Chapter 14: Lindsay knows

She was woken up by butterfly kisses on her back and the back of her neck. It made all her hairs stand up and it woke up some special senses in her. She moaned and turned around. Before she was able to say something Evelyn's lips were pressed against hers. It was a demanding kiss, it was obvious Evelyn wanted control this time, and that was fine by Sara. She trusted this woman with her everything.

Evelyn rolled herself on top of her. The feel of Evelyn's skin on hers was intoxicating and mesmerizing. Evelyn stroke her chest with her fingertips, causing goose bumps all over her chest. She wondered how it was possible to have goose bumps while her whole body was on fire. She didn't want Evelyn to tease her now, she needed Evelyn. She tried to let Evelyn know, she moved her head up to kiss Evelyn, demanding access to her mouth. But Evelyn didn't let her, instead she grabbed her wrists and pinned her down to the bed.

"You are mine for now" Evelyn whispered with a husky voice.

The way Evelyn talked and the way she looked, made Sara give up right away. She was too turned on to fight this Goddess over control. Evelyn started kissing her neck, gently sucking on her favourite spot. She let out a moan of pleasure, she loved it when Evelyn did that. She felt like a slave to Evelyn, Evelyn totally had her under control. She had to react to every little thing Evelyn did, either with a moan or a shiver.

Evelyn was kissing and licking her all over, making her feel like she was in heaven. Evelyn's mouth, lips, tongue and hands seemed to be everywhere, she kept chanting Evelyn's name over and over. She could have sworn she was having an orgasm the second Evelyn touched her in the place she most wanted it, but something interrupted.

The sound of her phone ringing woke Sara up from her dream. She glanced over to Evelyn's side of the bed, which was empty. A single tear escaped and rolled over her cheek, damn Evelyn.

"Sidle" Sara groaned into the phone.

"Sara, its Gil" the voice on the other side of the line said.

"Yeah, I'll be there in an hour" Sara said before hanging up.

Sara knew Grissom called her to come in earlier, he never called her for anything else.

Gil Grissom sat in his office, reading a magazine when Conrad Ecklie knocked on his door. Gil raised his eyebrow, Ecklie was very much out of his place, what did he do to deserve a visit by the almighty Ecklie.

"Gil, can I talk to you for a minute?" Ecklie asked, sitting down. Not really letting Gil answer the question.

"Do I have a choice?" Gil said, raising his eyebrow again.

"I'm here with good news" Ecklie said, folding his hands and resting them on Grissom's desk.

"We had a slice of unexpected fortune in the budget. You can invite that Evelyn Daniels back." Grissom could have sworn he had heard Ecklie wrong, but when Ecklie actually smiled at him, which seemed to have an eerie evil effect, he knew Ecklie was serious.

Grissom was very surprised by what Ecklie just notified, so surprised that he almost fell of his chair. When he was able to think again, an alarm went off in his head, no one knew where Evelyn was.

"Well, that's great. But I don't know where Evelyn is." He said, still amazed by the news he just got.

"Well, then you FIND her" Ecklie said, stressing find. He got up and left before Grissom could say anything else.

It was an hour before shift and everyone was already present, sitting in the break room. Nick and Warrick were talking about sports and Greg was making moves on Sara as usual. Catherine was just sitting with her coffee in her hand. Grissom entered and everyone's attention was focused at him.

"Nick and Warrick, suspicious circs at the Tangiers, Greg you can join Sara, robbery at the strip, Sara is already on the scene" Grissom handed Nick and Greg the assignment slips and he turned around to leave the break room.

Catherine's mouth dropped, how could Gil not give her an assignment. "Erm Gil, what about me?" she said. Gil was so not getting away with this!

"I want to talk to you, in my office" Gil said, and left the break room, leaving Catherine in awe.

Everyone got up to go to their scene and Catherine decided she'd better get this over with and walked to Grissom's office.

"Close the door" Grissom said when she entered his office.

Catherine closed the door and sat down on a vacant chair, not the she really had a choice. All the other chairs and surfaces were covered with case files, magazines and things she did not want to know what it was.

"What's up" Catherine said. She couldn't help but feel nervous, even though her voice didn't sound like that.

"You have a case on your own, a big thing. A thing Sara is not supposed to know about."

Catherine knew Grissom was a straight to the point kind of guy, but this straight to the point. She couldn't help but open her mouth in awe.

"What?" was all Catherine managed to say.

"Ecklie visited me earlier. For budgetary reasons I'm allowed to ask Evelyn Daniels back on our team." Grissom explained to her.

For the second time in a short while, Catherine's jaw dropped.

"WHAT?" was all she could say.

"When I told Ecklie I didn't know where Evelyn is, he told me to find her." Grissom elaborated in his own calm way. "And since Sara is too personally involved, I want you to find her."

Catherine got up from her chair, she was so angry.

"You are telling me that I have to find Sara's best friend, who just disappeared, leaving her hurt WITHOUT telling her?" she slammed her hands on Grissom's desk

Grissom didn't understand what Catherine was so upset about. "Catherine, Evelyn was more than a friend to Sara, they lived together."

And again Catherine was surprised, how did Grissom know that?

"I know because Evelyn's address changed you know, and it looked a lot like Sara's address" was Grissom's attempt to a joke to calm Catherine down.

"How can I find her without telling anything to Sara Gil? She will kill me if she finds out!"

"Catherine, sit down" Grissom said, hoping Catherine would calm down and listen to him.

"Sara is too involved, and I don't know exactly why Evelyn left but if it has anything to do with Sara, I'm sure Evelyn won't let Sara find her. In fact I'm sure that Sara would have found her already if that wasn't the case."

Catherine sighed. She knew Grissom was right, but Grissom only didn't know about her bond with Evelyn.

"And seeing you were Evelyn's mentor, I think it's your job to find her" Grissom added.

"Ok, where do you want me to start?" Catherine felt odd after saying that, she knew she could very well think of that herself, but still she asked.

"Well I'd say talk to Sara, but it's obvious she doesn't know where Evelyn is. So maybe you should find someone who does." Grissom said with a smile, he was confident that Catherine would find Evelyn. Only he was less confident about how he was going to apologize to Evelyn and ask her to join the team. He had heard about how Ecklie treated her and he had heard about Evelyn's disappearance.

With a sigh Catherine got up. She realised that the only person who could help her now was Lindsey. Maybe Lindsey knew more than she had told her before.

"Keep me posted Catherine" Grissom said before she left the office.

Catherine was very worried. How was she going to hide this from Sara, just at the moment they were actually having a friendship going. She hated the idea of hiding something from Sara, and she was sure she was going to have to lie to Sara along the way too. Sara wasn't stupid, she would know something was up.

Catherine decided to go home and sort herself. She'd talk to Lindsay later. Lindsay had grown up so much lately, Catherine was sure that Lindsay would understand and maybe even be able to help.

Throughout the whole shift, Sara couldn't stop thinking about the dream she had. It was so real, she could still feel Evelyn's touch burning on her skin. She could still feel Evelyn's kisses linger on her neck. She was still smitten to Evelyn, even though she hated to admit it, she wondered if she would ever get over this.

Sara and Greg had an easy case this night. They were finished an hour before shift ended. Sara decided to see Catherine in her office to kill some time. She was not the kind of person to have talks with a co-worker, but she just had to get her mind of Evelyn tonight. Maybe Catherine could help her out by talking about Lindsay or something like that.

Sara entered Catherine's office, even though it was dark she knew the way and she was already talking to Catherine about how her shift went tonight. Catherine had the lights out in her office all the time, she'd be thinking about a case or she had a headache. When she didn't get a reply she realised Catherine wasn't there. Sara blushed, she felt stupid. When she turned on the light she saw Catherine's office was indeed empty.

When she looked around she saw Evelyn's employee file on Catherine's desk. Suddenly Sara felt all warm inside, she sat down behind the desk and touched the file. It was weird, but she just had to touch it, she slowly traced Evelyn's name with her finger. A single tear rolled down her cheek. Sara opened the file and smiled when she saw Evelyn's picture. The tear from her cheek fell on Evelyn's picture, just on Evelyn's cheek. Sara wiped it away, but more and more tears fell on the file. She couldn't compose herself anymore, she felt herself shaking as she put her hands in front of her face.

After what seemed like an eternity, Sara managed to compose herself. She traced Evelyn's hair on the picture with her finger once more before closing the file. She wiped her tears and got up. It was time to go home.

The babysitter was delighted to see Catherine home so early. Catherine paid her and the girl left.

Before going to bed Catherine checked on Lindsay, who was still awake. Catherine walked over to Lindsay's bed and sat on it.

"I can't sleep mom" Lindsay said "I keep thinking about Evelyn."

"That's just what I wanted to talk to you about. Evelyn is my new case, I have to find her. She can work at the lab" Catherine said, putting a strand of hair behind Lindsay's ear.

"Can I sleep with you tonight mom?" Lindsay asked.

She didn't react on what Catherine said, she wasn't sure if she could tell her mom. She wanted to stop the pain for Sara and her mom, even though her mom wasn't showing, Lindsay knew she was in pain. She didn't want to betray Evelyn, but she thought that maybe if her mom found Evelyn, things would be better for Evelyn.

Catherine nodded and Lindsay followed her to her bedroom. Catherine got dressed for the night in her bathroom while Lindsay snuggled in bed. Catherine got into bed and snuggled up to Lindsay.

"Mom" Lindsay said.

"Yes honey?" Catherine simply answered. She knew Lindsay was struggling with something, she just hoped for once Lindsay would spill it.

"If you think you can help someone by telling something, but you promised that someone you wouldn't tell anything about that, would that be bad?"

Catherine sighed. So Lindsay did know more but she promised she wouldn't tell.

"A promise is very important Linds, but if you think you will help Evelyn by telling me what you know, than maybe it's for the better. Do you know where Evelyn is Lindsay?" Catherine asked while turning Lindsay around so she was facing her.

It was only then Catherine realised her heart was beating so fast, she felt a heat all over her body. It was a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time, it could be compared with going downstairs on Christmas morning to see what presents you got. She hoped Lindsay would tell, she hoped she could solve this and get Evelyn back. Back to her, back to Sara. Did I just think that? Back to me? Oh my god!

"I think I know where Evelyn is" Lindsay said.