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"Goodnight princess." Jake said softly watching his daughter roll over in her sleep. He smiled before going downstairs to find Kate.

"Is she asleep?" Kate asked collecting her daughter's toys off the floor and putting them away wondering how a three year old could be so messy.

"Out like a light." He smiled wrapping his hands around her waist and she relaxed. "She's got the right idea. It's been a hell of a day."

"Tell me about it." Kate sighed resting her head on his chest.

"When I see McAlister tomorrow..."

"Hey..." She slid her hands up his chest to behind he neck. "I know you want to kill him but I don't fancy having to visit my husband in prison okay? Don't say anything, Henry is sorting it. I'll settle for you just giving him dead eye or something. "

"Whatever you say beautiful." He kissed her gently. "I love you."

"I love you too."

He held her closely before picking her up off the ground with one arm around her back the other under legs. "To bed."

She laughed slightly before he carried her to their room.

He placed her on the bed and then laid beside her. He smiled as she snuggled into him resting her head on his chest. He loved her so much, their daughter too. He'd never been part of a real family till they came along and he would never let them go.

"I wonder if James and Alesha finished that rainbow..." Jake smirked remembering they'd left their friends to colour in the picture.

"You're joking, they have both texted me several times to ask which order the colours go in."

He laughed. "We should never have trusted them with crayons."

"Odds on them using them to write notes in briefing."

He kissed the top of her head. "Very high."

"At least it will be a pretty colour..."

XxX

Kate got up before Jake, she always did, especially after Evie was born. She got dressed then went through to their daughter's room to find the toddler awake.

"Me hungry mummy." She reached her arms out and Kate smiled.

"Me too babe." Kate picked her up. "Let's get some breakfast."

After giving Evie her breakfast Kate started looking through her messages wondering why people always messaged her through the night. Did they not sleep? Were they vampires?

She had a rather lengthy message from Alesha sent a few minutes before.

'Hey Chummy, hope you're okay. I know McAlister really upset you yesterday but no one takes any notice of him and you really shouldn't. You know we all love Xxxxx A'

'Cheers chummy. It just upset me when I thought about my parents and Beth but as Jake reminds me you lot are my family. Xxxxx K'

'Yep. Slightly dysfunctional as we are xxx'

'Tell me about it. Love ya Chummy.'

'Love ya too xxx'

Jake then entered the kitchen. "I know that look. How's Alesha?"

"Being very Alesha like." She smirked before he kissed her lips.

"Good morning." He smiled before kissing his daughter on the top of her head. "Morning princess."

Kate smiled, he was great with Evie, she was a proper Daddy's girl when she wanted to be.

"We are due in court at eleven."

"Why are we always due in court?" He groaned running his hand over his face.

"I'll remind you that we're barristers."

"Apart from that."

She laughed. "Somedays..."

XxX

"And this..." Ronnie started as Mr Gleason slammed the door in the face of him and the two younger detectives. "Is why I should do the talking."

Joe and Matt both groaned in annoyance as though it wasn't their fault.

"Obviously he's guilty otherwise he would talk to us." Matt argued and Joe nodded.

"Yeah, come on Ron that wasn't our fault."

"Joe just pretty much accused him."

Joe scratched he back of his neck. "Okay yeah, I think he's guilty and what he did was just sick..."

"We'll let you deal with it." Matt reassured Ron tugging on Joe's arm so they could leave Ron to deal with Gleason.

"You know it would be great if we could live in a world where people owned up to their mistakes." Joe grumbled kicking at the ground as they lent against the car.

"Like that barrister guy who said all that stuff to Kate?" Matt suggested. "News travels fast."

"It does with us lot." Joe chuckled. "Yeah. That guy for example. He blatantly said things about Kate to try and win the trial he knew he was going to fail. It's sick."

Matt nodded. "I know. Gleason is a low life but I guess it's what we signed up for."

"It would be nice to get a confession though every now and then. Make the CPS's life a bit easier."