Once we stopped hugging, she took us into her room and we sat on her bed. Her roommate was now wearing a bathrobe over her skimpy sleepwear; she was sitting on her own bed.

"This is my roommate Roxie. Roxie, this is my sister Lindsey and…" Lydia sounded like she was in a daze, of course I did too.

"Sara Sidle, I work with your mother at the crime lab," Sara said in response to Lydia's questioning tone.

Lydia smiled lightly. "I'm glad that she works there. It's a lot better than her previous job. It's funny, I'm studying forensics." She looked amused, and then she finally broke out of her dazed. "I never thought that I would see you again Lindsey. And now you're practically a teenager, and I've missed your entire life."

"You can be a part of it still. I never even knew about you until two days ago."

She sighed remorsefully as she sat down cross-legged on the floor. "I figured that you wouldn't be told. It's ok though; I'm fine with that decision. How are they?"

"Mom is fine, but she gets worried about me all the time. She also gets stressed out from work. My dad died two years ago. They never found out who did it. They divorced when I was four."

"I'm so sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have left…"

"No, I understand why you left. All of your diary entries explained it."

"Thank you. How are you?"

"Alright I guess, you?"

"I'm fine; better than fine now that you're here. I never expected it. I'm glad that you came, you don't know how long I've wanted to see you again."

We were staring at one another again, studying one another's face trying to think of what to say next.

"Can you come back to Vegas with us?" I pleaded; she looked uncertain.

"Well, I have a lot of classes…"

Roxie interrupted. "Lid, I can cover your classes for you. We share most of them anyway. You need to go back to your family. You always talk about them and about how much you want to know how they are. Well now is your chance, go."

"Really?"

Roxie smiled. "Yes, go off to Vegas for a week; talk to your family again."

So she decided to go. We decided to head off as soon as Lydia was ready, so once she packed a suitcase we went down to the cars. I decided to go with Lydia, and she swapped cell-phone numbers with Sara.

We talked to each other the entire way to Vegas. We explained our lives to one another and we came to know and like each other.

At about noon, we stopped to have lunch at a diner. During most of our meal Lydia spoke to Sara, but they did try to include me.

I found out that she was studying a few different subjects at the university, and we discussed how odd it was that she was studying forensics, when she didn't even know that our mother had a job in the forensics field.

Afterwards, we continued to Vegas. When we got there, we decided to go to Sara's house first. Once we arrived, the three of us were exhausted. Sara asked us if we wanted to see our mom that night, and neither of us felt up to it. Me because I didn't want to get in trouble, and Lydia because she was nervous.

So Sara showed us where everything was in her apartment, and then she left.

Sara came into Grissom's office where he and Catherine sat talking. She cleared her throat to get their attention.

They both looked startled at her presence. Sara wasn't surprised; after all she had only left the day before. Plus they had been talking.

Sara smiled. "We found her."

They both looked very relieved, but Catherine still looked a little worried. "Where are they?" She asked.

"They're both resting at my place."

At that moment both Catherine and Grissom let out a great sigh of relief, the girl they had worried about for over ten years was back. Suddenly something clicked in Sara's head. She looked between Catherine and Grissom for a moment, and then she looked directly at Grissom.

"Lydia is your daughter isn't she?" Sara asked him flatly.

TBC...(hopefully in a day or so)

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