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Chapter Thirty Three

The Address

"Willows." Catherine answered her phone. She was about halfway done processing the car and having so far gotten nothing, was getting frustrated. Normal procedure was to have the car towed to the lab, but this case was too important to waste the time a tow would take.

"Catherine, it's Nick."

"Nick, can you hold on just a sec?" Catherine asked as she noticed Sofia approaching. "Did you get anything?" She asked the blonde detective.

"Yes." Sofia nodded. "The kid over there," she pointed at a boy outside the police tape, "collects license plate numbers. He noticed a van parked across the street and took the number."

"Does it belong to our guys?" Catherine asked.

"He saw two men getting into the van yesterday afternoon, so my guess would be yes, it is them." Sofia smiled.

"Have you tracked the number yet?" Sara asked, having heard the end of the conversation.

"They're doing it as we speak." Sofia told her.

"Great." Catherine picked up her phone again. "Great news, Nick , we have a license plate number."

"I have even better news," Nick smiled, "I have an address for a building a Mr. Prick bought from Paul Newsome."

"Please tell me that's an alias for Burns."

"I showed him a picture and he made a positive I.D."

"Nick, I could kiss you right now!" She exclaimed.

Sara looked up. If Nick had news that would lead to Veronica, Bridget and Julie she would be ok with Catherine kissing him, as long as it was a very short, very small peck on the cheek. Hell, she might even give him one as well. She waited impatiently for Catherine to finish the call.

"Let me have the address." Catherine gestured for a pen and paper and Sofia quickly gave it to her. Writing down the address, she continued talking to Nick. "Sofia is here with me, I'll let her know and we will meet you there." She nodded to Sofia and handed her the address, and the blonde hurried off to order the officers and the SWAT team to the location.

"What about Sara?"

"She is here with me as well, I'll give her the good news."

"Ok, Catherine," Nick smiled. "I'll meet you at the address."

"Yes." Catherine nodded. "And Nick?"

"Yeah?"

"Good work."

"Thank you." He hung up with a smile.

"Do we have them?" Sara asked to make sure.

"We do." Catherine nodded, smiling widely.

The brunette stood still for a moment taking in the news - the fantastic news - and then picked up the blonde and swung her around once before setting her back down. Looking her deeply in the eyes, she whispered, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me, thank Nick, he got the address." Catherine smiled.

"I will." Sara smiled back. "Just not like this." And then she kissed the woman in front of her.

The kiss was short but sweet. If she hadn't been on a scene with reporters around her, Catherine would have thought that it ended all too quickly. She gave Sara a short hug to show that she was alright with the kiss.

"We need to get to that address." She told her.

"I know." Sara turned around to go to the car, but Catherine stopped her.

"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to go there?"

"I'm going Catherine." Sara started walking towards the car again.

The blonde sighed. "You stay outside with the rest of us, Sara." She called out after her. The brunette only held up a hand signalling that she had heard her.

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Kimberly fumbled for her phone as it started ringing, she was still crying but she didn't care. She looked at the display showing Sofia Curtis as the caller. Looking at Ben, she answered it.

"Shaw."

"Kim, we have an address." Sofia told her.

"Where?"

"Kim…"

"Where?" She cut her off, making it clear that not answering was not an option.

Sofia gave her the address and directions on how to get there.

"I'll be there in fifteen minutes." She said before hanging up. "I have to go." She told the others as she got up from the couch.

"Did they find them?" Matthew got up as well. "I'm coming with you."

"Me too." Anita got up as well.

"Me too." Benjamin said right after.

"No." Kim held up her hand. "I'll go alone. I'm a cop, they won't let any of you get near the place."

"But…" Benjamin wanted to convince her to let him come along.

"No, Benjamin." She left the room heading out for her car.

"Where's your car, Matt?" Ben asked.

"My keys are on the table by the door, the car in the driveway." Their mother answered before Matthew had a chance. "Go! I'll tell your father."

"Thanks, mom." Benjamin ran out of the room followed by his siblings.

"Please dear God, let them find them safe and unharmed." Helen Lavisham whispered the little prayer before going to her husband's office to tell him the news.

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Dunne finished his business quickly and Veronica was very grateful for that.

"I will keep teaching you until you have learned your lesson, Veronica." He said as he put his pants on. "This is for your own good."

He untied her and she got up trying to get to her clothes.

"I didn't tell you that you could get up!" He hit her across the face, making her fall back onto the bed.

"I will die before obeying you." She said forcefully between sobs. She had survived being attacked by this man once and she would be damned if she would let him break her this time.

"You will learn to obey." He said slowly with an evil glint in his eyes. "You will learn."

Veronica closed her eyes expecting the fist flying towards her face.

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Catherine, Sara and Greg were driving behind the flashing lights of the police cars. Once they reached the city limits they cut off the sirens so they wouldn't alert Dunne and Burns, and when they got closer to their destination they shut off the lights as well. They drove in silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Sara was worried that they were too late, she had dealt with Dunne before and knew what he was capable of. She couldn't help but think that Dunne had already hurt one or more of his hostages, she just hoped that Julie wasn't one of them – no child should experience that kind of pain in their life. No one should.

Both Catherine and Greg were worried about Sara coming along with them, but neither of them expressed their doubts. They both knew that when Sara had decided on coming no one could keep her away. Catherine looked over at the brunette sitting in the passenger's seat. Sara was sitting there stoic as ever with the usual blank expression on her face. She was impossible to read. Catherine gave up trying and just reached out to hold her hand.

Sara felt Catherine look at her as she drove towards the warehouse, but did her best to keep her face neutral. She was worried sick about her friend and her family, but she couldn't show that to Catherine, not yet. She was sure about her feelings for the other woman, but she still had doubts about the blonde's feelings for her. How could she be sure if this was a relationship that was going to last? How could she be sure that she wasn't just this month's toy for Catherine? She was ashamed to have these thoughts, but maybe her father had been right when he had said that she wasn't worth loving and never would be. She was happy with the silence in the car, then she didn't have to waste her energy making mindless small talk. As she felt Catherine take her hand she couldn't stop the small smile from forming on her face. Maybe she had really finally found the person who she could fight all her demons with. Maybe she had finally found the one who thought that Sara would be worth it, even if Sara didn't think so herself.

As they approached the warehouse all cars turned their lights off so not to alert Dunne and Burns that they were coming. Parking half a mile away from the warehouse they got out of the car and saw Nick's car driving up behind them and Warrick and Nick got out and joined them. They all stood together in silence and Catherine was the only one to notice that Grissom was not among them. As they stood there side by side, Catherine still holding onto Sara's hand, watching the police officers and SWAT team preparing to go into the building, they saw a car driving up to the scene followed closely by another. Kimberly parked the car carelessly and got out of the car, so did Ben and his siblings who had been in the other car.

Catherine squeezed Sara's hand a little harder as she saw Kimberly drawing her gun and walking towards the warehouse.