Chapter 6
The next morning it was business as usual, with the exception that they were no longer affiliated with the LVPD and the fact that everything was new.
Greg was amazed at the fact that it seemed like nothing changed.
Nick laughed, ?You thought Vegas was the only place where there was crime?? ?No,? Greg said.
Nick liked the fact that Joel Goodman was the total opposite of Conrad Ecklie, ?It makes coming to work a pleasure,? Nick had said one morning while they were waiting on Gil for assignments.
?Are you trying to tell me that coming to work with me was not pure heaven?? Warrick joked.
?Oh for sure,? Nick said slapping at him.
Catherine rolled her eyes, ?Will you two CHILDREN ever grow up??
?Nope,? they both said at the same time. Everyone laughed.
Greg?s prediction came true, within 6 months Vegas was calling Henderson and asking for help.
Within a year Vegas crime lab dropped from #2 in the nation to #10. And Henderson?s lab - which was not even rated - moved to #2.
Sara said it was because of Gil, shyly he would say it was because of the people that worked there, he would not take sole credit.
?One person dose not make or break the lab,? he said, ?It is a team effort.?
Mr. Goodman though was convinced that Gil?s reputation as an entomologist was, if not all, at least most the reason.
2 months after they started Catherine and Sara were confined to the lab.
Sara acted as Gil?s secretary and she and Catherine both manned the computers and did research.
Sara was beginning to like research, she had asked Mr. Goodman if it would be possible for her to stay in research after her maternity leave.
?I see no problem with that,? Joel told her.
This surprised the others, they thought nothing would ever get Sara out of the field.
Secretly it made Gil happy, he never was to crazy about the mother of his child running around chasing bad guys.
6 months after that Henderson got hit with one of it?s worse rain storms in it?s history, that was also the night that baby Brown and Baby Grissom decided to make their appearances.
Nick and Greg could not decide who was more nervous, Warrick or Gil.
Each daddy-to-be paced up and down the hall as labor progressed. Warrick was pacing because he was concerned the doctor said Catherine was having blood pressure problems, ?Nothing life threatening,? the doctor tried to assure him.
?It is not HIS wife and child in there,? Warrick told the others as they too tried to reassure him that everything would be fine.
Gil would pace because he needed to take a short break, the look of pain on Sara's face was almost more then he could bare, he could not help but blame himself for the pain she was in.
He inhaled deeply and went back to her, she would not face this alone.
Warrick was told that Catherine would have to have a c section because her blood pressure would not come down, it was the best thing for both mother and child.
Warrick signed the necessary papers and, one half hour later Warrick came out and announced to the gang that ELIJAH SAMUEL BROWN was doing great and so was Catherine.
The crew went to see little Eli, he was his fathers son, no doubt about it, right down to those piercing green eyes.
Catherine was doing fine, ?I doubt I want to go through that again,? she remarked when asked how she liked the c section.
Sara was in labor for a total of 10 hours, Gil stood by her side and swore this would never happen again, never would he put his love through this.
Tears filled his eyes as Sara delivered their daughter, he could not get over how perfect she was.
What surprised him even more was how the pain left her, there was nothing but love on Sara face.
Sara marveled at her soft and warm and cuddly baby girl as she suckled at her breast.
The crew came in to see Sara and the baby.
KAYLA DAWN GRISSOM seemed oblivious of all the attention she was getting, all that mattered to her was Momma and Momma?s milk.
Sara had decided to take 6 months off so she could breast feed Kayla, after that she would wean her.
Gil would sit and watch Sara as she nursed their daughter, Sara would hum to her as she ran her fingers through Kayla?s blond curls.
Even though Kayla had Daddy?s deep blue eyes and soft blond hair Daddy swore she looked just like Momma.
"She looks like you," Sara would tell him.
Gil could not get over how perfect things had turned out. He would laugh when he thought about Ecklie and how he had tried to force him and Sara apart.
Despite Gil?s reactions when Sara was in labor, Sara had talked Gil into one more child, two years after Kayla was born Gil once more stood by her side as she delivered their son, WILLIAM JOSEPH GRISSOM.
Once more it astounded him as to how quickly the pain of birth left her.
Sara smiled at him as she nursed their son, ?I could swear you were dying,? he said. Sara laughed, ?That is why it is called labor.?
William was going to have Momma?s eyes, they were already a deep brown and he was born with a full head of dark hair.
?I think he will look like his Momma,? Gil told her.
Catherine brought Kayla in to see her baby brother, Kayla sat on the bed next to her mother and took Williams hand and kissed it. Then she lay her head on her mothers lap and fell asleep.
Pride filled Gil?s heart as he looked at his family, ?To think that only a few years ago I thought my job was the most important thing in my life,? he said to himself. ?Nothing is more important then this.?
THE END
