Chapter Eight

Grissom picked up the phone and went into the kitchen, Sara stayed with Keana.

"Willows." Catherine answered.

"Cath, its Grissom." Gil said.

"What's up?" Catherine asked.

"Did you find the mother's body?" Gil asked.

"Yes... It was at her house, why?" Catherine asked, wondering where this was going.

"If Keana's father is dead, then who killed her mother?" Gil asked. Catherine thought for a moment.

"We'll find out." Catherine said finally and they both hung up the phone. Grissom walked back into the living and sat on the chair. Sara looked at him and waited for Gil to speak.

"Who killed my mom?" Keana asked again. Grissom looked at Sara, she was staring back at him.

"We don't know yet." Gil said.

"He's still out there, he's still after me." Keana said.

Twenty Minutes later

There was a knock at the door, Sara got up and opened the door to see Nick and Catherine.

"Umm... Hey guys, what's up?" Sara asked.

"We..." Catherine paused. "We have to take Keana and evaluate her." Catherine said. Sara stayed at the door.

"What?" Sara asked.

"I'm sorry Sara, but we have to help her." Nick said. Sara back away from the door. Catherine and Nick walked into her apartment. Catherine walked over to Keana and explained what was going to happen.

"No! I'm staying with Sara!" Keana yelled.

"You don't have a choice, I tried to get you out of it, but there was nothing I could do. I'm sorry." Catherine said. "You can see Sara after everything is sorted out." Catherine added. Keana thought for a quick moment and looked up at Catherine.

"Only if I can see Sara after." Keana said. Catherine nodded and the two of them walked out to the car.

"Sara, are you going to be ok?" Nick asked. Sara nodded.

"I hope so." She said. Nick left too, leaving Grissom and Sara alone. The two of them sat in silence for a few minutes.

"I should go." Grissom said, getting up and reaching for his coat.

"No, please don't leave me." Sara said weakly.

"Sara... Are you ok?" Grissom asked.

"I just... I don't want to be alone." Sara said, she looked around and avoided his eyes. Grissom put his coat back down and sat beside Sara, he hugged her. Sara rested her head on his shoulder.

"You said that Keana just needed someone there for her and someone to comfort her." Grissom paused and Sara nodded. "Are you sure that it wasn't just you who wanted someone there for you." He added. Gil released her from his arms and Sara got up and went into the bedroom and came back out with a book in her hand. Sara sat back onto the couch and handed the book to Grissom.

"It's my diary, from when I was younger. I found it, a couple of days ago." Sara said. She rested her head back on Grissom's shoulder and he opened the book. He read:

Mom and Dad had another fight, they didn't notice I was there. Daddy hit my Mom, that's when I ran to my room.

I just heard the door slam shut, Dad probably went back out to the bar. Mom is probably crying in the living room, I'm scared to find out.

"All the bad memories I'd forgotten, I remembered." Sara said, tears came to her eyes.

"And what about the good memories?" Gil asked, hoping to raise her spirit.

"There were none." Sara choked out, tears started to fall down her face and Grissom hugged her tighter.