"Sara" Grissom said, "Would you like me to take you home to get you some clothes?" "Yea I guess". So they hoped into his car and drove to her apartment. When she got there he walked her up but suddenly became shy and didn't go in. Was he afraid? And if so, of what? She soon came out with two bags and dressed in her pajamas. "Alright time to hit the road" Grissom said. On the way down the stairs Sara started shaking and became unsteady.
"Sara, Are you sure you're alright?" "Yea, yea I'm fine". When they got in the car Sara started to feel better, now that she knew she was alone with someone who she loved and trusted. "Sara, you know how you said you wanted to go out to dinner with me that one time?" "Yes." "Well I think I want to take you up on that offer. How's tomorrow night?" "Good for me".
They again went to bed together and she woke up to him making her breakfast. Today it was an omelet with pancakes and homemade syrup. After she had eaten she went to get ready and as she looked in the mirror she realized what he had done to her. How badly beaten she was. Before she could realize what she was doing she let out a cry Grissom came running to her to see what was wrong.
"Look at me, I'm ugly. I'm bruised and broken." "I don't think so. You'll always be beautiful to me though you may be bruised you'll never be broken". As Grissom walked away she began to cry, no one had ever cared for her this much. She'd never been this loved. So she dried her tears and did her hair. She didn't put on make up because the bruises on her face hurt too much. After that she put her clothes on and found Grissom, standing in the living room.
"You ready Gris?" Sara asked. "Yea, babe". He then walked up towards her and stood in front of her giving her a hug. Then she leaned in a little closer and gave him a soft kiss. As they walked at to his car he did something different. He grasped her hand ever so gently and opened her door for her and helped her in. Something had overcome him. He had become a sensitive man.
When they went inside Warrick leaned over to Catherine and whispered "What's going on with them, they're always showing up to work together and leaving together too?" "I don't know" Catherine said. "Maybe they're, you know, together now." Catherine added. "Well it's about time, they've always had I thing for each other, I think" Warrick said.
"Hi Cat., hi Warrick" Sara said cheerfully. "Hey Sara" Catherine said, "I need to umm ask you something kind of personal" "Oh ok", "Let's step into my office" "Ok?" Sara agreed again, shyly. "Ok, we have all been wondering this but, what is going on with you and Gris?" "Well uh he's been helping me out cause of, well you know." "Oh ok Sara, I've just been seeing you guys just latched to each other's side a lot here lately" Catherine then walked out the door and Sara followed and went down to see Grissom. "Hey there!" "Hi Sara I have an assignment for you, you're to be working with Nick and Catherine.
I'll be working on a different case with Warrick." "See you 'round". After she got the assignment sheets she leaned in to give him a hug and kiss before she left. What surprised her was that Grissom held her tightly and didn't pull away. "Catherine, Nick, I got assignment sheets and we're investigating a murder on the Vegas strip". "I'm driving!" Catherine quickly added. They then made their way out to the car and were on their way to the Vegas Strip. "Well we are here" Sara said.
"Hey there Brass" Catherine and Warrick said. "Can you tell us anything about the victim?" "All I know is that she has no I.D and was a model. Similar to those two cases you guys haven't been able to figure out yet. Who ever it is obviously targets models". Sara started to shiver inside but she knew she had to remain brave. "Oh and Hank will be here in a couple of minutes to pronounce" Brass told them. Sara shivered again. Just the mere thought of him made her uneasy. "Hey there you guys" Hank said. He then quickly got to work and the pronounced. After that he walked over to Sara who was frozen in a cold sweat of fear.
"Hey Sara I really need to talk to you." "About what Hank?" "How I treated you…." "Badly, you mean" "Yes I admit I screwed up and I'm sorry I ended it with her I promise" "You cant prove it to me" "I'll do what ever it takes to get you back" "Too late, I'm with someone. He's truly a special man. He actually appreciates me and he wouldn't cheat because he's not like you" "But Sara, Wait" But it was too late she had ran off.
Catherine chased after her and asked what happened. She told her and Catherine looked up at her and just gave her a hug. "Look, Sara, I'm sorry about this. I've been through some rough relationships but, just feel lucky that you're with a man as great as Grissom." "You know what, you're right but, I still can't help but feel worthless because I was cheated on" "Sara, your not worthless, not to me, not to Grissom, not to Nick, not to Warrick, and not to Greg, and that's all that matters is us. We are your true friends. We'd never trade you in for something new. We may make new friends but we'd never replace you." "Thanks, Catherine".
Then they dove right into collecting the evidence around the body and on the body. "Hey Nick, come look at this" Catherine said. "Her modeling card, maybe she was looking for work." Nick replied. "Could be, lets bag it and then once we're done here we'll take everything back to Greg and then go to the address on here" Catherine said. "Hey guys, I found her wallet." "Really Sara, good job now maybe we can identify her" Nick said. "That's what I was thinking but then I saw there's no drivers license and her credit cards are gone too. The only thing that's here is a little money and an agency card" Sara said. "Well then we'll go to the agency too." Catherine added.
So as soon as they finished gathering evidence they all headed back to the lab to give it Greg and tell him what they want him to do with it. "Greg, I want you to try to get a print off this wallet and everything in it. Most likely it will be the victim's prints but, her credit cards and driver's license are gone so someone was in here besides her." Sara said. "Ok guys, anything else?" "Yea", Catherine added and then handed him all the evidence and started explaining what she wanted him to do with it. As Catherine was doing this Sara wandered down to Grissom's office in hopes to find him, he wasn't there so she looked around a bit.
As she was looking around Grissom came in and gently touched her shoulder. "Grissom, it's nice to see you." "Nice to see you too". Then he gave her a hug and a little kiss on the cheek. "How is the Vegas Strip case coming?" Grissom asked "It's coming alright. We still haven't identified the body yet but we did find a couple of cards. One was her modeling card and the other was an agency." "Well did her card have her name on it?" "It was a stage name. So we're going do to the two addresses we've gotten and see if we can identify her that way" "Well I'll see you around Sara." Grissom said as he turned to give her another hug. "You ready, Sara?" Catherine asked when she walked into Grissom's office.