Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance, Family, Humor

Rating: M for sexual situations and language

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: It was great getting the feedback I did for the last chapter so will go right to my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (It was nice that you liked the build up to the game, lol, I wanted a little bit of time before that started. And great you liked too that Beckett, Martha and the girls were behind Castle as he played, couldn't see them not being supportive of course. I was glad you liked that I brought Martha in during the chapter and that you thought it was interesting too which of course I wanted it to be! I was pleased seeing you thought there was good writing in the chapter. And great you thought I kept it real when Castle got hit and his family was concerned, I definitely had to make them that way since of course they all love each other and wouldn't want to see each other get hurt but I am happy you liked that and mentioned it too!) and
vetgirlmx (It was great to see of course that you thought it was a very nice chapter. I did laugh when you mentioned Castle in a polo uniform since I remember you mentioning that before, lol, so I'll guess that was part of why it was very nice. And I actually got the name Blanket from a book I have, it was the same type of horse- it took place in the 1870s- and I liked it because it refers to the pattern on the horse's back. And I'm not surprised you caught that it was weird having Meredith there for all of them after the encounter they had with her the day before. And I was really pleased to see you enjoyed that Meredith started getting a twitch when she saw Castle and Beckett kissing after the goals. I wasn't surprised that you were glad Martha saw that since you said you think she probably has some insight about that. Also not surprised you don't want to try to guess about why she's there and are thinking it's probably nothing good as you said. I'm very glad you liked the game and the flashback too. You're right as I have mostly mentioned the games but never really mentioned them, so pleased to read that you thought it was really nice. Also not surprised that you thought it was too bad they had to discover a body while they were still there at the polo fields, plus it being worse that it was someone they knew. Not a surprise you mentioned the girls getting out of there before the body was found, I figured readers would think that. And you made a good point about the polo fields being a good place for the killer to murder the vic at that place since it was crowded and people had the game to watch. And not surprised you're thinking you and the other readers will see but I am very happy that you can't wait to do that and now you don't need to wait to see anymore!).
Thanks so much for the reviews, I loved reading them and appreciate the time taken to write them and send them to me!

A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Beware My Love by Paul and Linda McCartney, from the Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound.

Leave My Message

"You two have great luck," Brad said as he was looking down at the body. He sighed and asked, "What do you think?"

"An injection," Castle commented. "We took a closer look and we can see the bruising that's forming on her neck."

"During the game," Brad said.

"What?" Beckett said, looking at him.

"She was killed during the game," Brad replied.

"How would you know?" Castle said slowly, looking at his friend, startled.

"This," Brad said as he held up a piece of paper. "Was about to look at it when David came to get me so I have no idea what's on it."

"And it's from Eileen?" Beckett asked after she and her husband had shared a look.

Before the chief could reply the ME was entering and Thayer said, "Oh, you two. What've you got?"

"She was killed by an injection," Beckett said.

"I can see that," Thayer replied after putting on a pair of glasses. "Yes, it is," he murmured. "Well I may have to keep looking to see if this is it but it's a strong likelihood," he directed to the chief. "Is everything in this room as it was when you found the body?"

"We didn't find her," Theo said, at the entrance.

"She fell out of the closet there," David added.

"She just fell out?" Brad asked.

"The door was slightly open and she eventually just fell out," Jason said.

"And you guys didn't think the open door was strange?" Brad asked them.

"No, the janitor has left it open before," Castle answered before the other members of his team could say anything. "Not fully open but enough to notice it."

"For a few seconds," Jason added.

"Did any of you walk by it?" Beckett asked the three men.

"I did," Theo answered.

"And how long after that did the body fall out?" Brad said.

"Not that long… half a minute," Theo said, looking at his two other teammates.

"Around that," Jason confirmed.

"Okay," Brad said. "You three will need to speak to my officers about the time from when you entered this building to the point that the body fell out. Castle, Beckett?"

Going outside with the others Beckett murmured, as they waited for Brad to get things set with the other men, "Are we investigating?"

"I think we should," Castle said, looking at her. He then said, "Did you not want to?"

"No, I do. I just wish this hadn't happened on a Sunday," Beckett replied.

"Well," Castle said slowly. "If we're asked I need to take a shower and change." He then gestured to the building and said, "And I can't really do that here."

"It would give Thayer time for the autopsy," Beckett said. "And CSU to go through the place. But we do need to look at that note at least before we go."

With a nod Castle watched as Brad walked up to them and he asked immediately, "Are we in or going home?"

"In, David let me know you were teammates with her Kate," the chief replied.

"Former," Beckett said. "But we did keep in touch with her and her wife," she added.

"Okay, you should know it is up to you," Brad said.

"We'll help out," Beckett said, knowing her husband was looking at her to answer. "We'd like to know who the killer is as well."

"So what about the note?" Castle asked.

"Hutchinson gave me this during lunch," Brad said, holding up the paper once he'd fished it out of his coat pocket. "She said our vic gave her it while the game was still going on… actually during half time close to the field."

"You described her?" Beckett asked.

"I did, she knew she was a woman though," Brad said slowly.

"She saw her so… instinct?" Castle said.

"She wouldn't know Eileen," Brad stated.

"Not as far as we know," Beckett said.

"Now you might want to open that note," Castle told his friend.

With a nod Brad unfolded the paper before he paused and then looked at the man saying, "You-"

"I'm guessing," Castle replied, motioning for him to continue.

Brad finished opening up the paper and he said, "You're right. And it's for you."

Beckett looked at him in surprise but took the note before she read it out loud, "Red Pier Lane, 2010, Report 614677."

"What does that mean?" Castle asked, reading over her shoulder and seeing the victim had written his wife's name at the top.

"I have no idea," Brad said. "But the first part is a street name of course and one we've heard of."

"I know," Beckett said, nodding. "This isn't a report though, not a police report anyways."

"The number looks right," Castle said.

"We'll look into it, let me take that," Brad told him after getting a bag and tucking the note into it. "I'm heading back to the station but you need to head home Rick."

"I don't smell that bad," Castle said before he sniffed at his shirt jokingly.

"No but I can guess as I know you do that after your games," Brad replied. "So go and I'll see you down at the station."

Thanking him Castle took his wife's hand and squeezed it before they went together over to the car in the parking lot. He drove them home quickly before they were pulling into the garage. He wasn't surprised when the door to the house opened and the girls soon after appeared with his mother behind them. "I guess we better tell them," he said.

"I think so," Beckett replied with a smile before they got out of the car at the same time to speak to their family.

"You have a case," Julia said as soon as her parents had closed the doors. When they froze she smiled and said, "I just knew."

"Well, you're right," Beckett said, glancing at her husband.

"How come you came home?" Eliza asked as they walked into the house.

"Because I need to take a shower and change into clothes," Castle said before he paused mid-step and turned to his wife.

"Was that where the victim was?" Julia asked, looking between her parents.

"Yeah it was," Castle said, not surprised she was able to guess. "But it doesn't matter. We're going to have to work on it so we'll have to go."

"While I'm waiting for him," Beckett said to the girls. "Why don't we do something?"

"Like what?" Julia asked though she wanted to hear more about her parents' case.

"Why don't you work on one of your kits?" Beckett asked them. "And I can get started on it with you."

"I'll be back," Castle told his wife and he kissed her cheek gently before he left, hurrying upstairs to head to the shower.

"Which one?" Eliza was asking.

"Pick one," Beckett urged them.

"When do you have to go back?" Julia asked her mother.

"Pick something," Beckett urged her.

Nodding Julia went over with her sister to the cabinet next to the one where the games were. She looked around at the different activity kits before she spotted a new box and pointed it out to Eliza saying, "That one?"

Turning her head to look at it the little girl nodded and said, "Yeah, let's get that one."

Julia laughed softly before she picked up the box saying to their mother, "We want to try this one."

"Alright," Beckett said, not surprised that it was one the girl herself had bought the week before. "I don't think you really need me to help you."

"Yes, we do," Julia said first.

"Yeah," Eliza agreed. "Make something with us Mommy."

"Alright," Beckett said before looking for her mother in law. She didn't see her and guessed that Martha had gone to get a drink before she turned her attention to her daughters who were taking the spin art kit out of its box.

"Wow, look at the paints," Eliza breathed. "I'm happy you bought this," she told her sister.

"Me too," Julia replied. "Who goes first?" she asked her mother.

"You, it's your kit," Beckett said.

"Okay," Julia said slowly. "You can go after," she told her sister. At first, she felt a little guilty at being so excited to go first but when Eliza nodded she felt a little better. She then turned to their mother, watching her reading the directions and she said, "Is it gonna be really hard?"

"No," Beckett said, smiling at her. "It's for eight and older so it shouldn't be too hard for you."

"But I'm not eight," Eliza said with a frown. "Or plus."

"That means older," Julia told her.

"It's alright, you won't be doing it on your own," Beckett said. "Okay," she said, folding the instructions. "It's very simple. You put the paper inside the holder and turn it on, once it starts to spin then you can use the paint at different spots. Do you know what colors you want?"

Julia nodded and pulled out a dark blue, dark green, light blue and pale yellow from the collection of paints. "These," she told her mother when she was finished.

"Good choices," Beckett told her. "Let's start this up and then we'll see what you can do."

With a nod Julia watched as the paper in its holder spun rapidly and she picked up the dark blue paint before she then squeezed the paint down onto the paper, her mother warning her not to put too much on it. She was careful and smiled when just enough went around in a circle, looking at her mother and sister.

"What are we doing?" Martha asked as she came into the room.

"We're making art spin," Eliza said first.

"Really?" Martha asked, sitting with them.

"It is," Beckett said. "Julia bought this last week."

"With my own money," the girl said, smiling up at the quickly.

"Wonderful, let's see what you made," Martha replied as she sat on the couch.

"I have one more Gram," Julia said. She squeezed the last color; the yellow; very carefully in the middle and let the paper spin for a while before she nodded saying, "I'm done."

"Okay," Beckett said, turning off the machine. She let Julia take her artwork out and said with a smile, "It looks beautiful."

"Really?" Julia asked.

"Yeah," Eliza said. "Those are the prettiest colors ever."

"Thanks," Julia said, hugging her sister with one arm. "Pick your colors now."

Eliza nodded and then began to get her colors, using the same pale blue her sister had before she picked out a green and then a pink before she nodded to her mother.

"Are you ready?" Beckett asked her.

"Can you help me Mommy?" Eliza said. "For the first one?"

"Okay," Beckett replied with a nod before she held her daughter's hand with the bottle in it. She guided her hand then before she helped her squeeze, guiding her there too. "Good?" she asked with a smile.

"Yeah," Eliza nodded before she then began to use the other paints on her own.

"You guys found something to do?" Castle asked as he walked in.

"They're making art," Martha told her son.

"Are you ready?" Beckett asked him.

"We don't need to leave just yet," Castle replied as he went to sit next to her. "Have you heard from Brad at all?"

Beckett shook her head and then turned her attention to their youngest as she was saying that she had finished. "Very nice," she said with a smile after she'd helped Eliza take the picture out.

"What do you think Daddy?" the little girl asked with a smile.

"I think it looks great," Castle told her, nodding his head seriously. "Did you make one?" he directed to Julia.

"Yeah," she replied with a smile, showing her picture to her father.

"This one is great too," Castle said. "I like the colors you picked out."

"Me too," Julia said with a nod. She heard her father's phone ringing with the sound of a text and she said, "I think you need to go now."

"Me too," Castle said as he got it out of his pocket. "It's Brad, we better go love."

"Alright, have fun with your gram, we'll see you as soon as we get home," Beckett said, leaning over to hug Eliza.

"Are you gonna be late?" the little girl asked.

"We'll try not to be," Castle said as he hugged her then. "I'll let you know when we're on our way back," he directed to his mother.

"Alright, be careful," Martha said.

"We will," Castle said before he embraced Julia after his wife had done so.

Watching them go the girl then looked at her grandmother and sister before she said, "Can I go outside?"

"Don't you want to make more art?" Martha asked. "I believe your sister does."

"No, I want to go outside," Julia replied.

"I want to do more," Eliza protested.

"I can go out by myself," Julia said.

"Will you stay on the grass?" Martha asked.

"Yeah, I will," Julia promised. "And I'll take Macca with me."

"Take Rita as well," Martha said. "Come back in at three unless I call you in first." When her granddaughter nodded and then left she watched her go before Eliza was tugging her sleeve. "What is it kiddo?" she asked.

"Is Jules kay?" Eliza asked.

"She's fine, I think she wanted to help your parents with their case," Martha said. She then quickly distracted the little girl, helping her in getting some more paint colors to use for another picture.

Outside in the back Julia watched the dogs race ahead of her, keeping her eye on them in case they were going to try and go down to the water. But they soon stopped and made their way back to her. She sat at the edge of the grass and when they did the same on either side of her she smiled and said, "You wanted to go too huh?" She laughed softly when Macca licked at her cheek and she hugged him before she felt Rita's paws on her legs and she turned to her. "I didn't forget you," she told the dog, hugging it tightly. When she'd sat up straight she said, "I guess I shouldn't complain, I can play now."

Startled when Macca began to bark Julia looked down to the beach before she saw her friend there. "Mari?" she said as she walked up to her.

"Hi, I was gonna ask you to come over," Mari replied with a smile. "Are your parents inside?"

"Nope; they had a case," Julia said after shaking her head. She frowned before saying, "Is your dad back home?"

"No but Mommy said… oh, I think that's why he's not home yet," Mari started to say before she then realized why.

"Maybe," Julia said. "Let me go ask my gram if I can go over there."

"You still want to?" Mari asked in surprise.

"Yeah," Julia said before she stopped suddenly. They both looked up at the sky and cried out as it began to rain. "Come on!" she cried, grabbing her friend's hand and pulling her up to the stairs.

"Oh, hello Mari," Martha said when she opened the door for the girls and dogs. "To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"

"I came to ask Julia over to play a little bit," Mari said with a smile.

"Well I'm sure you want to go," Martha said, looking at her granddaughter who was then nodding her head rapidly. "And I think your parents would be fine with it but you two need an umbrella. And no coat Mari?"

Smiling a little sheepishly the little girl said, "I told my mom that I could go really fast."

"I would guess she wasn't too happy, come on and we'll let you borrow one of Julia's," Martha said, leading the three girls over to the foyer. "Here you are," she said, handing the little girl a coat. "And you as well Julia, here's the umbrella."

Once they were ready Julia took the umbrella and went out onto the porch before she said, "What time do I need to come home?"

"I'll call you," Martha said. "You have your phone, right?"

"Yep," Julia said simply, showing it to her. "Have fun Lizzy."

"I am," Eliza said, waving her paint stained hand. "I'm gonna make sharks with Gram now."

"We'll be coloring her shark ornaments," Martha explained slightly laughingly to the girls who looked confused.

"Oh, have fun," Julia said, waving to her little sister and stepping out onto the gravel with her arm around Mari so they could stick together under the umbrella. They walked out and then to the Foster home where her friend knocked on the door.

"Marianne… oh you have Julia," Rebecca started to say when she saw her daughter and then Julia. "Did you get wet?"

"No, we ran inside before it was raining too hard," Julia said first.

"At least you had an umbrella to come here," Rebecca commented.

"Is Daddy back yet?" Mari asked hopefully.

"Not yet, he texted me that he needed to go into his office-" Rebecca began as she was helping them with their coats.

"No, he's doing something with Rick and Kate's case," Mari interrupted her. When her mother looked at her in surprise she said, "Julia told me."

"Oh… well he was…" Rebecca tried to say.

"I think I know," Julia commented, not surprised when the two looked at her. "He found the body?"

"I… sort… of," Rebecca said slowly.

"So is he working on the case now?" Mari asked her mother.

"No, he just needs to give a statement and then as mayor tell Brad it's okay for your parents to be there Julia," Rebecca told them.

"We'll be in my room Mommy," Mari then said, taking her friend's hand. They rushed upstairs and once they were on her bed she asked, "What was my mom talking about?"

"I don't know… maybe they were surprised by the body," Julia said slowly.

"What is it?" Mari asked, trying not to get frustrated by how slow she was talking then; as her mother had done.

"I've been into where you change on the girls' side," Julia explained. "There's a closet where they keep the stuff to clean up everything so maybe it was there and it fell out. Or it was in the attic and fell out."

"I don't think it has an attic," Mari told her.

"Then something like that," Julia said, shrugging. She lay back on the bed and said, "I was gonna ask to go help."

"You know your parents wouldn't let you," Mari said. "And would you want to do that?"

Julia made a face before she sighed and then told her, "I guess not but I wish they wouldn't get a case on a Sunday."

"Aren't they going to be gone next Sunday?" Mari asked.

"That's different, that's my mom's birthday," Julia said, sitting up to look at her. She then smiled and said, "At least our dads got to play their game without them getting the case."
"I know," Mari said with a nod. "My dad wouldn't have been happy if they had to stop." She looked around her room before she asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Let's play a game on your computer," Julia suggested.

"Okay," Mari said, getting up with her. "Which one?"

"Which ones do you have?" Julia asked as they were soon both sitting down.

"I have this one that's new, you have to build different places and do different stuff," Mari answered.

There was a knock on the door and Julia looked over with her friend as Rebecca stuck her head inside.

"Is Daddy back?" Mari asked hopefully.

"He is," Rebecca said with a smile. "But he's taking a shower right now so he'll come to see you."

After Mari nodded she turned to Julia and said, "Maybe we should do something else."

"You don't want me to go home? That way you can be with your daddy," Julia suggested.

"That's okay, I'll see my daddy after," Mari said. "Well, do anything with him."

"Okay, what do you want to do?" Julia asked. "We can practice you know."

"We already did that," Mari said, laughing a little. "We're gonna do that tomorrow anyways."

Nodding Julia watched her friend go over to her closet to look at the games she had, remembering the last time she had been with her partner and friend to practice their trio dance outside of class which had been two days before at her home.


"Do you three need music?" Beckett asked her daughter as she sat down on a chair in the parlor.

"Do you think we should try first without it?" Peter was asking the two.

"Maybe… why don't we start and if we can't then we can just use music," Julia suggested to them.

Watching the three nodding at each other Beckett smiled at her husband and then looked on as they began to dance. But she wasn't too surprised when they quickly stopped and then looked at one another. "You need the music?" she asked them with another smile.

"I think so," Mari said.

"Okay, ready?" Castle asked as he was using his phone.

When the three nodded and the song was beginning Beckett watched them starting their dance with the two girls dancing together first. When Peter stepped in she was impressed they could work together well before Mari slipped a little.

"Ugh, I can never get that!" the girl said with a sigh.

"Maybe don't go so fast," Peter suggested.

"Should we try it again?" Mari asked them.

"Why don't you try those steps on their own?" Julia suggested. "That way you can work on them. And I'll do the steps with you," she added in case her friend would be too embarrassed to do that on her own.

"Do you need the music for it?" Castle asked them.

"No, better if we just do the steps," Julia said, standing next to Mari. She saw that her partner was standing with them and she said, "Are you gonna do it too?"

"Better if I do that," Peter replied

With a nod Julia counted the steps like their teacher did and they began to move. They tried it slowly all together at first before they were stopping and she said, "Faster?"

"You mean normal?" Peter said.

Mari laughed and said, "I'm ready."

"Okay," Julia said before counting once more. They moved at the same speed they would need to during the actual dance. She kept an eye on her friend before they stopped and she said, "Better, just remember don't run in the dance."

Mari laughed softly and said, "Okay, let's try that again so I have it right!"

With that the three got back to where they would need to stand before they began to practice the dance from the top once more.


"I don't know if I see any game I want to play," Mari said, not realizing she was interrupting her friend's reminiscing. She looked over her games once more and not seeing anything she paused as an idea came to her.

"What?" Julia asked as her friend turned to look at her.

"Why don't we write?" Mari asked.

"Write?" Julia said, startled. She then said, "Write what?"

"You said you had an idea for two ladies to look at cases," Mari said. "We should write what your parents' is gonna be like but for those two ladies."

Julia was going to protest at first before she said, "You really want to do that?"

"Yeah don't you?" Mari asked.

"Okay then we should get some paper and pencils," Julia said. "Mari?" she asked while she watched her friend doing that.

"What?" Mari said, looking back at her.

"I don't know if anything's gonna happen with what we write though," Julia told her.

"That's okay, this is for fun," Mari replied.

Julia smiled and then said; as her friend brought over her lap desk to the bed; "Maybe I should write."

"Oh… maybe you should," Mari said after she paused. "You have much better writing."

Nodding her head once she had the pencil in hand Julia said, "What should we start with though?"

"Um… what do you think?" Mari said after thinking about that for a moment.

Julia tried not to giggle before she said, "Let's write when they're talking about a person they think did it."

"How are you gonna write that?" Mari asked.

"They just guess," Julia said. When her friend looked at her in confusion she explained, "I've heard my parents before."

"Okay, what are their names?" Mari said interestedly.

"I keep changing them, I don't know for sure," Julia said.

"How about… Rose and May?" Mari suggested.

"Those are the names of people we know," Julia protested.

"Then keep Rose but call the other lady… Evelyn," Mari said.

"Okay," Julia said with a nod. She then began to write and said, "Do you want me to say what I'm writing?"

"No that's okay," Mari said before she realized her friend had stopped writing. "What now?"

"Aren't you supposed to write with me?" Julia asked her.

"I don't know if I can," Mari admitted. When her friend looked her in confusion she then said, "I just wanted to see you write."

"Oh," Julia said. "It's nothing special."

"But I still want to see," Mari assured her earnestly.

"Okay," Julia said before she thought for a moment. After doing so she then began to write on the piece of paper that she had in front of her again and kept going for a little more until she stopped.

"That's it?" Mari asked, surprised.

"Yeah, not much I can put since I only know from when my parents talk at home," Julia replied. "Okay, here it is," she said as she held the paper up. "'If they were going to hurt someone maybe they should have used a better weapon,' Rose said. 'But if they did then maybe there wouldn't be a case,' Evelyn said. The two looked at their murder board together before they shook their heads and sat at their desks across from one another to look at the name they had." She sighed and then said, "It doesn't sound right."

"Well you are only ten and you don't work with the police," Mari said reassuringly. "I think it was good what you had there."

"Thanks," Julia said. "Why don't we play a game now?"

"Yes," Mari said with a smile at her before they then turned their attention to the games that she had there in the room.

The two were playing Mastermind when there was a knock on the door and they turned to it to find it was David that time.

"Hey, you two," the man said, smiling as his daughter rushed to him. He embraced her and said, "Hey Julia."

"Hi, did you see my parents at the station?" Julia asked.

"I did, I got a text from Rebecca that you were here and they don't mind," David replied.

"Thanks," Julia replied. She then smiled a little and said, "You're not working on the case."
Since his wife had also told him about Julia's guess David soon said, "No, I'm not really all that qualified to do that. That's what your parents are for."

"Are they okay?" Julia couldn't help asking.

"Oh, they're fine," David assured her. "Just getting started on the case when I left them."

"When are they going to finish?" Mari asked.

"I have no idea," David replied, shaking his head. "It depends on what happens while they're working on it. So, what're you two doing?"

"Playing Mastermind," Mari said first. "Wanna play?"

"Why don't we go down and play with your mom? She's all alone with Dani," David told her.

"That sounds good to me," Julia said with a smile as Mari turned to her. She followed them when they went downstairs, not realizing that her friend had grabbed the piece of paper she had written on until the game was on the coffee table there. "Mari," she said in protest when she saw it.

"What's what?" Rebecca asked.

"Julia wrote a little bit," Mari told her parents, handing it to her mother.

"Interesting," David said, reading over his wife's shoulder. "You should show that to your parents."

"They've seen my writing before," Julia replied with a smile.

"They'll want to see this too I'm sure," Rebecca replied. "Alright, let's go ahead and play before we lose any more time."

The girls laughed and together they began to hurry to get ready to play the next game.

"Alright, I am amazingly good at this game," David said once the board was ready. "So, I should let you all play first."

"Daddy," Mari said simply.

"We're not buying it Dave," Rebecca said to her husband with a smile. "Do you mind if they play together first?" she asked Julia.

"No," the girl said with a smile. "And then whoever wins plays the one who wins between us."

"Great idea," David said. "Let's get started." He took the pegs once his daughter had chosen the four he had to guess and he placed a blue peg, then a green, a red and a yellow. "Hmm," he said when Mari left all the pegs where they were. He then set down white, black, orange and green pegs before he watched her bring the white ahead. "Okay, now we're getting started," he said, playfully rubbing his hands together.

Watching them Julia smiled when eventually David was able to get the right combination in six guesses. Mari, after that, got it in eight and she said, "I think your mom and dad will play."

"You don't know that yet," Rebecca told her with a smile as she was putting down her color combination. But she wasn't surprised when in the end Julia was right and she said, "You did a good job still."

"Play Mommy, Daddy, I want to see!" Mari told them.

"Right now," David said.

The couple began to play, the three girls watching closely to see who would win before it ended up being Rebecca. They teased David; who accepted it good naturedly; and then set the game up once more so Julia and Mari could play as they began to tease each other.