Chapter Nine

Sara took another sip of coffee, then put the cup on the coffee table in front of her. She waited for Gil to speak. She waited, patiently, silently, quietly.

Grissom was sitting beside her, on the couch. It was an awkward silence that breaking it would only make it more awkward. Sara looked around the room, trying to find something to look at, something to help her avoid Gil's eyes.

"Sara?" Gil asked softly. He had hoped that Sara would some to him, but that probably wasn't going to happen. Sara glanced at Grissom's concerned eyes, then looked the other way. "Sara, please talk to me."

"What is there to say?" Sara paused. "I find my half-sister and she has tried to kill herself twice. What do you think happened when the sirens went off?" She paused again, "I keep telling myself that it wasn't another suicide attempt but my imagination and curiosity fill in the blanks. I was going to ask Dani what had happened, but you came in and talked to her." Sara explained. "Knowing that she's tried to commit suicide twice, I wonder what's going through her mind." Sara finished. She looked away from Grissom as tears came to her eyes.

Gil wrapped his arms around Sara, letting her cry into his shoulder. There wasn't anything he could say that would help. So, he just let Sara cry.

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After a few minutes, Sara let go of Grissom and sat back in the position she was in before Gil hugged her. She sniffled and reached for her coffee. She took a sip, which calmed her down a little. Sara put the cup back on the coffee table and sighed. Grissom took her hand and help it gently, for comfort. It reminded Gil of when Sara had told him about her family. Then he realized it, Dani was going through, somewhat, the same thing.

"You feel sorry for her, don't you?" Gil asked. Sara looked at him. He understands? "You don't want her to go through what you did."

"I don't want anyone to go through what I did, Grissom." Sara said coldly.

"I wish you never had to go through what you did." Grissom said, Sara smiled at him. Then Grissom's cell phone rang. "Grissom." The person on the other line explained a few things.

"Who?" Gil said into the phone. He paused. "You're kidding..." He paused again. "Okay. I'll be right there." Gil hung up the phone and looked at Sara.

"What?" Sara asked.

"We have a suspect in custody." Gil answered.

"Who?" Sara asked.

"Dani."