Dominion of the Butterfly-Chapter 8
Heather met Grissom at a privately owned lab the next day. The lab was famous from the Jerry Springer Show for their annual Vegas themed "Who's the Daddy" special. The two of them stared at each other warily as Grissom held the door open. The owner, who was a special friend of Heather's showed them to a lab, where the DNA testing swabs and machine was set up.
Grissom open up twp swabs, first doing his own mouth, and then Heather's. He placed the samples into the processor and the two of them stared at each other while they waited for the samples to process.
Grissom put a hand on Heather's arm. "Heather, I am sorry about yesterday. I don't know what got into me."
Heather smirked, "It's called the green-eyed monster. Honestly, Grissom, Sara and I did not kiss to annoy you, it just happened, and she is the one who is owed the apology."
Grissom looked at her quietly. "I think I understand why."
Heather laughed, "Its pretty unbelievable, isn't it, us as long lost siblings."
Grissom shook his head, "In our lines of work, I don't think that this is the strangest or will be the strangest thing we will ever see. But it makes sense, doesn't it?"
Heather nodded. "Strangely it makes more sense than anything that's happened lately"
The machine beeped with the results. Grissom grabbed the samples and showed them to Heather. He smiled wryly. "When I was four, I told my parents I wanted a baby sister, what's forty-three years of waiting?"
Heather smiled and the hugged Grissom, glad that she was no longer alone. "Now Grissom, what are you going to do about Sara?"
Grissom shook his head and looked tense. "I don't know Heather, I don't know."
Across town, Lurie was on the phone long distance. "Yes Peter that would be wonderful. I think I will be very happy. Now if I could just get that number…." A few minutes later he was on the phone again. "Yes Cynthia, I checked the website and if you could overnight the information, that would be perfect." Lurie smiled, and called Lady Heather to make what he hoped was a final appointment with Debbie.
At Sara's apartment, she was busy speaking to a travel agent. "I want to book a trip to Italy, Three weeks, a tour of the whole country, first class. I can go in a month. Please email me the details and cost, and I will book it this week."
Sara hung up the phone and smiled. At last she was taking matters in her own hands and doing something that would make her happy. Without Grissom. She could decide what to do with Grissom after she returned. She was resentful about his anger with her and Heather and the kiss, but figured that if she walked in on him kissing Brass, she probably would react the same way. Chuckling at the thought of Brass and Grissom kissing, she went to shower and wash the day off of her.
Heather went back to the Dominion and checked her messages, and heard the one from Lurie wanting a final appointment with Sara tomorrow night. She sighed and knew that she had to call Sara and speak to her. She called, and found her prayers answered when she heard the voice mail. Heather knew that she and Sara had to talk, but she was still reeling over the events of the past 24 hours to know how to control this particular situation.
Walking around in her bathrobe, toweling her hair Sara looked in her take out folder to order herself some Thai since she had no food in the house. While picking up the phone to order, she heard the message from Heather asking her about one final appointment with Lurie. Part of her never wanted to see Lurie again, but she also wanted to finish what she had started. She called the Dominion and left a message with the desk to tell Heather that she would be in the next evening.
Grissom sat in his office, where he usually found sanctuary from his world, but did not provide him with he solace he craved. He sat and thought about the past few weeks and visiting Sara at the Dominion. He remembered the games and the talking and especially the dancing. He knew he needed to fix things. He also knew that this time a plant was not going to fix this. Fiddling with the Rubik's cube in his desk, he puzzled on what to do next.
Lady Heather checked her messages and found the one from Sara confirming her meeting with Lurie. Sighing she called Lurie and also left a message for Grissom, figuring since this was the last meeting, maybe Sara would get the needed answers from him, and that if she did, Grissom should be there to watch.
A/N: I know this is a little short and disjointed, but it will all make sense in the final chapter, which will tie everything up.