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Catherine sat in the hospital room with Sara laying against her. She felt like she was holding Lindsey, holding the younger woman in her arms, but she wasn't going to let go of her. Sara didn't want her to and she didn't want herself to. Sara was dressed in another white hospital gown so that the doctors could assess her injuries, but so far it just seemed as though she had a few bruises and cuts, thank god.

Catherine looked down at Sara who was lying against her fast asleep. Her head was resting against her chest and her arms were thrown around her waist. Catherine smiled- even when she was asleep she refused to let go of her.

Brass had come in before and informed the pair that Matthew was dead; he died at Catherine's house. That took a lot of weight off of both the woman's shoulders. Shortly after Sara had been administered a sedative to help her fall asleep, and Catherine just hoped that now her colleague could get some much-needed, uninterrupted rest.

Catherine ran her fingers through the younger woman's hair and rubbed her back softly. She knew she was asleep but she still wanted Sara to know that she was there and that she wasn't leaving any time soon. Catherine looked down at her face- she looked so calm as she slept, so peaceful. Catherine smiled- at least now she was getting some rest. Her smile soon faded once she again noticed the purple and black bruises on her face as well as her arms. She sighed deeply, wishing she could just take all of her pain away, but she knew she couldn't.

At that moment, the door to the hospital room was thrown open and in ran Lindsey. She ran to the hospital bed the two were sitting on and she quickly ran to her mother's side.

"Mom, what happened?" she asked. "What's going on? Are you hurt? What's wrong with Sara?"

"Shh..." Catherine whispered. "Sara's just sleeping and I'm okay. Sara's a little hurt but she's going to be okay."

"What happened?" Lindsey asked.

"...Linds, you know how there are some real creeps out there?"

"Yes.."

"Well...this guy...the guy that caused everything..he knew Sara when she was about your age."

"How did he know her?"

"He was...her foster brother."

"Foster brother? Sara was in Foster Care?"

"Yes...her parents weren't the best people.."

"Oh..."

"So...this guy...he hurt her, Linds."

"Why would he hurt her?" Lindsey asked. "Who would want to hurt Sara?"

"He was just a sick person, Lindsey...I don't know why people do things anymore," Catherine sighed.

"So...?" Lindsey prompted for her to continue.

"He came back...he tried to hurt her again, Lindsey," Catherine said.

"Son of a bitch..." Lindsey muttered.

"Lindsey!" Catherine said. "Language! Please!"

She rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine."

Catherine smiled a little, turning back to Sara and again running her fingers through her hair.

"Is she going to be alright?" Lindsey asked.

Catherine nodded. "Yeah, she should be...the doctors said she should be okay.." Physically, anyway, Catherine thought to herself.

Lindsey nodded, looking down at the floor. "Grandma wants to see you."

Catherine sighed deeply. "I'm not leaving Sara alone, I promised her I wasn't going to."

Lindsey smiled. "You really care about her, don't you Mom?"

Catherine nodded. "We all do, Linds. We all do."

Lindsey nodded before opening her mouth wide with a yawn.

"Go ahead and go to Grandma's to get some sleep," Catherine told her. "I'll see you later."

Lindsey just nodded. "Okay..." she said. "'Night, Mom," she said, wrapping her arms tightly around her mother's neck.

"'Night, baby," she said, kissing her forehead.

"Mom..I'm 13," she said.

Catherine smiled. "I know, but you're still my baby."

Lindsey laughed a little. "Okay, see you later. Tell Sara I said hi."

"I will. Bye Linds."

"Bye Mom," Lindsey said walking out of the room.

Catherine sighed, turning back to look down at Sara. She noticed her stirring slightly and she smiled. Soon one of Sara's eyes had cracked open and she took a deep breath, raising her head a bit only to fall back down against Catherine's chest. She shut her eyes tightly sighing. "Cath?"

"Yeah Sara?" Catherine asked.

"Where are we?" she asked quietly.

"We're at a hospital, Sara," Catherine said. "I don't blame you for not knowing, though. The doctors gave you a pretty big dose of sedatives."

"Mm-hmm.." Sara mumbled. "I like hospital drugs."

Catherine laughed a little bit. "Oh, and Lindsey says hi."

"She came by?" Sara asked.

"Yeah, just a minute ago. She was worried about you."

Sara smiled. "She's going to be a mom one day, I can tell."

Catherine grinned. "So, how are you feeling?"

Sara shrugged a little bit. "Okay, I guess," she said. "Little sore. Have you gotten any sleep?"

Catherine shook her head slowly. "No."

"Why?" Sara asked. "You should leave, you need rest.." Even though she really didn't want Catherine to leave.

"Uh-uh," Catherine said. "I'm staying with you. You need someone with you and I promised I wasn't going to leave you."

She smiled a little. "Thanks Cath."

"No problem, now go ahead and go back to sleep," she told her. She watched as Sara slowly closed her eyes again and fell back into a deep sleep. Catherine tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear instinctively as it fell in her face, and fell back against the hospital bed with a sigh, her arms still around Sara. She closed her eyes slowly, falling asleep herself.

She was tired, but she still wasn't going to let go of Sara.