I can’t breakdown

By Clara

Disclaimer: They’re not mine

Info: 12^th part of 20.

Year: 2024

Archive: My site, Working Love, ShipperWorld, Catherine Willows, Graveshift

Rating: PG

Category: CGR

Author’s notes: This started as answer to a challenge over at ‘Working Love’ and some how it turned into this! Thanks to Jo for the beta! None of the fics in this series will have a summary on them. I don’t want to give it away!!!

Dedication: To the wonderful Jo R. What would I do without ya? ;)

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Catherine stared at the letter on the table before dropping her head in her hands. She couldn’t believe this was happening. She’d always tried to be a good mother to Lindsey and until 30 minutes ago she had thought she’d been doing a good job.

Sighing she tried to think rationally. No one was ever going to believe her word against Eddies but her mistake the day before was really starting to weigh on her mind.

Knowing she needed help, Catherine grabbed the letter off the table and left the break room, heading for Grissom’s office, having seen him arrive back a few minutes earlier.

Quickly she knocked on the door and couldn’t help but feel slightly relieved when he looked up and smiled at her. “Hey.”

“Hey.” Walking in, she sat down in the chair opposite him and lifted the paper up, reading the first couple of lines out to him.

“He can’t do that!”

“Well, he did.” She brushed her hair out of her face and leaned forward, handing the letter over to him. Gil took the letter and put his glasses on, skimming through the rest of the letter.

“So we’ll fight him.”

Catherine was starting to wonder if he was being less rational than she was, but was somewhat comforted by his wording. “There’s no point. We’ll let them investigate and they’ll find nothing… I just, never thought this was something I’d be going through.”

Gil looked at her with sympathy in his eyes and wondered just how much more Eddie was going to put her through. He’d hoped when Catherine had divorced him that Eddie would stop hurting her, he guessed he should have known better.

Standing, he walked around the other side of his desk and sat on the edge close to her. “Catherine, you are a fantastic mother, Lindsey adores you and everyone here knows you’re not a bad mother.”

She gave him a half smile before standing. “Thanks Gil.” She glanced down at her watch, “I should probably get going… See you tomorrow?”

He nodded an affirmative and watched as she walked out the room before his eyes hardened and he sighed, knowing the next few weeks were going to rival those after Catherine had left Eddie.

~Tear don’t you fall, eyes don’t you cry. Need to get me round this corner, I can’t break down, break down~

I can't breakdown- Sinead Quinn