Chapter Five
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Grissom and Sara left after the morning shift ended, to catch up on their sleep in time for Graveyard.
Just as Sara got into her car, her cell phone rang, unwilling to answer it, she rolled her eyes and picked it up "Sara" she responded.
"Sara... Are you far from the office? I need to talk to you!" Greg spoke, slurring words he was talking so fast.
"Alright, I'm on my way in." She slammed her phone down, opened the door, slammed it shut and walked into the lab.
"Greg, this better be important. I've had 30 minutes of sleep in the past 24 hours. I'm tired, hungry, and I want a beer." She grinned.
"That.. Girl.." Greg began to speak, out of breath.
"Woah, slow down boy. Did you just run a marathon or something?" Sara laughed.
"No. I just ran around the lab looking for you." Greg caught his breath, "The little girl, Alison, she is not related to her sister."
"What? Was she adopted?"
"She's related to her mother" Greg quickly responded back.
"And we still have no sign of her father, do we?" Sara fell the chair that was behind her.
"As far as I know you don't. I'm not on your case." Greg joked.
"Right. So how do you know this information, Greg?" Sara asked.
"I told Brass I was going out to see you, he told me to forward the information." he sighed.
"Going to see me? I was going home... To bed." Sara's tone began to become heavy.
"I know. But, I need to talk to you, I was hoping I'd catch you before you left..." Greg began. "I need to talk to you, about us."
"Us?" She asked, annoyingly.
"Yeah. Well, not us, but.. You know.. Us. Me and you. Greg and Sara. Co-Workers."
Sara simply rolled her eyes, "Go on."
"I wanted to know if we could go have some late lunch? It's on me." Greg whimpered.
"I'm going home, good-bye" Sara walked away.
Greg simply thought to himself how Sara could be so hostile, so rude to him. They've always been good friends, and she simply walks away. Greg was beginning to have ideas about Sara and Grissom. But he is too old for her, well.. To Greg, he was. He walked away, needing to speak to Catherine. At least those two had a break in their case.
Sara walked into her and Grissom's condo. Grissom layed there on the couch with his eyes shut. Sara stood over him with her hand on his hair. He opened his eyes, "Sara.. Where did you go?" Grissom asked.
"Greg needed to talk to me. Apparently Alison isn't related to her sister, she's definitely her mother's daughter though. I think adoption perhaps. Maybe their father had the first daughter from a previous relationship, or a friend dropped her off on their doorstep." Sara spoke, "The only way we can tell is if we get some blood samples from Alison's father. This poor girl, she's all alone. She has no family, and her dad isn't coming to her rescue. I'm beginning to think he has something to do with this."
Grissom's cell phone rang, "Brass" it read.
"Grissom." he responded.
"Hey, Gil, Alison's father just stepped into the lab. Looking shabby. Acting as if he owns the joint." Brass told him.
"Well, hold him their until I come in... In a few hours. I just got finished doing a double shift, Brass." Grissom sighed.
"When did that ever stop you." He responded, sarcastically.
Grissom hung up, and looked towards the calendar that was hanging a few inches from the couch, the 23rd of this month was marked off.. What could be on that date?
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To Be Continued