The Battle of Lies Part Two:
After being taken to the hospital everyone was called. It seemed like it was hours until they heard anything about his condition, but finally the doctors came out to tell them the news. " Excuse me is anyone here for Gil Grissom?"
Catherine jumped to her feet, soon everyone else did too.
" Is he going to be OK?"
The doctor's eye's fell to the floor and he said," I'm not really sure what could have drove him to drink like that, and if it wasn't for you he would be dead right now."
Catherine let a small breath out that she hadn't even realized she had been holding.
" So he's going to be OK?"
" He should be fine, but I do recommend some AA meetings."
Nick walked forward and said," Can we see him?"
" Yes, he's in room 305 on the second floor, but he isn't awake and he probably won't be for some time."
" What did you have to do?"
" Well we had to pump his stomach, but I can't be sure yet if he did any severe damage to his liver, test results should be back sometime between tonight and tomorrow morning."
Catherine nodded and felt the sting of tears on her eye's.
As she walked in she saw him laying there looking so dead.
Her tears silently fell, she knew something had been wrong when he had called off from work for weeks now.
A part of her wanted to blame Sara, but she knew that Sara did what any woman would have done in her situation.
That had her start to think, 'Should I call her?'
She shook her head, ' No, she doesn't need to worry about him anymore.'
A YEAR LATER
Grissom was sitting in his office going over paperwork when his phone rang.
" Grissom?"
" Gilbert it's James Colbrini, Supervisor of the San Fransisco Crime Lab."
" Oh hey James, what can I do for you?"
" I was wondering if I could get you to possibly come down here and help me with a case?"
Grissom started thinking about how much he would love to go back to California, he could see his mom, and relax at the beach.
" Can you e-mail me a summery of the case and, I'll be there tomorrow night."
" Thanks Gil, I owe you."
Grissom hung up and immediately went to tell Ecklie he was leaving for a while, and then headed home to pack, and to get online and buy his ticket.
THE NEXT MORNING
The plane ride had been quiet and he slept most of the way.
Once off the plane he got his luggage and headed to his mom's house where he would be staying for a while.
He walked into the Lab and ran right into James.
" Wow Gil that was fast, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this, we don't have an entomologist and this case has so many insects that I don't even know what half of them are."
Grissom smiled and let James lead him to where he would be working.
After about two hours he had already done all he could with the case and headed to the beach for some peace and quiet.
Once there he sat down in the sand and watched as the sun started to set over the water, making the water shimmer with such fierce that it looked as if millions of diamonds were just laying in the water.
He took a deep breath of the salty air and realized just how much he missed this.
All of a sudden something wet was on his cheek and before he knew it there was a huge German Shepard kissing him.
" Hey buddy where did you come from?"
He looked as saw that the dog had tags and read it, Name: Luke Sidle, Address: 200 Alrint Drive, Owner: Sara Sidle
His heart stopped and when he saw the dog look up he knew it was her, he didn't know if she had recognized him, but he knew just by the feelings he had that it was her.
He stood up and slowly turned around to see her walking towards him.
The breeze was blowing her now longer brown hair, and the sun reflecting of the water was shining on her beautiful face, and reminding him of all the times he had woken up and seen that face in the mornings, and how much he missed that.
When she got only a few feet away from him he watched as she stopped dead in her tracks, and her jaw dropped.
" Grissom?"
" Yeah Sara, It's me."
She started walking slowly towards him and the dog ran to her.
" I'm sorry about Luke he doesn't listen very well, he still a puppy."
" He's a big puppy."
Sara smiled," Yeah, he's gonna get so much bigger though."
" How have you been Sara?"
" I've been good, how about you?"
His thoughts went back to his time in the hospital, and going to AA meetings.
" I've had a few rough patches, but I've fixed most of my problems."
" Do you live here now?"
Sara nodded while looking at the sun setting over the water.
" I moved here when I left Vegas, what about you did you move?"
" Oh, no I am just here for a few weeks, I helped down at the Crime Lab, and now I'm just on vacation."
" I wish we had longer to talk and catch up you know?"
Sara thought about what he had just said and did the unthinkable.
" If you want um... You can come by my house for dinner, and we can catch up?"
He smiled and agreed.
" I'll see you at six?"
" Yeah six it is."
He watched as she walked away, and he took a deep breath.
' This is going to be great, I've missed her so much.'
He quickly went home to sleep, and then get ready.
TBC...
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