Hello!!! Here is another chapter!!
This one is a long one. I thought about breaking it up into two chapters, but I decided not to.
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She slapped Gillian and said, "They do not have faith in you, dear. They are only looking because they have to follow protocol. They don't love you and they don't need you. You are worthless. You are better off dead."
Gillian was staring down the old woman, until all of a sudden she heard Cal's voice say, "Is she stupid? Why would she do an idiotic thing like that?" She looked down at the screen to find an angry Cal. Then she looked back up to the older woman.
The woman turned off the T.V. and said, "I told you so." She saw Gillian was about to cry. "And you thought that he loved you. Look at this." She handed Gillian a picture. It was of Cal. He was kissing a beautiful woman. "You see the time stamp, 11:48 pm tonight? After he told you that he loved you, he is out with another woman. He doesn't care for you; he just wants you as a trophy. Nothing more, nothing less. Believe me; he will not be here for more than two days looking for you. He will find some other tail and chase after that one."
Then she pulled out a gun. It was the silver one she saw earlier. She held up her hands and pleaded, "Please don't kill me." She was starting to cry.
The woman didn't falter. The gun was still pointing at Gillian head. She smirked and she mumbled, "We always take care of our weak ones." Then she fired the gun.
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Gillian woke with a start. She noticed that she was sweating and breathing very hard. She clutched her chest to try and control her breathing. Then she heard something move. She quickly turned on the bedside lamp. She looked and saw Cal in a chair, sitting up straight with his eyes closed and his arms folded against his chest.
He lifted one eye and said, "Are you okay, Luv? Did you have a nightmare?" Gillian was speechless, so she just nodded. He opened both eyes and leaned forward. "I thought so. After you tucked us in, I woke up. I knew soon you would be having nightmares, so I came in here to make sure you had… ummm… moral support."
Gillian smiled a genuine smile and said, "Thank you Cal. It's nice to know that you are here looking out for me." She coughed and looked down at her sheets. "Is Emily still downstairs?"
Cal shook his head, "No. I helped her to the guestroom, if you don't mind." Gillian looked up and shook her head. "After I did that, I came in here. You were already asleep, so I got a chair and made myself as comfortable as possible." Cal looked down and then back at Gillian. "Do you want to talk about your nightmare?"
Gillian shook her head. "Maybe another time. I am very sleepy and we have to go to the office tomorrow." She started to lie down and pulled the covers over her body. She was about to turn off the light when she saw Cal squirming in his chair, trying to get comfortable. "Ummm, Cal? If you want you can join me. There is enough room for both of us."
Cal blushed a little but covered it up hastily. "No, Luv, it's okay, I can sleep here. This chair is pretty comfortable when you find the right spot."
Gillian stared at Cal and said, "Have you found that comfortable spot yet?"
Cal stopped squirming around and looked at Gillian. "No, I haven't, but I am still looking."
Gillian made a heavy sigh and said, "Cal, just get into bed. Last thing you need is a bad back and then you will be very cranky tomorrow. Come on, let's go." She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the bed. He reluctantly obliged. "Now, I am warning you, I sometimes kick."
Cal climbed onto the bed and said, "Warning well taken. If you don't mind, I don't need any covers. Good night, Luv."
Gillian turned off the lights and said, "Good night, Cal."
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Gillian woke up to the shrill of her alarm. She lifted her hand to shut it off. She looked down at the arm that was around her. She turned around and saw Cal looking at her from under the sheets. She giggled and said, "Whatever happened to not needing any covers?"
Cal retracted his arm and said, "It got very cold. It felt like it was winter time in your bedroom."
Gillian removed the sheets from her body and said, "I like it cold at night. It gives me the chance to cuddle up under the comforter. You better wake Emily up. You guys still have to go home and get ready." She stood up and turned to see Cal staring. She snapped her finger and said, "Cal, what are you staring at?" She looked down and blushed. She forgot that she was wearing her sleeping shorts, that were very short, and her bra. She walked to get her robe, but was stopped by Cal's gentle hand.
He turned her around and placed a tender hand on her bruises across her chest and stomach. When he spoke, it was only in a whisper. "I am so sorry, Luv, that they did this to you. I would have given anything to be the one in that room. I promise, Gillian, we will catch them. And when we do, I will kill them." He looked up into her eyes. She said nothing but grabbed his shoulders and hugged him.
They stood like that until Emily softly knocked on the door and said, "Gillian, do you know where my father is? I can't find him."
Gillian brushed away a tear and said, "Your father is in here, he is helping me." She grabbed her robe, put it on and opened the door. Emily came in and noticed that the bed was slept in by two people but she didn't say anything. "If you don't mind, we all have to get ready to go. Don't you guys still have to go back to your house to change?"
Emily shook her head and smiled. "No, I packed some clothes for me and my dad. I figured we would be staying here anyways." Cal and Gillian looked at her with a mingled look of surprise and guilt. "Dad, the luggage is in the trunk of your car. That's why I am looking for you; I don't know where the keys are."
Cal checked his pockets and pulled them out. He gave them to Emily and she walked out. He looked sheepishly at Gillian and mumbled, "I'm sorry, Luv. I'll get out of your hair now."
Before he walked out of the door, she called out to him. "Is it okay if I drive my own car to the office? I think once we check in and I check on the paper work, I might take a half day."
Cal turned around and said, "Well, I can drive you to the office and I can drive you back here. It's not a problem."
She walked up to him and laid her hand on his chest. "Cal this will give you a chance to explain to Emily what happened last night. I know you noticed her surprised look when she walked in. Plus, it doesn't make sense to drive to work, drive back to my place, drive back to work and then drive back here." He had a stubborn look on his face. "Cal, I need to start gaining back my independence. I am going to drive to work and that is final."
Cal reluctantly nodded his head. "But if anything happens, I will be driving you back; and that is final."
Everyone got ready and was out the door by 7:30. Gillian went straight to the office and Cal drove Emily to her school. This gave them time to talk about earlier that morning.
Emily bluntly asked, "Did you sleep with Gillian last night?"
Cal looked over and said, "Slept with, yes; had sex, no. She had a nightmare last night. At first I slept on top of the covers but then it was so damn cold, I must have slipped the covers over me." He looked at Emily and said quietly, "Emily, I would never do that to Gillian. She deserves more than that."
Emily nodded and said, "Damn right she does. I am glad that she turned to you instead of someone else. I can see that she trusts you, so don't screw it up."
Cal had his mouth open in shock. "When did you turn 35 and become my therapist? Last time I saw you, you were my 17 year old daughter thinking about dumping Dick."
Emily rolled her eyes as they drove up to the school. "It's Rick, dad, and I am just warning you. I like Gillian too much to see her get hurt by you." She opened the car door and stepped out. "And plus I am not dumping Rick. We have a date tomorrow night." She closed the door and walked towards the school doors.
Cal rolled down the windows and yelled, "Love you, Emily." She turned around, smiled and waved back at him. He smiled and drove away to the office.
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By 1:00 pm, Gillian was in her office, hunched over some paperwork. Earlier that day, her and Cal sat down with Ria and Loker and told them what had happened. Everything was said, from getting the assignment to the hospital. Of course, some things were left out but they got the best of it. Now, Cal was in the Lab working with the others to try and catch the people who did this to Gillian.
She closed the folder and stretched her arms. She grabbed the phone and dialed the Lab. Cal picked up. "Hey Cal, I am on my way home. My ankle is starting to throb and I am getting very sleepy. Have you made any headway with the surveillance tapes?"
Cal was trying to balance a folder, his cup of coffee, a remote and the phone all at one time. "No, not yet, but now we have a fresh pair of eyes looking at it. Go ahead and go home. Call me if you need anything."
Gillian laughed and said, "I will and I will be expecting you and Emily to be over, when?"
Cal stopped juggling and said, "Around the same time."
Gillian stood up and said, "Okay, I will see you then; bye." She hung up after Cal said his goodbye. She got her purse and her coat and hobbled out of her office. She was walking towards the elevator when she ran into Ria. "Hey Ria, I am leaving for the day."
The young woman looked at Gillian's face and then looked down in shame. "Oh, okay, did you tell Dr. Lightman?"
Gillian put a reassuring hand on Ria and said, "He knows and don't be afraid to look at me. I know it's a little bit shocking but it doesn't hurt as much as it looks. I will see you later."
Ria waved and said, "See you later, Dr. Foster." When Gillian was gone, she walked back into the lab. Cal looked up and she said, "She has gone home safely. What is it you need to tell us? I know you didn't tell us the whole truth."
Eli looked up and Cal put down the folder he was holding. "There was another note left at the scene after Foster was taken to the hospital. You don't need to ask where it is. It is at the F.B.I. and they are going over it with a fine tooth comb."
Eli was the first to ask, "What did it say?"
Cal looked disgusted and said, "A whole bunch of rubbish about watching her every move and how she won't be so lucky next time. We are not sure if they meant in England or here in the States but she has an F.B.I. tail looking after her." Both Ria and Eli gave a sigh of relief. "So what do we know so far?"
Ria was the one to speak up first, "Well, the surveillance didn't show anyone leaving the building. It just shows people coming in. At first we thought that maybe there was a back door, but the F.B.I. put in their report that there were no other doors around the building. Maybe there was a secret door or an underground tunnel. Also, the Feds found the live wire in the room where Dr. Foster was held in. They are now trying to clean it up."
Cal looked confused, "Clean it up? What do they have to clean up?"
Ben came through the door and said, "It was rigged to explode if anyone took it out. Well it didn't explode but it did create a little smoke. Here it is. They cleaned it up the best they could." Cal held his hand out to take the CD but Ben didn't give it up just yet. "Cal, I saw it before. I am warning you, it is not very pretty." He let it go and Cal put it into the computer and hit 'play'.
At first it was exactly what Gillian described in her statement. She was dumped into the room. Then you saw Charles come in and hit her around and then you saw her crying. No one said anything or moved. Then the old woman came in and said some things to Gillian and then showed her something. "Freeze, what is she showing Gillian?"
Ben shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, but play the rest of the tape." Cal looked at Ben and nodded his head. The woman hit Gillian a couple of times and then she left. Next Gillian was on the floor then she picked herself back up. She was looking through a desk when she found something, and then Charles came back in. He kept on hitting her and kicking her. He was about to leave when she said something. He left soon after Gillian passed out. Then he was pushed into the room. He had his hands up and he looked like he was pleading for his life. Then someone shot him through the chest. Then the tape kept going but Ben stopped it. "I don't know about you, Lightman, but I don't see Gillian in the camera shot."
Cal looked at the tape and said, "Play it again from where Charles left to when he got shot. And play it slower." Ria was fumbling with the controls, Eli put a hand on her shoulder. They played the tape back. "I see Charles looking guilty, which is weird because when he came into the room he was showing contempt and anger. I wonder what Gillian said to make him look guilty? Now freeze it. Zoom in on the bottom part of the tape. You see it, right under where Charles was shot?"
Ben walked closer to the screen and said slowly, "Is that Gillian's arm? You could hardly see it. Good job, Lightman. I will need to call this in, excuse me."
When Ben left, Cal cell phone rang. He picked it up smiling. "Hey Gillian, we have some great news for you!"
Gillian was frantic, "Cal, I need you to come to my house now, something has just happ—"
Cal yelled into his phone, "Gillian? Gillian? Answer me! What has happened?" He looked at his phone and yelled, "Damn it!" He ran out to catch Ben.
Ben ran up to him and said, "Cal you need to come with me. Something has happened at Gillian's place."
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