A/n- Well this is the chapter I hope you've been waiting for. I hope I did a good job and I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know what you think!

Catherine walked over to the driver's side of her car. Sara had just got workers to pull it up from the ditch where Catherine had rescued her drowning daughter. Catherine was so brave to have done that. Sara admired her for that but she could sense a bit of tension and hostility in Catherine's motions and actions. She opened the driver door and took a look around. Sara knew she shouldn't be in here but she couldn't find a way to tell her. Catherine picked up a bile of blue liquid and held it up.

"Drugs."

"Knowing Eddie's taste in women I'd say that's a good bet."

Sara tried to be as gentle as possible with what she was going to say next.

"Hey, Catherine? You want to give me that?" Sara's heart broke when Catherine's eyes met hers.

"You shouldn't be handling evidence. You're not on the case." Catherine walked away without the slightest retort.

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Sara, Catherine, Detective Vega, and Lindsey all sat in the lounge at the CSI lab ready to interrogate Lindsey. Detective Vega began.

"So, after your recital, where did your dad take you?"

"Leatherbey's. He got me a banana split." Vega tried to ease his way into letting the young blonde trust him.

"I like whipped cream on mine…" Catherine interrupted with a firm harsh voice.

"Did he have anything to drink. Did he have a beer or a glass of wine?"

"Just water." She replied softly.

"So it was just the two of you?" Sara said. The child nodded and looked at her mother once again as if asking for approval of what she was saying. She continued talking about a girl with pink hair that was fighting with Eddie but then she got in the car and drove them away. Lindsey said they were supposed to go to the hospital because he had a tummy ache. More questions were being asked and Catherine was interrupting many of them with her own questions.

"Catherine can I talk to you for a minute." Sara had to stop this. Catherine was upset she understood that but she shouldn't have been in the lounge with them to begin with and now she was raising her voice and Sara knew this was the only time she could hear what happened from Lindsey.

Catherine stood holding Sara's glare and stormed out.

"It's okay." Sara reassured Lindsey as she sat in the seat Catherine had just vacated. They continued talking to the little girl while her mother waited outside. Suddenly her phone rang and she hesitantly answered it.

"Willows…yeah…" She froze. Eddie was dead. She slowly turned to face her daughter who was in the next room. Her eyes filled with tears as she saw her daughter. She wished Lindsey didn't have to go through this.

Sara turned to see where Lindsey was diverting her attention. Evan through the blinds Sara could see the tears Catherine's eyes. She knew what had happened and she felt terrible. She couldn't imagine what she was going through. Sara focused her attention back to Lindsey so her tears would not fall from looking at Catherine.

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"Everyone's a chemist. Thanks." She said the lab tech. As she walked by the AV lab she saw Catherine there with Warrick, Nick, and Grissom. They caught each others glare for long moment as Sara walked bye. The hurt in Catherine's eyes was terrifying. Sara was scared to see that look of vulnerability in the

blonde's eyes. She continued walking past her unable to look at her broken face anymore.

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Sara had found the girl with the pink hair. She and Vega brought her in the interrogation room to be questioned. Sara was somewhat glad Catherine was not there. The questions were going to be sensitive to her and she didn't need Catherine to blow up. Little did Sara know Catherine was behind the glass watching the whole conversation.

"I tried to get Eddie out. He was unconscious, and that...that kid kept screaming...and the current was really strong and we got swept downstream. What was I supposed to do?"

"Get to a phone, call the cops, call an ambulance, anything, actually...other than what you did."

"I am just one person. Eddie is my priority, not that ... that stupid, screaming little brat."

That was the last straw for Catherine. Her blood was officially boiling at the stupid bimbo who did nothing to help Lindsey out of the sinking car. Catherine stormed out of the observation room and threw the door to where Sara and Candice open.

"You even think about my daughter again, I'll kill you. I will kill you." Sara had never in her life heard a woman speak with the fury Catherine did. Chills ran up and down Sara's spine. She had to step in.

"Catherine?" She began. Sara had to do something. She grabbed Catherine by the shoulders and dragged her into the hall. She only let go when they were completely in the hall and she worked up the strength to let go of the blond. She had to get the point across.

"What the hell are you doing? Do you know where you're at right now?"

"I've been here a lot longer than you…"

"Than you should know better."

"And I wouldn't have to be here if you were doing your job properly."

"There is a difference between me doing my job and you wanting to do it for me. You don't want to get the job done. What you want, right now, is revenge."

"You're going to tell me what I want, huh?" Catherine was beyond being nice to Sara. She spat her words out harshly.

"Go home, Catherine. Be with your daughter. She's the one that needs you." Sara said softly touching Catherine's shoulder. As she finished her sentence she let her hand slide down the blonde's arm until she held her wrist. Catherine calmed her breathing and watched Sara walk away.

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Sara was alone again in a lab room trying to find a way to tell Catherine there was not sufficient evidence to get anyone for murder. Sara tried her hardest to bring the murderer to justice. She had numerous suspects but she could only incriminate them of misdemeanour crimes.

"So you're calling it?" Catherine said frightening Sara a little as she appeared in the doorway.

"I got two liars and no murder weapon...and no choice. I'm going to nail the singer on child endangerment and fleeing the scene, and the dealer goes up on possession for sale." She said it very sympathetically and she knew it broke Catherine's heart for her not to know who killed Eddie.

"What a great bedtime story for my little girl." She said plainly.

"Cath, I did my best." Sara replied walking towards Catherine holding her hands out as if going to hug her. Catherine held up her hands in a surrendering form and sighed.

"Yeah, I know." Sara knew Catherine was not happy with what was happening but knew it was the only way.

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Catherine entered her house and slammed the door. Her Sister had just come to pick Lindsey up. She sank on the floor and began to cry. After many minutes she got up felt better and went to bed. As soon as she changed into her blue low cut tank top and shorts she collapsed on her bed. She sobbed again. She was so confused. She wished she wasn't alone. She wished Eddie were still alive so he could help raise their daughter even though she knew he would do a super job. She cried because of the way she treated Sara through out the investigation and she was uncertain on when her sadness would stop.

She lay on her side covered in the blankets of her sheets crying, when she heard a loud knock at the door. Why did people have to come over now? Catherine wondered. She slid off the bed feeling exposed without the sheets. She walked to the door and threw it open making no attempt to hind her anger or tears. Sara stood in the doorway tears falling rapidly down her face. Catherine gave her a perplexed look.

"I'm sorry Catherine. I'm so sorry. I tried really hard. I did and I still couldn't find who did it. I'm so sorry." Sara balled to the blond standing in front of her.

"Sara what are you talking about?" Catherine said letting the tears fall down her face. The sight of Sara's tears made her cry even more.

"I'm sorry I can't find out who killed Eddie. I'm sorry I can't make Lindsey feel any better and I'm just so sorry." Catherine finally realised that Sara was completely drenched in water. Her hair was sticking to her face and her teeth were beginning to chatter together. Sara didn't want to go in. She didn't want to face Catherine like that. She wanted to apologise and leave right?

Catherine took Sara's hands in hers and slowly pulled her into the house. She had stopped crying only to make Sara cry harder. She grabbed Catherine and pulled her into an embrace she would never forget. They sank to the floor together and sobbed.

"It's not your fault Sara." Catherine said between cries.

"Yes it is!" Sara raised her voice as she cried. Suddenly she began to breathe really hard and found it difficult to get any air. She was gasping for it and started panicking. She was hyperventilating and Catherine knew it. She took Sara's head with her two hands and placed in on her chest.

"Shh, honey. It's okay. Just breathe. Listen to my heartbeat honey. Just stay calm." Catherine held Sara's head to her chest with one hand while the other rubbed her back. Soon Sara's short gasps for air became long and smooth.

Sara was asleep now on Catherine's chest and the older woman's head soon dropped on Sara's. As they slept the same thought ran through their heads. How long would it take to mend all the things that have happened?

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