CSI: A New Family
Chapter 3 of my CSI story, enjoy.
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Chapter 3
Kareem fidgeted in his seat; he was with his family at a family dinner. This meant his aunt; uncles, grandparents and cousins were all present. Tonya wasn't here however as she was busy babysitting Mark for Sam and Rachel. In a way Kareem was grateful for that, it meant if anything went wrong neither she nor the baby would be at risk. Finally, dinner was over, he decided now was the time. He looked around at everyone and cleared his throat.
'Now or never.' He told himself.
He then spoke up. "Everyone, there's something I wish to announce."
All eyes turned to him; but he didn't falter, he squared his shoulders and continued.
"My wife…We…I'm going to be a father, Tonya is pregnant."
As he spoke his eyes were mainly on his parents. Their faces lit up and that set his heart at ease. The whole family seemed stunned but his parents stood up and his mother, Aadila, hugged him while his father, Mosab, ruffled his hair.
"Congratulations Kareem." His mother said happily.
His father nodded in agreement. "Yes, we're very proud of you, I'm sure you two will be perfect parents."
That seemed to shake the rest of the family out of their reverie and they all started coming forwards. They all offered their congratulations, a few of his aunts expressed wishes that they had waited a bit longer. However when he reassured them that they were ready they offered no further complaint.
Kareem noticed however that one of his relatives wasn't coming forward to congratulate him. It was his uncle Abbas; the black sheep of the family, Kareem wasn't surprised by this however. Nor was he surprised by his uncle's glare, Abbas was known to be much more extreme in his faith than the rest of the family. Many family members gave him a wide berth and saw him as rarely as possible. Soon the rest of the family became aware he was the only person who hadn't said anything yet. They all turned to face him.
"Uncle?" Kareem began, uncertain.
Abbas stood up and shook his head. "This is that same girl you've been talking about all these years?"
Kareem nodded; wary; he knew what his uncle's main issue was with him dating Tonya.
Sure enough; his uncle then asked. "Has she converted yet or not?"
Kareem sighed; Abbas was intolerant of his dating Tonya, simply because she wasn't Muslim like the rest of the family.
"No, uncle and that doesn't matter…"
"It does, you know it!" Abbas growled suddenly. "You think I will accept this; you with that…foolish girl, insulting everything our religion stands for…"
Kareem had enough. "I don't care what you think uncle. I love Tonya, we're married and she is pregnant with my child. We're going to take the next step in our lives, if you can't be happy for us, that's just too bad. I don't hear anybody else complaining."
There were murmurs of approval from the rest of the family and Mosab tried to speak; however Abbas merely snapped at him and stormed out of the house.
Meanwhile; the CSI's were in the lab, going over all the evidence, as well as the leads they had received from Ed. All the evidence seemed to point to a former student being expelled for starting fights with other student due to differing political beliefs. The students temper and personality seemed to factor in to him believing he had been unfairly treated and he sought revenge. The evidence all pointed to one perpetrator and he was finally identified as Stuart Hall. All that remained was to track him down, his family hadn't seen him since the murder, he had disappeared.
"We've talked to the family." Sara explained. "They've told us everything they know and where he usually can be found, so far, nothing though."
The others nodded, they had all the evidence they needed, once they apprehended him, they would be able to prove he committed the murder.
After much discussion Grissom spoke up. "All we can do is wait for now. So let's wait…see what else we can do until then."
The others agreed and so; taking advantage of the break, Catherine decided to visit Tonya. She and Nick left the lab and got in their car. Catherine explained her desire to visit Tonya and Nick agreed. So they drove over to her and Kareem's home.
When they arrived and knocked on the door Tonya answered, smiling.
"Hey mom, dad." She greeted, a hand resting on the slight swell of her stomach, she was starting to show.
They smiled and returned her greeting before they headed inside and entered the living room. Sitting on the sofa, watching the cartoon channel, was Mark.
The little boy looked up and laughed. "Grandma, grandpa."
They both smiled and they all sat down, Catherine lifting Mark to sit in her lap.
Finally Nick asked his daughter. "So, how have you been?"
Tonya smiled and nodded. "Very good; just watching Mark for Sam and Rachel, Kareem's away to a family dinner, but he should be home soon."
Sure enough at that moment the door opened and, after a brief pause, Kareem came in. He smiled and greeted those present happily, although Tonya noted he seemed tense.
"Kareem, is everything okay, did you…did you tell your family?" She asked.
Kareem sighed and admitted. "Yes I did, everybody…everybody was happy for us, they accepted it."
Tonya smiled widely and hugged him. "That's great…but then, why are you so…?"
"My uncle, Abbas, didn't accept it."
Tonya tensed, she remembered Abbas, knew what he was like, what he was capable of.
"Do…Do you think he…" She stammered.
Kareem shook his head. "It doesn't matter; no matter what he tries, we'll be ready, I promise."
Tonya nodded slowly, hoping that Kareem was right.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.