Chapter 14

Grissom sat down in his office, smiling a little, but there were also a few tears in his eyes. He sat there a few minutes, before Catherine came in. She saw he had tears in his eyes, so she sat down and looked at him. When Grissom finally looked at her, she asked:

“She called?”
”Yeah,” Grissom answered. “She’s in San Francisco, visiting her mom.”
”What did she say?”
”To say hey and sorry to you all. You really sent 12 messages to her?”
”Something like that, yeah… Why?”

“She told me you all left her in total 38 messages. I left 15. We’re a bunch of stalkers here.”
Grissom started to laugh. Catherine looked at him, and couldn’t tell why he was laughing. Grissom didn’t feel like explaining, so she just sat there, waiting for an explanation.

“I’m not going to tell you why I’m laughing! You can watch with huge puppy eyes, but I’m not going to tell you!”
Catherine rolled her eyes and stood up.

“Call me when you’re you again!”

“Sure! But that’s pointless, since I haven’t changed and you’re still here. It would be a waste of money.”

“You’re impossible!”
”Tell Sara that, I’m sure she won’t agree. Or maybe she will actually.”

Catherine walked away, she was stunned that he could laugh while Sara was gone. What did she say to him?

Sara sat in her car, crying. She stopped at a restaurant, to eat something. There was also a little shop in the restaurant, where they sold some CD’s. Because Sara left hers all behind, she looked for a new one. She found one of Rebecca Lavelle, which seemed nice, and bought it. She put it in the player, once she was back in her car. She was still crying when she drove to Phoebe, so she tried to focus on the music.

Hey Girl, you got a new life

A new beginning

But it’s hard to leave

Hey Girl, now don’t look backwards

No need to stay

‘cause now you’re free

She started laughing, feeling this song was written about her. She was ready to start a new life. She just missed Grissom, she needed him in her life. She stopped thinking about Grissom when she saw her old house. She parked the car somewhere and walked to the house. Phoebe saw her coming and opened the door before Sara even reached it.

“Come in! You want coffee?”
”Yes, I’d love that. I’m a little tired, it’s been such a crazy week.”
”Time to tell me, sit down. I’ll be right back.”
Sara sat down and looked around. She saw that the closet they had when she lived her was still there. She laughed. She remembered the time she hid in there and her mum couldn’t find her anywhere. Her mum was so worried.

Phoebe came in with the coffee, and sat down as well.
”I’m ready, tell me everything.”

And Sara began.