Chapter 24
Author's note: I don't own CSI but I do love to play with them! It's the sincerest form of flattery!
This is it…. The final chapter to this story. I've dreaded writing this… I really don't want this story to end, but all things have an ending, so here it is….
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Now. The end.
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Epilogue
Catherine had returned to work and taken over the night shift while they were away, but she called several times to make sure that Sara was ok. She had been thrilled when the news of the marriage had come out at work; actually they announced it to everyone just before leaving on their honeymoon.
Robbins had won the pool. (Actually he seemed to win a lot of pools. But there was talk that he had inside information). Really, the good Doc Robbins, Jim Brass, and Greg had all known about the budding romance. But as they were all good friends, they kept the secret until the couple revealed it.
The night shift began to swing back into its normal processes. Sara had offered to move to the swing shift, but Ecklie (with a little arm twisting from the Sheriff) had consented to allow Catherine, as Assistant Supervisor, to handle any reviews or HR issues that had to do with Sara Sidle-Grissom.
The day after they returned to work, Sara and Grissom were brought up to speed by Greg, Nick and Warrick about the serial killer. The guys had asked Grissom if he wanted to hear it alone, but he declined, stating that Sara deserved to know how things unfolded. He felt she was emotionally balanced enough to be able to hear the story without reliving the nightmare.
Jackie Harris had been a seriously sick individual.
It turned out, she was a diagnosed schizophrenic with a documented split personality. One personality was Jackie Harris, the angry serial killer. Jackie was a lesbian, who had multiple girlfriends, and hated all things feminine. While she preferred to date more feminine women, she herself never behaved in any way that would have been what polite society would call "feminine." She dressed like a lumberjack, heavy boots and jackets even in the heat of the summer, no makeup, short hair, and a deep voice. It was like she had taken what society saw as the stereotypical lesbian and embraced it in her personality.
Jacqueline Harrison, on the other hand, was a girlie-girl. She loved dresses, and dancing and skimpy bikinis. Explains why she was an exotic dancer.
Dr. Vogel, head of forensic psychology, described the rift between the two personalities as if Jackie's persona was trying to destroy Jacqueline's persona. By killing exotic dancers, Jackie was striking out at Jacqueline.
The complicated scheme for leading the police on a wild-goose chase looking for a male killer was borderline brilliant. No one had even thought to look for a woman. But upon further investigation, it was clear that Jackie had been involved in all of the previous murders. Her death saw the end of the killing spree.
The case had been solved.
And a month later, when Sara and Grissom announced to the team that they were expecting their first child, the team saw that changes were inevitable on the night shift.
Clearly, Grissom was grooming Catherine to take over for him. She began to do evaluations and reviews for all of the CSIs on the night shift. She also began reviewing more and more files, scheduling shifts and assigning tasks.
So it was no surprise when Grissom announced he was resigning from the lab to take a teaching post at UNLV. It was time, he said, to have a real life. And thanks to Sara, he was going to actually have a chance at being a father and experiencing all of the things he had denied himself all of those years.
Love isn't always on time. But in this case, it definitely was IN time.
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