Greg took swabs from the cheeks of Catherine, Grissom, and Lydia. He put the swabs into separate bags labeled 'M'- for mother, 'D'- for daughter, and 'F?'- for possible father. Then he left Grissom's office to run the test. Catherine left too to start her shift.
"I was wondering if you would come back into the picture. You were there so often when I was young. And then there were the times when mom, Lindsey, and I would stay at your house because mom and Eddie would fight. It's very interesting."
"I'm glad to see that you're alright."
Lydia smiled, and then she looked him straight in the eye and asked, "Do you think that I'm your daughter?"
Grissom let out a deep breath. "You look a lot like me. So I guess that I do.
"Do you want me to be your daughter?"
"I don't know. The whole idea scares me a little. I'm a nearly fifty year old bachelor. My entire life I've never had anyone else to care for. I realize that you're already an adult, but you probably want me to be in your life if I'm your father. If you are my daughter though, I want to be a part of your life."
Lydia smiled again. "Thanks Gil. And even if you aren't my father, I'd like you to be in my life. You were there when I was little; I don't see why that should change. Plus I'm studying forensics, you may want me on your team some day."
"Alright," Grissom said with a smile. "I think that can work."
When Sara's shift started, she left and Lydia came back into the room. She took a seat next to me.
"Sorry about being gone so long, I had a lot to talk about with Gil."
"I know, mom came back in here before her shift started to tell me."
"Are you ok with all of this?"
"What do you mean?"
"All of this change. You look very uncomfortable about the whole situation. I mean a couple days ago you were an only child with a pretty good idea of what was going on in your life. Then you found out about me and then you found me, and now your world has been turned upside down. I've come back to this place but I don't know it now. I've come here, and I just guess I expected things to be the same, although I knew they wouldn't be. I've changed so many lives by returning: yours, mom's, the rest of our family, possibly Gil's, and definitely the rest of our mom's co-workers. I just want to make sure you're fine with all of it."
She looked so sad and desperate because of it. I decided to answer her as honestly as possible.
"It does bother me. It bothers me a lot more than I want it to. Mom is usually never around and Grandma watches me a lot. It makes me upset with her, and then I learned that she had kept part of my past a secret from me. It really hurt. Then I found you and I realized when the two of you met again how much it hurt her to keep you a secret. I didn't feel as bad then because I do understand why she did it. But now I feel out of place, like you and I belong to different parts of our mom's life and none of us know where we fit in this new life. And now you're here with the people I've grown up knowing and I'm afraid that somehow they'll leave me for you. But I want to know you too; I want to have a sister in my life."
"I understand. I know that it must be hard. We can work on it though, one day at a time."
"One day at a time," I repeated. Then we hugged, and we allowed all of our emotions to be released by it.
The data sheet was printed out from the computer in the DNA lab. Greg picked it up, but before he could read the results Nick and Warrick came in.
"Hey, what are you doin' in here?" Warrick asked.
"I'm working on a special case."
"Really, I thought that Mia worked the DNA lab now though," Nick questioned. "Are you in trouble or something?"
"No, I had a request from someone and I did what they asked. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some results to give Grissom."
As soon as he finished talking, he brushed past Nick and Warrick, and he rushed off to find Grissom and Catherine. Nick and Warrick looked after him, very puzzled.
Greg found Catherine in the carport, and they found Grissom in one of the layout rooms. Then the three of them returned to the break room where Lydia and Lindsey sat playing video games.
"Alright," Greg began, somewhat out of breath. "I haven't read the results yet, but here they are."
He gave the paper to Grissom and Catherine, who read it together. Both of their expressions changed form worried to very surprised, verging on shocked. Lindsey and Lydia looked at them; curious of why they looked like that. Greg was wondering too. Grissom and Catherine sank down into adjoining chairs, while Lydia and Greg came over and looked at the paper. Greg's eyes went wide and Lydia smiled.
"I guess we've found out who my father is," she said.
Behind them, at the doorway, something fell. The five of them turned around and the first thing they saw was Sara's water bottle on the floor. Then they saw Warrick, Sara, and Nick standing at the door. Sara looked shocked; Nick and Warrick looked confused.
Are you guys happy that Gil is Liddy's father? I know the reaction is a little extreme, but thinking you are someone's parent and actually knowing it are two very different things, so that is my explaination for all of the characters acting like that.
Yay, another new chapter, only 3 more to go before I go on to the next part of the story : )
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