I stood in the middle of the room completely still. I knew all eyes were on me but I didn't care. I was so pissed off and so scared that I could not move.

At some point, could have been ten minutes or ten seconds, Haley put her arm around my shoulder and guided me towards the door. Before we exited the door she turned back and said, "If it's okay with you Detective Hunter, I'd like a copy of everything you have sent to our station."

"No problem." Emma replied.

"And Joey could you get in contact with Kyla and compare notes?"

"Not a problem Haley. I'll call her first thing tomorrow morning. We should have some initial tests run by then."

"Thank you both. And Hunter if you want to stop by and see what we have from the other scenes you are more than welcome." Haley added.

"Thank you, I'll probably be by in a day or two."

As we passed through the primary crime scene Haley looked at John and he immediately said, "Full report will be on your desk tomorrow. Also feel free to call after you look it over if you have further questions."

"Thank you." Haley replied then lead me out of the house.

The cool night air jolted me out of the shock. I immediately grabbed my phone.

"Hi Mommy." Sebastian greeted happily.

"Hi sweetheart." I replied unable to stop the flood of tears suddenly streaming down my face. "Can I talk to your Daddy?"

"Sure." He said then I heard him yell for Aiden.

"Hey what's up?" Aiden asked.

"Is everything okay at home?"

"Yeah of course. Why wouldn't it be?" he asked. When I didn't respond he said, "Ash, what's wrong?"

I took a few deep breaths then answered, "I'm at another crime scene. Another family is dead."

"Are you okay Ash?"

"No. The killer left a camera behind and among other pictures there were shots of me, you and Bash. And a threatening note."

Aiden didn't answer right away. I was about to speak again when he said, "Damn that was quick."

"Huh?"

"A marked cop car just pulled up in front of the house and that other detective Haley is always teasing you about is walking up to the house with some guy."

I had to smile. Aiden was horrible when it came to remembering people unless the person had a pretty face and a set of tits. I looked over at Haley and saw her putting her phone back in it's case. I smiled at her appreciatively knowing she was responsible for calling in the cavalry.

"Hey Ash, Kyla just walked in the door too so I'm gonna let you go."

"Alright. I'll be home as soon as I can Aiden, I promise."

"Just be safe Ash and come home to us when you can."

I turned back to Haley and said, "You've been busy on your phone."

"Yeah but let's talk in the car on the way to your house." Haley said then began walking towards the car. She quickly added, "And hand over the keys partner cause there's no way I'm letting you drive anywhere."

Though I would normally fight Haley on this, today I willingly gave up my keys. My mind was racing, I didn't feel like I could concentrate on any one thing even something as simple as driving.

The drive from the crime scene to my house was only about ten or fifteen minutes so Haley wasted no time. As soon as the car was in motion she asked, "Are you okay Ash?"

"That's a stupid question to ask."

Haley nodded her head then said, "Agreed. But I had to ask."

"Understood." I said with a sigh. "Now I've gotta ask, how did you get people to my house so fast?"

Haley smiled. "I'm just that good partner."

I laughed then replied, "Seriously though. A patrol car, Kyla, Jameson and Jones? How did they get there so fast?"

"When I saw that first picture of you and Bash I sent out a mass text." Haley admitted.

"Good call." I replied with a smile. "Now if we can figure out who the hell this psycho is, I might feel comfortable leaving my house again."

"Huh?" Haley responded out of confusion.

I sighed and explained, "This is the second scene that has had some sort of link to me and my family. At this point I don't feel like I should leave my house until this fucker is caught."

"You can't be serious Ash?" Haley said in disbelief then added, "You can't catch this guy if you're hiding out at your house."

"Well I can't protect my family if I'm not at home, near them!" I said hoping this would end the conversation. Logically I knew Haley was right, I couldn't hide out but right now it's all I wanted to do.

Haley watched as Ashley ran into her house after they arrived. Before she joined everyone inside she had one more phone call to make.

The rest of the day and night went by fairly uneventfully. Ashley spent most of the time with her son upstairs while everyone else; that being Aiden, Haley and Kyla talked downstairs.

"The Captain called me earlier and said there will be at least one car outside round the clock, again." Haley stated.

Kyla rolled her eyes, "Because that worked so well before."

"Relax Ky, I asked Ash to get rid of them before." Aiden admitted.

"Are you kidding me?" Kyla said in shock. "Why on earth would you suggest something so stupid?"

Aiden shrugged, "I don't know. The surveillance out front kinda creeped me out."

Haley rolled her eyes at Aiden's weak response. "And having a psycho watching your family doesn't?"

"I know it was stupid." Aiden replied slouching his shoulders and sounding defeated. "I just thought between Ashley and I we could keep us and Bash safe."

Kyla immediately recognized what Aiden was thinking but not saying. "Aiden under normal circumstances I have no doubt you can protect Bash but this situation is not normal. There is a crazy fucker out there with an ego the size of California who has shown interest in you, Ash and Bash. You are a wonderful dad Aiden, but that's not enough right now."

Aiden nodded and looked at Kyla, "Thank you for understanding where my stupidity was coming from."

Kyla just shrugged, "I am a mom, I get it."

"There is a little more to it though." Aiden added.

"Okay." Kyla replied obviously confused.

"Ash and I have another court date coming up." Aiden reminded them. "I'm afraid all this might change the judges mind about our current arrangement."

Haley and Kyla both looked at each other, hesitant to ask what they both were thinking. Haley finally spoke up, "Do you want things to change Aiden?"

"Well I'd like to not have a crazy killer watching us but other than that no. I like living here and it makes Bash happy."

"Well for what it's worth it makes Ashley happy too." Kyla said reassuringly then added, "And even though they think they're too cool to admit it my boys are happy you and Bash live here. And of course me and Jackson love having you two close as well."

Aiden smiled, "Thank you Kyla, that really means a lot."

"You know as long as you take every precaution you can, like allowing cops to be posted outside, there's not much the judge can do. I mean it's not like this happens on every case Ashley and I work." Haley offered.

"True, thank god." Aiden replied.

They all laughed a little which seemed to ease the anxiety in the room.

Haley was about to say something when her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and said, "Excuse me, I've gotta take this." Then she went into the kitchen for some privacy.

"Hey, thanks for getting back to me so quickly." Haley said as a greeting.

"No problem, what can I do?"

"Tomorrow there should be files from Greenfield's team on mine or Ashley's desk, can you bring them over here to Ashley's house?"

"No problem. Anything else you need me to bring?"

"A suspect would be nice." Haley joked, "But seriously just those files and anything else you've dug up on these cases. Oh and maybe some beer, this could be a long night."

"How's Ashley holding up?"

"Too soon to really tell. She took Bash up to her apartment when we got here and haven't seen her since."

"Maybe alone time with her son will do her some good."

"Hopefully. Well, we'll see you tomorrow."

"Absolutely."