Chapter 4
Ryan took Tya to dinner that Friday night and asked her to be his wife, she went home wearing the Grissom family ring. Warrick, Gil, Ryan and Russ worked to convert the basement into an efficiency apartment.
They would have a small kitchen, living room, bedroom an bath. Sara told then they were welcome to use the laundry room and the den. Russ ran a phone line to the basement and cable.
?Dad,? Beth said. ?Can I have Ryan?s room after he gets married?? Ryan said, ?You can have it before them. Dad said I can move to the apartment when it is done and that will be next week.? Gil smiled, ?I guess that is settled. Then he added, ?Your Mom is looking for you Ladybug.?
Beth smiled and took off to find her Mom. ?Dad,? Ryan said, ?The phone is for you.? Gil thanked him and took the call. ?Mr. Grissom, this is Isaac.? ?Hello Isaac,? he said. ?I was wondering if ?.. well I would like to ?.,? Isaac was falling over his words.
Gil laughed as he remembered stumbling over his words around Sara. ?As long as she wants to I don?t have a problem with it,? Gil told the boy. ?Thank you sir,? Isaac said. ?One thing,? Gil said. ?Sir,? he said cutting Gil off. ?I would never do anything to disrespect any woman and most assuredly not Beth.?
?Thanks,? Gil said joking, ?I would hate to have to feed you to my bugs.? Isaac gave a worried laugh. ?I am only teasing son,? Gil said.
In the living room Beth said, ?Of all the nerve. What on God?s green earth makes him think I would want to go out with him??
Sara had said that she had overheard one of the men at the lab talking about asking her out. ?I can?t stand that fool,? Beth said. ?I just thought I should tell you,? Sara said.
?Is it true?? Beth asked her Mom. ?Is what true?? she asked Beth. ?I heard that you and his Dad had a history?? Sara sat on the couch, memories cane back to her that she would just as soon forget. ?Well?? Beth asked. ?We dated,? Sara said. ?Before Dad I hope,? Beth said.
Sara smiled, ?Have a seat.? Beth sat next to her Mom. ?From the minute I laid eyes on your father I knew he was the one I wanted. It just took him longer to realize I was the one he wanted. I dated Allen?s father to make Gil jealous.? ?Did it work?? Beth asked.
What Sara was about to tell her daughter she had not spoken of in years.
?Your father darn near killed him.? Beth?s eyes opened wide, ?What!? ?I was not interested in Jerry,? Sara said.
?I just used him to make Gil jealous. Jerry wanted to take the relationship to the next level, when I told him the real reason why I was dating he got angry, I had never seen him that mad. He beat me and then raped me. When your father found out he went off the deep end. He hunted Jerry down, if it was not for the fact that Jim was with him I do believe Gil would have killed him. It took Jim and another officer to pull Gil off Jerry. ?
?Mom, I never knew,? Beth said hugging her mother. ?He did go to jail?? Beth asked. ?He was charged with assault and rape,? Sara said. ?He served 10 years of a 20 year sentence. Allen was born while Jerry was in prison.? Beth looked at her mother, a puzzled look on her face.
?It seems like I was not the only woman Jerry was seeing,? Sara snickered. ?Molly did not turn down his request for sex. Jerry and Molly married right after he got out.? ?WOW!? was all Beth could say. ?Allen is as big a jerk as his dad from what I hear,? Beth said. ?Hey sis,? Ryan yelled, ?Phone.? ?If that is Allen I might just shoot him myself,? she said laughing.
It was not Allen it was Isaac. Beth walked smiling back into the kitchen, walking on cloud nine. ?Good news?? he dad asked. ?Yep,? was all she said. Gil smiled. He went to find Sara to tell her, he found her in their room, crying.
?Love, what is it?? he asked gathering her in his arms. Sara buried her head in his chest and cried. Gil tenderly lift her face, he kissed her tears. ?Sweetheart, what is it,? he asked.
Sara told him about her talk with Beth. ?I guess it was just stirring up all those old memories,? she said. ?Now his son wants to be with our daughter.? Gil smiled at her, ?I doubt that will happen.? He told her of his talk with Isaac and Beth?s phone call. ?I am so happy,? Sara said. ?Isaac is such a sweet boy.?