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A/N Thanks to those who betaed. Also thanks to those who reviewed last chapter. Hope you like this one. Next chapter should be up by Monday.
Chapter Nine: In the Car Accident Was
Nick pulled the cover over Sara and caressed her check with his hand. He always wished he had a little sister to look after and protect against the evils of the world; and looking down at Sara he realized she had become his little sister. Letting her get her rest, he quietly walked out of her bedroom closing the door behind him. The phone started to ring and Nick looked over at Warrick who was sitting on Sara's couch.
"Let me get it," Warrick said jumping up. "Hello?" Warrick practically yelled down the phone thinking it was Bryce again. His cheeks turned red when he realized who it truly was. "Oh, sorry Griss…No, no, no, she's fine. In fact, she is sleeping, Nick just went to check on her…She did get a call from Bryce, but Nick took care of that…No, he just told Bryce he shouldn't have messed with Vegas…Okay, I'll let her know when she wakes up." Warrick turned to Nick and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, bye Grissom."
Warrick sat back down; and turned the television channel leaving, Nick puzzled. Warrick smiled and without looking at Nick asked, "What?"
"What! What, is that all you have to say?" Nick threw a pillow at Warrick. "What did he have to say?"
"Oh." Warrick turned to television to the Discovery Channel and laughed. "Hey, your favorite." He turned to Nick and laughed. "Grissom was just checking in on Sara. He wants me to tell her he'll be by after shift." Warrick groaned when he looked at his watch. "Speaking of shift, Cath and I are going in early tomorrow to make up for having last night off. So I better get going." Warrick and Nick walked to the door, "See you at work tonight. Take care of Sara until lover boy gets here." A smile spread across Warrick's face. "Thanks for walking me to the door; but you don't expect me to kiss you good night do you?" Warrick laughed to himself as Nick shoved him out the door.
--------------------Ecklie's Office------------------------
"Come in," Ecklie hissed. "Sofia, please take a seat." Ecklie motioned to the chairs that sat in front of his desk. He leaned back in his seat and stared at Sofia. "Look, I can't tell you what to do with your body, but I don't think it is appropriate to have this sent to the lab." Ecklie passed Sofia a postcard.
"What…I never went..." Sofia couldn't help but stare at the big busted women on the postcard. "Look, Ecklie this is some kind of cruel joke. I never went to make this appointment to talk about breast augmentation."
Ecklie gave Sofia a disappointing look. "Sofia, I called the number on the post card; they seemed to know you. But like I said I don't care what you choose to do with your body. We have another situation on hand that is my business however; several lab employees have come to me with concerns. They say you have been saying thing that might be untrue. Things that Miss Sidle is supposedly have said. Care to explain?"
"I thought you would be happy if she was gone." Sofia chuckled. "I didn't do anything to bring disgrace to the lab. Who are you going to believe, a bunch of lab rats or myself?"
"I'm sorry to have to do this Sofia, but I have to do what is best for this lab. The things you said were not only disrespectful but they were unprofessional. I have no choice to let you go. Please hand over your badge and gun then go collect your stuff and leave the lab. You have fifteen minutes." Ecklie held out his hand for Sofia's things.
--------------------CSI Lab: Locker Room------------------------
"I can't believe they are doing this to me. You promised it was going to be okay. That…that the bitch would get her own back. She ruined our family. What? Robert fired you as well? What for? Why don't you fly here and we can talk about it. I have ten minutes to leave the building." Sofia disconnected her call and grabbed the last few things and turned to a smiling Greg.
"Where are you going Sofia?" Greg tried to keep a straight face while he listened to Sofia rant about being fired. "Well, maybe you shouldn't have said that stuff about Sara. I don't know how she just could put that behind her. I wouldn't be as forgiving." Greg was starting to raise his voice. "Why, Sofia? Why did you do this to Sara? What did she do to you?"
"She deserved it. She put my father in jail and she's taken Grissom from me. He never took her out to dinner alone. He did me. I heard when she wanted to leave he sent her a plant. A plant for her, and a nice dinner for me. Then he says he loves her. So she had to be brought down." Sofia walked to the locker room door, "And still will be. Mark my word Greg, mark my word."
--------------------Three months later--------------------
Sara and Grissom walked into Sara's apartment and they noticed that her answering machine was full. Sara pushed the button and her apartment filled with the angry voice of Bryce. Sara started to tear up over his messages.
Grissom stood as close to her as he could. He placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed the back of her head. "Honey, how long as this been going on?"
Sara kind of laughed, "How long have I been back?" Sara turned around to face Grissom but not before wiping her tears away. "It's fine, really it is. I was going to go get my numbers changed later today. It just has gotten a lot more threatening lately."
"Sara, you know that he can't get away with it. Why don't you talk to Brass and get a restraining order. Better than that you should talk to Alex." Grissom ran his hand down Sara's cheek. "Sara…I…" Grissom leaned in and started kissing Sara. They broke apart for only one moment and started kissing again. "Mmm, Sara. I have a surprise for you. Go get changed and I'll show you."
--------------------Sara's surprise--------------------
Grissom pulled up to a grey two story house. "Here we are." Grissom smiled as he watched Sara's face light up. "Come on; let's go in to our house."
"Wait, our house? You bought us a house." Sara asked as exited the car and looked around the neighborhood. "Wait Alex and…they live around the corner. You not only bought us a house; but you bought one close to my family." Sara gave Grissom a big hug. "Thank you."
"Anything for you baby; but the bigger surprise is inside." Grissom took Sara's hand and led her inside. "I know there isn't a lot of color on the wall, but we can work on that later. Grissom took Sara upstairs and to one of the doors. "Ready?" When Sara nodded her head Grissom opened the door.
The room was painted a soft lilac with white butterflies sporadically placed. Covering the windows there was a white blind and lilac and white checkered curtain. The floor was covered with carpet that matched the walls. "It's beautiful, but what if…if we have a boy?" Sara placed her hands on her tiny bump. "Wait is this, the furniture I showed you from the catalog?" Sara walked into the room and investigated the white baby bed and changing table.
"It'll be a girl." Grissom walked to the closet door and opened it. "I'm positive it will be a girl, see." In the closet hung baby girl clothes. Grissom pulled open a drawer and pulled out a box. "I wanted to wait to give you this." Grissom turned to Sara holding the box. "Sara I love you so much and I would love, please Sara will you marry me?" Grissom asked and he got down to one knee.
Tears fell from Sara's eyes. "Yes! Gil with all my heart and a million times over, yes." Grissom placed the ring on Sara's finger and stood up and kissed her. "So," Sara smiled pulling away. "Where's our bedroom?"
--------------------Three months later--------------------
Sara and Grissom laid in their bed all snuggled up to one another. They started to talk about baby names and what they would like to name him, or her. "Gil, I really think we should think of boy names just to cover our bases."
Grissom just kissed Sara and played with her hair. "There is no reason to do that, Sara. Trust me honey, please. We will have a girl. If you don't believe me we can ask your doctor today when we see her."
"Okay, Gil…" Before Sara could comment fully the phone rang. "I'll get it." Sara leaned over and grabbed the phone. "Hello…how the hell did you get this number?" Sara screamed. "Just leave us alone."
"Who is it, honey?" Grissom grabbed the phone from Sara, "Hello…Hello…HELLO!" Grissom switched the phone off. "Was that him? Was that Bryce?" Grissom asked. The look on Sara's face told Grissom everything they needed to know. "How the hell did he get this number? We are unlisted."
That's when they heard the noise at the front door. "Gil, that can't be him." Sara was shaking. "I'm calling Alex."
"Okay." Grissom got out of bed as Sara made the call. "Stay here." Grissom kissed the top of Sara's head and started to make hi way down stairs.
--------------------Alex's house--------------------
Hearing the desperation in Sara's voice Alex ran out the door. When Alex ran up Sara and Grissom's drive he caught the man at their door. "Stop right there, Bryce." Alex pulled his gun out and pointed it at Bryce. "Now just get out of here before you do something you'll regret."
--------------------Las Vegas Police Department--------------------
"Tell me Bryce, why are you doing this to Sara?" Detective Vartann asked. "Tell me what did Sara ever do to you and Sofia?"
"Her whore of a mother flirted with Sofia's father, Jack. He left my aunt and went to be with Laura. A few months later we found out that Sara told the police that Jack molested her. Well, Sofia's mother couldn't take this and killed herself. Sofia came to stay with us. My mother was depressed for a long time. I promised Sofia when we were young I would find the monsters who did this to our family and take care of them." Bryce looked at Vartann and smiled. "By taking care of them I don't mean to kill them. Just make them suffer, like we suffered."
--------------------Three days later, Crime Lab--------------------
Nick walked up to Sara with a horrified look on his face. "Sara, come sit down." Nick led Sara to the break room and had her sit down. "Sara, there was an accident."
Sara started to breathe heavy and looked around franticly. "Where's Gi…Grissom? No, it wasn't him. Wait, are you saying it was Alex?" Sara was crying heavily. "Nick, who was it? Are they ok?" Sara looked at Nick through her tears. "Nick, tell me, please."
Nick looked at Sara and took her hand "Sara the people, hurt…died in the car accident was…"
