The Look Of Love (part 6)
Gil had left work early, he had one of his migraines.
When Sara got off shift she came home to find Gil asleep on the couch. She was not sleepy so she decided to take a walk.
Out in the woods she sat on a tree stump thinking. Thinking of her life and how it had turned out.
"It is so peaceful out here," she said more to herself than out loud.
Hearing a noise she turned to the creek, she saw the deer and fawn again.
A shot rang out, she fell to the ground and tried to find out where it came from.
Not being able to see her a man stopped right in front of her.
He raised his rifle again, he had shot at the doe but had missed and was trying to get off another shot before it disappeared.
Being glad she had not removed her weapon she drew it and stood.
"LVPD," she told him, "drop it NOW!!" He did not drop it, he turned and swung the rifle at her hitting her on the side of the face.
Gil woke, he noticed Sara's car but could not find her.
He called her phone, it went to voice mail.
"Let's find her Hank," he said as he opened the door. Hank went straight to the woods, running at full speed and barking.
Gil could not keep up but he followed the sound of Hank's barking.
Gil heard a shot, it came from the same direction Hank had gone.
Finally catching up Gil saw Sara on the ground.
Hank had jumped on at the man knocking him down and pinning him to the ground.
"Hold him," Gil told the dog as he took his cell and called Jim, then he went to Sara.
Each time the man tried to move Hank growled.
Jim and an ambulance arrived within minutes, Gil held Sara's weapon on the man and Hank lead them back.
By now Sara was sitting up and had told Gil what had happened.
The man was arrested, Sara was loaded into the ambulance and Gil followed.
"She will have one nasty headache," the doctor told Gil, "and I am afraid there will be a scar."
He gave Gil a prescription for pain meds and instructions on how to keep the wound clean.
Sara had not said anything, she just sat looking at the floor of the car.
Gil stopped and got the meds and fresh dressings then went home.
At the house Hank came running to her, she wrapped her arms around the dog and kissed the top of his head, "My hero," she said.
Taking one of the pills she went to bed, still not saying anything.
Gil called Catherine and told her what had happened and asked if she could come over.
Cath and Warrick showed up a short time later. Cath went to the bedroom, "You sleeping?" "No, come on in," Sara replied.
"You look like hell," Cath said. "Thanks, I feel like it too."
Warrick and Gil sat on the porch while the ladies talked. Cath came out and sat next to Warrick, it was only half an hour but Gil swore it was longer. "Go to her," Cath said.
Gil went to their bedroom, he sat next to her.
"I am a very foolish person," she said. Gil started to tell her differently when she stopped him.
"I was foolish because I thought this would make a difference in the way you feel," she touched the wound on her face.
"Sara, love," he said, "your beauty comes from within. Yes, you are an attractive person but it is not just that that makes me love you. It is you, it is the passion you have for your job, the way you care about others. It is the way that simple things intrigue you, the smile on your face as we watch the sunset. The look in your eyes when I come into the room. It is the way you love life and the way you love me."
He tenderly kissed the wound then took her in his arms.
The next day Sara was in the break room when Jim came in, "We have paperwork to take care of." Sara wrote down all that happened.
"We are charging him with assaulting an officer and hunting off season, hunting without a license and trespassing."
Sara gave him a half smile, "Trespassing?"
"Don't you think you should take the day off?" Greg asked her after hearing what happened.
"I am fine," she said. Gil came in to pass out the assignments, Greg asked him the same question. "I have already tried," Gil said, "she is a very stubborn lady."
"You can make her," Nick added. "I could," he replied, "But I trust her judgment."
She could tell by the look in his eyes that he was saying he loved her.