The hero arrives, the evil man cries.
"Damn it Jake, Let me go. I won't tell anyone….just me go." Jessie demanded no answer from him. "Well, do you have enough of a heart to let me have some food?" Still no answer from him, Jessie began to cry. Oh how she longed for Greg's warm embrace and soft, gentle kiss. She wanted Greg to tell her she would be ok and that everything was all right.
Sara sat at the computer one more time. She finally had the signal, she printed off the address. "11754 North Broadway, That's an abandoned gentleman's club.
What the hell is she doing there?" Greg said. That's really close to my apartment. "Let's go." Greg, Sara, and Grissom hopped into one Tahoe while Nick, Warrick and Brass got into another. They were followed by two cars of uniforms. I hope we get there in time. Greg's mind was reeling.
"How are you doing?" Jake asked his former girlfriend.
"Why would you care, but I am very hungry." Jessie scoffed at him. He threw some fruit, a bag of beef jerky and three bottles of water into what appeared to be a locker room when he turned the lights on.
"I'll leave these on." He angrily mumbled at her as he slammed the door. Jessie sat there eating, then out of curiosity she looked at her cell phone.
Whew It's on silent. After she ate, she went back to sleep, not knowing that the night shift was sitting in their cars devising a plan.
"Ok, so these three officers will go first. They will guard the back door. The other three shall go to the front door. We will follow behind them." Brass instructed.
"I can run fast, I'll go after him if he starts running." Greg offered.
"No, too risky, He could have a gun." Grissom reasoned. Greg glared at him, knowing that he would disobey; he was working on a plan to get to Jessie.
"Ok, let's put the plan into action." Brass ordered.
Jake heard a knock at the door. Good. This is what I wanted you to do. He ran to get Jessie out of the locker room. "C'mon bitch. Your gay ass lover is here to save you."
Jessie reluctantly went with him. Please don't do anything Greg; I don't want you to see me get killed if he follows through. When they entered the large lobby, Jake made Jessie face the three officers and the night crew. Brass stepped forward to talk to Jake.
"Jake McCormick? Are you armed?" Brass asked.
"What's it to ya?"
"Why don't you tell me why we found an R.O on you for stalking?" Brass asked.
"This whore didn't like being with me. So she thought that a piece of paper would stop me. She never was a good kisser when I dated her." Jake laughed. Greg stared at him. How dare you call Jessie a whore? Greg stepped forward and Nick pulled him back.
"Didn't like to be with you?" Brass wondered.
"Yeah, said I wasn't giving her enough room. That I was holding her back from excelling." Jake laughed again "Like she's smart enough to work with the likes of you." He grabbed her face and asked "What one is the one who is gonna watch you suffer?" He got no answer. "Answer me!" then he slapped her. That's when Greg snapped. He charged at him. Jake threw Jessie and ran. Greg caught up with him and took Jake down.
"How dare you do that to her, did you ever take a hint that maybe she didn't like you? That you were holding her back." Greg said as he punched him. "If it wasn't possible for me to get arrested, I would kill you on the spot." Jessie watched as Greg beat this horror of a man up in her presence. She watched as Nick and Warrick ran over to grab Greg. Two officers came over hand cuffed him and read him his rights.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Nick asked Greg as he wiped the blood off Greg's face.
"I couldn't control myself. As soon as he hit her, I snapped." Greg said out of breath. He watched as Grissom and Catherine went to Jessie to address the small cut from the slap to the face she received from Jake. They both hugged her, yet they knew that their hug wasn't the one she wanted the most.
Nick, Warrick, Catherine, and Grissom stepped away form both of the lab techs. Greg stood there as Jessie sprinted over to him. Greg grabbed her up in his arms and spun her around. The two of them fell to the ground. "Jessie, I am sorry. I should have told you this before; I love you." he whispered in her ear between her long sobs and gasps for air. Nick went to help them up.
"It's nice to know that you are alive. We will be happy to see you in the office again." Nick said to her as she looked at him with teary, raccoon eyes and smiled.
"You know, I will not let you out of my sight again. I want to you to come stay with me until the day after the trial." Greg said as he ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her forehead.
She couldn't control the volume of her voice, "I love you too, Greg!" Greg looked at Grissom, seeing that he nodded his head in approval, he shushed her and kissed her. This is better than our first kiss. More amazing, and his lips are still nice and soft. Warrick handed Nick thirty dollars.
That night Greg stayed up to listen to Jessie tell him of the horrific experience she had that day.
