Okay, I know this is really short and not much happens but I have the next chapter on ice and it is much much better I promise. Anyways and onwards ...

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Catherine had agreed to not mention Jake to the guys, even though she knew Sara would be much safer because they wouldn't let her out of their sights if they knew the truth. However, she had convinced the brunette to let Brass get a restraining order against him so before work that night Catherine had gone straight to the police station.

She rapped on the office door lightly and poked her head inside. "Hey Jim, got a sec?"

"Hey, sure Cath, what's up?" He asked, haphazardly shuffling the papers strewn around his desk into an organised-ish pile. She sat opposite the desk and cracked her knuckles, a nervous habit she'd tried and failed to stop.

"I need to tell you something and you can't tell anyone else. Its about Sara." That got his full attention; everyone knew she was like a daughter to him. Another nervous habit of her's was babbling and that kicked in right now. "When she was younger she married a guy called Jake Dean. He was abusive and she left him after a few months. She recently filed for divorce to get him out of her life altogether but …he's back. He came by her apartment a few days ago, beat her up; the girl is covered in bruises." Jim had been listening quietly throughout this and now he looked up slowly, his darkened eyes meeting Catherine's.

"Where is he?" He growled. She shrugged helplessly.

"I don't know, all I know is he's in Vegas. Sara's staying with me for a while but that's only a temporary solution. I want a restraining order against him."

"As much as I wish I could help, until he does something threatening or violent that we can prove we have no grounds. Is she willing to make a statement against him?"

"Hell no! She's terrified of him."

"In that case we just need to hope he doesn't come near her again." Catherine nodded and sighed, running a frustrated hand through her hair.

"Yeah, I was afraid of that. I'm just scared, I've seen the kind of damage he can do. I don't want her to get hurt."

"Trust me, if I get my hands on him she won't be the only one with bruises." Jim rumbled. "Does the team know?"

"No she doesn't want them to."

"Shame, they'd find the bastard."

"Yeah, they'd kill him." Cath pointed out. "Anyway, I'm not bothered about finding him right now, I just want to keep her safe." Jim smiled kindly at her.

"You will. We all will. No one hurts our girl." Catherine nodded then chuckled softly.

"We sound like her parents." She explained and he laughed.

"Well we may as well be I guess. Lord knows she's more of a daughter to me than Ellie and her own aren't around her to look after her." Catherine thought back to the scars, the marks left by Sara's father. Jim was right, no one ever looked after the young brunette before, it was about time someone was looking out for her. She decided to leave before Jim started questioning her about Sara's parents; that was something else she had promised Sara she would keep to herself.

"Look, I gotta get to the lab. Thank you for this, just for listening."

"I'll keep my ears to the ground, see if I can find him." She nodded her thanks and turned to leave. "Hey Cath," he called her back. "You take good care of her for us." She smiled properly for the first time.

"Always."

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