I Do Not Own CSI
"Hey, Mom," Gil said, opening the front door.
"Hey, honey. You ready to get Sara out of the house tonight and back to work," Marie said, as Gil took her bag and ushered her through the front door.
"I am. I don't know if Sara's ready to leave yet."
"Where is she?"
"Upstairs, putting the boys down."
"Then that's where I'll be. Maybe she just needs a woman to woman talk."
"Have fun. I've tried to tell her that the boys will be fine."
"But it's a different feeling for a mother to leave her babies, Gil. She carried them for nine months, and has breastfed them for the last three. It's a different bond that they share," Marie said as she ascended the stairs leaving Gil with Bruno at his feet.
"Come on, boy, let's get you outside for a bathroom break."
"Sara," Marie said quietly, as she entered the nursery. Sara was standing over one crib where she had laid Samuel and Garrett.
"Hi, Marie," Sara replied, wiping her tears away.
"Oh honey, it's only for a little while. You'll be back after breakfast."
"I know. I know that, I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed."
"That's to be expected, I felt the same way when I went to go back to work at the gallery after Gil was born."
"How did you cope?"
"I didn't. I was a wreck for most of the night with worry. My mom was staying with Gil for the day," Marie said as she came to stand beside Sara, looking down into the crib.
"They'll be fine Sara, I promise. If I need anything I will get a hold of you."
"I just feel bad about leaving them."
"Sara, you need to get out of the house for awhile, go work, have fun, solve a mystery," Marie said.
"Now, kiss your sons goodbye or you'll never get out of the house."
"Bye, babies. Mommy loves you," Sara said, brushing her lips over Samuel and Garrett's foreheads.
"Is there anything I should know," Marie asked as they walked down the stairs.
"Not really, you know where everything is. I have some bottles for them in the fridge. They've been sleeping through the night a little bit. This week they actually gave us two nights of full sleep. If they wake up, though, they usually go back to sleep if you give them their soother."
"That will be nice for me," Marie said with a smile as Gil helped Sara on with her jacket.
"You ready," Gil asked.
"As I'll ever be. Marie, if you need anything, if something's wrong…"
"I'll call, I promise. Go have fun at work."
"We will, bye Mom," Gil said, kissing the side of Marie's head as the duo left.
"What kind of case do you want tonight," Gil asked as they drove to CSI.
"Whatever you give me, boss man."
"Boss man? You taking queues from Greg now?"
"No, technically you are the boss, and you can give me any case you want. I'm up for anything."
"Even a decomp?"
"Ok, maybe not anything, but a dead body would be fun."
"You know, there are only a few people in this world that would say a dead body is fun," Gil said as he parked the car at CSI.
"And you love me all the more for it."
"Don't you know it!"
"Sara, you're back," Greg said as she came into the break room with a smile on her face. Greg quickly came and gave her a bear hug.
"Greg, put Sara down," Grissom said, coming into the break room.
"Sorry."
"It's ok, Greg," Sara said brightly.
"So, you're really back," Catherine asked.
"I'm really back."
"Oh, thank god. We need some femininity on this team. I've been dying here since you've been gone."
"Well, then I'm glad to help."
"So Griss, what's on the docket tonight? Anything good," Warrick asked.
"We have one case, double murder. We're all going out into the field tonight."
"This is going to be so much fun, just like old times," Greg said, rubbing his hands together.
"Ok guys, go grab you're kits. We'll take two cars to the scene, meet in five," Grissom said, leaving the room.
"So Sara, you want to ride with me?"
"Only if you're riding with Nick."
"Why me," Nick asked.
"Because, I want details on your upcoming date with Maddie."
"My lips are sealed, darlin'"
"I'll get it out of one of you," Sara said with a raised eyebrow as she left the room.
"Jim, what do we know," Grissom said as the team exited their cars.
"Joseph Parrot and his wife Dorothy Parrot, 81 and 77 years old. They've lived in this house for the last fifty years," Jim started, all business-like.
"There are signs of forced entry, although no one on the block says they have seen anything out of the ordinary. The son, Richard, called it in. He said he hasn't been able to get a hold of them for the past couple days, so he decided to come by the house and check it out. He saw the back door ajar and the window broken. When he saw that he dialled 911. That's when we showed up and found the couple," Jim explained.
"Should we suspect, the son," Grissom asked.
"I don't think so. He's got an alibi for the past few days, and he seems pretty broken up. He can barely form a sentence."
"Ok, Nick, Greg I want you two outside on the perimeter."
"You got it, Griss," Nick said as the two left.
"Cath, Warrick you two are inside with Sara and me. I want you two with the male victim, let's get to work."
"It looks like they beat them before they killed them," Sara observed as the four came up to the two bodies lying on the living room floor. Both victims had heavy bruising around their heads.
"I wonder what happened first, the stab wound to the gut or the head trauma," Warrick muttered as he and Catherine started on victim number one.
"Something for Doc to tell us," Grissom said as he and Sara started on victim number two.
"Who would beat and stab an elderly couple," Sara wondered aloud as she pulled out a bindle to collect a piece of fabric from the victim's hair.
"Someone who doesn't know how to respect their elders," Gil replied back, still engrossed in his collection.
TBC
I had to make chapter 100 sara coming back to work, get her back into the team dyanmic!
100 chapters, wow, i didn't think this story would go past 50. thank you for all the womderful words and encouragement to keep writing!
So this is the double post for today, i work until late tonight! so because i double posted don't forget to leave a review for each chapter!
Katie