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"Tell me about Doug."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Tell me about Doug. He's not only very good looking, he also got you. I mean, the two of you got along very good, did an old fire…"
"Sofia, stop right there. You are way out of line!" Sara didn't rise her voice, but the way she said these two sentences told Sofia, she had to stop or there would be a scene, the blonde didn't like.
"Sorry."
"Stay on the case or I'll end our conversation right away and there won't be another one. Am I clear?"
"Yes. Sorry."
"Okay." Sara took a deep breath. She didn't want to talk about Doug, nor about their past or anything else, that wasn't work related. If Sofia did not accept this rule, the brunette would get up and leave right away.
"So, five people are dead and when I say we're lucky it sounds weird."
"It does. First. Then you think about how lucky the Mediterranean was that the plane missed it. A lot of more people could be dead. Or when the plane had crashed into a house with a family inside. Yes, five people are dead, but nevertheless, we were lucky it weren't more."
"All because a man and a doctor didn't want a woman to find out the truth."
"A lot of money was involved, Jeffrey wanted his sister in a high end facility, he couldn't afford it himself, so he changed the women's identity. I worked out for years, until Jordan appears and endangers everything."
"They could have just let the DNA kit get stolen. Or make Jordan disappear." Sofia said. "Not that this would have been better, murder is murder, but four people had to die, they had nothing to do with the case."
"True." Sara paused. She wasn't here to talk about private things or feelings, but there was something, that wanted to be out and she had no idea where else she could mention it? At work? At breakfast with her team? No, too many people and it would get carried into her work life too. This setting was better, Sofia knew the basics, but she wasn't around at work. "I ignored Grissom's call when he called during the case."
Sofia wasn't sure how to react, should she just ignore the comment and continue with the case or say something to Sara's confession? A few moments ago the brunette made it obvious she didn't want to talk about her private life, now she offered something very personal.
"I tried to reach him for days, he never called back and suddenly…I don't know."
"Did you call him back later?" The blonde ask carefully, ready to back off when she overstepped a line.
"Not yet."
"Well…you tell me when I go to far here…I heard some lab gossip…I don't need to tell you from whom, you know it anyway, that Doug was…that he didn't act like he had a problem spending time with you."
"Hodges."
"You know him. So do I."
"Doug did invite Grissom and me to dinner, when I told him Gil isn't in town, he changed the offer to him and me. I told him that's not a good idea and he accepted it."
"He respects you and your marriage. Not many men do that."
"I know." The question was, was she disappointed he accepted it without any further questions or trying to change her mind? Did she want him to fight for her? At least a little bit?
"Like not many wives send a good looking ex-boyfriend away. You are a good wife Sara, no matter if you answered the call or not. Every wife has the right to be mad at her husband. That doesn't make you a bad wife, it makes you human."
"A human makes mistakes."
"We do and we learn from them. At least most do. Come on, I buy us another drink and then we go over to the Thai restaurant. You said no to Doug, I don't let you say no to me." Sofia smirked.
"Okay, you can take me out for dinner and when Grissom calls, I answer." The brunette smiled too. If her husband didn't call during dinner, she'd try to reach him when she was home and then it was time for a long conversation.