in the two years she was living there she had never seen or heard Cathy mention her ex. When Cathy moved into the home two years ago, she left her family and her ex behind, We are looking to speak with one Miranda Pars..we found her name on the answering machine. She might know what happened or know something that can help us."

Gil grabbed a file of his own and grazed through " Does anyone know where we can find her ex, does he have a name?"

"Michael Trenton, We tracked him back to when he lived with his wife and daughter in California. According to his boss he had no idea his wife had plans to leave him, one day he came home and everything was gone. hat's strange is that he quit his job about four months ago and no one has heard from him since."

"She could be here in Vegas?" Gil asked

Warrick nodded " He may very well be."

"Okay well, someone should go run his name through the system, do we have a picture of this guy."

Sara shook her head as she headed out of the room " Nothing in the house. For whatever reasons Cathy and her daughter wanted to forget him."

"Okay" Gil stood up " What about the cocaine, do we know where it came from?"

"We were hoping Eddie gave you some idea as to here it came from we now that he was snorting his share, back when he was married to Cath."

Gil nodded " I'll be sure to mention it to him, but he has lawyered up so we have to wait."

"Don't you think it's weird that if Eddie killed them he would drop the murder weapon five feet away from his home?" Nick added

Gil shrugged " Maybe . maybe not, go back to Melissa Franks and talk to both her boyfriend see if they can give us anything else."

With Sara already chasing after Micheal Trenton, Warrick and Nick headed off to visit with Cathy Trenton's neighbor for a second time.


Catherine tossed and turned in her bed and finally decided sleep wasn't happening so she would head back to the lab. She had only gotten a few hours and she wasn't going to get anymore.

She climbed out of bed and turned on the shower. She then headed toward her dresser to get a change of clothes.

She then went back to the bathroom and slipped off her night shirt. Before stepping in to the steamy water she heard a glass break in the kitchen.

Catherine stopped " Gil?" she called " Is that you?"

She turned of the water and slipped her night shirt back on. " Gil?" she called again, as she slowly walked out of the bathroom and stopped by the landing at the top of the stairs.

She listened for a moment and sighed. "Paranoid" she whispered to herself. She walked down the stairs and headed toward the front door. Nothing seemed out of place. She walked toward the front door and swung it open.She took a quick glance outside and closed it again making sure it was locked.

Catherine turned and rested her back against he door, before heading back upstairs she walked into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. When she stepped into the kitchen she saw shards of glass on the floor. It was clear that when she had heard the shatter from upstairs it indeed was a glass breaking.

Instantly her heart started to pound, she knew she had left the glass on the counter but there was no way it could have fallen on it's own, not when she had first set it down and not three hours later.

Catherine's 's body was frozen in place and her hands began to tremble at the thought of an intruder being in her home. It was seconds later that she snapped back to reality. She turned and headed slowly and cautiously out of the kitchen. She was steps from the front door when a cold clammy hand was clamped over her mouth and an arm wrapped around her waist.

Catherine tried to scream but any noise she made was muffled and the grip he had around her was firm, she tried pulling away but within seconds he had lifted her off the ground and then he slammed her back down. Catherine hit the floor and her head hit the side table o nth way down. Everything was spinning and all she could make out was the silhouette of the intruder. She flipped herself over and tried to crawl away from him.

The man stood and watched her as if what he saw amused him. When she got to the stairs she tried pulling herself up. That was when he followed.

He grabbed her leg and stopped her " Where you going ?" he whispered pulling her to her feet by her hair

"No!" she screamed trying once again to break Free of his grasp " Stop!" she screamed and took a swing and hit him in the face. The man was wearing a mask and at the time it didn't look like she had affected him at all.

He then spun her around and slapped her across the face.Catherine fell backward with such force that when she hit the stairs she heard something in her body snap. He then leaned over her. she could feel his breath on her ear and his hand on her leg.

Catherine instantly raised her hand to push him off of her. He pinned her arms against the stairs and leaned over her again. Catherin's body trembled as thoughts of what might happen ran through her head.

"Please" she whispered " Please don't..."

"Shh" he cut her off " You tell Eddie to get my money or next time you won't be so lucky. And you know what I mean." he then pressed his lips against hers, in reaction to this Catherine bit down on his lip and he quickly pulled away. Without saying anything he wiped the bold from his mouth and ran out of the house.

A load of relief fell from Catherine's chest but she was still dizzy, she tried again to pull her self up and slowly toward the phone, she was able to reach the phone and dial his number before blacking out.

tbc