"Wow, doctor Weinberg, what are you doing here?" Sara looked surprised when Jules stood in front of her. It was Wednesday, noon and her friend might were in her lunch break, but that wasn't long enough to drive to Angeles National Park and back in time.

"I have the afternoon off, my children are in daycare and I thought I have a look, what you are doing. After all we didn't see each other a lot the last days."

"Your doctor friends were more important than I was."

"Not true, you were welcome all the time."

"No thanks, I love my doc, the rest I don't want to see. Except for the cool cousin."

"Honey, you're so cute when you're jealous." Jules pulled Sara in her arms and kissed her cheeks softly. "I missed you. So did the kids."

"Am I interrupting anything?" Shane asked when he saw them hugging.

"Yes, you are." Jules said. "Come on Darling, we go for a walk, be alone."

"Oh doctor, you make me nervous." Sara took Jules's arm, blinked at Shane and left with Jules. "Tell me, what secrets do you want to tell me?"

"It's the other way around, it as always been in our relationship. You tell me all the things on your mind and I listen."

"Why not change roles? Tell me what brought you here?"

"Like I said, I have the afternoon off, the kids are at daycare and I liked the idea of being in the forest. The temperature is much nicer up here. Plus you are here and I really missed you and wanted to see you."

"Okay. What else?"

"You're a bad therapist."

"I'm not a therapist at all, I don't do active listening, I did interrogation."

"You know how active listening works. Try it again."

"If you don't stop with that I'll kiss you until you tell me why you're really here. Your husband will not like it when you come home with lipstick on your collar."

"You don't wear lipstick and you don't kiss me. Not like that. I saw the Amber alert. It was scary back then, they're much worse this time. In less than seventy-two hours they took three babies already and they will have more on their list."

"The FBI joined them."

"Greg told me so. Do you think they'll help?"

"It can't hurt to have more people focusing on the case. I personally never liked working with the FBI a lot."

"Why am I not surprised?"

"You know me too well after all these hours we spent alone." Sara took Jules's hand. "Greg and Sofia will find whoever is kidnapping the babies. They didn't win the last time, they won't lose again. You know our spouses, they're the best."

"I worry about Sofia, she's pregnant, the case is not only hard on her body with all the hours she works, it's also hard on her mind. I've been there, it can scare the hell out of you."

"Tell me about it. I'm so glad when we can leave to Tahoe."

"Me too. It's reason why I'm here. We didn't have a lot of time to prepare. I'm afraid our better halves are busy with catching kidnapper, we have to do the rest. Four children, six adults, two cars will get cozy."

"Two cars are impossible. We have two dogs too. Scooby and Rantanplan come with us, we can't leave them here, they're family."

"So three cars. One for the dogs in the trunk, one for all the buggies and other children stuff we can stuff in there and one for the luggage. Am I right when I assume you want your godchild with you?"

"Yes, Eric and Susan are in Sofia's - who will sit on the passenger seat the whole time - and my car. Same for the dogs."

"Greg and I take Jorja and Louise and the buggies with us. Are you sure Steve and Lea are fine driving the car up to Tahoe?"

"They have enough experience by now. They get the luggage."

"How comes Jenny is not coming with us?"

"Her parents didn't like the idea."

"While Lea's parents do?"

"They know us, they know Lea and Steve are best friends."

"So, we have the cars sort out, what about the rooms? Six bedrooms and four bathrooms for ten people."

"We put the little ones in one room the twins in another one, the rest of us get their own room. Steve and Lea can share a room, they often do that. This is not a normal vacation, we don't have to take things like sheets, towels or anything else because we'll get a deluxe villa. I wouldn't be surprise when we find the fridge fully stocked. With premium food because Lou wants to impress us."

"Sofia."

"I might have to call his girlfriend. She'll punch the crap out of him."

"Aren't you a grateful person? We take some food with us?"

"At least enough for the first day. And everything for Susan and Louise."

"I'm sure Lou thought about them too."

"Am I supposed to like him for that?"

"Yes."

"I don't."

"Oh Sara." Jules laughed. "He has a crush on your wife, you should the first one to understand him."

"My wife is mine."

"He won't take her away from you. Even when you weren't together, Sofia sent him away to be with you. He has no chances, never had. You were always her first choice. And I saw her marrying you, there is nobody else than you."

"I know. Jules, can I ask you a favor?"

"Honey, I'm your friend, of course you can."

"It's a professional favor. What do you think about Steve? Is he all right?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"I'm his mother, I worry."

"To me he looks like a very happy teenager. You do everything right."

"Good. I want him happy, he had enough bad years. How about my adopted daughter? What can I do to make her happy?"

"She needs a girlfriend."

"How do you…?" Sara stopped and sighed. "Why am I surprised?"

"I don't know, you forgot how perfect I am? Remember the time when I told you that Steve and Lea will never be more than friends and you'll find out one day."

"Why did you know about Lea being a lesbian?"

"Honey, it's my job."

"Right. Find Lea a girlfriend. Not that easy. Plus her parents are not exactly open-minded."

"She needs a secret girlfriend?"

"Yes. Sofia and I took her to scene cafes a few times, unfortunately we didn't find a nice GF. I want Lea happy too."

"Zoe made her sad."

"Yes she did."

"Lea will find somebody who makes her happy. We all do at one point."

"I hope so too. Maybe she'll meet somebody at Tahoe."

"A vacation flirt?"

"You never know." Sara cocked her head. "Do you want to be my vacation flirt?"

"No. I want to flirt with you more than one week. I want to be your long time flirt."

"Baby, if anybody can be my long time flirt, it's you." Sara smiled and blinked at Jules. Like the therapist was the only flirt Sara didn't have to hide because her wife didn't mind them flirting. Well, maybe not didn't mind, but she was okay with it. Most times.

Sofia was back in the lab with the evidence Juana had collected so far, the surveillance video and the credit card information. She was almost through the information and wrote down a list of people, who were at the supermarket around the time Conrad Javier was abducted.

"How busy are you?" She asked Lynn when her friend picked up the phone.

"Depends on what you want me to do."

"I've got a list of names of people, who were at the supermarket when Conrad was abducted and could use an officer by my side when I talk to them. In case one of them is the kidnapper. They have to shop too. Especially baby food."

"I'm on my way. Did you eat?"

"An apple and a banana."

"Add a salad sandwich and I don't nag you. Sara packed you some."

"How do you know?"

"I know your wife. Five minutes, eat, get ready."

"Thanks." Sofia wrote down the last name and gave the computer the order to put the names in the best order for them to visit their possible witnesses. She had only finished her last bite of the sandwich when Lynn came in the room.

"Good girl, did also drink enough water? It's hot outside."

"I was outside today, I know it's hot. Water is with me. We have two dozen names, I sent the list to the hotline, in case one of them comes forward." Sofia's cell phone rang. "Curtis." She listened, pulled the list out of her pocket and crossed off two names. "Thanks. Keep me posted." She put her cell phone away. "Two of the people on the list just came to the PD, I hope a few more come forward, makes our list shorter."

"Who is at the crime scene?"

"Juana. Greg is with the FBI."

"You get the lab work and they do the leg work?"

"Kind of. I do whatever allows me to sit and rest, which is mostly the evidence and lab work."

"How are the twins?"

"Active and fine. All they want is more chocolate."

"They or you?"

"They are me. All we got for today was one bar of chocolate, that was gone for lunch. Maybe we can just stop…"

"No. Healthy food."

Sofia rolled her eyes. Did Sara force everybody to say the same things? Her wife wasn't much fun sometimes.

"This is the first address." Sofia pointed to a house on the left side. "A car is parked on front, they should be at home."

"Let's hope they're cooperative and don't give us any trouble about getting their information without a warrant."

"Babies are kidnapped, it should be more important to catch these guys."

"It should. You know how people are." Lynn stopped the car in front of the house and waited for Sofia to get out. The blonde had the feeling, it took her everyday longer to get in and out of a car. With all the weight she carried around, gravity did play practical jokes sometimes when she didn't pay enough attention.

Letting Lynn take the lead Sofia followed her friend to the front door and waited for somebody to answer the door.

"Yes?" A woman in her early twenties opened the door.

"Miss Ruiz, I'm officer Lynn Richards, this is CSI Curtis. We'd like to ask you a few questions."

"Did anything happen? Is it my boyfriend? Is it Frank?"

"No, it's about your shopping trip this morning. Did you watch the news?"

"No, I didn't, why?"

"A baby was abducted from the parking lot around the time you were at the check-out. Did you see anything when you went back to your car?"

"Oh my god, is this what was all over the news the last days? The same people abducted a baby today?"

"Yes. What did you see when you left the supermarket and went to your car?"

"I…I didn't pay attention, I was on the phone, talked to my boyfriend."

"Where did you park?"

"Second row."

"Did you see a car pulling up to another and getting something out it?"

"The baby? No, I was focused on the phone. I'm so sorry, I wish I could be more helpful."

Lynn gave her the police card. "Please give us a call in case you remember anything else, no matter how small it might be."

"Of course, I will."

"Thank you. And sorry to disturb you." Disappointed to get no helpful information they went back to the car.

"Well, at least she wasn't mad about us showing up out of the blue nor did she care about how we got her address. Who is the next one."

"A Mister Duness, he lives two minutes away from here."

"Let's hope he can give us some more information." With all these people on their list, one or two must have seen something. Even good kidnapper weren't invisible.

They were on their way to the fifth possible witness when Lynn's cell phone rang. "Richards." She stopped the car and turned pale. "I'm on my way. Oh and I bring a CSI." She dropped the phone on the floor, turned on lights and signals and pulled into traffic without really checking her rearview mirror.

"What happened?"

"We have a DB in Griffith Park."

"Why do they call you? You're on the baby case."

"That's why they called me. The DB is female and from what the officers arrived first at the scene told me, it looks like it was killed by a wild animal. Now from what I know about the wildlife in Griffith Park, there are no animals, that attack a woman during daylight and kill her in a messy way."

"You think more about a predator on two legs with a knife? Or a scalpel? Like at the Hollywood Reservoir? When the baby was cut out off the mother?"

"Yes."

"It was a pregnant woman too?"

"The ME has to confirm, my colleagues assumes she was. A lot of blood, an open upper front body."

"They stroke twice on one day, they never did that back then. It could be a copy cat killer. Somebody, who read about the cases back then and wanted the mother and the baby gone. No child support needed when there's no child and no mother, who asks for it."

"You think?"

"We had it the last time, the father, who killed his daughter because she annoyed him and reminded him of his wife, whom he hated."

"Right."

Sofia closed her eyes for a moment. Something told her, today it wasn't a family tragedy, today it were the kidnapper. They killed again. Like almost three years ago, they started with kidnapping and then turned to killing. Would they kill more than one woman this time? And what ideas did the FBI have?

"Is the FBI informed?"

"I'm sure they are, they run the show now."

"Let me call agent Jareau, just to make sure they're up to date."

"Since when are you so worried about the Feds feeling loved?"

"I'm part of team Pregnant." Sofia waited a few seconds and then agent Jareau's voice came out of the cell phone.

"Jareau."

"Hey, it's Sofia…CSI Curtis. We're on our way to Griffith Park, they found the body of a woman there."

"I've been informed about that. Are you sure you should go there?"

"Yes."

"My team is on their way too, I'm the only one left at the department."

"I'll try to represent team Pregnant in a positive way and keep you posted."

"Thanks. Make sure you and the twins are all right."

"I will. Talk to you later."

"You are cozy with the FBI."

"No, I'm cozy with my wife and get along with agent Jareau. Being pregnant connects."

"Looks like." Lynn stopped the car behind another black and white. "Are you ready for this?"

"Can you be ready to see a woman sliced open?"

"No."

"Exactly." Sofia opened the door and pulled herself out of the car. Was it just more difficult than the last time she did that? Five minutes ago. To her surprise agent Hotchner and Blake were already at the scene and another car was pulling in. Agent Morgan and Rossi and when she wasn't mistaken, Greg and Don were also on their way.

"Are you coming?" Lynn asked.

"Yes." From the car she could see half a dozen people standing around something. Or more somebody. A body. With every step they walked towards them she could see more details. The woman wore white pants, there was a lot of blood all over her. Around her. Brown hair. Flies.

Cherry was already there, kneed next to the woman.

"This looks sadly familiar." Sofia said. "Was she pregnant?"

"Yes."

"Can you…"

"No, I can't tell you if the baby survived or not, for that I have to examine her at the morgue."

"Do you think this was done by one or more people?"

"Depends. I really can't tell you more right away."

"Okay." Sofia opened her kit and started to take photos.

"I collected some fibers already."

"Who found her?"

"See the man with the boy over there? The poor little guy will need some help to get over what he saw he and so might his dad."

Sofia looked at the man and the boy, who were talking with Agent Hotchner. The boy was maybe three or four. Sofia was sure, this afternoon was a day, he'd never forget. And she was sure he'd get a lot of nightmares.

"Hey." Greg put his hand on Sofia's shoulder. "Shall I continue?"

"I'm fine." Sofia paused. "But yes, it might be better when you continue. Lynn and I go back to talking to the people, who were at the supermarket. So far we didn't get many information and there are some we haven't spoken to."

"Sounds like a good plan. Better than working in the sunshine."

She couldn't argue with that; not from a point of what happened yesterday to her. "Any news from the supermarket?"

"Juana finished with the car and is on her way up here."

"Okay." Carefully Sofia got up. "Wham!" Her world spun and Greg had to catch her before she lost her balance.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, just got up too fast."

"Lynn, get her back into the car, please. Or…Cherry, do you think she should see a doctor?"

"Not if it's only because she got up too fast. It can happen, especially in her condition. Sit down for a minute, drink some water. You need a lot of fluids."

"Okay. I want you to take a break." Don said before Sofia could answer.

"I will sit in the car."

"Oh yes you." Lynn took Sofia's arm. "Come on, let me get the twins and you to the car."

"Don't treat me like I'm a great-grandmother."

"I treat you like a pregnant woman. We go to the car, have some water and when you don't complain I might find a Bounty somewhere."

"You have chocolate around?"

"Only when you not complain."

"Blackmailing is illegal."

"You will never find a judge nor a jury, who will blame me." Lynn opened the passenger's seat door and pushed Sofia gently into the car.