"I can't believe it is so hot this early in the day." Jackie's mom said.
"I know, it's unreal." Jackie agreed.
Nick, Jackie, and the kids were having brunch at Jackie's parent's house. Jackie was at the stage in her pregnancy where she was just beginning to show. Even though she had lived in Vegas for a number of years now Jackie still did not like the scorching heat it made her miserable and being pregnant made the heat even more unbearable for her than normal.
"Why don't we take the kids swimming?" Nick suggested.
"Twim." Jasmine said excitedly, clearly loving the idea.
"That's a great idea." Jackie agreed.
"I'll run home and pack some stuff to take with us, I'll be right back." Jackie said as she grabbed her purse and her car keys and then walked out the door.
Jackie's parents, Nick, and the kids sat around Jackie's parent's kitchen table enjoying a nice cold glass of lemonade while they waited for her to come back.
About 15 minutes later Nick's phone rang.
Thinking it was Jackie he just answered with a casual hello instead of saying Stokes, like he did at work.
It wasn't Jackie.
"Sara, slow down," He told his coworker.
"Where are you?" Sara asked frantically.
"I'm at my in-law's house, we are going to take the kids swimming, why?" He asked.
"Oh good, so you're whole family is there?"
"Yeah, why, Sara, what is going on?"
"Nick, Nigel Crane has escaped from prison, as a friend and as an investigator let me give you some advice, none of you should go home."
Nick was silent for a moment and then a horrible realization hit him.
"Sara, Jackie just went home to grab some stuff to take to the pool with us, she's at our house alone."
TBC