Chapter Twenty-four: Kessler case
It is June 25, 2007, over the last twenty four days Sara has been working a lightly cases load by Sofia's request and not working any over time. But Sara knows this week is going to be different because Greg, Nick and Warrick are out of town at a forensic seminar in Cleveland Ohio. Sara and Gil get out of Sara's SUV and as the two of them walks toward the doors of the crime lab the two of them are stopped by Catherine.

"Before the two of you go any further, I need to head out to Jerome Kessler's house with me."

"What Happened?"

"Jerome and Heather Kessler one and half year old granddaughter Allison was kidnaped out of Jerome's house, Gil."

"Lets go Gil"

"Sara hang on a few moments, I think Catherine has more to say."

"Thank you Gil, after the processing the crime scene Brass and Sofia want the two of you to head over to Heather house and let her what happened."

Catherine hop into one crime lab SUV and Sarah and Gil get into one of the other SUV's and then head out to Jerome's house. When Sara and Catherine pull up to the house, the three CSI see Sofia talk to Jerome about what happened early in the night. A few moments later Sara, Gil and Catherine walks up to Jerome and Sofia and Jerome keeps on talking.

"I had to run into work, so I called her normal baby-sitter to come watch Allison. She came over and I left. The babysitter called me two hours later and told me someone break into the house and take Allison. Annabella, the babysitter said the man was wearing a ski mask. Just find her please!"

"We will do are best to get her back safe and sound. Gil Grissom, Sara Sidle and Catherine Willows are going to process your house to see if the kidnaper left any evidence behind."

"Has anyone told Heather yet?"

"Sara and I are going to go to her house after the scene process and let Heather."

"Ok Mr. Grissom."

The three CSI heads inside and starts processing the crime scene. Sara puts Allison toothbrush into an evidence bag, while Catherine goes and gets an item with the little girl smell on it for the K9 unit. Gil looks over the rooms in the house to see if the kidnaper left anything behind, he finds a couple fingerprints and a piece of tan pant leg that the dog had tear off but that was the only thing he could find. Sara join Gil searching the living room, as Catherine takes the bag teddy bear the girl sleep with, out to the K9 unit. A few minutes later Catherine joins Gil and Sara, but Sara and Catherine do not find any more trace, blood other items the kidnaper might have left behind because Gil found all the kidnaper left behind. Sara, Gil and Catherine walk out of the house and Gil puts the few evidence bags into the SUV Catherine drive to the crime scene. At the same time Sara open up the driver side door of the SUV that she driver to the crime scene and a minute later Gil gets into the SUV and once Gil has put his seatbelt on, Sara check to see if any vehicle, which there not so she pulls the SUV onto the street and start driving toward Heather Kessler's house. When Sara pulls the SUV into the long driveway of Heather's house, Sara and Gil become really quiet. Sara puts the SUV into the parked positions and at the same time Sofia puts her car into the parked position. A minute and half later Sara, Sofia and Gil walk up to the front door and Gil ring the door bell. After a minute Heather opens up the front door and looks and the two CSI and the detective that are standing at her door and know right away something is wrong.

"What happened is it Jerome or Allison?"

"I thinking it best if we all head inside and you take a seat before we tell you what happened."

"No, Gil just tell me!"

"Your granddaughter was Kidnap earlier this evening, we already process Jerome's house, which is where the kidnapper taker her from."

Heather puts her hands over her mouth and at the same time her knees start to give out, but Sara put her arm around Heather's waist and lead Heather into the house over to a couch in the living room and has her sit down on the couch. Then Sara sits down on the couch next to Heather. Then Sara gives Heather a hug and let Heather cry on her shoulder. Gil setting down on the couch across from Sara and Heather and is watching his wife comfort Heather and get her to calm down, so the two of them can talk to her about what happened. Sofia sits down on the couch next to Gil and she is playing with her purple empire waist blouse. As Gil is watching Sara comfort Heather, he is thinking this cases is going to take a lot out of Sara physical and emotional and he was started to wish he had not let Sofia put Sara on this case, see that there is only nine full days, left until her due date, but he also knows now that she started working this case he would not be able to get her to step aside from work the case. He also knows that Sara will not stop working the case even if she goes into labor not until Allison is found and the person or persons that kidnapper Allison is behind bars. Gil looks over at Sofia and sees tears run down her face. Sofia notices that Gil has seen her crying and wipes the tears off with her blouse sleeves, at the same time she starts to talk to Heather.

"I know what you just found out is very upsetting and you have every right to cry and have a break down, but we need to ask you some questions Heather. So do you mind if we start now?

"Sniffing no, I don't mind and I understand I will do anything to help Mrs. Grissom, Mr. Grissom and you Detective Curtis if it will help to find Allison and bring her back alive."

"Heather, When Jerome and Allison come over to visit you the other day did you see anyone follow them and also watching Allison?"

"No Gil."

"Do you think one of you ex- business partners could have kidnaped Allison?

"No Detective Curtis, They all understand the reason why I sold my business and would never lay a hand on Allison, much less think about hurt Allison in anyway?"

"I had to ask."

"Did Jerome give you an update picture of Allison for the Amber Alert Sara?"

"Yes, One of her playing in your backyard the last time they come over for a visit."

"Do you have anymore questions for me, Gil?"

"No."

'Ok and Sara do not push yourself too hard, because you look like you are due to have your baby any day and Gil do not let her work too hard, I do not want to have Sara put her health or the unborn baby health in danger!"

"I am due in nine day and ten nights."

"I won't let Sara work too hard and it babies we are having twin."

"Do you know what sex the babies are Sara?"

"Yes a boy and a girl."

"Gil. Sara and I should be head back to the lab to help Catherine process the evidence we collect and see if Catherine has any updates for us."

"(Sara and Gil) You are right Sofia, lets go."

"We you call me, when you have any news no matter how little it is?"

"Yes, one of will call and tell you as soon as we have any news on the case."

"Thank you Sara."

The four of them stand up and Heather walks Sara, Gil and Sofia to the front door and sees them out. As Sara, Sofia and Gil walk over to the crime lab SUV and Sofia's car, Sara and Sofia look at Heather once more, Heather notice Sara and Sofia and close the front door of the house. Sara hand Gil the SUV key and then open up the passengers' door of the SUV, then gets the crime lab SUV and at the same time Sofia gets into her car. Fifteen minutes later at the crime lab Sara is running the fingerprints through AFIS to see if she can get any hit on them. Gil is walking to the trace lab and Sofia is going to the DNA lab to see if Wendy has anything. When Sofia walks into the lab, Wendy looks up at Sofia.

"The only thing I have two DNA facts I can tell you so far Sofia, the first one is Allison DNA from her toothbrush and the second is some DNA from a male that was from the tear piece of pant leg and I am running the male DNA through CODIS right now.

"Thank you."

Sofia walks out of the DNA lab and start walking down the hallway looking for Catherine, Sara and Gil. Meanwhile, in the fingerprint lab Gil has join Sara and the two of them are setting in front of the computer screen watching AFIS flip through all the fingerprints in the database trying to find a match to the four prints Sara has scanned. After several minutes' AFIS spit a match out to a Damian Beast and at the same time Wendy comes running into the fingerprint lab with Sofia and Catherine and hands Gil and Sara a printout from AFIS.

"The DNA on the tear piece of pant leg belongs to a Damian Beast."

Sara looks at Gil and then Gil and Sara look at Catherine, Sofia and Wendy, who are now looking at the computer screen and sees that the fingerprints belong to Damian Beast.

"Sara, Catherine and Gil, I Have sent a patrol unit out to clear his house. We need to head over to his house there could be evidence at the house that will leads as to Allison or he could have her at his house."

Sara and Gil stand up and then Sofia, Catherine, Sara and Gil run out the fingerprint lab and run to the locker room and grab their crime scene kits out of their lockers. Then the four of them run out of the lab and Sara, Catherine and Gil run over to SUV's parked in the parking lot and Sofia runs out to her car. Twenty-two minutes later Sofia pulls up next to the sidewalk outside of Damian Beast house first, then Catherine pulls up behind Sofia and turn the SUV off. A minute and half later Catherine, Gil, Sara and Sofia are walking up to the house when officer Davis walks out of the house with a handcuffed Damian Beast and they walk right by them and to his patrol car. Davis open the back door of the car and Damian Beast get into the backseat, then officer Davis closes the car door. Sara, Sofia, Catherine and Gil then see a little girl standing on the couch and she is looking out the window and at the sometime Jim Brass walks over to the CSI and Sofia.

"Jim is that Allison looking at the window?"

"Yes Sara that is Allison. Catherine and Sofia I want you to process the crime scene. Gil I want you drop Sara and Allison's off at Sunrise Hospital to get Allison check out and then go pick up Heather and giver her a ride to Sunrise Hospital. Sara's make sure you collet any evidences that is on Allison.

Jim Brass hands Gil a toddler car seat and Gil carry the car seat over to the SUV, Gil open up the back door on the passenger side of the SUV and set the car seat on the back seat of the SUV and then hook the car seat into the SUV. At the same time Sara goes inside and gets Allison. Sara and Allison walk out of the house and the little girl is holding Sara left hand. Sara and Allison walk over to the SUV and once at the SUV Gil pick up Allison and sit Allison's in the car seat. A few minutes later Gil is driving them to the hospital. One hour later Heather and Jerome are sitting in the waiting room of Sunset hospital ER with Gil Grissom waiting to see Allison. Sara walks through the doors that separate the waiting room from the ER carry a tired Allison. Heather stands up and runs over to Sara and Allison. Sara hands Allison to her grandmother and Heather give Sara a look of relief. At the same time Allison lift her head off her grandmother shoulder, then turns her head toward Sara and the little girl smiles at Sara and Sara smile back at Allison.

"Sara, is Allison all right?"

"Yes, she was not rape and has no cuts or break bones, she is just tired and want to see her grandmother and grandfather."

"Why would Damian Beast kidnap Allison for?"

"He upset that the court would not give him custody of his biological daughter, which by the way is your granddaughter. But do not worry, he is going to prison for kidnap Allison and you we not have to worry about him anymore."

"Thank you, Can Jerome and I take Allison home now, Sara?"

"Yes."

"Heather you house is close then my house let take Allison there for the night and I will take her home in the morning."

"That is fine Jerome and then will allow Allison to see both of us before going to bed."

(Jerome, Heather and Allison) Bye Sara and Gil."

"Sara and Gil) Bye."

Jerome, Heather carrying Allison, Sara and Gil walk out of the ER. Gil and Sara walk over to the crime lab SUV in the ER parking lot, as Jerome, Heather carrying Allison walks over to Jerome's car in the ER parking lot. A few minutes later Sara and Gil are heading to the crime lab. Once at the lab Sara and Gil walk into the lab and to the locker room, then the two of them clock out of work. Sara and Gil leave Catherine and Sofia and note to let them know Allison is fine and is at Heather's house spent the night with her grandmother and grandfather and that the two of them are going home for the night because Sara is exhausted. A few minutes later Gil is driving toward his and Sara's house. Once home Sara goes right upstairs to her and Gil bedroom and changes into her Pajama. Sara then goes into the master bathroom and brushes her tooth and a few minutes' later Sara lays down on the bed and she goes to sleep right when her head hits the pillows. Meanwhile Gil is in the basement library and is sitting on the couch reading a book.