When they arrived at home Ryan asked, "Whens a couple of day's?"
Horatio unbuckled himself and turned around to face Ryan. "Two days." Then he stepped out of the car and unbuckled Ryan's seat belt. When Ryan looked up to his father,tears were falling from his eyes.
"What's the matter,"asked Horatio taking his thumb and wiping the falling tears off his face.
"I miss mommy,"he responded with more tears falling. Horatio's heart broke for him.
"Come here baby,"he said wrapping his arms around Ryan and holding him. He could feel his son's tears hit his jacket.
He knew what he needed to do so he was going to do it. When they got inside Horatio picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello,"said a female voice.
"Hi honey,how are you,"Horatio asked still holding Ryan.
"He babe,I'm good. How's everything good over there?"
"There's a person who wants to talk to you,"he stated then Ryan looked up at the phone. Horatio gave a nod.
"Mommy,"he said in a quiet voice still with a few tears falling.
"Sweetie,what's wrong,"she asked noticing the tone in his voice
"When are you coming home,"he asked while he started crying.
"Oh baby,I miss you so much. I'll be home Friday night."
"I want you to come home now,"he said still crying. Her heart was breaking for him. He had never been away from her this long.
"I'm sorry sweetie,I have to stay till Friday. How 'bout this. On Friday night you can stay up till I get home,okay."
"Okay,"he said then sniffed some.
"Hey Ry,I love you,"she said.
"I wuv you too mommy."
He handed the phone back to Horatio.
"Horatio,how long has he been like this?"
"He just brought it up today.I've got to go,talk to you later."
"Alright,love you,"she said
"Love you too." And with that he hung up and returned his focus back to Ryan.
Ryan lifted his head up. His eyes were red and his cheeks were stained with tears.
"Daddy,"he stated.
"Hmm."
"I'm hungry."
"Well,we need to do something about that don't we,"Horatio stated then walked into the kitchen with Ryan still in his arms.
Horatio decided to fix him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They sat down at the kitchen table and ate.
"After you finish eating,you're going to take a nap."
"Okay,"he said already in a better mood. After he was done eating,he headed up to his room and lied down in his bed. Horatio decided while Ryan was asleep he could catch up on some reading.
It was now two thirty in the afternoon and he had thirty minutes left to his nap. Horatio couldn't really focus on his book so he gave up and sat there for a little while. Horatio got up from the couch and started straightening up the kitchen.
He then took a shower and got dressed. By the time this was done it was time to wake Ryan up. He went into his boy's room and found him sleeping with Chuckles the pig.
"Hey Ry,you need to wake up,"whispered Horatio in his ear. Ryan then woke up and walked down stairs.
"What else are we going to do today"he asked while plopping down on the couch.
"Well,do you wanna go get a present for mommy when she comes home on Friday,"he asked already knowing the answer.
"Yeah,are we going now,"he asked climbing off the couch getting his shoes on. Horatio nodded.
They headed out the door and Horatio looked the front door. After he got Ryan taken care of in the back seat,he drove off to his wife's favorite store;Coach. Sure,it was an expensive store,but it was her favorite.
When he walked in the store with Ryan in his arms they were greeted by a sales clerk.
"Hi,how are you today,"she asked with a big smile on her face.
"Fine,I'm looking for a gift for my wife and she wanted a certain purse but she has so many I forgot what she had and doesn't,"he stated looking around the store.
"Would your wife's name happen to be Krissie Caine,"she asked.
"Yep,that's her,"he stated.
"We absolutely love her. She's our most valued customer. She 's really friendly. So I'm guessing this is Ryan,"she asked half stated. Horatio nodded in response.
"Aww,he's so cute. He's still four right,"she asked messing with his hair and tickling him,which he obviously loved cause of his laughter. After messing with Ryan, she told Horatio,"I think I know what purse you mean,"the lady said.
They walked over to a purse on the middle shelf. It was pink with darker pink Coach logo and the straps were pink with two zip pockets.
"She's been looking at this purse for two weeks." Horatio stood there looking at it. It's something she would want he thought.
"That's fine,I'll take it,"he stated. The lady took the purse from the shelf and went over to the cashier.
"That will be $268.78," she stated putting the purse in the bag. Horatio pulled out the cash and handed it to her.
"Have a good day and tell Krissie I said hi,"she said.