I had gotten to spend time with my daughter, and I haven't heard or seen from Sara yet. I tried to make it up to my daughter. I took her to the zoo made her breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday I got to see her. I took her to the park and even took a whole week off of work to spend with her. She even asked me if I she did something to make Sara and me spilt up. I almost couldn't take it. I was the one hurting them, and my daughter thought it was she. I told her no right away and told her it was my fault.
I knew the team was going to have a lot of cases because neither Sara nor me were there, so I knew I had to give Elizabeth back to Sara so someone would be helping the team. They though just wanted us to work it out.
I called her phone. I wasn't going to let her hear me in pain.
"Sidle."
"Hey, I wanted to know when you would pick up Elizabeth?"
"Tomorrow. You have the day off tomorrow right? Can we meet at the park and talk for awhile?"
"I don't think it's a good idea."
I didn't want our daughter to see us fight or one of us to do something we would regret in front of her.
"Gil…. I just want to talk."
"Talk, ok."
"Thank you, I'll see you at two."
The Next Day
I meet her at the park. Elizabeth ran up to her and gave her a hug.
"How was your weekend?"
"Daddy took me to the zoo. We got to see butterflies. It was so much fun mommy."
"I'm glad you had a great time. Can daddy and me talk while you play on the swings for a few minutes? We'll even go on the slide together after we finish talking."
"Ok," she said running to the swings.
Sara and me sat on the bench, watching Elizabeth on the swings.
"She is growing up so fast," Sara said.
"Yea."
There was a moment of silence.
"Have you gone to the doctor's yet?" I asked.
"Yea. The baby is fine. They told me the sex," she said smiling.
"Oh really? What is the sex?"
"A boy."
We both hugged real quickly.
"That's great," I said having the biggest smile on my face.
"Sara, I know you said there isn't a us. I respect your decision, but I will always be there for you. When we have our baby boy, I will be there holding your hand if you want me to."
"I do."
"Ok."
Five Years Later
He had been there for the birth of their son. He had never been with another woman except for Sara after what happened a few years ago. He knew that he needed to gain her trust again. He did, but there was nothing more than friendship. Sara had remarried. She thought it was better for her son and daughter. He was there at the wedding. Brass gave her away. Catherine was her bridesmaid. They had both became even better friends. Catherine was with Warrick now, happily married. He watched the whole thing from the back of the doorway of the church. He watched her say yes and kiss her new husbband. He let her go. He knew it was the biggest mistake of his life.
The End