Chapter Ten
Grissom and Sara stood outside the interrogation room. Sara looked through the glass door at the young girl sitting patiently. Dani was sitting in the interrogation room, staring down at the table. Grissom placed his hand lightly on Sara's shoulder. Sara turned away from looking into the room and looked at Gil.
"Griss, I really want to be in there too, not just watching." Sara complained. She knew that Gil would only let her watch the interrogation. "Please."
"Relax, you're coming too. You don't have to argue." Grissom said. "I'm doing most of the asking though."
Sara was relieved. "Thanks." She paused. "Why?"
"I'd never win the argument." Grissom said, then went into the interrogation room. Sara followed him and sat across from Dani. Grissom sat beside Sara, and the room was quiet. Dani was staring at Sara, her eyes were dark and solemn. Sara avoided Dani's eyes, it would have been like looking at a picture of herself of when she was younger. "Dani, we need to ask you some questions." Gil said.
"I didn't notice." Dani replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Could you be serious about this?" Gil asked.
"Fine, what do you want to know?" Dani asked.
"We found the bat that your family was killed with. The only fingerprints we found on it were yours." Gil explained.
"It's my bat." Dani answered. "I used to play baseball."
"We didn't find anyone else's prints on it." Gil said.
"He might have worn gloves, I don't know. I didn't notice." Dani answered.
"You know quite a bit about forensics, we found five books in your room about it." Sara said.
"I find it interesting. Is that a crime?" Dani asked.
"No, but we're taking it into consideration." Gil answered.
"You're smart. You know about forensics. The only prints we found on the bat were yours. The hits where your sister was killed, isn't consistent with your story. Based on evidence from your family's wounds, it suggests that someone was standing where you were when they were hit. Your bruise is at an upward angle, which suggests that you hit yourself. From your forensic books, you would have read about what place you can hit people and kill them and what part of your skull is safe to hit. We searched your whole house, no one was in there but you, your sister, and your Mother. There were no prints on the knife that your Mother was stabbed with, you wore gloves when you killed your Mother and sister. You knocked yourself out, dropping the bat as you were falling. Luckily, the bat rolled under the couch." Sara explained.
"You killed them." Gil said.
Dani looked straight at Sara, her eyes were cold. "Well, how does it feel to be in the same room as a murderer?"