"Sar'." Nick said as he approached where she was leant against her Denali.

"You still have my keys."

"I noticed."

"I want to go home." Sara said.

"Do you want to tell me what's going on?" Nick asked.

"It's been a long night, DNA is down and I can do anything until next shift. So I want to go home."

"Warrick told me today was the anniversary. You should have said something."

"It usually doesn't bother me this much, but it's been a lousy night."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Nick offered.

"Not really." Sara replied as a tear ran down her cheek.

"Come here." Nick wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay darlin'."

"It's stupid to cry about it."

"Sara, however bad a father and a husband he was, he was still your father and it still tore your life apart. You're allowed to be upset about it any time you want." Nick assured her.

"It was a long time ago." Sara mumbled against his shoulder.

"Trust me if you don't deal with things they'll still eat away at you. It's okay."

"I can't do this here." Sara said realising they were in the middle of the parking lot.

"Just give me a minute to run inside and tell them that whatever their planning is off for now and then I'll come back and drive you home."

"I can drive myself home." Sara said.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I don't get my Denali back until tonight, so I'm going to need a ride."

"Okay."

"I'll be right back."

"You know they were throwing us an engagement party." Sara said.

"They'll just have to reschedule. I'll be five minutes."

"Okay." Nick gave her the keys.

"Nicky." Catherine said when she caught him on the way to the break room.

"Hey Cath. Can you do me a favour and apologise to everyone, I'm going to take Sara home."

"You can't stay for ten minutes?" Catherine asked.

"Let's just say a bad memory from Sara's past came back to haunt her, she's a little upset and since her case has stalled since there is a problem in DNA, I'm going to take her home she's waiting in the car."

"Okay." Catherine said.

"I'll see you at five." Nick told her.

"Hey guys." Catherine said when she reached the break room. "Party's off."

"Off?" Grissom questioned.

"Nick's taking Sara home."

"Is she okay? She seemed a little off earlier." Grissom questioned.

"Personal issue." Catherine replied. "We can reschedule for tonight."

"It's just something from her past that she needs to deal with." Warrick said.

"Since everyone seems to have a delay with their cases I'll see you at the start of shift. Let everyone else know."

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"Where do you want to go?" Nick inquired.

"Can we go back to my apartment?" Sara asked. "There's something I need to get."

"Okay." Nick agreed and headed in the direction of her apartment. "How are you doing?"

"I don't know why today it me harder than it has in the last ten years."

"Lousy day." Nick said. "It's okay to cry."

"Right."

"I fixed your radio." Nick said after she sighed. "Loose wire."

"Thanks."

"Come on Sar, talk to me."

"I don't feel like talking right now." Sara said.

"Okay." Nick conceded. "By the way I have to meet Catherine at the Mandalay Bay at five."

"Okay." Sara said.

"It's for our case. We need to fingerprint everyone with backstage access to the theatre; it's easier to do it when they're all there."

"Okay." Sara said.

TBC