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'We need to talk,' I said. Taking a seat in his office. Ecklie looked up from his paperwork and smiled at me.

'I suppose you have came to a decision about the job offer then,' he said kindly.

'Hold that thought for one minute okay?' I told him. The smile slowly faded from his face. 'I don't care what Catherine said to you earlier, I messed up the evidence. Getting rid of Catherine is a mistake. You know damn well she is a great CSI and supervisor and it's a mistake to fire her. Either way I'm not taking her job because it was me.'

Ecklie sat in his chair speechless. After a minute or so he broke the silence. 'So why did she lie earlier?'

Great. He was buying it. 'I don't know. I guess she felt sorry for me or something. I have already been punished for it. Not much point ruining her life too when she didn't do anything.'

He nodded. 'I will need to notify Grissom of this. Why didn't you just own up before?'

I stood up, 'because I am a selfish bitch,' and I walked out the door, not looking back.

What have I done? 7 months ago if you told me I would help Catherine out I probably wouldn't just laughed at you and said 'yeah right'. But I had to help her didn't I? I didn't lie about her being a great CSI and supervisor. We all make mistakes don't we? I had the DUI, Warrick had Holly and Catherine had that incident with the evidence.

I know damn well that the boys probably wont talk to me again, but I managed fine without them for a few months. I have my new friends, but I still missed the old ones. I had just got them back, was I ready to lose them again? If anything it was easier. I hadn't really had a change to have a good chat with any of them about the last few months. I sat in my car, watching Grissom walk into the building.

Oh god. Did I really want to disappoint him? True, I hadn't had feelings for him in a while. They would really be angry at me now wouldn't they? I swore I would help Catherine, and I was sticking to that. No way out now. I took a deep breath and walked in to continue the case.

The case. Usually the case would come first before anything. This case had been different. I had always been dedicated to a case, but not this one. The victim that was due to turn up, hadn't. Back to square one. I had been going over phone records for the victims when Grissom walked in.

'What the hell is going on? Tell me the truth Sara.' No. No. No! What to do? I pretended to play stupid and told him all about the little setback on the case.

'About you and Catherine and don't lie to me.' I couldn't lie to him could I?

Well I did. I told him everything I told Ecklie not adding anything, not missing anything out. He didn't look convinced but I didn't care. Catherine had her job back, which was what I set out to do.

'I don't know what to think anymore. I thought I could trust you. I thought I could trust Catherine,' he shouted back. I looked down at my hands, unsure what to say. I didn't want to make this any worse. The whole situation had become very confusing, I admit. I felt sorry for Nick, Greg and Warrick getting all this information 2nd hand. What would they be thinking?

I opened my mouth to speak. I was about to tell him everything. The whole truth and that I didn't want Catherine to lose her job, but I didn't think he would understand. I looked at him and he looked at me. For a genius, he was very stupid sometimes and I knew damn well if he knew the truth, he would never speak to either of us again. For me that was okay, I lasted 7 months without a word from any of them, but Catherine was Grissom's good friend. I never was close to Grissom, to any of them actually, but Catherine was. She had been here years before I came on the scene. And suddenly it all made sense. I had nothing to lose. Catherine had everything to lose. I would stick to the story I invented. Catherine's future depended on it.


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