Liz standing behind the counter and can't help the broad smile on her lips as soon as she feels a pair of hands on her every day growing belly.

"You still grow big, it doesn't fell out." Adam whispers and steps back as soon as he sees her skeptical glance.

"Is that sentence supposed to make any sense?" Liz asks and hunch her shoulders. "Did our child jump into your face?"

Adam clears is throat. "No."

"Did you feel the need to shove it back into my uterus?"

He lowers his chin now. "No."

"Everything in that sentence is anatomically incorr -" She stars and smiles when she get silenced by a kiss.

"All right." Adam says with a smile and cups his wife's faces with his hands. "You know that I cherish both of your moms, but before you turn totally into Maura-mode now. I love you."

She smirks and runs her hands over his bare shoulders. "I love you too." Since she became aware of the fact that she is obviously pregnant, she stopped to run around in sports bras and too tight tops in the morning. But she never minded that Adam is running around in only shorts in the house and garden. On the contrary, she still enjoy that view.

Her eyebrows shoot up high as soon as a key is turning in the lock of the front door and that Adam is trying to hide behind her. She looks over her shoulder and quirk an eyebrow. "Big, now I get it."

His shoulders slump and he groans.

Jane comes into the kitchen and stops dead. "Hey, hi! We called both of you, twice, but either of you answered the phone." She says with an high-pitched voice as she sees her half-naked son-in-law.

Liz rolls her eyes and smiles broadly. "It's not like you are seeing Adam only in shorts for the first time, Ma."

"I usually kept my focus on his face." Jane replies and frowns. "You do workout a lot, don't you?"

Adam smirks amused and hunch his shoulders. "Not recently."

"Are you serious?"

Maura rolls her eyes as well and smiles broadly. "Good morning."

Liz chuckles and shakes her head. "Good morning. You really called?"

The graying blonde nods and takes a deep breath. "Yes, and we got called by Leslie because she couldn't get in touch with you either."

Adam clears his throat. "We have been … busy."

Jane makes a face and walks to the coffeemaker. She furls her brows as soon as she hears a soft knock at the front door. "Are you expecting someone?"

Liz face is straight as she walks up to the door and shrugs. "An old friend of Adam, they went to high school together. We were planning on having a threesome. That's what we do every Saturday morning."

Adam chokes on his coffee a hides his amused grin behind his mug, and Maura is pressing her lips together so she don't burst out laughing.

Jane's face turns blank and she blinks a couple of times. It doesn't happen often that she is at a loss of words, but right now she doesn't know what to shoot back.

Liz can't help the fit of laughter as she catch the look of her Ma and opens the door. She waves the new visitor into the house and clears her throat. "Come on in." She laughs and steps to the side.

A very confused Danielle enters the house and looks in surprise at her godparents and Adam. "Good morning." She says a little taken aback and frowns. "I was expecting the two of you here too."

Maura is the first who reacts and engulfs Frost's daughter in a hug. "Good morning, Dani. We didn't know you join us this morning."

"Me neither." Adam says a little confused and his eyes finds those of his wife.

Jane hugs her goddaughter as well and frowns as she sees the face of Liz. She can tell that this isn't just a friendly visit of Danielle.

Liz licks her lips and wiggles her brows. "I called Dani when you have been under the shower, with our landline." She says and Adam nods slowly.

Danielle nods approvingly and shrugs. "I was a little confused because I didn't know that our generation still use these old-fashioned things."

"Blame us." Maura pipes up and smiles widely.

Liz scoffs and takes a deep breath. "I hope that none of you mind when Dani and I don't join you for breakfast."

Adam eyes her skeptically and shakes his head. He don't mind to spend some time alone with his parents-in-law, never did. But something is telling him that the two younger women are going to share old memories when they are alone, but he also know that it would be in vain to remind his wife that she can't talk about a ongoing case with the defender of her cousin.

"Of course not." Maura's voice is breaking the silence and Jane is pouring the two a cup of coffee, one real and one decaf.

Liz rolls her eyes and gets the two mugs. "Thank you." She looks at her old friend and thrusts her chin at the stairway. "Follow me, Dani."

Danielle nods a little unsure and follows the brunette hot on her heels. She enters a room she didn't know that exist and frowns a little. "Didn't know Adam and you have a study." She states and smiles at her friend.

Liz smiles broadly and closes the door, pointing at two armchairs and a small, round table. "I only showed you the nursery up here."

Danielle eyebrows are perked up high and nods once as she takes a seat on one of the armchair. "Good point." She pauses and licks her lips. "I have to admit, I was a little surprised when you called me earlier this morning."

Liz is sitting down as well and takes a deep breath, crossing her legs. "You know that I can't talk to you about Sam and the case."

"But something is telling me that this is the reason why you called me."

"Everything that we are talking in here has to be confidential, Dani. You can't you it in court, if it get that far."

Danielle sighs heavily and she put her mug on the table. "Liz -"

"Promise me." Liz cuts her off and furrows her brows.

Danielle worries her bottom and is fighting an inner battle for a second. "Fine, let's stay hypothetical."

"Hypothetically, we know that Sam was set up and about to prove it." Liz says and makes a face as she takes a swig of her decaffeinated coffee. "Sam hooked up with Amanda in the wrong time."

Danielle let the information sink in and frowns. "Do you know who set Sam up?"

Liz is hesitating for a second and nods slowly. "Hypothetically, yes. And we are about to convict that person of the murder, but it is a really sensitive case right now."

"Can you tell me the name of the suspect," Danielle asks and raises her hands as she sees her friend's face. "I did not ask that question."

"I heard nothing" Liz states and clink cups with Danielle, and both women are smiling. But Liz' smile is dying as fast as it appeared. "The person who is behind this is a big fish, but we are working really hard on proving Sam's innocence, but we also have to be careful."

"BPD is infiltrated," the lawyer asks and Liz is pursing her lips without saying a word. Danielle knows that it probably is a silent confirmation and presses her lips to a thin line together. She is not that kind of defender who is using such delicate information unless she don't have any other option left to go. And somehow, she can feel that it is not just a sensitive case but also life-threatening for everyone who is involved in it. That means her friend and the friends of her parents. "I hope you know what you are doing, Liz."

Liz is staring down into her mug and nods slowly. "Yeah, me too. All of us are playing a kind of Russian roulette right now. You and Sam included."

"Isn't a first for me." Danielle replies with a smile and sips her coffee. "I have to admit that I was surprised when I got that kind of call from Sammy, and to hear that you told him to call me."

Liz humorlessly scoff and wiggles her brows. "Your name was the first after Adam and I interviewed Sam. I'm sorry about that. I would offer to pay you for your services, but -"

Danielle cuts her off with a wave of her hand and looks directly into Liz' eyes. "Frankie, Maura and Jane already wanted to do that and I told them that I would never charge family for that."

"Thank you." Liz whispers and takes a moment so she don't start to cry. "Thank you for doing this for Sam."

"Anytime." Danielle says with a smile and takes a deep breath. "Do you have witnesses that can testify that Sam is innocent."

Liz hesitates again and nods once. "We do have one witness, yes. But you know that I can't give you the name by now."

The other woman nods and then shakes her head. "You don't have to give me the name. I get it anyway if it comes to a trial. Which I hope doesn't happen."

"We are working hard on it to prevent that." Liz replies and frowns deeply.

Danielle nods slowly and takes a deep breath. "Tell me, how did Jane react when she got to know that you are pregnant?"

Liz blinks a couple of times before she laughs heartily. She is glad for the change of topic and shrugs. "She was unusually calm and for a moment I thought that she had another heart attack because she didn't move an inch. But then she was happy for us, but seemed like she tried to rip Adam apart with her gazes."

"Well, you are still her baby girl."

"And so are you for your dad."

"And he showed it every day especially when he saw me with a man." Danielle replies and rolls her eyes. "When I came home from school with a friend, dad was dressed in his working gear. You know, suit, badge on the belt, gun on the other side of it and handcuffs on the back of it."

"I can't see the problem." Liz states with a shrug.

Danielle lowers her brows and leans forward. "He also did it on his days off."

Liz blinks a couple of times before she burst out laughing and her friend joins her. "Ma did that too. And when we went up to learn she said that we have to keep my door open. And then she came in every hour in to check if we're making out on my couch or bed."

Danielle laughs amused and nods approvingly. "My dad did that to and almost dropped dead when he caught me making out with George."

"No!" Liz laughed amused.

Danielle nods vehemently. "Yes."

"What happened?"

"Dad grabbed George at his shirt and dragged him out of my room, throwing him out of our house."

"That kept you from seeing him?"

"Not the slightest bit."

Liz still laughs and shake her head. She can imagine Frost's furious face and how he throws the admirer of his daughter out of their house. Somehow, she believes that he picked that kind of behavior up from her Ma. Or that police officers are generally that protective when it comes to their daughters.

She knows that Frankie made such a drama when Sam started to have … girlfriends and wondered if it had to do with the gender. She never had been the vulnerable girl in her time of school. When a bully tried to get to her, she stood up and punched his nose, which made her more attractive to other boys … and girls.

She has to smile as she thinks back at a day at Angela's place and when Angela told her that she reminds her so much of Jane because none of them let them get humiliate by a jerk who tried to be the cool kid, and when Angela told her that she is sure Liz is going to walk the same path like her Ma, because she'd stood up for the defenseless already back then.

Liz' heart is tightening as the thought of Angela is crossing her mind. She loved the woman who raised her Ma to be such a woman, and who devoted the rest of her life to be there for T.J., Sam a herself when she was needed. They had great days and even better nights when her cousins and she stayed over at Angela's.

The day Angela had passed away, Liz had been devastated. It felt like someone ripped her grandma out of her heart and left a deep hole in it, a space that never could be filled again. After her grandma was gone, Liz refused to speak or to eat. She couldn't, every time she opened her mouth she felt like she is going to break down and when she took a bite of food she felt like throwing up again.

She was beyond grateful that Maura gave her the time she needed while Jane tried to force her to talk or to eat. Jane even yelled at her because Liz bottled everything up inside her and refused to talk or eat.

One day, Maura had brought her a small salad to her room and sat down next to Liz. She didn't say a word about grieve, touched or begged her to take a bite of the food.

Maura just sat there on the couch next to her daughter and comfort her in silence until Liz finally allowed her feelings and started to cry thick tears.

In that moment, Maura wasted no time and hold her daughter tight to her body without saying a word. That was what Liz needed, not being pushed, not being forced to feel the feelings after the first great loss in her life.

Jane's father Frank had passed before Angela and they had been on his funeral in Florida, but she didn't feel the same like she felt on Angela's. It wasn't as painful because she didn't really know him and only met him once in a blue moon.

Angela, on the other hand, felt like losing one of the most important persons in her life. She felt this kind of feeling twice in her life. With the death of Angela and with the death of Mark Callahan. But now, being so close to the next disaster, this feeling is stirring up again.

"You okay," Danielle asks gently with a frown.

Liz blinks a couple of times and smiles weakly. "Yeah, just walked down the memory lane."

Danielle nods slowly and smiles softly.

"I just say that it is a bold venture." Jane says and shoves Adam's plate toward him, and he nods once. "There are so many -" She gasps surprised as she finds herself in a bone crushing hug of her daughter and doesn't need to think twice to wrap her arms around Liz. "Okay." She says with a soft smile. She might never been the greatest fan of hugs, but after she became a mother that had changed. But she also learned not to question when her adult daughter get access of emotion.

Maura smiles broadly and then her eyebrows shoot up high as soon as the air is squeezed out of her lungs. She furrows her brows when Liz nestle her nose into the crook of her neck, rubbing her daughter's back with both hands.

Jane frowns and looks at Danielle, who is smiling broadly. "What is going on?"

Danielle still smiles and shrugs. "She took a walk down the memory lane."

Jane needs a moment but then she nods slowly.

Maura frowns a little but kisses the side of Liz' head.

Adam is just takes aback like his parents-in-law when Liz walks up to him and press her lips gently to his, but his hands find their way to her hips immediately.

Jane purses her lips and drops her eyes to her feet as her daughter is doing so and Maura turns her attention to Danielle who is grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Does he have a brother?" Danielle whispers to Maura and makes a pouty face when the blonde shakes her head. "That's too bad. A sister?"

Maura is grunting amused and shakes her head once more. "Adam is like Liz a only child."

"Damn it." Danielle grumbles and chuckles with Maura now.

Adam smiles broadly as he pulls away and comes back to reality and realizes that they are not alone this morning. "How about breakfast?"

Liz clears her throat and nods as she looks at her family. "Sounds great."

Jane is about to say something when Adam's phone starts to ring.

He rolls and takes the call, listening attentively before he confirms the information and hangs up again. "I think it's breakfast to go for you."

Liz makes a pouty and crosses her arms over her chest.

Maura smiles broadly and makes her way behind the kitchen island. "You two go and change and I prepare your breakfast to go."

"Thank you, Mom." Liz says and starts to head towards the stairs.

"Would you mind if we give advice and support to you at the new crime scene," Jane asks all of a sudden, being sure that this new murder has to do with the McIntosh family.

Adam stops walking and looks long down at her wife. Then, he hunch his shoulders and nods slowly. "Not at all."

Maura rolls her eyes now and sighs heavily.

Liz chuckles amused and makes her way up the stairs.