Thank you very much for the reviews! Sorry this chapter is shorter...

Sharon and Andy returned to work Monday morning after their long weekend, most of which was spent driving up and down the California coast. Both were glad for the visit; it reassured them that things were going as best as they could considering the situation. Now, though, both were having doubts about Erin and her intentions. Ricky's actions through all of this had not been good; they knew that, and they weren't excusing that, but they also couldn't discount that he may be right. Erin hadn't been around them most of the time they had been there. She had slept a lot, as Ricky said she did. The four had all eaten dinner together, but she mainly retreated to her room. When Sharon asked her about the baby, she gave facts, but otherwise remained quiet. They learned about her hospital tour and things that would happen when she did have the baby. She'd put on some weight, which was a relief, especially to Sharon. While still tiny, Erin at least looked more like someone closer to delivering than about halfway through a pregnancy. The baby seemed long; Erin was waddling around, all baby, and everyone could see she was uncomfortable. She'd had several ultrasounds, always refusing to find out the baby's gender. She had told Ricky that she didn't have much joy in her life right now, and waiting to find out if she was having a boy or a girl was getting her through this mess. Still, Sharon and Andy both noticed what Ricky had; Erin received a call after dinner, from a guy, and she quickly retreated to her room, where she stayed the rest of the night. They only saw here again briefly the next morning when they brought bagels by for breakfast before getting back on the road, and even then, they had to send Ricky upstairs to knock on her door and wake her. Neither felt comfortable just leaving without saying good-bye to her. They knew they might not see her again; getting back to San Francisco in the next six weeks before she was due was going to be hard.

Luckily for them, Monday was a quiet day at work. No murders, at least for their division. They needed the break; they were exhausted from the long drive. By lunchtime on Tuesday, both were starting to feel human again.

A knock on Sharon's door pulled her head up from staring down at time sheets and expense reports, but she didn't need to actually look up to know the knock. Apparently, the one knocking didn't need permission to enter. Sharon glanced up to see Andy already in her office, hands resting on the arm chairs in front of her desk.

"Lunch?" he asked, looking at his watch. "I'll go heat up those leftovers if you're ready to eat."

Sharon looked at her watch, "Oh gosh, sorry. Yes, it's definitely time to eat. I'm sorry I kept you waiting; you must be starving," she chuckled.

Andy just shrugged his shoulders, "Ahh, but the company I knew I'd have for lunch kept me going. I'll fix lunch and bring it back here."

The two chatted over lunch, trying to decide what they were going to fix for dinner, when Sharon's phone went off. She put her fork down and frowned as she looked at it.

"What?" Andy asked, finishing his bite.

"Ricky," Sharon stated, "He never calls during the day, and lately, neither of us have been at the top of his list of favorite people. Wonder what's up?" she asked as she answered the phone.

"Ricky, hi honey, what's up?" Sharon asked as she used her fork to poke through her salad.

"Mom!" Ricky yelled into the phone, out of breath, "It's Erin. She fell down the stairs at my place. I'd come home to get her for her doctor's appointment, and I was mad that she wasn't ready. I went upstairs to find her still sleeping, and we got into another argument about her not being ready. She threw on some clothes while I waited downstairs. I told her I only had a short window before I had to get back to work, and so she as rushing because of me. She started down the stairs, and she just fell. I don't know if she fainted or whatever, but she fell. Mom, there was so much blood!" he yelled into the phone.

"Ricky! Listen to me, are you at the hospital?" she asked, which caused Andy to look up from his lunch. He put his fork down, waiting for details.

"No! I'm following the ambulance. Oh, she wasn't conscious, and the one time I'm glad I live less than two miles from the hospital. She's in the ambulance; we should be there in another minute," he said panicked.

Sharon nodded, as she stood, to which Andy took that as a signal to start packing up their lunch, "Okay, we're on our way. Keep us posted, and we'll get there as soon as we can. It will be tonight, though, but we'll get there. Ricky, it's not your fault."

"Yeah, Mom, it is. You've been going on and on about doing the right thing and making sure she has a healthy kid, and I just caused her to fall."