Title: Entreaty

By: Manigault

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Olivia was subdued as she walked into the room, flanked on each side by Clayton and Bess, who both appeared to have aged fifteen years since the last time Sara saw them. She felt for the couple, but as she looked at Olivia her empathy faded. A female attorney walked in behind them, followed seconds later by Catherine, whom Sara had paged after she had angrily left Grissom in the hallway.

Catherine took the seat beside Sara and glanced over at the younger woman to see how she was holding up. After being paged by Sara, she had no less than three different individuals fill her in on the spat between Grissom and Sara in the hallway outside of the interrogation room with Paul Hanson. Apparently Grissom had taken Sara off of that interrogation and had her interviewing Olivia. Catherine had no time to question his motives, but she was certain there was logic behind his actions.

"Olivia, we spoke with Paul."

Sara sat back and waited for the bombshell to drop and was not disappointed when Olivias eyes grew wide and excitement swept over her features. "When can I speak to him?"

Ignoring the question, Sara said calmly. "Paul says that you killed Kyle."

Confusion swept over the teens face and she stuttered a protest. "Andy killed him. Paul knows that and would never say that it was me. I admitted that I was there, but I didn't shoot Mr. Giles."

"You told us earlier that you were afraid that they would hurt Andy. You were talking about Paul and his cousins, isn't that right, Olivia?" Sara was relieved Clayton and Bess did not interfere with her line of questioning.

"I would like to speak to Paul," Olivia insisted. A tremble began on her lower lip and she wiped away a stray tear that was rolling down the side of her cheek. "I'm not saying anything else until I speak to him."

Annoyance flashed over Sara and she steeled her voice as she leaned forward. "You will not be permitted to speak with or see Paul until you answer these questions."

"You can't do that!" Olivia spun around to face her lawyer. "I have rights! She can't threaten me like that! Do something!"

"Answer Ms. Sidle's question Olivia," Clayton said firmly. "No more of this nonsense about seeing that good for nothing boy."

"What? You can't say that!" Olivia cried out. "Paul never said that I shot Mr. Giles. You are lying!"

"Which one of the boys actually shot Mr. Giles? Was it Paul?" Sara chose to ignore the accusations and the fact that there was a bit of truth in what she had said. Paul had claimed that it was Andy that had shot his own dad, but he had also claimed that Olivia helped him.

Tears streamed from Olivia's eyes as she glared from one silent adult to the other, until her eyes returned to Sara and she said stubbornly. "Paul didn't shoot him. I didn't shoot him and I don't think Quinn or Connor shot him either."

It was like going in circles with this girl, Catherine was thinking to herself as she waited for Sara to pull out a true confession. Settling back in her chair she decided to give Sara the reins for now, but was ready to jump in the minute Sara appeared to lose control of the situation. She thought of the younger woman as a loose cannon who rode on emotions too much of the time. Gil was crazy about her though and because of that she would keep her opinions to herself.

"Paul says that it was you, Olivia, you and Andy that shot Mr. Giles." Sara held her breath and waited for the words to sink into the girls mind. The wheels were spinning and she could see the doubt shining from the teary eyes as Olivia hunched her shoulders and began rocking slowly back and forth. When she looked back at Sara, she had made a decision.

"Paul shot him," Olivia muttered. "He shot him and they also shot Andy."

Gasps swept throughout the room and Sara fought back the sick feeling that was threatening to take over her self control.

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Paul wore the over confident smile of a rotten teenager that thought he could get away with murder. That was the impression that popped into Grissom's head as he and Brass walked back into the room to confront the suspect.

"Where's Miss. Sidle? I like her better than you," Paul said with a laugh.

"That's enough Paul," Scott said with a warning in his voice. "You need to let me and our lawyer do the talking."

"Why?" Paul rolled his eyes at the lawyer. "They don't have anything on me."

Grissom's phone beeped and he realized that he was still holding it after text messaging Sara. He glanced at it and an odd expression flitted over his face.

Olivia stated Paul shot Kyle and Andy.

He was stunned. If what Olivia said was true then...oh shit. Grissom looked up at Paul and narrowed his eyes.

"That isn't what your girlfriend says," Grissom lifted the phone and tilted his head. "According to your girlfriend you not only shot Paul, you shot Andy."

If he expected Paul to deny the accusations he could not have been more wrong. Scott, however, began a loud protest that could be heard from outside the room and was quickly subdued by his lawyer who asked for a short recess.

"No," Grissom shook his head and refused to leave this room without some answers. "I want to know what you did with Andy after he was shot? Is he buried in the desert?"

"Olivia is a bitch," Paul said with that calmness that gave an honest man chills. "She knows that Andy shot his own dad and she helped him. Andy is in New York City for all I know."

Grissom closed his eyes for a brief second and then opened them and shook his head sadly. "Kyle has a wife. He has three children, including Andy. He has a mom and brothers. He did not deserve this, Paul." Grissom felt everyones eyes on him and knew that he was being emotional and very much unlike himself. He was letting this case get to him, alter his self control. These four teenagers held the answers to what happened to Kyle and Andy Giles and they were dancing in circles.

"We have enough evidence to link you with the attack on myself and my collegue," Grissom continued. "You will be punished for that alone. Now we have a witness that claims that you killed Kyle and shot Andy." Grissom stood and paced over towards the door and back. He stared at Paul while his mind worked out a puzzle. Where was Andy? Was he involved?

In a sudden flash of insight, Grissom spun on his heels and left the room. He made a beeline for the interrogation room where Sara was interviewing Olivia.

TBC