Title : Secrets from their past..chapter 7

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.

"Let me get this straight. You are Kaley Trenton's father, you lived next door, and you know they were both murdered." Brass paused " Why did you not come forward?"

"Yeah right." He replied " You always pin it on the ex."

"Only if he is guilty." Brass smirked " And at this point in time you're looking it."

Jake shrugged " I didn't kill Cathy, we had sex that's it Then I left.

"You mean you raped her." Brass corrected him " Why on earth would she want anything to do with you. If I'm not mistaken she ran out on you."

Jake nodded " You're right she did but I was a different man back then. I was Micheal then and now I'm not. I've changed. She knew I never meant the things I said or the things that I did and she forgave me.I had problems and I got help."

"I find that hard to believe. A women who did everything in her power to get away from you just welcomes you back in to her life...and her bed?"

Jake smiled " What can I say women can't resist me." he winked at Catherine who was seated at the table.

"Why did you change you name?" Catherine spoke up.

'Why not?" Jake replied " It's perfectly legal."

"Okay" she tried again " Does Melissa know about you. Does she know you used her to get closer to your family?"

Jake glared at her " You keep your mouth shut she doesn't have to know."

"But you don't even care about her. You're using her and cheating on her with you're ex."

"Cathy loved me, we wanted to get back together. But she was supposed to be getting married to that joke. I told her to blow him off and come back to California. That night she died before we were together , I told Melissa I was going to work. I left around midnight and I went to see Cathy. We talked and like many times before we made love. I never raped her she was there with me the whole time. We cuddled for awhile then I left."

"And then you returned?" Catherine asked " or did you kill her during the sex? because she didn't kill herself if that's what you're saying."

Jake slammed down his fist " I wouldn't hurt her or Kaley. I didn't kill them when I left she was alive. They were both alive!"

Gil looked over at Brass as Jake began to sob.

"Mr Warner..Micheal... Did you're daughter see you that night?"

Jake looked up " No, she was a sleep the whole time. She didn't know I was back,I made sure to stay in hiding until her mother talked to her."

"Did she ever talk to her?" Catherine replied

"No. She was going to do it today and then she was going to tell Eddie it was over."

"it just wish I would have stayed a bit longer, if I had stayed then I could have stopped him. I know Eddie did this, he had to have done this ."

Back in the interrogation room after Jake was Eddie. His lawyer had arrived and he had come of off his high and was ready to talk.

Catherine and Gil walked in the the room and sat across from him. Brass stayed by the wall.

"Eddie." Catherine began " Did you know Cathy was cheating on you?"

Eddie shook his head " Cathy would never ,she wouldn't do that."

Catherine sighed " Well sorry to break it to you" she began showing no remorse " But she was. Her husband that she head run from found her , he was living next door the whole time. Cathy found out and they started talking one thing led to another and they ended up sleeping together" she paused seeing the hurt in his eyes. " Numerous times."

Eddie refused to believe . " No!" he snapped " You're lying you're lying because you want to ruin her memory. Why are you lying?"

Gil cut in " She's not Eddie, we found two semen samples. One was yours and the other was Micheal Trenton. her ex husband,"

"Sounds like motive to me" Brass added from the shadows

"No! I didn't kill her . I didn't hurt anyone. Catherine" he looked at her and pleaded with his eyes "Tell them I'm not a killer. Tell them I could never do this."

"I can't Ed. " She replied " When you got high or drunk you did things, Horrible things and then you couldn't remember. I know you bought drugs that night and you were drinking. You come home and you saw him with your fiance. You freaked out and before you knew it, It was to late and you couldn't take it back."

"NO." Eddie whispered " I changed. I never hurt either of them and you can't make me say that I did."

While Brass, Gil and Catherine were in the room with Eddie out side in the lobby was the angry girlfriend of Jake.

"No you can't just arrest people for anything you want. Where is Jake?"

Catherine and Gil raced out of the room to see what the commotion was about. Down the hallway they saw Melissa Frank arguing with Detective Vega.

"Ma' am, if you just calm down. we can explain."

"Bull!" she screamed " You people are harassing me and my boyfriend and I want you to stop! Jake had nothing to do with those murders He couldn't have."

With that Detective Vega stopped trying and turned to walk away.

"You son- of a bitch!" Melissa screamed and charged at him.

Warrick and Nick who were watching also ran toward her and pulled her of of Vega. but not before she scratched his face.

"Damn it. You prick" she screamed whiled she was being cuffed by Vega.

Detective Vega then grabbed a tissue to catch the bleeding.

" You should get that checked " Gil warned him as Melissa was taken to lock up.

"I wonder what got into her?" Catherine began " She's acting crazy."

"Yeah" Gil nodded " And that's all it takes." he watched as they led her away, for a moment he watched and then he knew exactly why she had reacted this way.

Catherine looked over at him " What do you mean."

Gil smiled " Come with me."

Gil led her to the layout room. " Okay just run with this for a second. Cathy Trenton runs from her abusive husband and meets Eddie years after. Living in Vegas she's free from Micheal. She settles in and everything is great. Micheal quits his job moves to Vegas after finding out somehow that his wife is here. He then starts dating Melissa who falls for him. Little does she know he is using her to get back with his family.Cathy finds out Jake is really Micheal and at first she wants nothing to do with him but Eddie is never around and women hate to be alone. So she talks it out with her ex and they end up having an affair." he paused pointing at the rope "You know Eddie.. is it just a coincidence the the rope and the knife from Cathy's home are thrown steps away from the crime scene?"

Catherine nodded " Right, because Eddie is smarter then that he would never leave the evidence just lying around. And to this minute he still claims to have never laid a hand on her in fact the only person who says that Eddie beat Cathy was Melissa.But the bruising Doc found is consistent with the fact that Jake was abusive they were all healed wounds. "

"Exactly. So Eddie was telling the truth and maybe Jake/Micheal wasn't lying either . Maybe Cathy and him had consensual sex."

Catherine nodded her. "Okay but how do we explain he cocaine and the fact that they were killed?"."

"Well, I' have some experience dealing with people who are on extreme cocaine highs, and a violent outburst like we just witnessed could be a symptom."

"Wait" she stopped him " I'm just guessing here but Preston said he was over at the house and Cathy told him to get lost. Maybe he hooked up with Melissa, if cocaine is what she is on she had to get it somewhere."

"Maybe" Gil nodded " Let's go in and find out."

"Preston." Catherine greeted him " I need you're help. What happened when you went to Eddie's did you happen to threaten Cathy Trenton? or Melissa Frank"

Preston shook his head " No way, I was welcome there until she saw us cutting in the kitchen then she went crazy told Eddie he could get out of he didn't stop. And told me if she saw me around again she call the cops."

Catherine nodded " You're not lying to me are you pres?"

Preston sighed " No way, I'm in enough hot water as it is.But I ain't got nothing to... to hide." he stammered when he looked up and Saw Melissa Frank being led in to the next room. " What's she doing here? " he asked

Catherine shook her head " Can't tell you but" she pretend " but maybe you want to be the first to make a deal?"

Preston nodded " Okay. " He leaned forward " I sold to her a few weeks ago. The night Cathy kicked me out. she was sitting on her porch waiting for her boyfriend and we talked awhile. She said she was pissed cause he was having an affair with her friend and that she was going to fix them both."

"How?" Catherine replied

Preston shrugged " I don't know what do crazy bitches do?"

Catherine smirked " I think I'll find out soon enough."

Preston nodded as Catherine got up from the table. " See you around" she commented before leaving to find Gil.

"So what did you find out?"

Catherine stopped in front of his desk." Well, Preston said Melissa told him her boyfriend was cheating so it looks like Melissa knew all about Jake.. and he sold her drugs so she's high on coke right now."

Gil nodded " Well then we have another suspect with means and motive and opportunity..let's go have a chat with our neighbour.."

TBC