By Monday morning the next week, Andy was dying to see Hannah again, but he didn't have a good way of doing that. He wanted to know how Sharon was doing too, but she'd made it very clear he wasn't even needed as a friend. He suspected she had gotten home from the hospital okay and had gotten through the weekend because she'd mentioned Ricky would be home. Now that it was Monday, he was sure she was probably trying to settle into some semblance of a routine, but he also had a feeling she was exhausted and overwhelmed, not that she would ever admit to being overwhelmed.

So, when Julio piped up at work and suggested the team do something for the captain, Andy sat up in his chair to give his input. Provenza eyed him; the two had known about Hannah a full day before the LAPD rumor mill circulated down to them that Captain Raydor had delivered a healthy baby girl. Now, a few days later, Julio wanted to see the baby; he'd had a rough few weeks and had a soft spot for kids.

"Lieutenant Provenza, did the chief mention doing anything for the captain? I mean, I know she's not our favorite person, but still," he flashed a small smile, "she had a kid, and it's not the kid's fault Raydor is her mom. Plus, last thing our division needs to do is irritate her even more."

Provenza looked up from his crossword. Gabriel started to laugh, as did Mike. The laughter was contagious because Andy started laughing too. Provenza gave Andy a look, a 'really' type of look and shook his head. The team would be laughing a lot more if they knew Andy was Hannah's father.

"No," he shook his head. "Chief hasn't said anything about that. She's not into babies, if you haven't noticed. I'm sure she would be okay with anything, even for Radyor if we tell her. Chief should be excited Raydor is out of the office for weeks, and that alone should be reason to do something for her. Yes, Julio," he nodded, "we should do something and should see the little one."

"Provenza, Provenza," Mike shook his head and chuckled. "You are like a teddy bear. You've always liked kids, even if you don't want to tell people. Okay, people, we need an idea. I'm sure her department did something, and maybe even other departments did too. We can't look bad in this. She already is irritated by our group, so let's do the right thing. Maybe she will remember we were kind to her the next time she's on a case with us."

"Well," Gabriel put his finger to his mouth to think, "what about food? Julio, did that help your family recently? We thought food was a good idea and sent some to you, but if it was more trouble than it's worth, we could do something else."

Julio thought a moment and nodded, the death of his brother still very fresh, "Food is good. I've never seen my mom not want to cook, but she didn't want to cook for days. I'm sure the captain isn't into cooking right now either, especially if she's the only one home. Her husband isn't moving back in because of the kid, is he? I thought I heard he left town."

"He did," Provenza put down his crossword and sat up, trying to give the fact before Andy said something to give away too much. "Raydor is on her own. I know that for a fact. I'm sure anything you take her, within reason because she prefers healthier options as we know from eating around her on cases, will be well received, even by Radyor."

"I'm in," Andy nodded. "Hey," he flashed a grin, "anything that keeps Raydor out of the office sounds great to me. What do you need, Mike? Do you need food?"

"Ahh, sure," Mike nodded. "Julio, you want to head this up for the team? I was simply agreeing it was a good idea. It was your thought. I know Kathy, and she'll want to send some casserole too. I'll bring food."

Julio nodded, "Very good, Sirs. I would normally say my mom would make food, but I don't know if she's in the mood for that yet."

Andy shook his head, "Julio, you just let us handle that. Your mom and your family have a lot going on right now. I'll make a couple things. It gives me a reason to work in my kitchen, and while doing this, I can make something for myself. Provenza, that does not mean you have an invitation to come to my house and eat," Andy smirked.

"Well, if you are making something, Flynn, it's bound to not have meat. No thanks," he shook his head. "I'm not planning to contribute to this, but I'll go along with everyone to see Raydor's kid," he grumbled.

"Provenza," Andy called to him, "we are all doing something. I know you can too," Andy nodded to him.

"I'll send around a list," Julio said as he wrote on a legal pad. "Just write down whatever you are bringing or doing."

"I can get a gift for her," Buzz offered.

"Maybe we should just do a gift card," Gabriel suggested. "Julio, why don't you just send around an envelope instead, and everyone can throw in some cash. If you are making food or bringing something else, just write it on the outside of the envelope. People, cough up the cash," Gabriel motioned with his fingers. "Raydor is out of the office. Make it count. You can bring something if you want. Just note it. We can get money from Chief when she's back from her meeting with Pope.

"I can get the gift card," Andy raised his hand.

"Lieutenant, you are already making food," Julio pointed out to him.

Andy shrugged, "It's not a big deal. There's one of those baby store chains not far from where I live. I've seen that place all over the city, so that should work. I have to get groceries too. I don't mind." Andy was excited to get the gift card. He was going to round out the money to whatever he could with what the team contributed. Buying the gift card would also give him a chance to shop himself. He wanted to pick up a few things for Hannah. He couldn't remember the last time he'd been in a baby store, but he was excited to go and shop. He wouldn't plan to take all his gifts to Sharon's condo, but he'd find something to take over and would see if the store could just send the rest. Yes, he nodded as he watched the envelope circulate. Picking out things and then having the store pack them up to ship to Sharon would avoid confrontation, and she couldn't exactly refuse them that way. If she hated him so much she wanted to return the items, well, that wasn't his problem.

The rest of the afternoon progressed smoothly. The money was collected. Gabriel took it upon himself to walk around with the envelope, and he convinced Brenda to donate when he reminded her that she wouldn't have to see or deal with the captain for quite some time. When it was all collected, Gabriel gave the envelope to Andy.

He eyed it quickly, taking a quick count of the money. Everyone had donated except him for the time being, and after he did a quick count, he looked to the group, "There's over a couple hundred dollars in here. I haven't even counted it all, not all the one-dollar bills, but wow, guys."

Gabriel chuckled, "You, as much as anyone, should know how excited we are she's out of the office."

"Oh, believe me," Andy nodded as he put the envelope in his desk drawer. "It's really nice not arguing with her. If nothing else, that will buy her a lot of diapers."

"The big question," Julio paused and looked around at everyone before he continued, "is who is going to call her? We can't just show up at her place."

"No, the captain won't do well with the element of surprise," Provenza enunciated the end of his statement. "Fine," he raised his hand when the team looked to him. "I'll handle it. I don't think we want to ask the chief to do it. She was okay throwing in money, but she's not going to want to go over there. We'll drag her, but fine, I'll call the captain."

The team continued to look at Provenza, and he finally rolled his eyes and dug out his phone. He shook his head and frowned. Andy sat at his desk, wanting to thank Provenza for helping with everything. She'd answer Provenza's call. It would not go well if he'd volunteered to call, and it would look odd to the team.

"Captain," Andy heard and looked to Provenza. The rest of the team was listening too. "Good morning. I hope I'm not calling at a bad time. Yes, well, we are working and glad to not have anyone from your office lurking right now. I didn't call about that. Listen, our division would like to stop by, briefly, just a drop by, if you have a day that works for you. We'd like to offer our congratulations to you and to the little one, Hannah, I believe."

Andy had to look down as to not smile at the mention of Hannah's name. He loved hearing it, and he was proud of how Provenza was handling the call. Provenza most definitely knew Hannah's name, and he was dealing with this awkward situation well.

Provenza was quite for a few moments while he listened to Sharon. He nodded, and then he spoke, "Well, it shouldn't come as a surprise our division is glad to have you out of the office for a few weeks," he chuckled. "Now, the flip side of that is we are stuck with the idiots in your department if anything goes wrong." He paused again and nodded. "Oh, your team is the only group you've heard from in the department?" He looked around the room and nodded, "We don't want to impose, but if you have an evening that works, I'm sure some of us will be available to stop by, again, just briefly."

The room was quiet as he waited and listened. "Next Thursday is okay?" he asked and nodded as he rocked in his chair and listened to her. "If we don't have a body, we will stop by next Thursday, say around 6:00? Thanks, Captain," he said and hung up the phone.

"Wow, Sir, you sounded so professional," Julio chuckled.

"It's times like this I wonder if being in charge of the likes of you is really worth it," he frowned and shook his head. "Never mention I had a civilized chat with Raydor, please. It's set. Whoever is free next Thursday evening, we'll go by after work. She was surprised we were offering to stop by, and I think she wanted to say no."

"Good work, Provenza," Andy called to him. "Just think of it this way, everyone," he smirked as he looked around the room and continued, "after next Thursday,"we won't have to see her for weeks."

The days dragged on, but finally the day arrived. Andy almost couldn't contain himself. He was proud that he hadn't bothered Sharon, hadn't called or sent her a text message, and he hadn't tried to sneak around to find out more. He'd left her alone, just as she wanted. Today, the team was going to check on her, on them. The team had discussed carpooling, and as usual, Andy and Provenza had discussed riding together. It was going to be good; he knew it. If nothing else, he'd see his daughter, and he really felt like Sharon would be on her best behavior too. He didn't expect a fight; he didn't expect much interaction at all, and that was fine with him. He'd bought the gift card, he'd purchased a few things himself, and he'd made food. He was ready to spend at least a little time with his little princess.

"Hey, thanks for doing this, for taking the lead and setting this up with Sharon," he looked over and nodded to Provenza. Provenza was in the passenger seat, grumbling about how Andy knew where she lived and because of that, could drive them. Provenza, who had been looking out the window, looked over at Andy.

"Sure, Flynn," he nodded and gave a small smile. "You know I'll do anything. You and I both know the grumbling, the bickering between us, it's all part of this, of being friends. Not that I will admit this to anyone else if you bring it up, but I've got your back. I'm watching out for you. When Julio suggested this, I saw an opportunity for you to see your daughter, even if for just a few minutes."

Andy gave him a small smile, "I appreciate it, Provenza. I've been really looking forward to this. I can't wait to see her. It's crazy that she's almost two weeks old already. She was sleeping when I saw her as I told you, and I didn't get any pictures of her. Crazy," he sighed and ran his hand through his hair before he continued, "she's my own flesh and blood, and I don't even have a picture."

Provenza nodded in silence, "You still haven't spoken to the captain?"

"Nah," Andy shook his head. "I gave her what she wanted, her space. It doesn't mean I've taken this visit lightly. I have put a lot of thought into this visit."

Provenza frowned and eyed him, "Just exactly what did you do? You did get that gift card from the team, didn't you?"

"Yeah, yeah," Andy waved him off and shook his head. "Of course, I did that. That was really nice. It ended up being a $350 gift card. I rounded it off to that. That was great. No, I just did some other shopping, shopping on my own. In fact, the clothing I ordered should have arrived to her condo today. I hope it already did. She can keep it or take it back; I really don't care. I picked out several things-clothes, a couple blankets, a few rattles and infant toys, a soft doll that she can eventually carry, a blanket bunny thing-you know, just some different things. I even tried to get different sizes on the clothes. I talked to one of the clerks. She helped me, said she had a two-year-old herself. She suggested I buy sleepers in different sizes so it would be for more than just right now. I know it's not much, but I hope Sharon will see I'm trying to be nice and still give her space. I just felt like I needed to do something."

Provenza nodded as he listened, "Just how much did you spend of your own money on that? I know you kicked in quite a bit for that gift card for her."

Andy shrugged, "The money doesn't matter. It's my kid. I should spend money on her, even if she will never know it."

"Little Hannah," Provenza chuckled, and the two grew quiet. Each started to think about Hannah. It wasn't the first time they had discussed her, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. After Andy had left the hospital when she was born, he sat in the parking lot for a few minutes letting his mind register everything that had happened. He had been up with Sharon and Hannah less than an hour. It felt like the time had flown by to him. He hadn't held her. He somewhat understood Sharon on that matter, but it was still hard to hear. He hadn't even taken a picture of her either. Andy had expressed that to Provenza, along with so much more over the last few days. Provenza had listened, but in every conversation, had reminded Andy he had given up any rights to Hannah, as hard as it was to hear. He'd pointed out that Sharon, or as he would only call her, the captain, had asked for Andy to not be involved. Situations like this, where the team was going over as a kind gesture, that was different. Work was different because the two did work together, and Hannah wasn't involved in that. It was hard for Andy to hear; he knew it, but knowing and accepting were two different things. Today, the men hoped that seeing Hannah again would help Andy start to accept things. He'd see her, and he'd get some information he didn't have. After that, Provenza was afraid he might have to drag Andy from the condo.

"Here we are," Andy called out as he pulled into the condo complex. Provenza looked around, as he hadn't been to Sharon's place before. No one on the team had, except Andy, and he didn't want to give that away now. Provenza had also warned him about that and suggested he just keep his mouth shut and stick to the background as the group visited with the captain. Yes, it was almost an odd thing to go see her, but she really did work with the whole building, more than many others did. She had spent her share of time with their division as well lately, and after the RV trip, the group had grown closer to her, even if they didn't want to admit it; that still didn't mean they liked her, but this was the respectful thing to do.

"Flynn, remember, keep your mouth shut and stick to the back of the group," Provenza warned as they stepped out of the car. Andy opened his back door to get the food he'd made. The team had loaded all the food into the backseat. Mike had brought a casserole, and Buzz had brought some muffins from his favorite bakery. Andy had made several dishes, but he had played that down too. He wanted to do whatever he could for Sharon and was going to take Provenza's advice to just keep his mouth shut as much as possible. The box of baby things he'd sent and the food were just two ways he could do something without wanting any credit for it. The baby items from the store, he'd put a note in that which had said, "I hope you can use these things for Hannah, a.k.a. Alfred. I enjoyed picking out everything." He knew Sharon would know the sender with that note, and he really didn't want to get any sort of response from her.

"Andy, need some help?" Mike called to him from his car. The rest of the team was now parked, and everyone was filing out to go upstairs. Brenda was eyeing the building.

"This is a nice building," she nodded. "I never looked in this area, but, I didn't really look around much when I moved here. Glad I didn't end up in the same building as Captain Raydor, but I would have looked at something like this if I'd known about it."

"Yeah, here guys," Andy started to grab food out of the backseat to hand to the team. He'd found an old picnic basket in his garage and had used that for some of his food, so it didn't look like he'd overdone it. He felt a need to care for Sharon, even though she'd been so nasty to him; he couldn't explain why he still wanted to help her, but the little girl upstairs was probably the biggest reason why.

"Let's go, people," Provenza waved at the group. "I want to be out of here by 6:30. I'm sure the captain would appreciate that too. We're not inviting ourselves to dinner. Let's see the baby, drop off our food, and we can get going."

"Oh, fine by me," Brenda nodded. "I'm excited because this will be the last time I have to see her for a couple months. That's great with me."

"Chief," Andy chuckled and shook his head. The group walked to the building, and then, at the elevator, they looked around at each other. Andy addressed the question they were all thinking, "So, I guess we should ride up in two groups?"

"Flynn, Mike, Julio, and I will ride up in the second load. The rest of you can ride in the first," Provenza explained. Everyone nodded, and the first group got into the elevator. Provenza called to Brenda, "Chief, don't wait on us. I'm guessing the captain's condo isn't huge. Go ahead and go inside. We'll be behind you."

"Lieutenant does that mean we can leave first too?" Brenda grinned. She didn't say more because the doors closed.

The four men waited in the lobby. Julio looked around and just nodded. Andy stood to the side, holding the basket of food. Mike had his casserole, and Provenza stood near Julio.

"Pretty nice place, Sir," Julio said to Provenza. Provenza just nodded in return.

"I don't think I could live in a condo," Andy made a face. "I like my space, having a yard, and I like just being in a house. I don't know," he shrugged. "I suppose when I'm as old as Provenza that could change."

Julio chuckled, "This building does have this nice elevator, Sir," he grinned at Andy and turned to Provenza. "Lieutenant, a building like this, you might find some ladies, like on a game night or something."

"I have no trouble with the ladies, Julio," Provenza rolled his eyes at him. "Why would you ever think I'd leave my house? I like my house. It is perfect. Besides, I'd never want to move or pack my things. Could you imagine? That sounds horrible. I like the décor just the way it is and the house just as it is. I'm never leaving."

Andy chuckled again, as the elevator arrived for them, "If Provenza doesn't die holding his stapler, we'll find him at his house in his recliner. Now, talk about an antique," he nodded. Mike chuckled, and the four stepped onto the elevator.

"Top floor," Mike noted and nodded. "Nice. I bet the captain has a sweet view."

"Yeah, we'll have to check that out," Julio added. "Bet the chief is on her way out when we get to the place." The four laughed and watched the numbers climb. When they arrived on Sharon's floor, they stepped off the elevator. Andy, as discussed, hung to the back with Provenza. The four walked down the hall and found the door to Sharon's condo open and could hear the others inside.

Mike and Julio walked inside. Andy looked over at Provenza and took a deep breath. Provenza nodded at him, and the two stepped into the condo, Andy just in front of Provenza.

"There they are," Brenda said as the four walked inside. "This baby is actually cute!" she flashed a small smile. "Come look at her."

"We brought food," Mike said, and Andy let out a small sigh of relief he didn't have to address Sharon. He eyed her, though, as she spoke briefly to Mike.

"Food? Oh, you didn't need to do that! That was very kind of you, Lieutenant Tao," she gave him a small smile. "Please, just put it on the counter for now. It's just around the corner."

"It wasn't just me-" he started to say, but Provenza interrupted him.

"Mike, guys, whoever has food, you heard the captain. Chief, I'm surprised you didn't bring Fritz. I know he likes kids," Provenza said. Sharon looked briefly at Andy, but he pretended not to notice out of the corner of his eye. His hands were full with the food, and he followed Mike to the kitchen area while the rest of the team walked over to where Sharon had Hannah in a small portable bassinet that was situated next to one of her side chairs. They team took turns looking at her before backing up to allow the others to check on her. Sharon had her arms crossed, and when Provenza, the last of the group, was fully inside, she walked to the door and closed it.

"Thank you for coming. This is a treat, I must say," she gave them a warm smile. Andy and Mike rejoined the group from putting up their food, and Andy glanced over at Hannah, a small smile on his face. He didn't have to hide it; the whole team was smiling at the sweet baby.

"Captain, she is very cute," Brenda said. "I hope you two are doing well."

"We are," Sharon clasped her hands together to change her stance. "We are both sleeping as much as we can. Recovery for me has been much harder this time around, but it's well worth it," she added.

"Ma'am, would you mind if we held her? I do love babies," Julio asked and flashed a grin.

"Oh, ahh, yes, that would be fine," Sharon moved toward Hannah. "If you don't mind washing your hands, I'd appreciate it."

"Sure thing, Ma'am," Julio nodded. "Where would you like me to do that?"

"Oh, the bathroom is down the hall," she pointed. Julio started down the hall, and Sharon picked up Hannah. Andy tried to hold back his grin. Hannah was wearing a very sweet purple sleeper with white flowers on it. He had seen it in the store and remembered buying the same one in a larger size. She also had on a little white hat. He thought of the package he'd sent and glanced around the room, casually, hoping to spot it. He didn't see it, and he hoped she hadn't stuffed it in the trash.

"I'd love to hold her too, Captain," Buzz gave her a nod and smile. "There aren't babies in my family yet, so I am never around them."

"Of course," Sharon nodded. Julio returned, and Buzz walked by him to head down the hall. Andy leaned over to Provenza as Julio sat, and Sharon placed Hannah in his arms. The two men were standing near the dining room table.

"Don't say anything," Provenza shook his head at Andy. "When Buzz returns, I'm heading that way. You follow after me." Andy just nodded, glad Provenza understood Andy wanted to hold the baby. He wasn't sure what Sharon would do when it came time to ask her, but he hoped she would allow it with the team there.

"Chief, aren't you going to hold her?" Julio grinned at Brenda. "She's tiny, Captain. She's so sweet." Hannah was stirring, still with her eyes closed, but she had started to make several small noises. Julio grinned up to the group, "I love it when babies make their baby noises. Buzz," he looked to Buzz and nodded. Buzz moved quickly to the couch to sit where he could hold her next. Julio, who was also on the couch, leaned over and gave Hannah to Buzz.

"Yes, like that," Sharon explained to Buzz as she nodded to him about how he was holding Hannah. "Just keep one hand behind her neck as you support her head." Buzz nodded and put Hannah more in his lap and supported her head with his hand.

"Wow, she's squirmy," he started to laugh. "I know I've never held a baby this small."

"Captain, how much does she sleep?" Brenda asked. "I remember when my niece, Charlie was born, she slept during the day, but she kept them up at night. "She the same?"

Sharon chuckled and kept her eyes on Hannah as she answered, "She did a little of that the first few days. She's getting better. So much of it is just adjusting. She's sleeping around three hours at a time right now. That's normal. At some point, she will start to stay awake more between sleeping. Right now, though, she's sleeping, waking up to eat, and then almost immediately falling back asleep. I'll enjoy that for now because I know she could start walking up and crying more and more at any point."

"You're lucky, Captain," Mike nodded. "I had a screamer. My youngest, he just cried all the time. If he'd been the first, I'm not sure my wife and I would have had other kids."

Sharon nodded in agreement, "Hmm, that was Emily for me. She was my screamer, my oldest. My son, he was very quiet, and so far, Hannah is like him. My pregnancy with her was similar to Ricky's, so maybe there is something in that. We'll see," she shrugged.

"My turn," Provenza returned from the hall. He gestured for Julio to move from the couch, "Julio, I'm sitting there."

"Sure thing," he nodded and stood. He looked to Sharon, "Ma'am, as grumpy as the lieutenant is, he loves kids."

Andy moved down the hall to wash his hands. When he finished and walked out of the bathroom, he noticed the room across the hall had a crib in it. He smiled, noting it was Hannah's room. The door was mostly open, and he stood in the hall but took a quick glance into the room. She'd decorated with purple and green. The room was very simple. The walls were an off white still, most likely the original color, and she'd just added a white crib, changing table, and then bedding. The bedding was purple and green stripe. There was a rocking chair in the corner with a pink blanket draped over one of the arms. He nodded his approval of the room, and as he turned to rejoin the group, he noticed his box on the floor next to the changing table. He looked down and could just see the corner of the box. It was almost out of view from the doorway, and upon inspection, he could see it was open. She'd received the package; he couldn't control what she did with it now, but he was glad to see it had at least made its way to Hannah's room. Not wanting to miss a moment more, he walked back to join the group, noting a door, most likely Sharon's bedroom was closed. It was sad, really, that the last time he'd been here, they had spent all their time in just the entry and living room. He hadn't been anywhere else in the condo and had barely spent any time in the condo. When he walked back, he stood toward the back and watched. Provenza was on the couch, and Sharon had taken a seat next to him. Buzz was now standing too.

"Well, Captain, I don't know how you got such a cute kid, but you did. Now, I'd better not see anyone taking pictures of me holding Raydor's offspring," he looked around to the group.

"Sir, that's a great idea," Julio grinned. He dug out his phone.

"Gabriel, want to hold her?" Provenza looked up and asked.

"Me? No," he shook his head. "Sorry, Captain, but I'm not a baby kind of person. I mean, she's sweet and all, but I'm not into holding babies."

Sharon chuckled, "It's okay. I completely understand."

"How are you feeling, Captain?" Mike asked. "Did things go well at the hospital?"

Sharon pursed her lips as she looked at Provenza holding the baby. Julio started taking pictures, and she then looked up to answer Mike, "I'm doing okay. I have a long way to go until I feel myself again, but she's worth it," she turned and squeezed Hannah's foot. "Things didn't go well at the hospital. I ended up having a C-section, but I'm managing. The food from you is very kind. I will enjoy all of it, especially since I'm not yet cleared to drive."

"Captain, I didn't realize that. We could have sent someone out for groceries for you, or better, I could have brought over all my take-out menus," Brenda said. The team laughed. Provenza looked up to Julio taking pictures.

"Julio, stop that!" Provenza said, half serious. "I can't be seen enjoying this. Here," he looked to Andy. "Flynn, you take the kid now. I've got to get that phone from Julio before he starts sending pictures. Buzz, show me how to delete pictures."

"Not a chance, Sir," Julio grinned. "I'm sending the pictures to my email as we speak."

Provenza, again half joking, looked to Andy and shrugged. Andy's eyes widened, and he quickly moved to the side chair to sit and accept Hannah from Provenza. He had no idea Provenza was going to pass Hannah to him this way, but it was perfect.

"Oh," Sharon started to move her hand out to stop Provenza, but he was already halfway standing and passing her to Andy. Andy, who still didn't say anything, took Hannah and sat in the chair, as he smiled brightly at her.

"Hey, Pumpkin," he grinned. The group chuckled, and Andy looked up, purposely not looking at Sharon and shrugged. "Hey, what? It's what came to me. I used to call my daughter that same thing. I called my son 'Little Man,' so be grateful I didn't just call Hannah that."

"Julio," Provenza nodded and pointed at him, "get a picture of that. If you took my picture, get Flynn too and send it to me."

"Sir, I doubt her name has 'Pumpkin' in it," Julio chuckled. "What is her middle name, Ma'am?"

"Marie," Sharon smiled. "It was my mother's middle name and my grandmother's. I don't know why I didn't get that middle name, but I didn't. My mom was upset when I didn't use it for Emily, which I thought was odd considering she didn't use it for me, but I seemed to have redeemed myself by using it for at least one of my daughters now," she explained and gave a small smile to the group.

"Hannah Marie Raydor," Gabriel nodded.

Andy, now stunned, cleared his throat, "My daughter, Nicole, that is her middle name too." He didn't look at Sharon when he said that. He hadn't known Hannah's middle name, and he was certain Sharon didn't know Nicole had the same middle name.

"I think she's probably about ready to eat," Sharon coughed, looked around to the group, and then, she looked to her watch. Andy knew the detail about the middle name had thrown her.

"Right, we need to get out of your hair," Brenda said. "My car, let's go."

"Correction," Gabriel grinned, "the car the chief is riding in is going."

"Let me get the door," Sharon stood. "I can take Hannah too," Sharon started to offer, but Andy, again not looking at her, waved her off.

"I'm good, Captain. Go ahead and do whatever you need to do. We had to come upstairs in two elevators, so we should leave in shifts anyway," he said, his attention completely on Hannah. He didn't see the panic on Sharon's face as she continued to watch him hold the baby. She did try to focus on walking the first group to the door.

"Thank you again for coming," she said. "I appreciate it."

"Good luck to you, Captain," Brenda said. "Oh, did you get the gift from the team?"

"Oh, I have it, Chief," Andy said. "It's a gift card from everyone. It's sitting on top of the food."

"Well, thank you, everyone," Sharon nodded and cleared her throat. Andy glanced up and could see she was nervous. She said goodbye to the first group, and as they left, she closed the door and turned back to the others.

"Ma'am, I'm glad we could see her. I'm sure when you return to work, she'll look so different. You'll have to bring her by the department at some point. We'll let you in with a baby," he grinned.

Sharon let out a nervous laugh, and Andy could tell she was ready to snatch Hannah from him. He stared into his daughter's eyes, still a grayish color, and he looked at her features, trying to memorize them. He knew Julio had taken a few pics, but he didn't know how many. He wanted to take one himself.

"I'll just put her down," Andy said as he stood and rotated to put her in the bassinet. The others started to the door, and Provenza got Sharon's attention. "Captain, that's quite a view," he told her.

Sharon nodded, and while she was looking and talking to Provenza, Andy ran his hand along Hannah's face. He pulled his phone from his pocket and quickly took a picture. It wasn't hard to do so with the angle in which he was leaning over the bassinet. He stood and noted Julio, Mike, and Provenza were talking to Sharon about the view. He wanted to hug the men; yes, Provenza knew about the baby, but the others did not, and they'd helped in the distraction so he could take a picture.

"Let's go, everyone," Provenza nodded when he made eye contact with Andy. Andy gave a simple nod too.

"Ahh, thank you for coming," Sharon said, as she cleared her throat again. This time, Andy was the first to the door, only because he didn't want to have to speak to Sharon. He opened it, and to not sound rude, he said, "Enjoy your time with her, Captain." He stepped into the hall and didn't hear anything else said to the other men. When Julio followed him out, Andy walked to the elevator. The ride down, he didn't speak. He really didn't remember it; he was still going over the few precious moments he had with his daughter.

"She is so tiny," he heard and looked up to see Julio grinning.

"Yeah, she is," Andy said as they stepped off the elevator. "Crazy how fast babies grow, though."

"Gentlemen, I'm going for a drink," Provenza said, slapping Andy on the back. "Flynn, you are driving me."

"That's my cue to not be part of any of that," Mike pointed to the two men. "Julio, let's go."

"Night, guys," Andy called to them. Andy and Provenza walked to Andy's car, and the two men got in and closed the doors.

"You did well, Flynn," Provenza gave him a sympathetic smile.

"I appreciate you passing Hannah to me. Thanks," Andy nodded to him.

"It's the least I could do. You finally held your daughter," Provenza shrugged. "How was it?"

"Amazing," Andy told him, still nodding. "I hate myself for leaving her. Now, I have to live with it."