Perfect by GreggosQueen
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or the characters. I am only using the characters for my enjoyment.
SPOILER ALERT: Most of this story will now be told from the past. Nick and Sara are still a couple when they are working this case. This case will be a big reason as to why they broke up in the first place.
Chapter 6
Sara is talking to Mrs. Larson, but Nick doesn't understand what they are saying.
He's in a fog. He can't breathe.
He needs to breathe.
I need to get out of here.
Nick looks in Brass' direction and says in a hurried breathe, "I'm gonna go check in with Hodges, you can handle this right?"
He doesn't wait for a response. He leaves the interrogation room and quickly makes his way out of the station.
The cool air hits his face and he takes a deep breath. It feels like the first breath he's taken since seeing that woman.
Nick is sitting in his Denali, the memories are flooding his mind. Flashes of what that woman did to him are invading his senses.
I can feel her skin on mine. I can feel her pulling my pajama bottoms down my legs. I can see that smile and hear her words.
"This is our little secret Nicky, you wouldn't want mommy and daddy to know that you were a bad boy, now would you?"
After she was done, she closed the door to my bedroom and I remember crying in the dark.
He hears a car door slam and his eyes go to the direction of the noise. The Larsons' are leaving the station. He locks his gaze on her and lets himself really look at Joanne Connors. Her blonde hair is in a ponytail and she's wearing brown rimmed glasses. She's aged and has gotten thinner. She looks up at the exact moment and Nick is caught staring. She gives him a peculiar look, like maybe she recognizes her first victim.
The car pulls out of the parking lot and Nick's train of thought quickly returns to the case, to the real reason that his molester was in the station, 12 year old Jacob Larson was murdered. He has sick feeling in his stomach because he knows that she was involved.
Pull yourself together. You have to a case to focus on. A 12 year old boy was murdered and you have to find out what happened.
Nick's thoughts are interrupted by a tapping on the vehicle's window. He rolls down the window and is face to face with a confused Sara.
"Hey, what are you doing out here? I thought you were gone to see Hodges."
"I got caught up in a phone call." He doesn't look her in the eye because this is the first of many lies that he knows he will tell her.
Nick continues, "I actually think we should head back to the crime scene. I feel like we're missing something."
Sara gets in the passenger side of his truck and he begins to ask her questions about the interrogation.
Sara informed him that they were talking to Mark and Joanne Larson. Jacob's mother died when he was a baby, so Joanne is the only mother he's ever known. Jacob was a good boy and well liked by everyone in the neighborhood. They were really upset by what happened and want their son's murderer to be brought to justice.
Nick processes this information in his brain, Jacob's stepmother is a molester and he's been murdered.
In Jacob's bedroom, they look for evidence that will shed light on the case.
"Okay, let's review what we know. The murderer entered through Jacob's bedroom window because there are signs of forced entry. There was a struggle because his school books and lamp have been knocked over. The killer grabs him, pins him to the bed and suffocates him," Sara says.
The killer could have easily staged this to look like an outside intruder did this.
"If there was a struggle, why didn't anyone hear anything? He would have screamed or made some kind of noise. What if Jacob was asleep in his bed when he was attacked and he couldn't fight his attacker? My gut is telling me that we should take a closer look at the parents."
"The parents were both sleeping, they didn't hear anything. What motive could they have for killing their own son?" Sara questions.
"Stepson, he was her stepson."
"We have to follow the evidence Nick, and the evidence isn't telling me that the parents did this. Why is this case getting to you so much? You run out of the interrogation room this morning and now you're sure that the parents did this."
She's starting to question my behavior, I can't share this with her.
"Sara, I have to go. Can you finish up here?"
"Nick."
Nick kisses Sara on the cheek and as he's heading out the door, he says, "I have something that I have to do, I'll see you at your apartment later."
Hours later…….
It's been hours since I went to Doc Robbins and asked him to check the child for signs of sexual abuse. In my mind, I'm hoping that I'm wrong about her and that this boy did not endure her abuse like I did.
However Doc Robbins confirmed my suspicions, Jacob had been sexually abused multiple times.
This case has just gone from bad to worse and there's no one that I can turn to.
I'm supposed to meet Sara at her apartment, but I don't have the answers to her questions. I'm ashamed of what happened to me, I can't tell anyone that I love. She can never know what happened to that nine year old boy all those years ago.
Preview for what's to come: Nick let's someone in on his suspicions and opens up about what he's going through.
I'm not entirely happy with this chapter, but I wanted to get an update out to you guys. Thank you for your kind words, I apologize for not updating sooner!
I'd appreciate a review to let me know that this chapter wasn't entirely crappy haha. I'd like know what you think of the plot and if you like the use of Nick's italicized thoughts. Thanks for reading. I promise to try and write longer chapters!