Nick couldn't erase the picture of the little girl's lifeless body. They were back at the station now and he could see the Linds in Olivia's office.

He watched Mary as Liv told her and her husband the news, first there was a little confusion, maybe she heard wrong, but then it sank in.

Her daughter was gone.

Nick had to look away as he heard Fin's voice.

"I went over everything again" he told Nick "but he owns nothing"

"We have to find him, who knows if…" but Nick didn't want to finish the sentence.

Olivia walked out of her office and walked over to Fin and Nick. No one said anything for a while, it was useless to ask how they took it, it was obvious.

"She wanted to talk to him again but…" Olivia said.

"He refuses to talk" Nick completed the sentence, they'd tried talking to him, he seemed pleased with the fact the little girl was gone, the coroner still didn't have the cause of death but they figured he killed her.

But what about her brother? There was no sign of him. And Andrew didn't talk about him, he even refused to talk to Mary about him.

"She thinks he's alive" Olivia shared what Mrs. Lind had said "but I really don't know" she added.

Fin turned his head as he saw a familiar face "Amanda" he got up and both Nick and Olivia turned their heads.

"Hey" she smiled and gave Fin a hug.

"Is everything alright?" Nick asked, a bit worried, maybe there was something with the baby.

"How are you doing Amanda?" Olivia asked "you look good"

"I'm fine" she smiled "I just came by to talk to Nick for a moment, is that ok?"

"Sure" Olivia smiled "of course"

"Come on" Nick said and led Amanda to the bunks "you're ok?" he whispered.

Fin smiled at Olivia "you think this baby is going too be born here?" she chuckled a little.

"What's going on?" Nick asked when they got to the room. Amanda sat down on one of the bunks and gestured on it so he would sit next to her. She smiled at him as he did.

"Everything is fine" she reassured him, he looked so stressed "I just wanted to see you, I heard about the case and I wanted to check up on you" she caressed his cheek a little.

He smiled at her and gently caught her hand in his. It was good to see her.

"Thank you" he said and kissed her softly. He put one hand on her belly and caressed her arm with the other, just looking into her eyes. For a moment he forgot where he was.

"Tell me what's going on?" she asked him and Nick briefed her about the case,

"So it's about revenge?"

"I guess so" he shrugged "he got what he wanted and now he's not talking at all"

"Maybe he wants something more" she suggested, moving a little on the bed, she was pretty uncomfortable sitting. But she was very uncomfortable standing and laying as well.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"He wants revenge because he wants a baby"

"You think he wants a baby?" raising his eyebrows a little.

"He thinks she took his child from him, so he took hers from her but maybe he still wants a baby" she tried to explain.

"Well, he has the little boy" Nick sighed "we have no idea where he is, Andrew has no family, no friends we know of, nothing that might help us" he sighed again "he just wants to torture the mother by not telling her"

They were quiet for a while, his hand was resting on hers, but they both just stared at the floor.

"What if I try?" she asked quietly.

"What?" Nick asked, he wasn't sure he heard her.

"What if I try to talk to him, if it's about a baby…"

Nick's eyes widened a bit "you want to talk to him?"

She nodded "right now he's in charge, but it might throw him off"

"Because you're pregnant?" he asked, he had a skeptical look on his face and he got up from the bed so he didn't see her nod.

"Amanda…" he said, turning to look at her, he held out his hand since it looked as if she wanted to get up.

She smiled at him and grabbed his hand. She didn't let go even after she was on her feet "Nick" she said "I'll be careful, trust me"

"It's not you I have a problem with" he told her.

Olivia thought it could be a good idea, they didn't have other options at the moment and they were running out of time.

Amanda held her phone next to her ear and opened the door to the interrogation room.

"I'll be there soon" she said, pretending there was someone on the other side "I think I left that stupid file here, I'll call you" she hang up and put the phone in her pocket.

"Oh, sorry" she said, trying to look surprised to see someone sitting there "I had no idea someone was here" she looked around a little "damn it" she whispered and sat on the chair covering her face with her hands.

Andrew just looked at her without talking.

After a while she started looking around again, searching for something.

"I don't think there are any files here" he smiled.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it" she said, a bit louder this time "pregnancy brain" she smiled a little and he smiled back.

"Crap" she added quietly and took a deep breath.

"Maybe you should retrace your steps" he suggested, his eyes running over her, she pretended like she didn't notice.

"Yeah…" she agreed.

"Maybe some other detective took it" he said.

"These detectives…" she chuckled.

"You're not one?" his voice sounded intrigued.

"Oh no" she answered "I'm a secretary here and I had this report I printed and I put it in the wrong file and I can't find the file" she mumbled a little.

"Pregnancy brain" he repeated what she said just a few minutes ago "you know what you're having?" he added.

"A boy or a girl" she let out a laugh and he joined, as if it was the funniest thing he heard in a while.

"Makes sense" he said after his laughter died down.

"I don't know which though" she told him "it's going to be a surprise"

"I love surprises" he smiled at her.

"Why are you here?" she asked after a couple of seconds of silence "I know you don't work here"

"I don't" he smiled again.

She got up and moved a little closer to him so she could face him "what did you do?" she tried to sound curious and added a smile.

"Nothing" he answered "I'm innocent"

"All the guilty ones say it" her voice was a little flirtatious now, she needed to distract him.

"What do the innocent say?" he asked.

"The same thing" she smiled.

"So how can you tell?"

"Well it's a good thing I don't have to tell" he laughed at her answer.

"The truth is" she got even closer, but not close enough for him to touch her, one of his hands was cuffed to the table "I know why you're here" she smiled.

"Oh" he said.

"You took that baby, didn't you?" she asked, her fingers playing a little on the desk. He didn't talk so she continued "did you do it?" she asked again.

"What do you think?"

"I think that I don't know" she answered.

"So you thought you'd see for your self, ask me if I did?"

"Yes" she smiled, walking over to him "I was curious" she smiled.

"Curiosity killed the cat" his eyes were on her belly now.

"They say you took him, is he yours?" she asked and he nodded.

"He is mine" he said just a couple of seconds later and his eyes moved back to her face.

"And the husband?" she wondered.

"The husband is not always the father" he grinned at her and she chuckled.

"You're right" she was standing very close now, if she would have though about Nick at the moment she would have known he was probably pacing around, angry, worried. But Amanda was focused on finding out where the little boy was.

She could tell he had a hard time focusing on her face, his eyes moving to her belly every couple of seconds, so she put her hand on it, and his eyes focused on her hand now.

They were both silent for a little while, he seemed almost hypnotized by her hand, now rubbing the belly a little.

"Where is he?" she asked softly.

He extended his hand, but she didn't flinch since she knew he could not each her.

"Tell me" she requested.

"Let me feel it' he whispered, he seemed a little lost now, didn't even bother to look at her eyes when she spoke.

"Tell me first" she replied "then"

"Promise?" he sounded a bit desperate and Amanda felt a little uncomfortable but she wasn't going to stop now.

"Yes" she nodded, but of course he only heard her.

He gave her an answer, and once he did she backed away quickly.

"You lied" he said, looking at her.

"Yes" she said, something in him didn't look so surprised, was he telling the truth? Was it a trap?

She walked out of the room to see only Olivia there, everyone else went there.

"I'll get you a ride home" Olivia said and Amanda nodded.

Nick didn't want to bother Amanda. She was asleep when he got home and he knew how hard it was for her to fall asleep.

It's not like he had good news.

The boy was there, but again, it was too late.

Mary couldn't take it and collapsed in Olivia's office and the paramedics took her to the hospital. Nick really wanted to beat the life out of Andrew, but Olivia told him to go home, he could do the paper work tomorrow.

He watched her for a while, her chest moving up and down. A while turned into more and he knew he had to take a shower and go to sleep. He had a long day ahead of him, but at least it was Friday, he needed the weekend to come.

They'd spent most of Saturday at home, except for taking Frannie for her walks.

"I'm going to the doctor on Monday" she told him "I think she wants to schedule a C-section"

"On Monday?" he asked.

"The C-section is not going to be on Monday, but soon probably, I can't believe he is going to be here soon"

"Me too" he kissed her shoulder.

"I'm so scared"

"Yeah?" he smiled at her.

"What kind of mom am I going to be?"

"The best kind" he said and she smiled at him "and he has a pretty good dad as a back up"

"He's already screwed" her lips touched his and she felt his smile.

"I'm scared too" he said once their lips separated "I think it's a good thing"

"As long as we love him, it's going to be fine" she sounded so confident all of the sudden.

"We will always love him, and I will always love you" he leaned for another kiss.

She went to bed pretty early as she was tired and he joined her a little while later.

"Nick" he heard something and then felt a hand on his chest, he was tired, having slept for a couple of hours.

"Yeah" he mumbled, still half asleep.

"I think it's time" she said and having heard that he sat in the bed, wide awake.

"It's time?" he smiled at her and she nodded.

He got up and helped her get up as well. She didn't need his help getting dressed so he put on his clothes quickly and grabbed the bag that's been waiting near the door for the last few weeks.

"Ready?" he asked and she shook her head but smiled at him. He grabbed her hand and kissed her palm.

It was still dark outside, but Nick wasn't sure what time it was, nor did he care. The only two things on his mind right now were the woman in the bed and the little boy in her arms, a brand new baby boy, just a few hours old.

The ride to the hospital was short, he turned on the siren, Amanda was in pain and it was hard to see her suffer, but he also knew that's how it worked.

Everything after that was a blur. He remembered parking the car, and Amanda being calm between the contractions, he sat down next to her and the doctor came into the room with a smile, told them there is no need for a C-section and the baby is on his way. Amanda had a contraction just then and said something like tell him to get here already.

About three hours later he showed up.

Now they were in Amanda's room looking at him. They'd decided not to call anyone yet, many people were excited about the baby, but they needed sometime alone, this was their moment and even though he knew his mom would be upset he didn't call her right away, he wanted to be with Amanda and the baby alone.

"He's so small" she whispered and smiled at Nick.

"He's perfect" he said.

"Yes he is" she looked at him again, a huge smile on her face "you are our perfect boy" she whispered to the baby.

They were both very tired but they didn't care.

"We need a name now" he said, kissing her shoulder and gently caressing the baby's bald scalp. They talked about it a long time ago, but both decided to meet him first. Now he was here and it was time.

"He looks like an Ethan" she said.

Nick looked at him for a while and smiled "he does look like an Ethan" he agreed, once he heard her say it – it felt right, as if there was no other name for that little boy.

"It means strong you know" Amanda said and Nick nodded "I love it, I love him" she suddenly had tears in her eyes, all of the sudden she felt so much love for the little creature in her arms, the little boy she created with the man she loved.

Nick wiped the tears running down her cheek, he knew they were tears of joy. He was happy too, there will be tough times, but he will always have his children and Amanda and there was nothing else he wanted or needed. He kissed Amanda's cheek and she handed Ethan to him.

Never in Amanda's life has she felt so much love, she loved and she was loved. She had a family and she knew they will be perfectly happy.

This was the end of the "everything and nothing trilogy" hoped you like this story and all of the others.