Scared – Chapter 2
After a while in silence I started my mp3 player back up and put a headphone in my ear. I turned on some music to calm my nerves. I was scared but I didn't want to admit it. The first song came on (Place In This World by Taylor Swift) and I whispered the words to myself.
"I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
Cause I'm still trying to figure it out
Don't know what's down this road, but I'm walking
Trying to see through the rain coming down
Even though I'm not the only one
Who feels the way I do." "I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world"
"Got the radio on, my old blue jeans
And I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve
Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine.
Could you tell me what more do I need
And tomorrow's just a mystery, oh yeah
But that's ok"
"I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world"
"Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission
But I'm ready to fly.."
"I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world"
As the song ended I sighed. "You know you have a pretty voice," said Gil.
"Thanks, but I don't think so."
"No seriously you do. It was a little quiet so I could barely tell but I think you do have a good voice."
"Thanks."
"What are you listening to?"
"Well right now it's paused. But that was a song by one of my favorite artist Taylor Swift. She's a good singer. I met her once."
He smiled. "I bet that was fun."
I smiled back, "Yeah it was." I turned off my mp3 player again and decided it was better just to talk with Gil. We had no idea how long we would be there together. Plus he had nothing to do. "Do you like listening to music?"
"Yeah. I usually listen to classical or opera though."
"Oh. I don't have any of that on my mp3 player. What else do you like to do?"
"Well I do crossword puzzles and I read. Mostly I work or spend time with my wife."
"You're married?"
"Yeah," he smiled. "She's the love of my life."
"Do you have any kids?"
"One on the way we just found out a couple weeks ago she's pregnant." After that he seemed to be lost in deep thought for a while. I assumed it was about his wife. I could tell that he really loved her the way his voice softened when he talked about her. Even though it was dark in the room I could tell his eyes lit up when I had asked him about her.
We sat there in silence a while longer. Then he spoke again, "Would you like to play a game or something? It's kinda getting boring down here."
I laughed. "Yeah it is but what kinda game should we play its dark and we don't have any games to play?"
"Good point." It went silent again.
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Meanwhile the nightshift of the Las Vegas Crime Lab were trying to gather as much evidence as they could and quickly without missing anything. One of their own had also gone missing. They got all they could and headed back to the lab.
"So do you guys think the same person who kidnapped Amanda, kidnapped Grissom?" asked Nick as the team was all standing in the layout room looking over all their evidence.
"It's a good chance," said Catherine.
All of a sudden Greg came running into the layout room holding a piece of paper. Out of breath he started to talk, "Guys… We got… a hit… on the fingerprints."
"Well…" said Sara. She was rather impatient at this point. Her husband had too been kidnapped along with this teenage girl. She knew he was still alive but she wanted to find the both of them quickly.
TBC…