“She has our phone numbers and she would call if anything was wrong. So don’t worry, she’s mature enough.”

Chapter 23

Tears and hugs

Sara’s POV

I was alone, and I decided to watch a movie on television. I wheeled the chair next to the sofa and dropped myself onto it. I took me five minutes to catch my breath, and to let the pain ease down. I moved a little and managed to lay my broken leg onto the sofa. I lay down and I noticed that Catherine had collected my books, my laptop and the remote control on the coffee table along with some food and a bottle of Pepsi.

I was used to staying up at night, and besides that I was scared to sleep when I was alone. I watched a movie on CBS and after that I watched some documentaries on Discovery Channel, then the news on CNN. After that, I switched back to Discovery Channel and that was something that I shouldn’t have done.

Cath’s POV

I turned the key and opened the door, I heard the noise of the television blurring through the hall. I threw my keys on the cabinet, and stepped inside the living room while I swept my hand over my eyes. It had been a hard night. Brass had been interrogating a suspect, and I was standing behind the glass in the other room watching the interrogation. But all I could see was that ***** turning towards me, talking about, Sara, Lindsey and me. Grissom found me with tears running down my cheeks and he dragged me out of the room and called Warrick to watch the interrogation.

We sat down in his office and we talked, he asked me what was wrong. Of course he knew but he wanted me to talk about it. He was always like that, he knew when someone needed him, and he also knew that there was no one else to whom I could talk about this particular case. I can’t talk about it with Sara, I don’t want to cause her anymore pain then she already has. I love her too much to hurt her; I’d rather go through this alone.