Chapter Two:

Sara sat down on the couch and Keana joined her. Sara smiled at the little girl. Keana hugged her, the girl wanted to feel protected, and Sara was there for her.

"Everything's going to be ok." Sara said to her. Keana hugged Sara tighter to tell her that she wanted to be hugged back. Sara hugged her and looked up at Grissom, he was smiling. He saw Sara's confused face and sighed.

"It's good to see you're letting someone in." Grissom explained. He was talking about Sara's lack of trust in people. Sara didn't see why that made him happy though.

Keana lied in Sara's arms, half asleep. Sara was about to fall asleep too, but she had to stay awake and protect the little girl.

"I should probably go back to work." Grissom said and broke the silence. Keana lifted her head.

"No, stay and protect me." Keana said. Grissom looked into the girl's huge eyes, no one had ever wanted him to protect them. "Please." Keana pleaded.

"Ok, I'm here." Grissom said, he sat beside them and Keana hugged him. Sara smiled, Grissom hugged Keana back. The little girl looked up at Gil and smiled. "I won't leave." Gil assured her. Keana stopped hugging Grissom and rested her head on Sara's arm.

"Good." Keana said. Sara looked at the little girl, Keana looked less worried now, she was calming down. Sara tried desperately to stay awake, but she slowly drifted to sleep.

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Sara woke up a few hours later. Keana was sleeping beside her, the same position she had been when Sara was awake, there was a blanket over top of both Sara and Keana. Sara turned her head and saw Grissom reading a book, he was in the chair beside her.

"What are you reading?" Sara asked him. Grissom looked up from the book and noticed she was awake.

"Demonstration of Forensics, Volume II." Grissom replied. Sara laughed.

"Nerd." Sara joked.

"It's your book." Grissom pointed out and smiled. Sara turned back to Keana, who was sleeping peacefully beside her. The brunette looked at the little girl, the bruises on her face had healed slightly.

"She woke up once and I got her some water." Grissom told Sara. "She's calmed down."

"That's good." Sara said, she rested her head on the back of the couch. They sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Have you been up the whole night?" Sara asked him.

"I guess." Grissom replied. He looked at Sara. Her eyes told him she was worried.

"Why?" Sara asked. She was worried him.

"If Keana woke up, she would feel protected knowing someone was awake." Grissom thought quickly. Sara decided that was a good enough excuse.

"Fine." Sara gave in. Grissom smiled and went back to the book he was reading.

Minutes passed.

"You know we have to treat this like a case, right?" Grissom said, looking up from the book and at Sara.

"You treat everything else like a case, so there isn't a difference for you, but I know we have to treat it like a case." Sara said coldly, it was the first thing that came to her mind. The words fell out of her mouth before she could stop them.

"Sara, do I bug you about your personal problems?" Grissom asked.

"Yes!" Sara exclaimed.

"I only ask about your personal problems because I-" Grissom started, but was interrupted by Keana yawning.

"Good morning." Sara said to the little girl, changing the subject.

"Hi Sara." Keana said and smiled.

"Feeling better?" Sara asked. Keana took a deep breath.

"A bit." She replied.

"Can you tell me what happened?" Sara asked, so she wouldn't be so confused anymore.

"What do you want to know?" Keana asked.

"Let's start with your age." Sara said, she didn't want to get straight to the point.

"I'm ten." Keana said. "I know, I look younger."

"Ok, who... killed your mom?" Sara asked, Keana flinched at the question.

"My...My...My Dad." Keana studdered. Sara looked away, and took a deep breath.

"Why?" Sara asked. Keana sighed.

"My Dad was drink, he threatened me and my Mom yelled at him. Then, my Dad started yelling at my Mom, they had a huge fight and... He... he killed her." Keana said, tears fell down her cheeks.

"It's ok, can you tell me what happened next?" Sara asked.

"He watched my Mom fall to the ground, lifeless, then he turned to me and said he'd kill me too. I ran, I... I just kept running, before I could get out of the house he said he'd find me." Keana said, she wiped the tears from her eyes. Sara hugged Keana.

"Don't worry, we'll find him." Sara said.

"I'll call the lab, we'll find him." Grissom said. His eyes met Sara's, then Sara looked away, she didn't need an awkward moment right now.