Cora was quietly talking to Anna as she stroked the younger woman's hair. Her eyes were closed and she had been intubated.

Frank was standing at the foot of her bed when he heard a commotion in the hall. He went out to see what was going on.

"I just want to go in and see how my friend is doing," the man said with a gesture to the room.

"What is going on?" Frank asked.

"He says he's a friend," Jim told him as the uniformed officer held him back.

"I'm Eric Willis," he said.

"Right now," Frank said. "Miss Bryant is not having visitors."

"What about Cora?" he said. "And you. And … Oh God! Where are her kids?"

"Anna is the victim of attempted murder," Frank told the man. "Cora has been cleared. I'm here to provide emotional support as she is a friend of my father."

"And seeing as how she saved your life not three days ago…," he started to calm down. "I'm sorry commissioner. I'm just worried about her."

"Good friend?" Frank said as he waved the uniform back to Anna's door. Jim followed as Frank escorted Eric back down the hall.

"Yeah," he replied. "Sally called me when she went to the kids' school and was told what happened."

"The kids are in the waiting room upstairs near their mother's original room," Frank told him. "Can I escort you up as I ask you a few questions?"

Eric nodded so Frank went on. "Did you know that you will be their guardian if something happens to their mother?"

Eric nodded. "I do," he said. "Which is why I really do not want Anna to die."

Frank looked puzzled. "I'm not sure I understand."

"I suck at being a parent," Eric replied. "I screwed my own kid up so bad." He stopped to shake his head. "Bert is a greedy little screw-up. Took after his mother. She married me for my dear aunt's money then got knocked up when I wanted a divorce." They stopped at the elevator and he pushed the button to take them up. "Granted, I love the heck out of them, but they would be better off with their mother." They stepped on the elevator and Eric pushed the button for the floor they needed to go to. "Or their father if we can find him."

Frank blinked and Jim shrugged at him.

"He's closer than you think," Frank said as the door closed.

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"Seems kind of sad though," Jamie told Eddie as the watched Erin and Henry with the children on the other side of the waiting room.

"How so?" Eddie asked.

"Those kids were born with three older brothers," Jamie replied. "Joe would have spoiled the hell out of those two."

Eddie laughed. "Joe sounds like he was a good brother."

"He was," Jamie replied. "He was the one that was the bridge with the three of us. After he died, we almost fell apart. Until we broke up the Blue Templar."

"I remember you telling me about that," she said. "And you're still here. You can tell them about Joe and so can the rest of your family."

"Yeah," Jamie agreed. "But Joe never got to know them." He pointed to Mason. "That kid is the spitting image of Joe at that age."

Eddie didn't know what to say but just gripped his hand and smiled. Then someone came in followed by Frank. The kids exclaimed and went to him for a hug. When Maria shared a look with Danny, giving him a gesture, Eddie noticed. "I'm not sure I like the look of that." They stood to join them across the room.

"This is Eric Willis," Frank said. "He's Cora's nephew."

Henry stood from his seat on the couch and shook his hand. "Nice to see you again, Eric," he said.

"You, too, Commissioner," Eric said. "Frank here has been telling me that he may be the father of these kids. I think it's great. What do you think?"

Danny gestured to Frank to follow him outside as Henry answered. "I'm not sure what to think but it's wonderful to know we have two more members of the family."

Jamie watched Danny and Frank step out. "Stay here," he told Eddie. "I'll be back."

When he stepped out of the room, Danny was telling Frank that Eric had been their prime suspect. "What changed your thoughts?"

"About a year ago," Danny began. "They were in Tahiti. Anna got bit by a snake in her dresser drawer and they never figured out how it got there. Kids said she was in a coma for awhile, but get this, Eric was in Chicago the whole time they were in Tahiti."

"There proof?" Jamie asked and they turned to look at him.

Danny nodded. "Baez checked. There's newspaper stories about some concert he set up for a big charity." He gestured back to the waiting room. "He didn't get there until she was in the hospital in Tahiti."

"He could have hired someone," Jamie interjected.

"Yeah, but something just doesn't feel right any more," Danny said.

"I agree," Frank said. "I spoke to Mr. Willis on the way up. He gave me a name without knowing it. Albert Willis. Eric's son."

Danny nodded. "I'll check it out," he said and grabbed Maria's attention in the room. She followed and they heard him let her know the new development.

Jamie turned to watch as Erin and Eddie talked with Katie. "You know who would have adored having another little brother and sister?" Frank asked him.

"Yeah," Jamie replied. "Joe."

"I never seen a kid that loved being a brother like him," Frank said with a smile as he remembered. "I ever tell you he asked us for another sibling for Christmas the year after Erin was born?"

"You never told me that," Jamie said.

"He was more thrilled than anyone to find out that your mom was pregnant," Frank went on. "Erin started crying and Danny, well Danny just got mad." He slapped Jamie's shoulder. "But they were happy with you because Joe made them happy with you."

"Kind of makes me sad that he'll never get to know them," Jamie said.

"Nothing we can do about that," Frank said. "What do you think?"

Jamie turned back to his father. "I'm not sure what to think!" he replied. "The whole thing just weirds me out."

"Welcome to the club," Frank said.

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The file was in the middle of Danny's desk when he came into the precinct the next morning. It had a note attached that read, Got it done early. You're welcome. Ted.

Danny opened it and the results were as expected. 99% match on both twins.

"Here it is," Danny said and held the folder up as Maria came in with a yawn. "It's a match."

"We knew it would be," Maria replied. She took a sip of the coffee she held.

"Yeah, but having the tangible proof of it in your hands just makes it more real," Danny replied. "And more weird."

"I can imagine," Maria said and glanced around to see who might be listening. "They're younger than your kids." She watched Danny rub his eyes. "Have you heard anything from the hospital?"

"Nothing new," Danny replied. "She's still in a coma."

"How's the family doing?" Maria asked softly.

"We hung out with them all afternoon," Danny told her. "I think they're going to fit in just fine."

Maria smiled. "They're going to need you guys if she dies, you know."

"I know," Danny replied and handed the file to Maria. She opened it to look at the test results to find that the toxicology on the kids' mother had been included.

"Danny, the toxicology screen results are in here, too," Maria said.

Danny looked at her. "Something unusual?"

"I'd say," she replied. "There's all the things you'd expect to find in a person who had just had surgery except one." She paused to looked closer in an effort to pronounce it and gave up before she could even try. "I'm not even going try pronouncing this, but the note says it can cause arrest when mixed with certain anti-nausea medicines that are used with surgery." She looked up thoughtfully "Didn't you say that the nurse that came to tell you mentioned that it was right after administering the anti-nausea meds that she arrested?"

"Yeah, I did," Danny said. "The question is, how'd they get it into her?"

Maria handed him the folder and sat down at her desk. She typed the name of the drug into the computer and waited for the response. It beeped and she read what had come up. "Usually, it's injected, but it can be absorbed through the skin, too," she said. "The chemical is harmless unless mixed with the drug."

"So basically it was a binary poison," Danny said.

"Sounds like," she replied. "But who would have had the chance to do that? It would have had to have been administered a short time before she went in."

"Cora told dad that Eric Willis had been there but left before they took Anna down to the OR," Danny began as he thought.

"Are we circling back to him?" Maria asked.

Danny moved to his own computer and started through the video from the hospital corridor in fast forward until it got to the spot he was looking for where he stopped it to play normally. "Look at this," Danny pointed at the screen and Maria came around to watch with him. Danny explained what he though was going on. "There's Eric with a young man I'm guessing is his son. Just outside the door, they stopped and the young one takes out his phone and looks at it before saying a something to his dad then shaking his hand."

"So?" Maria asked. "What would that mean?"

"I think the kid had the chemical on his hand and transferred it when he shook his father's hand," Danny pointed out. "You said it's harmless unless paired with something else. Like the nausea meds."

Maria looked up at him. "How can we prove it?"

"See if there's something that Eric touched right before or after he touched Anna," Danny replied. "There's got to be something in her room."

"But wouldn't the hospital have cleaned the room and packed up her things?"

"No, because Cora has been staying in there," Danny told her. "She's got the money to pay for it and she wants to be close."

"Plus, she's dying," Maria put in. "She'll be close to medical care if she heads down hill." She shook her head. "But how can we prove the transfer?"

Danny rewound the video to play the video again. He smiled when he saw it. "There," he said and pointed. After Eric went into the room, Alex leaned up against the wall with the hand he had shaken his father's with as he looked at his phone. When Danny paused and zoomed in, they could see the exact spot where his hand rested. "Have CSU send someone to meet us there." Maria picked up the phone. "I'll print this so he'll know where to swab."

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