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Lisbon, Jane, Rigsby, and Cho were in the car on their way back to the CBI building. They were discussing possible suspects for the case they were working on.
"Lisbon, they're innocent!" Jane cried

"How do you know?" Lisbon challenged

"I got a feeling. He was definitely telling the truth" Jane said

"Oh so it's a Jane hunch?" Lisbon teased

"It's okay Lisbon we know you're in denial, everyone knows you hate being wrong!" Jane said

"Lissssbon is wrong

Jaaanne is right

Lisssbon hates being wrong

Jaanne loves being right" Jane sang in the most annoying sing songy voice he could manage

Cho stared with a blank expression, and Rigsby was laughing and doing a terrible job of hiding it.

Lisbon punched Jane's arm. He winced and Lisbon smiled a triumphant smile.

"Now that Jane is done acting like the five year old we all known he is, does anyone have any other ideas?" Lisbon asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

***At The CBI Building***

Grace had been left at the building to try to find information on the victims' family, and friends.

Grace's phone rang, she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at the number. She didn't recognize it.

***Phone Conversation***

Grace: "Hello"

Caller: "Hello, is this Grace Van Pelt?"

Grace: "Yes, why?"

Caller: "Is your sister Olivia Van Pelt?"

Grace thought about her sister Olivia, she hadn't talked to her in years. It wasn't that they had gotten in a fight or anything. They got along well but after Grace moved to California they lost touch. Grace had always felt a little bad about it, but both girls had been so busy.

"Yes why what's happened?" Grace asked nervously

Caller: "She got in a car crash a few hours with her husband. I'm sorry to tell you she didn't make it, and neither did her husband"

Grace couldn't believe it, 'This can't be happening' she thought. She could feel her face grow red and she knew she was going to start crying. She didn't want to break down here in a professional place so she stood up and walked into the elevator.

Grace: "Give me a second"

She stepped out of the elevator and walked outside. She leaned up against the wall outside the building. She sunk to her knees and sobbed.

Grace: "Okay, is that it?"

Caller: "No, they had a daughter. Olivia said that she wanted you to have her. The daughter wasn't in car."

This really put Grace over the edge, her sister still loved her. She cried even harder, she knew it would be hard to raise a kid with her job but she thought she might want to try.

Grace: "I might be interested in taking her"

Caller: "Okay, I'll call you tomorrow with more information. I'm sorry for your loss."

Grace: "Thank you, bye"

Grace said as she hung up her phone. She didn't feel like moving, she wished she could go back and change everything. She stayed where she was and pulled her knees closer to her, she had her back up against the wall. She sobbed into her knees, her hair was spread messily around her. She couldn't think straight everything felt fuzzy like it was a dream.

The team pulled into the parking lot and got out of their car.

"I hope Grace got a lead, we need something" Lisbon said as they walked towards the building.

They heard someone crying, "What is that?" Lisbon asked

"Sounds like someone's crying" Jane said

"No way! I never would have guessed Jane!" Lisbon said sarcastically

That's when Lisbon saw Grace hunched over, her head in her knees, with her hair covering her face.

"Grace!" Lisbon said as she rushed towards her youngest agent

Grace looked up she hadn't realized her team had arrived. She didn't want to look weak in front of them, she hastily wiped her eyes and tried to stop crying but the tears kept coming.

"Oh um hey boss" Grace said without her usual cheeriness

The rest of the team didn't know what to do so they went up to the office, much to Lisbon's dismay. She had no idea what to do to comfort Grace.

Lisbon looked back at Grace she looked so sad her make-up was running down her wet face and her cheeks were red "Are you alright?" Lisbon asked her voice filled with concern, she sat down next to Grace.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Grace said

"No you're not Grace, what happened?" Lisbon asked

"My sisters she died, I hadn't talked to her in years. Her husband died too. They had a daughter…" Grace said through sobs

"Oh Grace that's terrible I'm so sorry, if there's anything I can do to help please let me know" Lisbon said, she hated seeing Grace so upset, she felt protective over the younger agent.

Grace nodded. Lisbon stood up and offered a hand, Grace took it and stood next to Lisbon. Let's go to office and get you cleaned up then we could talk if you wanted"

"Okay" Grace said, she felt like a little kid as she followed Lisbon up to the office

After washing Grace up Lisbon lead Grace to her office.

"So what's going to happen to their daughter?" Lisbon asked

"I don't know" Grace said, she was feeling a little better now.

"My sisters wanted me to have her, so I think I might take her…" Grace continued "But I don't know with this job and everything, I don't know if I could"

"You can do anything you want Grace, don't let this job get in the way we could work out a schedule that works for you." Lisbon said

"Thanks, but what if she doesn't like me. She might do so much better with another family, I don't know if I'd be a good parent" Grace said

"Grace, you'd be an amazing parent. Any kid would be lucky to have you as their parent" Lisbon said

"Really!? Oh thanks so much boss, that means a lot!" Grace exclaimed, Lisbon saw a bit of the normal sparkle in Grace's eyes return

"Of course Grace!" Lisbon said with a smile

"I'd like you to know that I'll support whatever decision you make, but by deciding to raise that little girl you are going to be making both her and your sister very happy! And I'm pretty sure that you'll be happy too" Lisbon said with a smile

"Thank you so much!" Grace said

"Oh by the way, I found out that the victim had a girlfriend" Grace said

Lisbon laughed, it was so like Grace to work hard even when things were tough

"Nice work, Grace. Now go home and get some rest" Lisbon said

"Okay"

"You don't have to come to work tomorrow if you don't want too. I don't really expect you too" Lisbon said

"I just might surprise you" Grace said "Thank you so much Lisbon!"

"No problem, bye Grace" Lisbon said

"Bye" Grace yelled to Lisbon as she left Lisbon's office.

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