CSI: Break Away
Chapter 3 of my CSI story, enjoy.
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Chapter 3
Grissom stared in shock at his daughter's black eye; Holly trembled as she realized she couldn't hide it anymore and burst into tears. Grissom pulled her into a comforting embrace as Sara walked into the room.
"What's going on?" She asked, Grissom looked down at Holly, "Holly."
Holly sniffled and then looked up so Sara could see her black eye. Sara gasped in horror and joined the embrace, comforting her daughter as she cried.
"Sweetie, who did this to you?" Grissom asked nervously, Holly gulped a few times before answered, her voice shaky. "M-Mark."
That single word shocked both Sara and Grissom.
"Your boyfriend?"
Holly nodded, confirming their worst fears.
"When, when did this start?" Sara asked, Holly took a shaky breath and then finally replied, "A month ago."
Sara and Grissom shared a look when they heard that; it was a month ago that they had started to notice changes in Holly.
"He…he wanted to…take things further…" She choked out between sobs, "When I said no…he…he, ever since then he's kept trying to make me…"
They comforted her as best as they could all the while realizing, to their horror, exactly what their daughter had been suffering through.
It took a long time for Holly to finally stop crying and when she did it was clear she was terrified.
"Holly, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Grissom asked, Holly lowered her head, "He…he threatened me, kept texting me, if I told anyone, he threatened to kill me."
"It's okay sweetie, he won't be able to hurt you, I promise." Sara stated, Holly nodded. "Thank you…thank you."
"Holly, we can stop him, but only if you let us take care of this, officially." Grissom explained.
Holly nodded in agreement.
"Okay, but, I wanna call Sharon first." They agreed and Holly pulled out her phone, ignoring the threatening text from Mark.
She called up Sharon's number. After a few rings she answered.
"Holly?" Holly took a deep breath and then spoke, "Hey Sharon, listen, there's something I gotta tell you."
So she told Sharon the truth, about Mark's abuse, he fears and how she was finally going to get help.
"Holly, do you want me to come and help you, I…" Holly quickly cut across her, "No Sharon, it's fine, I'll be with mom and dad, just…tell the others please, I'll call you later okay."
"Well, alright, later then." Sharon replied before they both hung up and finally Holly left with her parents to go to the crime lab.
When they arrived they found Catherine and Nick, having just finished working on a case.
"Hey guys, what are you all doing here?" Nick asked when he spotted them.
Together all three of them explained about the abuse Holly had suffered.
"I want to action against him, to press charges." Holly explained.
They were horrified by the revelations but Catherine and Nick readily agreed and they began to take photographs of Holly's injuries, including her black eye. She even gave a full account of how each injury was received. By the time they were done they were about to leave when they ran into Ed and Lindsey.
"Hi Uncle Ed, Aunt Lindsey." Holly greeted them; she noticed their expressions and realized that they knew about the abuse too.
"How are you doing?" Ed asked, Holly sighed, "I'm okay now I guess."
"I want you to know, you have our support, we're right here if you need us." Lindsey told her, Holly smiled at this, "Thanks Aunt Lindsey."
Together they left the Crime Lab and headed back to the Grissom's home. Sharon and the others were already there and immediately they hurried over to Holly. She reassured them that she was alright now and gratefully accepted their offers of support and help.
'I'm not alone now; Mark can't push me around anymore.' She thought to herself, 'I just need to hope he gets arrested quickly.'
With that hope keeping her strong Holly agreed to join her friends when they headed out tomorrow.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.