"Shhhhh, Ophie Shhhhh…" she whispered to her baby. It wasn't working very well because the bullpen was full of noisy detectives who just wanted to hold the baby.

She gave them all a death stare. "Come on guys! I swear you can all hold the baby once you find Rick" she said.

"Come on Kate!" they all whined.

She simply shook her head. "Get back to work." They all turned around and slowly walked back to their desks.

Ophelia was only three days old and she had literally just been realised from hospital. Kate didn't even bother to go home; she just drove straight to the precinct.

"Mrs Castle" Victoria yelled. "Please come see me in my office."

'Crap' Kate thought to herself before walking off to visit Gate's.

"Yes sir?" she asked.

"Kate I told you that you can't bring Ophelia in here, not while she's this young. In a few months yes but right now it's unacceptable."

Kate frowned and sat down in front of Victoria's desk. "Sorry sir, I haven't been home yet I was just wondering if any new leads had come up?"

"I know detective and I'm not going to tell you because you need to go home and get some rest. If we find Rick I will call you, or let him call you himself, okay?" Victoria had a sincere look in her eyes. She couldn't imagine what it would be like for a mother who has just given birth without her husband and not knowing if she would ever get to see him again, or if her child was going to have a father. "I called Lanie to come pick you up. She is going to keep you company for the next couple of days. First though I think you should let me hold baby Ophelia" she smiled.

"Yeah sure" Kate answered and both ladies got up and walked to each other before Kate handed over her baby to her Captain.

Javier and Kevin Burst through the doors.

"OPHELIA!" they both exclaimed and ran to the baby's side. They fought with each other for who got to hold her next.

"I think Uncle Javier and Uncle Kevin are a bit excited" she chuckled.

"That's an understatement" Javier smiled.

Espo got to hold Ophelia first. His argument was that Ryan had his own baby that he could hold whenever he wanted so it was only fair that the man without a child got to go first. He only got to hold her for two minutes before she was torn out of his arms by Ryan.

"Guys I've got to go" she said and took Ophelia away from Ryan which left a sad look on his face. She then looked over to Espo and said, "Your fiancé is here."

Kate walked off through the precinct and met Lanie at the elevators. She removed Ophelia out of Kate's arms and cradled her in her own. The way that Lanie looked at Ophelia almost brought tears to Kate's eyes. Lanie was in love. She was in love with her daughter and she couldn't be happier about it. The only thing that could make her happier if that was Rick's face looking down on their newborn but that didn't look like it was happening anytime soon.