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Fall Out Boy – Chapter 30 Inspection
Mrs Wilson a few hours later sat in Gil Grissom's kitchen at the counter, after having spoken with Sara and getting her to sign a few forms that needed to be done for her department.
Noticing that the woman had dropped her strict no nonsense abrupt manner with him from their earlier meetings, Gil had decided to do the same and try to be polite and friendly also, working with her, not against her.
She had spoken with Kye as best she could as he sat between Gil and Sara on the couch, but had only received a quiet and polite 'Hello' then several nods and shakes of the boys head as she asked him a few basic questions.
Kye had kept himself huddled close with his head tucked into Sara's shoulder, as she held her arm around him trying to encourage him to speak and look up, but with little success.
That part over with, Gil was apprehensive giving her the very hesitant tour around his home as she ticked boxes on her clipboard moving from room to room, he felt very uncomfortable having someone examine his sanctuary in such intense detail.
Gil had even tried without success to bypass the door to his inner sanctum, in his eyes his ultimate most private room of the house, his bedroom.
Not even Sara had seen the master bedroom yet, no woman had, not even Catherine who'd been to his home a few times, so he was most perturbed to have to show this woman it now.
Gil had almost called the whole thing off when asked by Mrs Wilson if she could take a look inside to finish up her inspection, he wanted to tell her to get the hell out of his home right there and then, but Sara and his adamant statement to her, that he was willing to do anything to help her coming to mind stopped him.
Shuffling his feet, a little flushed around the neck, his hands jostling the coins and cell phone in his pocket nervously, he dipped his head slightly avoiding the woman's eyes as she walked around the room ticking off stuff on the form.
His heart rate had increased, he was trying to regulate his breathing to appear outwardly as calm as he could, but he felt violated, very nervous and edgy, but mostly embarrassed, not that he could think of anything in his room on display that had any sexual or adult context to it.
Opening the closet door to make sure it wasn't just another room, Mrs Wilson then strode quickly over to the en-suit master bathroom door.
"The inspection is almost complete Mr Grissom, then we can get on with your paperwork" Mrs Wilson said on entering the bathroom.
"Shit!" Grissom quietly hissed through his teeth, nearly having a heart attack on the spot as he suddenly remembered something on display in the shower cubicle, Oh God! No! This is humiliating, Please for the love of god don't open the shower door, he thought as he moved up to the doorway to see if she may have spotted the small bottle of popular branded lubricant next to his shampoo bottle in the cubicle.
Luckily she only glanced briefly at the shower area, before moving over to the sink and counter looking at the contents spread out over it.
He could feel his ears burning with embarrassment at the very thought of her nearly spotting it, he quickly stepped back and went over to his bedroom door clearing his throat loudly, hoping to distract her into finishing her nosing around.
"All done Mr Grissom, and everything seems quite adequate for a young child to be living here" Mrs Wilson said as she came out of the bathroom with a frown looking for Gil, who was trying his damnedest to recover some semblance of his usual calm and controlled façade outside the bedroom in the hall.
"Although I do have a couple of things to point out. It might be a good idea for you to store your cut throat razor higher up in a cabinet out of the reach of a child, plus placing a lock on the room where you keep all your insects and experiments" she said following Grissom "If you have any harmful chemicals about your home they also need to be out of the reach of small hands".
Sat opposite each other at the kitchen counter now, Gil was finally relieved the residence inspection was over, although the woman's eyes seemed to be constantly scanning everywhere still as she spoke.
Perhaps she's worth hiring if she's this nosey. Hell she looks like she could give Cath a good run for her money, he absently thought as a weak smile appeared on his face.
"Because of the nature of the line of work you both do at the crime lab, I feel it only right to mention that great care must be taken with any case related discussions and documentation here in your home with a small intelligent child present, okay" Mrs Wilson said on pulling a thick wad of papers and a file out of her briefcase at her feet.
"I'll take care of everything personally that needs to be done as soon as possible" Gil replied as he watched her thumb through some papers "I can move some of the case files from my office and anything else that may be harmful to Kye to the lab" he added for good measure.
The next half hour was spent going over the all paperwork, most was filled in and signed there and then, some along with other helpful literature was left for Gil and Sara to read at a later date.
Passing over a detailed sheet of his personal details with the contact numbers for the lab, home and his cell, including numbers and addresses for child services to get in touch with his character references. Gil stood shaking Mrs Wilson's hand with a good natured smile, happy that the application process seemed to be moving along fine as far as she was concerned.
Closing the door about to go back to the kitchen his cell phone chirped with an incoming call, pulling it out of his pocket and flipping it open he answered "Grissom".
"Hey Gil" Catherine spoke a little breathlessly.
Gil could tell that his friend was walking briskly as she spoke "Catherine. What can I do for you?" he greeted, then asked as he strode into the kitchen taking his seat again at the counter in front of the forms and literature left for him.
"Nothing actually, but I just thought that with not knowing if your going to be at the lab tonight, that I'd bring you up to speed with the case" She said, a car door opening and closing with a slam sounded over the line.
Flicking a glance over at Sara sat on the couch with Kye, Gil suddenly realized he had yet to tell her about his very brief.....Affair....No. That wasn't what it was to him...More like an awkward liaison between him and Charlotte, but he had yet to tell her before she found out by some other means, and the task was very daunting to him.
How would Sara react to the fact that he had once dated a co-worker before she came to the lab, that he'd easily managed to do that, yet blatantly flirted giving Sara signals that he was obviously attracted to her on many levels, but rejected her when she tried to get closer to him.
"Gil, are you still there?" Catherine called irritatedly over the line.
Breaking from his thoughts abruptly he remembered who he was speaking too "Yeah, sorry got distracted there for a moment" he offered as an excuse, keeping his gaze focused on the side of Sara's face.
"What were you saying?" he asked wincing slightly.
Letting out an exasperated sigh, she knew he often went off in to his own thoughts at annoying times "Mandy ran Greg and Nicks prints, most were unusable, but she did manage to isolate a partial palm print found on the front door" Catherine said pausing, then added "She also managed to get two clear index finger prints from two suspects, which she ran through AFIS".
"And?" Gil said patiently.
"No matches in the database sorry" she said starting up her engine "Hodges is still working on some trace evidence the boys left for him. Wendy matched all her biological samples to both victims from the bed, but Doc did state there wasn't any signs of sexual trauma on the vic, just consensual sex going by the male victims semen being present"Catherine said taking a breath.
"Anything else?" Gil asked, he had a feeling Catherine was working up to asking him something.
Letting out a controlled breath she spoke "Yeah, I processed the boys clothing and found a small torn piece of cloth missing from the lower back of his shirt, with some trace around the edges of the tear" she let that sink into her friends mind as she put her car into gear to drive off.
"Gil..." she let his name trail off before speaking again "We really need to be getting the boy interviewed about what happened that night in his house, we don't really have any new leads right now, the prime suspect has an alibi and we don't have a direction in which to go with this until we have more information to help us" she said a little frustratedly.
"How is he by the way?" she added knowing Gil would probably be in an awkward position with Sara if she felt over protective of the boy.
Breaking his gaze he ran his hand over his face tiredly, his own instinct now towards Kye, wanted to prevent him having to recall the event knowing it would be highly emotional and upsetting for him.
"He's with Sara right now....But.....The night terrors have been rough on him" he let out a long sad sigh before adding "On all of us" giving Catherine a little insight as to what he and Sara were facing with looking after a traumatized young child..
Feeling for her friends situation Catherine said reassuringly "Gil it will take time, it's still early days yet, the kid has gone through a hell of a lot, but with yours and Sara's help I'm sure he will be fine soon" she offered.
"Thanks Cath" was all Gil replied softly.
"So.......?" Catherine drew out her initial inquiry to her boss and friend, not really wanting to push him on an answer but the case needed it.
Looking back over at Sara, catching her inquiring eyes he smiled gently at her "I'll speak with Sara later to see if we think Kye's up to it" he replied watching the worried frown grow on Sara's features.
Catherine didn't miss the 'We' and 'Us' he had just spoken, nor the reverence in which he used when uttering Sara's name, the very thought of the two geeks getting together after all this time of their strange previous relationship, had her smiling warmly in thought "Okay Gil . I gotta go pick Lindsey up, gimme a call to let me know" she said pulling out of the parking lot.
"I will Cath. Bye" he said flipping the cell shut and placing it his pocket.
"Gil?" Sara called over to him questioningly from the couch, as Kye watched the TV oblivious.
Smiling at her to try to reassure her, he spoke "We'll talk about it in a little while.....Okay" he said with a nod to indicate he wanted to speak with her out of Kye's earshot.
Looking at Kye, she ran her hand through the boys hair affectionately, then looked back at Gil "Okay" she said a little shakily, she had a very good idea what it was that Catherine wanted, and the worry in the pit of her stomach grew.
The three spent the rest of the afternoon taking the two dogs out to the local park for a run about, so that they could all get some fresh air, but all the time they were out Sara kept glancing around, then shrugging, shaking her head with a frown.
Her actions only strengthened Gil's odd gut feeling that they were somehow being watched, by who he hadn't a clue, as he had scanned their surroundings surreptitiously without drawing attention from either Sara or Kye.
Brass had a call patched through to Gil's cell phone from LVPD, the call coming from Connor Jacobs informing him that he had arranged for the double funeral to take place the following week in New York, where he and his brother had both been raised.
Jacobs asked if Kye would be attending the service with someone, but Gil said he would have to get back to him with that information before ending the call.
He and Sara differed the funeral discussion until later when Kye would be tucked up in bed, they both felt they needed time to consider their views on whether a small child should attend his parents funeral or not.
Gil spoke with Sara about Cathrine's question as they sat on a bench watching Kye throw a ball for the dogs a short distance away, Sara voiced her concerns at a probable relapse in Kye's mental and emotional state if the interview were to happen now.
But Gil resting his arm behind her on the bench near her shoulders, insisted that they would contact the child physiologist professional Doc had recommended prior to any interview, ready to deal with any fall out afterwards.
He also reassured her it was better to get it over with now, then they could work together intensely if needed, to get him to move on with his new life with their support and guidance.
After agreeing to go ahead with arranging the interview with Brass and Catherine, they all walked home slowly, the dogs lagging behind clearly tired out by Kye's own energy, as he himself held Sara's hand.
The horrible feeling of being watched never left Gil on the journey home, it had him on alert, and a little edgy as he kept up his visual search constant until they reached his front door, so he made a mental note to mention it to Jim when he saw or spoke with him next.
A/N – I hope you all enjoyed the chapter today. Sorry for the erratic posting lately but life must come first, and I have been dealing with personal problems. Please don't worry I have every intention of finishing this story, which will move on in the next few chapters. Brace yourselves for the team's reaction to seeing Grissom with Sara and Kye, acting so un Grissom like. Also brace yourselves for Kye's interview too. Just a little news for those of you who like my stories, I will be co- writing a collaborative story soon, and I have notes made for my next WIP story that I am sure is set to shock you all. Next post later in the week.
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