I Do Not Own CSI

"Hello," Sara said, answering the phone. Samuel was propped up on her shoulder and Garrett was in his swing looking at the bright figures in front of him.

"Sara," came the panicked voice.

"Maddie? What's wrong, are you ok?"

"I'm scared, Sara."

"Maddie, where are you?"

"At home."

"What's going on?"

"It's Jacob."

"What about him?"

Silence

"Maddie, did he hurt you," Sara said as she put Samuel in his swing to concentrate on the phone call.

"Maddie?"

"I need help."

"Ok, I have a couple friends back at the SFPD, I'll give them a call and get you help."

"No, don't involve the police."

"Maddie, what do you want me to do?"

"I don't know," Maddie said, sobbing on the other end of the phone.

"I have an idea. Let me call you back in a couple minutes, ok?"

"Ok"

"Maddie, if he comes back, call 911. I mean it," Sara said adamantly.

"I will," she said as she hung up the phone.

Quickly dialling Gil's cell phone, Sara paced the kitchen.

"Grissom"

"Gil," Sara said a little panicked.

"What's wrong, Sara," Gil said, as the teams heads all turned towards him.

"It's Maddie, she's in trouble. I think Jacob beat her. She's scared and won't call the police."

"When did she call?"

"Just a minute ago. Gil, she needs help."

"Ok, so what do you want to do?"

"I was thinking that you could fly out there and get her and bring her back. I would if I could but…"

"The babies, ok, just let me get some stuff together here and I'll go."

"Thank you, Gil."

"I'll be home soon," Gil said, hanging up.

"What's going on, Gil," Catherine asked.

"You remember Maddie?"

"Sara's friend?"

"Yeah, she called Sara in a panic. Sara thinks that her boyfriend beat her."

"Oh shit," Warrick said, shaking his head.

"So I'm going to fly out there and bring her back with me."

"You sure that's a smart thing to do, Griss? I mean, what if he comes back," Greg said.

"I'll call 911 then."

"What if I went with you," Nick offered.

"That's a lot to ask, Nick. You barely know her."

"I know her pretty well. Actually, we hung out a bit when she was in Vegas for your wedding. Look, San Francisco is only a short flight, I'll be back for shift tonight. Worst case I'll be a little late."

"Ok, grab you're stuff and meet me at my house in an hour. We can drive to the airport from there."

"Thanks, Grissom."

"Have you talked to Maddie again," Gil asked as he came in through the front door.

"Yeah, she knows you and Nick are coming."

"Good," Gil said, bending down to take Garrett in his arms.

"Hey buddy," Gil cooed, getting his son's attention, kissing the side of his son's neck. He pulled the baby back to look at his son's face which, for the first time, had a big gummy smile plastered to it.

"Sara," Gil said, getting her attention.

"He smiled; a real, gummy faced smile."

"He did," Sara said, quickly coming over only to see the smile fade.

"I missed it."

"Let's see if he'll do it again," Gil said, bringing the baby back up to kiss the side of his neck again and pulling back to see the same smile on his face again.

"I think he's ticklish," Gil cooed as a tear came to Sara's eye.

"He smiled," she said, brushing her son's cheek and getting another smile before Samuel whimpered, not like being left out.

"Hey buddy," Sara said, picking him up.

"What about you? You ready to give us a real smile yet," Sara asked to the baby who just quieted down and stared at her.

"Guess not," Sara said as the doorbell went off.

"I'll get it," Gil said with his son in the crook of his arm walking to the front door.

"Hey, Nick."

"Hey Griss, hey buddy," Nick said, holding his arms out to take the baby who smiled.

"Well look at you, you're all smiles," Nick cooed, holding the baby in front of his face.

"That just started before you came," Gil explained as they went into the kitchen.

"Hey, Sara."

"Hi, Nicky, thanks for doing this. You didn't have to."

"I know, but Maddie was really nice to me and we had a good time together. Plus Griss shouldn't be doing this alone."

"Just bring her back here. Grab what you can and get on the plane. She's been living with him in his apartment," Sara explained, writing down her address and giving it to Gil.

"If he's there or he comes back, call 911. Your flight is in an hour so."

"We should go," Gil said, kissing Sara, then Samuel who was in her arms. Taking Garrett from Nick, he kissed him and got another smile.

"I'll call you when we're coming back."

"Be safe, I love you," Sara said.

"I will, I love you, too."

TBC

Just to let you know Maddie is going to become a part of the story, and some agnst in future chapters!

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Katie