Before they went in to Shawn's room Juliet was beginning to have second thoughts about letting Sasha see her Daddy as sick as he was. She sat on a bench and brought Sasha on her lap and asked her, "Are you sure you are okay with seeing Daddy sick? You can wait out in the waiting room with Aunt Karen if you think seeing Daddy sick would hurt your sweet heart too much."
Sasha told her mommy, "I am okay Mommy, and Daddy needs me there to let him know I love him, so I will be okay I promise." Juliet smiled at her sweet princess and went on to Shawn's room. They walked in and were shocked at how bad Shawn looked. Henry let out a sigh as he walked to the side of the bed and sat next to his son holding his hand.
Gus couldn't make it past the doorway. He was used to seeing his best friend in a hospital but Shawn was so pale from the blood loss that he looked dead. Juliet sat on the opposite side of the bed as Henry and held Shawn's other hand.
Sasha stood off to the side, she was trying really hard to be brave but her little bottom lip furled out and she was fighting tears. She wanted to curl up next to her Daddy and have him read her a book but she knew that wasn't going to happen.
Henry noticed Sasha and came and knelt down to her eye level. He whispered to the little girl, "You know it is okay to cry." Sasha looked at her Grandpa and told him, "It is okay to cry but not now, Mommy and Daddy need me to be strong so that is what I am going to be." She was able to hold back the tears but that little lip never could make it back in.
Henry picked up his Granddaughter and told her how amazing and brave she was and then said, "How about we go hold Daddy's hand together?" Sasha smiled and shook her head in agreement.
Shawn's hands looked so large next to Sasha's hands she could hold his one hand with two of hers. She reached over the bed rails and kissed her Daddy's hand then leaned up to his ear and whispered, "I love my sweet Prince Daddy more than the sand on the seashore." Juliet and Henry both heard what Sasha whispered to her Daddy and neither of them could hold back the tears anymore.
The nurse came in and told the family that they had to let him rest now and that they could come back in four hours. They all said their good byes and Juliet gave Shawn a kiss on the forehead and they went back to the waiting room.
Sasha went and curled up on the sofa while the grown ups talked to Aunt Karen and Uncle Lassie. Henry filled them in on how Shawn looked and his condition and then they started talking about the case that they were on when Shawn was shot.
They were talking for what seemed like hours to a little girl. She looked at the group deep and conversation and had an idea. No one in the group noticed Sasha slip away.
Henry and Lassiter told Karen about the dream that Sasha had and how she described the man who shot Shawn. Karen thought it would be a good idea to have Sasha sit with a sketch artist to see what they came up with. Juliet agreed to take her daughter down to the station during the four hours they had to wait to see Shawn.
After the adults were done talking Juliet went to get Sasha when she realized in a panic that she was not there any more. The whole group started to scour the area for the little girl. They asked the nurses to help.
Five very panicked minutes latter an elderly nurse stuck her head out of the ICU doors and asked the group if anyone was missing a little girl. Henry barked at her, "YES we are have you seen her?" The elderly nurse smiled and signaled with her hands for the group to follow her.
They were led back to Shawn's room. The nurse said that the little girl is in there. Lassiter was next to the door so he peeked in. He shut the door back and you could tell his eyes were red from tears. Juliet asked what was wrong and was Sasha in there. Lassiter now officially teary bit his bottom lip and shook his head. He put his finger to his mouth to signal them to come in quietly.
The group walked into the darkened room where Shawn laid unconscious and saw Sasha curled up in a tight little ball between Shawn's legs asleep. Her brown curls falling over the side of the bed.
When the group saw the little girl, there wasn't a dry eye in the place.
Juliet reached in her purse and grabbed her iPhone and snapped a picture. That moment was too precious to ever forget she told the others. Uncle Lassie went over and picked up the little girl cradling in his arms letting her sleep.
They were able to get Sasha in the car without waking her up. They all set out for the police station. They may not be able to be with Shawn right now but they can work on catching the man that did this to him.
Once they made it back to the station Juliet woke up Sasha and told her that she had a very special friend for her to meet. Sasha smiled and asked her Mommy, "Why is she special." Juliet answered, "Jessica is a sketch artist here at the police station. That means she is really, really good at listening to people describe other people and then drawing their picture."
Sasha asked if she would draw a special picture for her. Juliet smiled and told her little girl, " Why don't you describe the bad man in your dream that shot daddy FIRST then she will draw whatever you want her to draw." Sasha loved that deal and ran into the station with excitement.
The group of adults and Sasha gathered in the conference room with Jessica the sketch artist. Sasha sat with Jessica for 45 minutes getting the picture of the bad guy just perfect. Once Sasha was happy with the drawing Jessica handed it to Detective Lassiter.
Detective Lassiter knew exactly who this was in the picture it was Jonny Diamond he was a big time drug dealer in Santa Barbara with ties to the gangs. Lassiter went over to Sasha and kissed her on the head and told her, "Good job Spencerella." With that the adults went into Aunt Karen's office and left Jessica and Sasha to draw her special drawing.
Uncle Lassie and other officers went to confront the bad man while Grandpa, Mommy and Uncle Gus took Sasha back to see her daddy. Sasha had a rolled up piece of paper in her hand that she wouldn't let anybody else see.
They got to the hospital and were stopped by a nurse. She asked the group to wait in the waiting room to speak to the doctor first. All of them were nervous about having to wait for the doctor. Henry kept sighing and Sasha could tell that her Mommy was close to crying. Uncle Gus wrapped his arms around Sasha but it was more to calm him down then her.
The Doctor came out and sat next to the group. He looked at the worried family and said, "I have some good news. Shawn is awake. He is still very weak and out of it but he is awake and asking for someone named Sasha Bear."
The little girl jumped to her feet making her curls bounce wildly, she proudly told the doctor, "I am Sasha Juliet Spencer, my daddy calls me Sasha Bear." The doctor smiled at the little girl and then got really close to her face and told her, "Then I think you little Miss need to go see your daddy. I think your sweet smile will be better than any medicine I can give him." Sasha saluted the doctor and began to walk toward the door. It took a second for the others to realize that they should be following her.
Sasha marched right to her Daddy's room and very quietly she peeked into the room. When Shawn saw her peek in the room he smiled ear to ear. He weakly waved her over with his hand. She came up to the side of the bed and sat on her knees in the chair at the side of the bed.
Shawn was still so weak he could barely speak but he told Sasha, "I am so sorry I didn't listen to your dream this morning. I am also sorry I am going to miss our movie time tonight."
Sasha smiled as tears fell from her bright green eyes. Shawn reached her tiny face and wiped her tears away. Sasha looked at her Daddy and said, "I don't care about movie I just car about you. I am so happy you are awake. You can see the picture my new friend drew for me to give to you'"
She carefully unrolled the picture and held it up for her Daddy to see. Neither of them noticed Juliet, Henry and Gus standing in the doorway watching the scene play out.
Shawn looked at the picture and then looked at Sasha and he had tears in his eyes. Henry saw what was happening and came up behind his Granddaughter and asked if they could see the picture now. Sasha smiled and showed him the picture.
Sasha had the sketch artist draw Princess Mommy and Prince Daddy with Princess Sasha and in the castle behind them was King Grandpa. There were beautiful stars in the sky and a beach next to the Castle. The bottom of the picture read, "The Spencer family, we love each other more than the stars in the sky and the sand on the shore."
Henry took the picture and hung it on the wall opposite of Shawn he told Sasha if we hang this here, Daddy could see it whenever he is awake and so will all the doctors and nurses. Sasha shook her head and smiled in agreement.