Disclaimer: I forgot to include it in my first two chapters, but I'm including it now. I do not own the show or the characters in it except for the ones I have created for the story.
"I thought I'd find you here."
"Funny, it's been years since we spoken to each other or even seen one another, yet you still know when something is bothering me."
"What happened, Margaret?"
"I left."
"You left?"
"I couldn't take it …all those memories I just couldn't stay and relive that night over in my head." Margaret says with her head in her hands.
"I don't blame you."
"I do …I do Sara. I blame myself. I blame myself for what happened all those years ago."
"You and me both, Margi. I keep wishing, hoping that it was all a dream a nightmare that I could wake up from."
"That's what I hate."
"What?"
"That you had to go through it too. I would have given anything to be able to keep you away from it."
"I know that and you know I would have done the same."
"Its not enough, Sara. I should have let you stay over that night. If I had, you wouldn't be haunted with all though memories."
"I choose to ignore that there was a problem. All those trips to the hospital. I should have done something to stop him."
"You were little Sara. What could you have done?"
"I don't know maybe beg him to stop."
"You honestly think that he would have listened. If my sister couldn't get through to him peacefully, I don't think there was anything that you could have done."
"That doesn't change things."
"Sara…have you told anyone about what happened?"
"Not anyone except for Grissom. But he doesn't know everything."
"If you trust him enough to tell him about that night why don't you tell him everything?"
"I can't. It was hard enough telling him about my family. I have to put it all behind me and telling him everything else will prevent me from doing so."
"I remember so much that it is hard to put it all behind me like you want to do. I grew up idealizing your father. You weren't the only one to ignore the problem. When my sister killed him. I hated her. My own sister. For taking him away from us. But at the same time I was glad. Glad that it was all over. They needed peace. Sara it's hard for me as it is for you…I better go. All I did was open up old wounds for you."
"Wait, stay."
"I have to go it's getting kind of late. I'll be at the Monaco."
The next day
Las Vegas Airport: Parking Lot
"Woman was taken by surprise while getting into her car" States Brass.
"Any id on her?" questioned Grissom.
"Haven't checked. Coroner on its way." Grissom walks over to the victim and begins searching. Grissom picks up the victim's wallet.
"Oh no. Brass page Catherine for me."
"Right on it."
"Hey Grissom. Why the urgent page? I was on a case."
"I need your help. Processing."
"Why page me didn't Sara just finish a case?"
"Sara can't be on this one."
"Why not?" Catherine says as she comes to Grissom's side.
"Because the victim is Laura Sidle. Sara's mother."
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