Chapter 3
Nick and Sara woke up and started to get ready for work. Today Sara was going to ask Grissom for a leave of absents for 4 months. As usual Nick left for work first while Sara waited for Kelly to arrive to look after Sadie.
Sara walked into the Crime Lab and headed to Grissom's Office.
"Knock, Knock."
"Come in." Grissom said
Sara entered.
"Hey Gris." Sara walked into the office and closed the door behind her.
"Sara hi, what may I do for you?"
"Gris I know that I have only been back at work for 10 months but there is a family emergency and I need to leave for awhile to take care of everything."
"Ok, well when were you thinking about taking this leave?"
"Next month and I would only be gone for 4 months."
"I guess that will be fine."
"Thank you so much Grissom and I am so sorry for this."
"Sara there is nothing to be sorry for, you have enough sick days added up for you to take off a year."
"Well thanks any ways Grissom."
"No problem Sara. See you in awhile for assignments."
Sara walked into the locker room to put away her stuff. Nick was waiting there for her."
"Hey Sara, how did the talk with Grissom go?"
"Good, I start my leave next month."
"That's great."
Nick left the locker room and headed to the break room to wait for Sara.
Sara walked in to the break room 5 minutes later.
"Hey guys how is it going."
"Go and you Sara."
"Good."
"Guys before we start shift I need to tell you something."
"What is it Sara." Greg said
"I am taking a leave of absents starting next month, I will only be gone for 4 months."
"Sara you have not even been back for a year and you are taking another leave."
"Yah Cath I am. There has been a family emergency and I need to take care of it."
"Good evening ladies and Gents we have a busy night, Warrick and Sara you have a 419 in Summerlin in an enclosed neighbour. Nick, Greg, Cath, you have a suspicious death in Henderson. I will be at a supposed suicide."
Everyone went to there different crime scenes.
Sara and Warrick arrived at the house where there crime scenes was. They met Jim at the door.
"Hey Warrick, Sara."
"Hey Brass, what do we have?"
"Women in her mid twenties stabbed, has no living relatives, moved her a year ago."
"Thanks Brass."
Sara and Warrick entered the house Sara started up the stairs and Warrick headed to where the dead body was.
Sara went into one of the rooms in the hall way and started to process the scene when she heard quite crying coming from the closet of the room. She walked slowly over to the closet and opened it. She saw a small girl curled up into a ball crying. Sara bent down to her level and started to talk to her.
"Hey there sweet heart, my name is Sara, what's your name?"
The little girl looked up at Sara.
"Abigail."
"That's beautiful name. How old are you Abby?"
Abby held up three fingers.
"Wow you are almost all grown up."
Abby started to laugh.
"Abby why don't you come with me ok and I will get you cleaned up and help find out what happened to your mommy ok."
Abby just nodded her head yes. She lifted up her arms indicating that she wanted to be picked up. Sara slowly picked her up being careful of her baby bump. She rested Abby on her hip and carried her down stairs. Once Sara was down stairs she saw the officer standing by the door.
"Officer, do you mind getting Warrick Brown for me."
"Sure thing Ms. Sidle."
The officer walked in to the room where Warrick was still processing.
"Mr. Brown, Ms. Sidle is asking for you."
"Thanks officer."
Warrick walked out of the room to see what Sara needed him for.
"Sara what do you need me for?" Sara faced Warrick with Abby still on her hip
"Warrick I found her in the closet, her mother is the Vic. Her name is Abby and she is three years old."
"Abby this is my friend Warrick can you say hi."
Abby just buried her face in Sara's shoulder.
"Warrick I am just going to go to the car and call Child services."
"Ok Sara, I am almost done with the body."
"Ok."
Sara walked out of the house. She took out her cell phone and called Nick.
"Stokes."
"Hey babe it's me."
"Hey Sara how are you? Is everything ok?"
"Yah everything is fine. I found a little girl at my crime scene her mother is the Vic. I called because I really am falling in love with this child and I have only spent a half an hour with her. She does not have any family, so that means that she will be put into the system and I would not be able to do that to her so…
"Sara we can adopt her ok just call Child serves."
"Really Nick."
"Really?"
"I will see you back at the Lab ok Sar."
"Ok, I love you."
"I love you too Sar."
Sara hung up the phone then she called Child Services.
"This is Jessica Peter's how may I help you?"
"Hi Ms. Peter's my name is Sara Stokes and I am a criminalist for the Las Vegas Police Department. I found a three year old girl at my crime scene. She does not have any living family her mother was a murder victim. My husband and I want to adopt her."
"That would be fine Ms. Stokes, since she does not have any living family members to take her in, and we will just do a back ground cheek on you and your husband, I am sure with you in law enforcement everything will cheek out fine."
"Ms. Peters my husband is also in law enforcement so we are both finger printed and our DNA is in the system."
"Well that is even better. All I need is our names."
"My name is Sara Stokes but in the system it is under Sidle which is my maiden name and my husband's name is Nick Stokes."
"I will just run that through our computers and while it runs through I will just ask you the questions over the phone. Is that ok with you?"
"That's just fine with me."
"Ms. Stokes to you have any other children?"
"Yah we have a one year old daughter and a son a on the way."
"Is there any family medical conditions you are aware of?"
"No."
"Were do you live?"
"We in on Palms Ave in a three story house."
"You and your husband work in the Crime Lab is that correct."
"Yes it is."
"Which shift do you guys work?"
"Night shift"
"Well those are all the questions I have for you and you are cleared. I will come by your house some time next week just to a have a formal meeting with you and your husband and then all you guys have to do is get the forums filled out by a judge and then she will legally be yours."
"We will be able to change her last name right."
"Sure you can."
"Thanks for your help Ms. Peters."
"No problem Ms. Stokes."
Sara hung up the phone and as soon as she did that Warrick came walking out of the house.
"Ready to go?"
"Yes."
Sara got into the back set and set Abby on her lab then buckled them in.
They got back to the lab in 20 minutes.
Sara went into the locker room to put away her stuff. She set Abby on the bench while she did that.
"Hey Abby you want to come home with me?"
"Abby just nodded her head."
Warrick entered the lock room so he could gather Abby's cloths for evidence.
Sara pulled out a towel from her locker. She undressed Abby the wrapped the towel around her and handed the clothes to Warrick.
Sara called Nick it ask him to drop off at the house to pick up stuff for Abby to ware.
"Sara, are you going to my new mommy?"
"Only if you want me to Abby."
"I want you to. Can I call you mommy?"
"Sure thing baby girl. My husband Nick is going to pick up some clothes for you to ware. You know you are going to be a big sister, you have a little sister named Sadie and you are going to have a brother named Jordan."
"Really."
"Yah really."
"Now lets get you washed." Sara took Abby into the shower room and washed her then she wrapped the towel around Abby and placed her on her hip. She walked her to the break room considering it was much warmer then the locker room. She sat Abby on her lap and started brushing her hair when the rest of the team walked in minus Nick, Abby look up to see who walked into the room.
"Abby these are my friends and co-workers can you say hi?"
Abby again just buried her head into Sara.
"Ok you are shy, Abby you want me to out your hair in braids for you?"
Abby just nodded her head yes.
The team just watch on as Sara interacted with the child, the one person they lest expected to take care of a child.
Sara was whispering something in Abby's ear that made her laugh. Sara started to tickle she and the laughing become louder.
Nick walked into the break room to see his wife tickle a little girl.
Sara locked up when she head some one walk into the room. She saw Nick standing in front of her. Sara leaned in and whispered to Abby.
"Sara here are the clothes."
Nick handed her a bag with some clothes in.
"Hey Abby I have some pj's for you hear. Do you want to put them on?"
"Yah!"
"Ok." Sara took out a pair of purple pj's with butterflies on them.
"You like them?" Sara asked Abby.
"Yep."
"I'm glad."
Sara picked up Abby so she was standing on the couch so she would be able to dress her.
After Sara got Abby in dressed in the pj's she put her back on her hip.
"Guys I am going to take her home and wait for Child Services. I will see you guys next shift."
Sara then walked out of the break room.